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iit MANNING, s. c., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 '1922 yN b USCI$E SHOAL Ford .to 'isit War Secretar h'ftis Week -A4IUWE ITIONNAIRE IS READY e4p4rnent Oflcia)a Want Thoroug Understanding With Manufacturers 'rashington, Jan. 10.-The Wa :'iepartment officials looked forwar today to an eai .,conclusion of ne ntions they have been conduct i with private interests for th se purchase and operation c tlOgovernment's nitrate and wate power projects at Muscle Shoal 'la , or a decision for their reten tior by the government in the even that ngne of the proposals receive a found acceptable to the depart ont or -to Congress. The visit of Henry Ford, ached ld for the latter part of thi eek, it was said, probably woul :,sad Secretary Weeks to take defi like action at .an early date on th proposal - submitted by the Detrol nfanufacturer. Whether the Secre tary would decide to recommend if "cteptance by Congress or satisf; himself with ' submitting a repor to that body merely reciting th facts of the case, and leaving Con gress to decide for itself on th part of acceptance or rejection, wa said to depend largely upon th answers Mr. Ford would give to th ..questions Mr. Weeks will ask hin Questionnaire Reading, The War Department has pre pared a9questionnaire which, in th opinion of some officials, will lea< to quick action by the Secretar; when Mr. Ford arrives. The ques tions are declared as being pre ented with the intention of bring tng ' the negotiations to an end an( designed to bring the parties con corned to a throough understand g of their position. Former Senator Marion Butler of North 'Caroling, was ldforme today that Mr Weeks would con fer with Federick Engstrum, presi dent of . the Newport Shipping Building Company, of-. Wilmingtor N. C.,. as soan as the approach ing conferences with -Mr. Ford - wer concluded. ' Mr. Butler also pre sented'a letter to the Secretary b; which Mr. Engstrum formall agreed to lease , and operate th Muscle Shoals /plants for the man ufacture of 'commercial nitrate under the proposal submitted b his company. Their constructio: part of the proposal made by Mr Engstrum, he said, was incidents to the manufacture of commercia nitrates. 'F. .C. Hitchcock, vice president o the Construction Company of Nort America, also announced that hi rompany would formally offes : plan to the sesretary whilh woul lontain a provision for the manu facture of fertilizers in the oven the concern was permittedl to brin: the plants' to a final stage of comn pletion. NEW MAIL HOURS On account of the change c schedules of trains at this place, th mails will be closied as follows: Pouch for train 52 will be close at -8:80 a. m. Pouch for train 46 will be close at 9:50 a. m. Pouch for train 53 will be close at 6:00 p. mn. Pouch for train 37 wvill be close at 6:00 p. mn. Pouch for train 55 will be closed a 6:00 p. mn. Pouch for Sumnmerton, S. C., will b closed at 10:30 p. m. SARY 1MITH, Acting Postmaster. ROOK PARTY Mrs. W. C. Davis was hostess las Friday afternoon to a party when sh entertained at four tables of rool. Hor color scheme, pink and green wa *carried out In the dlecorations'who she used p Ink carnations, ferns an palms. After a .very enjoyable after noon, the guests were served with salad course and coffee. Those pre *sent Included: ,Mesda'hies Jesse H-ug ginsJ. K. Breedin, Ida Cole, R. C Well's, Chas. Geiger, Scott Hlarvir Jr., Amanda Harvin, George Hug gins, B. T. McAlpin of Spartanbur Mr.H. J. Bomair, Charley R g3 Misses Rita .Huggins and Lou ug gins. A salad course with coffeo :wa gewd h uata at the close of .th DON'T TRUST TOE ROCK ; Thee aare still <many people akoutnd Malad who put their money away i n. an old sock or the sugar bowlad' refuse to. trust it to Uncle'Sam or ai god, solid- bank ing institution. We read recently where a man had. loot his st-aw ,iat--and $75. stored away inside -the hat-band.. Another .man gave a bootblack a pair of shoes to-shine --and too late remembered that he' had. stuffed $2,000 in, the tpes of the ^shoes for safe-keeping. And every day we read of money stolen r from its hiding place under the rug or mattress-the first place a bur glar looks for valualyles. But some - peopje simply gan not profit by, - these examples; they can't bring themselves to realize that nothing in all the world is as safe and se cure as Iiberty bonds and war sav r ings stamp's, and that bank failures are almost unheard of in this coun try anymore. We're sorry for these kind of people-the kind who are afraid to trust their fellow I men. We are sorry for anyone who loses sleep-and the man who can't trust his money into the keep ing of others usually loses smore or - less sleep for fear someone will 3 walk away with the sugar bowl or the sock. t PAXVILLE NEWS ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Ferguson of a Sharon, returned home Saturday after t a visit with her sister, Mrs., J. W. 6 Mims, Jr. Misses Ethel Corbett and Iva Ged dings have resumed ' their school - duties at Spencer, N. C., after spend 3 ing the holidays at their respective homes. Miss Lucile Geddings returned last Tuesday to Columbia College. 3 Soldiers Mac Dawkins, Marion Bar wick and Joe Cutter have returned to Camp Bragg, N. C., where. they are stationed. Mr. William Smith of Washing ton, 3 D. C., visited his sister, Mrs. Jesse i Sprott, during the holidays. Mr. P. C. Bradham of Mullins was a recent visitor at the home of Mr. - L. Weinberg. - Dr. Thos. W. Gunter, Messrs. L. M. Curtis, Ben Ridgill, and J-Ienry Mc Leod are off this week on a camping trip. - Miss Pearl Broadway has resumed - her teaching duties at Green Swamp. ROOK PAIIRY I Mrs. H. J. Bomar was hostess to a . rook party last Thursday evening, given in honor of her house guest, - Mrs. B. T. McAlpin of Spartanburg. ? The color scheme of red and green was carried out in the decorations and refreshments. Those present in cluded: Mesdames W. E. Reardon, a G. K. Hanks, Blinkley of Georgetown, - Misses Rosa Mahaffey, Gladys Rives, Edna Boger, Messrs. W. E. Reardon, G. K. Hanks, McCord, Scott Bagnal, S. W. Barron, J. G. Dinkins. NOTICE The Confederate Veterans are call ed to meet at the Court House in the office of the Probate Judge, on next Monday, January the 16th, . at - 11 1 o'clock, for the purpose of electing the County Board of Honor to serve l for a term of two years. All of the veterans who are able to attend are urged to be present at this meeting. By order of J. T. STUKES, Chairman Board of Honor. J. M. WINDHAM, 1 Clerk Pensior-Board. Married by Probate Judge Wind t ham last week, Mr. Michael O'Hara of Lexington, Ky., andl Miss Hessie Marie Frierson of Manning. - The New Idea Co's. Big Fire Sale opened yesterday and the store was crowvded all day. Today throngs were there. In some manner on Tuesday some coats belonging to the store f help was wrapped up and taken away a by mistake. The management will feel greatly obliged if the persons :1 who secured these will return them to t~he store. :1, Miss Cornelia Peel of Sumter, left I Saturday after a visit with ,Miss Grace Nimmer, *Miss Nimmer accom 1 panied her home to spend the week end. The picturte "Affairs of Anatol" B was (delayed and will net be here to night but will be here tomorrow (Thursday) for matinee and night. Tonight Alice Joyce ,will be here in "Cousin Kate." Admission, 15c and 25c. Pastime Theatre. The Prayer Band and Bible Study Class of the Presbyterian Church will t meet Thursday afternoon ,this week 3 at 4 o'clock at the home of Mrs. 5. 0 .O'Bryan. The lesson will be the first u seventeen chapters of Jeremiah, I Prohibition Day, January 16th, the - anniversary of the day-when the 'L8th i Amendment went into effect, will be - observed by a Union Service at the - Baptist Church Sunday night, Jan .uary 15th, under the auspices of the W. C. T. Ui. Rev. J. B. Fowler, pas tor of the Methodist Church will ,rec.Public cordially invited. The , .C. T. U. will hold a jubilee meet - ing at the home of Mrs. Joseph Sprott T'uesday afternoon, the 17th at 4 m o'clock. All members are invited to a come and bring, dues if they have rnot alreAy aidM LOCAL HAPPEMINCS TWNTY YEARS AGO January 15th, 1902 Mr. J. W. Oliver of Foreston, was in town Monday on business. There was a large crowd of buyers in anning last Saturday, and our merchants did a nice cash trade. Married last Sunday afternoon by Rev. G. R. Whittiker, at New Zion, Mr.. Martin Turbeville and Miss An nie Evans. The lovers of deer driving had sev eral days fine sport last week among the deer that were driven out by the freshet on Santee. Supervisor Owens bagged a fine buck. Sheriff Davis went to Charleston last Friday evening to consult with an occulist about his eye which has been giving him trouble of late. He returned home Sunday morning. Last Thursday night, Mr. Edwin Beard and Miss Eliza Coker made a hasty call on Magistrate Turbeville of New Zion, and with promptness the Salem Judge pronounced them man and wife and sent them back home rejoicing. MEETING OF THE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS The regular monthly meeting of the Highway Commissioners was held in Mayor Davis' office last Monday. Four of the five roads being built by the Commissioners are nearly com pleted, and final settlement will prob ably be made in February for these roads. The gravel for the Sumter road has been ordered out and the spreading of this will be started in the course of the next few days. CA LIL FROM LEGION BOSS Chicago, Jan. 10.-Hanford Mac Nider, national commander of the American Legion, issued instruc tions last night to all Ipgion posts to present the case of adjusted com pensation for ex-soldiers before chambers of commerce in every city of the United States in connection with the referendum on that ques tion now being conducted by those bodies. The campaign is to begin imme diately, asthe Chamber of Com merce of the Unitcd States, which submitted the referendum to its members, has set February 12 as the time limit in the voting. SOVIET PREMIER ANGRY London, Jan. 10.-Nikolai Lenine, Russian Bolshevik premier, is in c(;nsed, according to a Russian newspaper, over a satirical refer ence to him made by President Massyrk of Czecho-Slovakia. When asked by a Prague newspaper for his opinion of the Bolsheviki, Ma sayrk replied with the following story. "When I was a small boy, I was playing one morning in my father's farm yard with two or three other small little felolws. One of these had in his hands a large whip Presently he climbed to the top of a large heap of dlebris, struck'a pose, cracked his whip several times and shouted. "Who says I am not king?' -STORM WARNINGS ISSUED Washington, Jan. 10.-Storm of marked intensity is central over Northern Alabama tonight moving Northeastward, the weather bureau announed. Northeast storm wvarnings on the Atlantic coast from Boston to the Virginia Capes andl Southwest warnings South of the Capes and ao the Gulf Coast at and South of Tampa were ordered displayed b~y the bureau. FULMER TALKS TO HOUSE Columbia, Jan. 10.-Hampton P. Fulmor, Representative fronm the Seventh dlistrict, adldressed the House of Representatives Tuesday in an in formal manner. Hinfiself, for several sessions member of tho body, lhe greeted his friends. Hoe adjured the members of the Legislature to give the people relief from the burden of taxation on tangible property, for which they are crying. CARLOS CORBB'T CASE Orangeburg, Jan. 10.--Judge Prince announced this morning in court that the case against 'Carlos Oorbett would be continued, follow.. ing the appeal of the defensae to the united Staten Supreme Count. TWO CONTRACTS FOR SWfT POTATOES American Fruit Growers, Inc., to Market Crop;-Shipment to Liv erpool--President Believes This to be One of the Most Important Actions. Florence, Jan. 11-As president of the South Carolina Potato Associa tion. T. Benton Young tonight made two announcements which mean much to the commercializing of this crop. His -announcements Were the signing of contracts with the Amer ican Fruit Growers, Inic., of Phila delphia, for marketing the crop this season and shipment of lots to Liv erpool, England, for introductory distrobution. January 15 the American Fruit Growers will open an office in Flor once and place a representative here to handle the movement of the crop. This, office will be able also to han dle any and all other produce of the farmers where tendered in car lots. This connection will afford a direct outlet for South Carolina sweet po tatoes in 200 consuming centers of the United States where the Amer ican people keep personal represen tatives. Through this sales connection the South Carolina Sweet Potato Asso ciation expects to place readily all the products of its meebers. A par tial list of member houses inclde Dillion, Florence, Kingstree, Tim monsville, Walterboro with four houses, Fairfax, Williston, (Bam berg, Aiken, Johnston, Trenton, Newberry, Bishopville, . Appleton, Cowards, Leesville, Gable, Marion, Garnet Manning, Silver, Bloom ville, Georgetown with two houses, Wateree, Lanes, Varnville find others. Charles J. Brand, president of the company, made the trip here per sonally to sign the contract. Ile sign ed for his company, while Mr. Young the directors in a meeting in Colum bia. The company is a $10,000,000 corporation and reputed to be one of the largest selling organizations of its kind in the world. Consequently interest in the con tract is State-wide. The over w}Lelming hulk of cured sweet po tatoes of South Carolina are mar keted through the association. This w'. amount to 200 carloads this year. All of this will move under copyrighted brand of the as sociation with its guarantee backed by the ptate, which makes special inspection at the shipping point. Shipments are pooled monthly by grade and all shippers within the same month receive Lhe same price for their stock. In reference to the English ship ment, the association, the Southern Railway and the Carolina Company, of Charleston, will ship Saturday via the steamship Wekika 500 car tons of association cured and guar anteed swveet potatoes to Liv'erpool. Through the biggest stores of that city these potatoes wvill be dlis tributedl free to most influential customers for introdluction to Eng lish~ tables. Recipe books wvill ac company these cartons so English men will know howv to prepare them accordling to the time testedl ways of the South. A feature of the shipment will be a special consignment for King George and his queen. This prob ably will be tendered through the American ambassador, Col. George Harvey. The Carolina Company is pre pared to follow up this introduc tory feature by personal represent atives. This is the first effort of South Carolina to break into Europe with sweet potatoes. In all probability the announcement in the above article of the' ar rangements madeo with the South Carolina Sweet Potato Association and-the American Fruit Growers, Inc., is the most Important made to the farmers of South Carolina this year. At a time wher 4'l'esification Is necessary the big question *n the mindls of all has been irt regard to the sale of the products. With this Im mense organization with 200 offices In principal cities in the United States a ready market for any and all kinds of farm products Is assured. One other great advantage is that the grower will be guaranteed an honest aceounting of the sale of all nroduneta. CONSOLIDATION OF TWO COMMISSIONS Railroad and Public Service Bledies Interurban Telephone Toll-Bill Columbia, Jan. 10.-Int4oduction of a bill to consolidate the offices of the State Railroad Commission and public service commission; a bill to require. interuban telephone service without additional cost therefor where there is direct interurb4n telephonic communication and a concurrent reso lution to extend the time for the payment of all State and county taxes until July 15 with 1 per cent added to the penalty each month featured the opening session of the Senate. The Rev. J. W. Wolling, a re tired Methodist minister who is now making his home in Columbia was elected chaplain to succeed the Rev. C. A. Freed, who resigned because of his removal from Co lumbia to Newberry. Mr. Walling was elected by a vote of 33 to 3 over Dr. W. T. Derieux, of Colum bia. The Senate spent considerable time discussing whether or not all bills on the calendar should be re printed and placed on the desks of the members. After the debate ' rogressed for about thirty *..ames it was announced that all of the bills hid already been re printed and would be placed on the members' - desks -tomorrow morn ing. Wilson G. Harvey, Lieutenant Governor, called the Senate to order promptly at noon. The invo cation was offered by t'he Rev. Mark L. Carlisle, D. D., pastor of the Washington Street Methodist Church. The Lieutenant Governor spoke briefly to the Senate. Senators-elect Davis D. Moise, of Sumter, fnd E. P. McCravey, of Pickens, presented themselves at the bar of the Senate and the oath aws administered to them. They were assigned to the committees held by their predecessors with the understanding, of course, that they would not have the same seniority rights. Senators Laney, of Chesterfield, Baskin, of Lee; and Wightman, of Saluda, served on the committee to notify the Governor that the Sen ate had organized and was ready for business. Reporting for the committee, Senator Laney said that the Governor desired to transmit his message in person to the joint assembly tomorrow at noon. A resolution providing for a joint of the Governor was introduced by Sem r Laney and adopted. 'the Senate passed a concurrent resolution providing for a Joint assembly at noon Thursday to elect a member of the Supreme Court to succeed the late Justice Gage. The resolution as introduced provided for three ballots each leg islative (lay when both houses were in session until an election but the Senate amended by striking out the provision limiting the number of ballots each day. A bill by Senator Christensen to confer upon women the right to vote in 'all elections was recomn mendled at the Senator's request, as was the gasoline tax and inheri tance tax bills. BANKRUPTCY PETITION FlILEI) A petition by creditcms was yes terday filed in the United States District Court, against the Enter prise Mercantile Company, of Greely ville, Williamsburg County. C. Wulbern & Co., Inc., E. F. A. Wiet ers & Sons Co., Inc., and Pringle B3ro thers, all of this city, are the peti tioners in the case. The decfendlant concern is to mako answer to the pe tition on January 17. The Civic League will have a meet ing Monday afternoon .January 16th, in the Court House at 4:00 p. m. A full attendance of the members is urgedl by the officers. In most instances products will be sold at a statedl price f. o. b. point of shipment. The association is pre par'ed to handle the spring crop of beanq and Irish potatoes. 1t als as sures a market for sweet* poittos from July and August on the close of the gathering season, so that potatoes will not necessarily have to be cured. A careful readling of the entire article will well repay one. Further infor mation regarding the association can be obtained at the Clarondon Motor Comnianv. SOUTH CAROLINA FORTS INCLUDED In War Department Property Recom mended for Sale CAMP BENNING BOOSTED Georgia Post May Become Home of Infantry, Signal, Tank and Engineering Washington, Jan. 10.-Sale of scores of tracts owned by the War Department and the consolidation or abolishment of a number of army activities are recommended by House subcommittee which, after months of investigation into the advisability of disposing of War Department proper ty, made public its report today. The findings must be approved by the House military committee before ac tion can be taken on them by the House and Senate. The subcommittee approved in their entirety, recommendations of the War Department as to the dis posAl of dozens of army posts and minor reservations no longer needed for war purposes. In addition, the subcommittee rec ommended the consolidation at Camp Benning, Ga., of the infantry school, conducted there and the instruction activities carried on for the signal corps at Camp Alfred Vail, N. J., for tapk officers at Camp Meade, Mr., and for the en gineering corps at Camp Hum ph1"eys, Va. the schools conducted at the latter three camps would be abandoned. Would Abolish Depots The report also recommended abolishment of three motor repair depots maintained by the army with civilian instructors at Camps Iolabird, Md., Jesup, Ga., and Nor moyle, Texas. Every military post, the subcommittee held, should have shop facilities with sufficient me chanics among enlisted men to do repair work. Abandonment or remount depots at Fort Reno, Okla., and Front Royal, Va., was recommended, with the suggestion that all remount ac tivities be centered at Forts Reogh, Montana, and Robinson, Neb. Two artillery ranges are not needed in the Southeastern part of the United States ,the report stated recommending "emphatically" that either Camp Bragg, N. C., which is a tract of 120,000 acres, or Camp Knox, Ky., which is 30,000 acres in size, be sold. The report stated that a large number of bases utilized (luring the war by the army for warehouses should be sold. Property in the South Property i nthe South, which the War Department said it no longer neede(l, and which the subcommit tee recommended should be sold in eluded: Florida---Anastasia Island, Flag anl G tasparilla Islands, Foits (1inch, Mariion and Mtanzas, Perd ido Bay, St. Andrewvs Sound and St. Francis Reservations, St. John's Bluff, St. .Joseph's Bay andl two islands near St. Augustine on the Matanzas river. G;eorgiai-Point Peter anad Fort Puiaski. North Carolina-Beacon Island andl Fort Macon. South Carolina -Forts Fremont and Winyah and Castle Pinckney. Virginia-Fort A. TI. Hoods. The su bcomminittee also approved the War Department's recommlien dlation that Camp Hancock, Ga., he turned over to the public health Mrs. H. J1. Blomar entertained at a bridge party hast Saturday evening in honor of her house guest, Mrs. B. T. McAlpin of Spartanburg. A sweet course wvas servedl the guests wh~o in cluded, besides the hostess and hon orce: Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Reardon, Dr. andl Mrs. W. S. Harvin, Miss Carolyn Plowden and Mr. Taylor Stukes. BRIDGE PARTY Mrs. J. HI. Orvin was hostess to a party last Thursday afternoon wh< she entertainedl at three tables of Bridg'e. The rooms were beautife'lly da Min cut flowers and potted plants and after the game the hostess servedl her guests with a delightful salad course andl coffee. Those pre sent besides the hostess were: Mes-. (lames WV. E. Roardon, E. S. Ervin, Amanda Hlarvin Scott Harvin, Horae Thomas, Allan bradham, T. M. Mou zon, Chas. Geiger, R. E. Broadway, Misses Rose Ervin and Corinne Bar. field.