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NNWS HAPP[NINGS FROM WASHINGTON (By Wallace Bassford, Special News Correspondent) . Washington, D. C., Jan. 28.-Speak er Gillett appears to have at last given up the belief that the Republi ca. party can produce prosperity by the mere fact of its being in power. HQ has writtte.. a dismal wail to his constituents up at Springfield Mass. After promising them a new ibederal building, which appears to have been promised for some years, he uses these truthful but gloomy sentences: "I receive many expressions of disap pihtment with the work of Congress. "J 'his is quite natural. -Some of our legislation, notably the tax bill, has excited great disapproval. I do not - pretend that I have supported all that we have done. On the contrary, some of the measures have passed against my energetcic opposition. The indus trial depression intensifies the criti cism of Congress. Men suffering from idleness or ruin look to us to save them; nothing can bring pros perity again except self-denying econ omy and incessant, productive work." With those frank admisisons going over the country in cold type from the man who heads the present Congress, it is difficult to see how the Republi cans can ask for re-election next fall at the hands of those "suffering from idleness or ruin, "which the Speaker admits his party is helpless to relieve., No one in Washington who obser ves events has any doubt that the Associated Press report as to Hard ing's attitude on the naming of a "dirt farmer" on the Federal Reserve Board was correct. Unquestionably, in their view the President went up in the aIr when the group of Prog ressive Senators made the request but by the next day he saw the poor poli ties in his curt refusal, and then in spired a statement to the effect that it was all a mistake that he had bees opposed. To those who have grown used to the stiff back-bone of Cleve land, Roosevelt and Wilson, this rapid caving-in tendency of the President is not conductive to confidence in the strength of the Executive. From time out of mind we have admired the man who was reputed to carry the "fist of steel in the silken glove," "HE WHO LOOKS BEFORE IIE "Make this on that o That's abou1 can hand or some repair u this, don't ju Ask for dec "THE N Then you'll be money's worth pensive repairs ward. Cypress is -that ever grew. Maybe your job All right. Then' -"'just the thin lumber dealer 'a "Buy the Gs Write us for list of FREE PL.Al and no substitutes" from yogi Sou Manu 177 Fla TUR LOCL DKam~ WML SUI but no one loves the President whose fist of mush is concealed in a glove of the same. While Senator Penrose carefully provided in. his will that there should be no inventory or accounting made of his estate, he overlooked an item of $226,000 in cash which he had in a safe deposit box in Washington, part yin ten-thousand-dollar bills mere loose change saved from his, sal ary. Everyone recalls that at the time of the Chicago Convention of 1920 was very ill. Now his physician comes forward and tells how the big boss was unconscious for hours, then came ot himself and asked what was going on at the Convention. Upon his secretary informing him that the Convention was deadlocked, he re plied: "Tfell 'em to throw it to Hard ing." And yet there are millions of patriotic men and women who grew up in the Republican party, some of whom were for General Wood, some for Lowden or Senator Johnson, who have fondly Imagined 'that' they were having something to do with the no minat'on of a candidate when they wont to the primaries and cast their lallots. Under the boss-ridden party of today they have no more to do with selecting the candidate than if they lived in New Guinea. Penrose big boss of the lesser bosses, just told them what to do, and he, in turn, was told what was wanted by the Mellon Dupont outfit. Once in a while the people still rise up in their might and do something, proving that they still have the power-for instance, the dry laws-but power unused is like the hoe that rusts in the shed-it pro duces no crop. The Republicans are having trouble raising campaign funds. The busi ness man who has no money to put into his own business is a poor sub ject for the campaign solicitor. There is little relief from the necessarily high war taxes, which the Republicans all voted for but which they are un able, for some reason, to lessen appre ciably. Freight rates 'remain very high and trade languishes, while Con gress fritters away its time trying to enact an anti-lynching bill to coddle the negro voter, though the best Con stitutional lawyers on the Republican side admit that the Supreme Court will make short work of the law when it finally gets to them, for it is abso LEAPS BUILDS OF CYPRESS AND ; the last rep ne spot. the soundest a it to the man jobs ahead of h .st order "some ay -defying PRE playing safe and g, -plus. No more an during your lifetim "the most ever-las won't call for the hig you want one of the l< w for the case in he ill know. Ask him. -ade That Fits t S for farmi buildings-but in the meantime iri -local lumber dealer-no matter for what Address THERN CYPRES facturers' Associatic Graham Building, Jacksonville, I' YW1. F n18 nIAme enKOmurm evenRan lutely subversive of that provision of the organic law which gives th' po lice powers to the States. The men who have furnished campaign funds in the past. are getting poor return fo'r their money and are sitting as judges of a Congress that satisfies no ody., Its failures can not be hidden, for they are visible in stunted indus try low prices for farm products and millions unemployed. And the soldier vote is up in arms. On top of al lthe other troubles, the Republican party left a very bad taste in the country's mouth by seating Newberry. This man was indicted and Convicted on a felonious charge and escaped because the Supreme Court found that the law specified "elec tion," while the bribery charged was committed in a "primary election." He escaped by the saving grace of one word! What a splendid vindica tion! His family should adopt a coat, of arms bearing a ten dollar bill ram pant, standing triumphant over, the remains of a tin lizzie par'ant, with the motto in letters of gold. "By one word." Debs seems to be a hero-at least, he is in Terre Haute, where the so ciaist mayor kissed him twice. Most folks who have seen 'Gene would de cline to kiss him more than once. By the way, what is happening to his party? In the recent election in New York City it almost disappeared but that is the common history of new parties; if they can not win in the second or third attempt, they fade away. They can not live on hope alone. THE AMERICAN LEGION WEEKLY NEWS LETTER Vigorous Abjection to the admission into the United States of Gregorie Seminoff, self-styled ataman (head man) of the Russian Cossacks, has been made by the American Legion, appearing before Secretary of Labor Davis. The Legion claims he is an undesirabel alien. He has been grant ed permission to stay in the country for six months. How much war trophies are ac tually worth depends on whose neck BUILDS FOR KEEPS." air job dvice we who has M. 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Thousands of disabled soldiers who should be in hospitals are forced to work and support their families be cause their compensation claims have not been allowed, according to the American Legion. Hanford MacNid er, commander, has called upon the Veterans' Bureau to effect prompt adjustment. Every town of 500 or more persons in Minnesota has an American Leg ion post, Gopher state records show. five hundred and thirteen posts and 275 Auxiliary units have been organ ized since July 1919. Beaten up by a gang of railway thieves, Detective J. C. Rodlinski of Salamanac, N. Y., was spared from death when one of the thugs spied a Marine service button in his lapel and recognized the detective as a former buddy in France. Among the New Year greetings re ceived by Hanford MacNider, com mander of the American Legion, was a beautifully engraved card which read: "Happy New Year. May you, if you get in jail throug hsentence -if firmed by the United States Supreme Court, receive from Harding, as did Debs, a ptardon anl a reception in the White House." The pr~oper carec of dlisabledl and unenmployedl ex-sold iers should come befor-e the erecting of expensive war memor-is, accordlinag to the Americans Legion's legislative comin nittee, which has condemned the plan of the George Washington Memorial Association to State of South Carolina County of Clarendon. Court of Common Pleas Decree. Idla Lev i, Plaintiff, vs. Johnny Davis and D). WV. Aldermani andl Sons Company, Defendants. Pursuant to a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for said County and State madle in above entitledl action (lated December 31st, 1921, 1, JT. E. Gamble, Sheriff of Clarendon County will nell at public auction to the highest bidder for- cash, in front of the Court House dloor at Manning, S. C., on Mondiay, Fobrunary 6th, 1922, being salesday, within the legal hours for judicial sales, the followving deC scr-ibed recal estate: "All that piece ,parcel or- tract of land lying, being and situate in the County of Clarendon, South Carol inn, containing twenty-four (24) acres, more or less, as per plat of G. T1. Floyd, Civil Engineer, lodged ini .Judgment Roll No. 4476 in the offlee of the Clerk of Court for- Clarendon County in the case of Lutitia Davis andl others against James Arthur Davis andi others andl designated on said plat as Lot No. 7 and bounded and butting n follows to wit: North by lot No. 6 awarded to Nabor Davis; Eat by lands of Mrs. Rosa Weinberg; South by lot No. 8 award ed to Carter Davis now the property of Estate of A. Levi; andl West by lot No. 4 awarded to Lutitia Davis and lands now or formerly of Robert Boyd. Purchaser to pay for papBers Sheriff of Clarendon County. CH1CH SER S P11L T MOND DAI OLD BY BRIJGOISTS EVERYWHERE L OI Found..-that glorious feoling tCit comos with a clear, puro, ruddy com pleuion. gain state support in erecting a Vic tory building in Washington, D. C. President Harding is reported as hav ing endorsed the project and written to governors of states recommending aid. The act of a Toledo judge in refus ing citizenship to two foreign-born residents who avoided war service because of "conscientious objections" has been commended by the Tony Wroblewski post, American Legion, composed entirely of foreign-born Americans and sons of foreign-born residents. Formation of a new political or ganization, to be known as the Sol diers' Party, is advocated by Wm. B. Grimes, New York, in a letter to an American Legion newspaper of Toledo 0. Grimes was a lieutenant in the A. E. F. With forest logs hewn and hauled by their own hands, American Legion men a Stigler, Okla., have erected an "overgrown cabin" for a clubhouse, where, before two roaring wood fires, they can gather on wintry nights to fight the war over again in comfort. Special police patrols to stem the existing crime wave have been or ganized by posts of the American Legion in Nebraska and Georgia, many unemployed ex-service men ob taining a livlihood by guarding large residential districts. Prisoners in the Los Angeles coun ty jail have been borrowing American Legion buttons to obtain sympathy in the courts on the ground of "war record." Investigation has shown that one button and one war record has served for a whole handful of pri soners. By floating a $25,000 bond issue, El Paso, Texas, has become the first city in America to attempt to finance a permanent American Legion home by municipal bonds. ALASKA RAILWAY OPENS 1ICH AREA Celebratioa to Mark l)riving of 'Gold den Spike' In 4167-Mile lFeleral Line--Cuts Yukon Fo~od Costs. Anchorage, Alaska, .Jan. 23. (Asso ciatedl Press. )-So rapidly has the wvork of bringing together the ends of steel on Alaska's 467-mile Govern ment railroad from Seward, on the seacoast to Fairbanks, in the heart of the Yukon country, progressedl, that definite plans are being made for a great celebration throughout the ter ritory to mark the dIriving of the "golden spike" some time in mid February, it wvas announced he're to. (lay. The ceremony, which will he at tended by Gov'. Scott C. Bone oif Alaska and other high terzitorial and Federal officials, will take place at the Riley Creek Bridge, 120 miles southi of Fairbanks. Thousands are expect ed to attend. The Riley Creek Bridge is in itself a triumph of engineering. Late in November, 1921, 500 tons of steel for the bridge were shipped from Seattle to Seward. Today the bridge, a 900 foot structure, is practically coim pileted. Tracks Laid On ic. With the exception of the 1,340, foot steel bridge across the Tanana River at Nenana, which will not he placed in service until late this year or early in 1923, it is the last unit of the road to be completed. Pending completion of work on the bridge at Nenana trains will be sent over the Tanana on ferries in this summer and over tracks laid on the EAGiL"MIKADO" For Sale at your' Dealer ASIC FOR THE YELLOW EACL1 EAGLE PENCIL C rage Tnree 5T1 150 Pimples 736 Blackheads and 3 Boils! No reward is offered, because they tro lost forever! No quostion will be iskeel, except one question, "How lid you lose them?'' There is but one ulswer,--"I cut out new fad treat. nents and guesswork; I used one of the most powerful blood-cleansers, :lood-purifiers a n d f I es h-bulders known, and that is S. S. S.! Now miy race is pinkish, my skin clear as a rose, my cheeks are filled out and my rheumatism, too, is gone!" This will be your experience, too, if you try S. B. S. It is guaranteed to be purely vegotablo in all its remarkably effec Livo medicinal ingredients S. S. 8. means a now history for you from now :n! H. S. S. is sold at all drug stores n two sizes. The larger ulzo is the more economical. ice during the winter months. The Government railroad cost ap proximately $56,000,000, and has been under construction since 1914. The main line between Seward and Fair banks is 467 miles in length, but with branches, the completed system will have a total trackage of 539 miles. For some months past luxurious trains, with Pullman conches and buf fet dining cars have been operated over the main line on a once-a-week schedule. Freight was carried be tween the ends of steel by dog sled. Opens Up Rich Territory Alaska hails the coining of the railroad as the key that will unlock one of the richest territories in the world. Mail from Seattle will reach Fairbanks in nine days. Heretofore fro mone to three months was the usual time of transit. The road will be open the year round, and no longer will the freezing of the Yukon in winter mean that the great interior country must hibernate until resumption of navigation in the spring. Alaskas richest areas are tapped by the road. The fertile valleys of the Tanana and Yukon will be in direct connection with Seward, a seaport with a harber free of ice for twelve months in the year. The road passes through important coal fields, one of which is expected to furnish supplies of steaming fuel for naval vessels. It traverses what Gov ernment geologists describe as a rich potential oil district in the Cook Inlet region contiguous to Anchorage. State of South Carolina, County of Clarendon. Court of Common Pleas Decree. W. II. Anderson, Plaintiff, vs. Acy Williams, F. W. Trulu,: and McKnight Stuckey, trading as Tru luck-Stuckey Co., Defendants. Pursuant to a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for said County and State made in above entitled action dated January 3rd, 1922, 1, J. E. J. E. Gamble, Sheriff of Clarendon County will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the Court House door at Manning, S. C., on Monday, February 6th, 1922, being salesday, within the legal hours for judicial sales, the following de scribed real estate: "All that piece, parcel or tr'act of land, situated near' Summerton, Coun ty of Clarendon, South Carolina, con taining fifty (50) acres, more or less, bounded on the north by the lands of Mr is. M. S. Cantey, c the west I the lands of .James R. Ragin and T. G. Rlagin, on the eamst by the lands of I lolladay, and on the south by the landls of the estate of WVesley Rich bourg." Purchaser to pay for patpers. J1. 1I. GA MBLEc, Sheriff of Clarendlon County'. State of South Car olina, County of Clarendon. Court of Common Pleas. Decree. Cla rence Iseman, Pia inti U'. Isham HT. HIilIton, D~efendanat. Pursuant to a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for saiid Count~y and State mad~e in above ent it led action dlatedi January 14ith, 1922, 1, J1. E. Gamble, SherifU' of' Clarendon County~ will sell at public auction t) the high' est. iddher for cash, ini front of the' Court House dloor' at Manning, S. C., on Montiay, February 6th, 1922, he ing sal esday, wvithin the legal hours for judlicial sales, the following de--~ scriib~ed r'eal estate: All that piece parce' or lot of land measuring thirty--five feet sqiuare with the buildings andl imprIovements thereon situated in D~avis St ation in the Coun ty amnd State aforesaid bound - ed and butting as follows to wit: North by the Right of Way of North Western Railroad of South Carolina; East and South by lands of J1. 1D. Carter; West hy lot of C. IL. Nelson's estate the saidl lot of land being the same that was conveyedl to me b~y dleed of J. D. Carter (dated September 1st, 1915 and recorded in Book K-5 page 483. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. E. GAMBLE, Sheriff of Clarendon County. Pencil No.l17 Made in five grade. PENCIL. WITH THE RED BAND MIKADO' )MPANY NEW YRK