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Abbeyille, to distribute all of the money to the counties to be used exclusively in .the constructioi' and maintenance of roads, but a fetv minutes later reversed -itself, and by -a vote- of 22 to 14 rejected the amendment. By a.vote of 25 to 9 it 'rejected an afhendment by Senator Goodwin, of Laurens, ' to give all of the money to counties for general purposes. The- fight for the Senate committee amendments was led by Senators Chriatdesen, Laney, McGhee, J. H. Johnson and Duncan. Senators Bonham,' Moore, Good .win , and Ragsdale led the fight against thd amendments. 'Senators Christensen and Duncan told the Senate that the people were look ing to the General Assembly for rplief on 'the Stite levy and to the county delegations- for relief on the county levy. By a vote of 19 to 15 the Senate adopted an amendment to cut out the one-cent-a-gallon tax on kero - sene. This amendment ,was offered by Senator Padgett, of Colleton, who urged its adoption. Tbe Senate re jected an amendnent by Senator Padgett to put the enfdrcement of the law on the Department of Agricul ture. Vote 25 to 71 Columbia, Jan. 31.-The 'Senate to day voted 25 to 7 to impose a tax of two cents a gallon on gasoline. The application. of the proceeds from thie tax had not been decided upon when the Senate adjourned at 2 o'clock this - afternoon until 8 o'clock tonight. The vote on the motioi of Senator Moore, of Abbeville, to la;r.on the table the finance committee amend ment prviding for a two-cent tax came after two hours of debate: The debate covered. the entire range of the bill, the application of the tam being discussed along with' the amount of the tax to be imposed. The following- Senators voted on the motion to lay the finance com mittee .amendment raising the pro posed tax from one cent to two-cents on the table: Baker, Black, Good - win, Huston, Moore, Padgett, and Wightman-7. The following Senators voted again st the motion and for the two-cent tax. aBiles, Bethea, Christensen, Crosson, Duncan, Hart, Hubbard, Johnstone, Johnson, Kennedy, Laney Mason, Mc Ghee, Miller, Moise, Pearce, Rogers, Jeremiah Smith, Stabler, Wells, Wideman and Young-25. Senator' Bonham in opposing the committee amendment to raise the proposed tax from one cent a gal lon to two cents declared that gas oline was no longer a luxury, but -a necessity andl h'e thought a tax of twvo cents excessive. Senator Moore of Abbeville also opposed the two cent tax. Senator Christensen explained the finance ,committee's amendlment andl the necessity of raisihg funds this way. He said it had been fig ured that the tax wvould net $720,000 a year. Senator Padgett of' Colleton fa vored the twvo cents a. gallon tax on gasolin~e, but thoughjt kerosene ought to be exemptedl. Senator Black of Bamberg and Goodwin of Laurens opposed the two ce-nt tax. Senator McGhee of Greenwood fa voredl the tax. Ie .wants to see means devised to' reduce the prop erty tax and if possible eliminate it entirely. Senator Pearce, of Richland, fa voredl the tax but thought the proceeds ought to go-on the roads. Scnater Ragsdale, of Fairfield, wanted the money to go on the roadIs and so (did Senator Rogers, of Spartanburg.' Senators Duncan, Lightsey and Laney spoke in favor of the bill, pointing out the justic of it. -Senator Jeremiah Sinith, of Hiorry, fhought it an equitable tax.' -He anid ,that now every man in the State is required to' work the roads or pay a rohid tax. There are some men who havent a hoop to run on the roads and yet they arc required to hjelp keep them up. lie thought the man with the automobile ought to be willingr to pay the gas tax. Senator Crossoni approved of the tax but thought it ought to be ge-n erally gathered ,and generally dis Senator Wightman opposed the two-cent tax. Said ho had made up his mnind to swallow the one cent tax but that he could not swal low tlie two-cent tax. Hie termed the tax masres. ... "pnoiar. n INTERESTINGNQTES OF MANNING: LIBRARY - The members of Manning Library association,' have just paid to the town fifty-nine.. dollars - aid 'sixty eight Cents 'for paving in frdnt of the, buildirik. It. epimes rather haed on the aso ciation; as out of more than two hund red members, tiaf should have paid their annual dues of one dollar, only seventeen paid. in X921.. W'th the fifty dollars the town gives annuafly to library makes sixty seven dollars. for expenses for y ar. The librarians is asked constantly, "Have you . any new books," why don't you get some'? Mrs. F. C. Thomas during the year 1921, gave twenty volumes to tote library, which "was much appreciated by the assbeia tion. Can't some other member gide books, or .contribute, to. a fund to pur chase some?- The library is sadly in need of- reference' books, an encyclo poedia, a standard dictionary and many others I might mention. . The association has decided to have a series of rook parties to pay in debtedness for past year. Nothing specially pressing except ' ,note in First' National Bank for twenty-six dollars. Mrs. W. P. Legg entertain ed at first party twenty-seven pre sent, contrjbuted six dollars and fifty cents. Mrs. 0. T. Floyd will enter tain next. Several have promised to help in this -series of parties others that are willing, if they will send their names to lVrs. W. P. Legg, an afternoon or evening, will be assigned them. Hope many members will send in their names, for it is "a worthy cause, and assunes 'you a pleasant ofternoon or evening with your friends. Several have suggested how the library could and. should be rut: advantageously, as the librarian re signed in Janpary, ye *ould be glad to have them come forward and put 'their suggestions ir4b actual prac tice. It will be several weeks. before an other librarian can be, secured, and we wish to open the'door Saturday afternoon at four o'clock, for the bene fit of those who have paid their dues for 1922. Now don't feel a delicacy in com ing forward, and give ,the practical test, and assist with the work until a librarian can be appointed. A lady said to me the other day, "Why do ladies ' go around borrowing books from their neighbors, saying they have nothing to read, when they can pay one dollar to library, and have the privilege of reading one 'hundred and four , books during the year, less than one cent a book" During this continued (lamp weath er, some of the plastering has fallen, and should be looked after immediate ly. " . Hoping that every member may do. his or her duty to the library, it the -ybar 1422, making this the b'.:.. year in its histoty and seeing that it is the pride of the to-vn, which it should justly be. Mrs. Furman Bradham. PART .Of COUNTY As ' 'VOTES BACK IN As a result of a special election held yesterday, by a vote of 24 to 0 a part of the territory in the Pinewood sec tion will be returned to Clarenglon County. Last year about 93 square miles of this County voted into. Sumter County. The property in this area was assessed at about one million dol lars. The election held yesterday brings- back about 29 square miles with property of the assessed value of, over $300,000.00. The area return in'g to this County embraces some of tho .finost farming, lands i(n the Coun, ty, as well as some of the most sijb stantial citizens in the State. 'Clar endlon will give these citizens a hearty welsome. We are glad to have them return to their old home. Ever since the election last year Messrs. Ralph S. DesChamps, J. R. Grifln, A. E. ["elder afld others have been working upon the project to get this area back into Clarendon, and the County owes these patriotic citizens a vote of thanks for the highly successful man ner in which they have engineeredl the matter. The Legislature, now in tiession, will pass the necessary laws formally annexing this territory back to' Clarondon County, so that within a few dlays all of the residents in that nrea will again be fuli-fjledged citi zens of Clarendon. Senator Hart, of Yorft, said it seemedl that every measure pro posed along tax lines ougIlt, in the opinion of some Senators, exemp all poor men. He said he was sick and tired of hearing, so much about the poor man. The 'poor man ought to .pay taxes andl is willing to pay them of eourse, but in just - propor? tion. All of the Senate finance commit tee aniendlments hadl been adopted before adljournment for dlinnel' with the exdeption of the one providing that one half ' of' -the amount eel lected~ on account .of the tax upon gasoline~ shalr be distributed to the counties to be used exclusively for the construction and maintenance of roads. The other half goes into 'the general, treasury of the State. The bill, as it came from . the House, provided a tax of only one cent a galloni and the proeeds therefrom were to go int6 the gen eal trenannr of the State. i(NiCYiS[hsliI YALES ON TOBAC Pool' Sets flange $L00 a Pound for. Poo'est to.$26.00 For cigarette F Wrapper. This is 'For Advances. Lexington, Ky. Jan. 25.--Announce ment of. the loan values on the var ious grades of biul'ley tobacco, as fix ed by Louisville bankers in connection ,with tobacco experts ofs that- city some time ago, was announced tonight by Director of Warehouses ' Ralph Barker at a meeting of the warehouse managers and their associates in the ball-room of the Phoenix Hotel. Every' warehouse in the' district save two were represented. The loan values the 100 pounds as announced by Director Barker are the amounts that will be advanced to growers on. the delivery of their crops to the assodiation-warehouses. These values range from -$1 the 100'for the poorest grade of flyings to $26 the '100 for cigarette wrapper. The loan values by grades follow: Al, $16' A2, $12- A3 $10.50; A4, $7" AS $6;- A6, $2.60; A7, $1. 131, 418; B2, $14.50; B3% $10; B4, $7; B5 $4.50; B6, $3.50; B7, $2.50. Cl, $22; C2, $16; C3, $15; C4, $12; C5, $8; C6, 4; 07, $2.50. Dl $20; D2, $18; D3, $14; D4, $11; D5, $6; D7, $2.60. '. E1, 414; E2, $11;. E3, $9; E4, $7; E5, $5; E6, $3; E7, $2. F1, $7; F2, $6; F3, $5; F4, $2.50. Fsl, $8; Fs2, $6. G1, $6; G2, $5; G3, $3; G4, $3; G5, $1.50. CW1, $26; 'CW2, $21. TW1, $20; TW2, $17. CG, $9; DG, $7. The warehousemen were instructed not Po mix the 1920 crop with that of 1921. Mr. 'Barker cautioned the ware housemen to be courteous and patient. "You're employed by the farmers." he said, 'and I want you to reflect when you are tempted to 'get fresh' with one of them ,that you arc getting fresh with your- 'bos..' " Appoin merlt of the ' followiig dis trict gra<ders was announced: Eastern No. 1, Frank P. Hite, Rip ley, Ohio;- Eastern No. 2, A. R. Rob ertson, Mt. Sterling; Northern No. 1, William Redd, Carlisle; Northern No. 2, Albert Day, Mayesville; Western No. 1, J. Leslie Knight, Lexington; Western No. 2, N. I. Buster, Harrods burg; Lexington, . A. A. Evans, Lex ington; Central, Harry. Snook, Mari son, Iid. NOTES FROM KENTUCKY TOBACCO MARKET Henderson, Ky., Jan. -25.-Tobacco prices continue to advance on the market here. Today. .58,910 pounds were sold at $15.54 average, an ad vance of 14 cents on the hundred pounds since Tuesday. Fired leaf sold up to 38 cents a pound. Lower grades continue in de niand. Buyers say four-fifths of the crops has been marketed. Hlopkinsville Average $15.48 Hlopkinsville, Ky., Jan. 25.-In spite of extremely cold weather, the Hop knsville loose leaf tobacco floors sold 356,290 pounds,today at $15.48 aver age, bringing growers $55,153.61, De iiveries arc mainly low grades. Lexington Prices Ifilgh Lexington, Ky., Jan. 25.-Prices paid for tobacco on the Leington mar ket today were considerably better than on Tuesday,- the average for the day of $22.10 being about 50 cents a hundred higher. A total of 161,655 pounds wvent -over the brenks. Hogshead Leaf Trade. Louisvdie, Ky., Jan. 26.--Offerings on the local tobacco breaks yesterday consisted entirely of burley tobacco. A total of 824 hogsheads included 517 old burley and 307 hogsheads of new burley. Original inspections were on 593 hos sheads, while 231 hogsheads were put up on review. 'rie first sales Thursday will be at the Louisville, Warehouso. 'rho summary of yesterdlay's trade follows: Tenth-street Warehouse sold 50 hogsheads of newv burley at a range of $6 to $40.50 a hundred pounds and 82 old burley $6.10 to $34. Louisville Warehouse, 75 new bur ley, $8 to $40; 75 'old burley, $3.35 to $81. 'Turner Warehouse, 61 new burley, $7.10 to $30; 42 old1 burley, $3.50 to $22.* Kentucky Warehouse, 56 new burley $6 to $36; 101 old burley, $5 to $32.50. Main-street warehouse 63 new bur ley, $4.95 to $30[ 65 old burley, $4 to $30.50. Planters-Farmers, 47 new burley, S6.30 to $31; 112 01(d burley, $4 to 30.50. SELF4AI' SIX DELEGATES TO TOBACCO MEETING Kingstree, Jan. 31.-An election was held here today for the purpose of electing six dlelegates to represent ,Wiliamsurgfarmers at the conven tion to be hel n Sunmter February -2, by the Tobacco. dlo-operative Market ing Association at which time perm anent officers wvill be elected. Those chosen hero today .are Dr. W. S. Boyd, J. W. Cook, J. G. MWc~ullough, R. C. McElveen, ,. K. McIntosh, L. F. Rhem anid two alternates, G. B. 'Eaddy and W.' 3. Nesmith; Nine .hundred and Malt votes wao ~a. TOBACCO ASSOCIATION . LC1S DELEGATES The first regular 'hieeting of the Clarendon County branch, of the To bacco Gro versCo-operative Associne tion. was held In the Court House at Manning on Monday, January 30th. Nearly one hundred niembers were present and fully as many more sent in their votes for delegates to the ] District meeting to be held in Sumter; -Febrnary 2nd. C. R. Sprott and D. R. DuBose were elected delegatis -to this meeting. ,The'following letter which appear ed in a recent issue of The Southern Tobacco Journal was read and, after a full discussion, it was decided to re quest The Manning 'imes to publish this .letter and the Association's re ply, which was adopted unanimously by a rising vote. Manning Tobacco Market Will Con tinue to do -Business. Manning,- S. C., Jan. 7, 1922. Editor Southern Tobacco Journal, Winston-Salem, N. C. Dear Sir: " will appreciate space" in your. paper to state for the beneft of the tobacco trade that the Manning to.-, bacco market will again operate as heretofore for the sale of leaf tobacco" for those that did not sign the tobac co co-operative marketing system. I do not think that over ten per cent of our growers in Clarendon County have signed up. There are others that lean to the small side that may claim more. Sufficient to say that we will have a. market as usdal. We are expecting a good crop to be grown this year. I believe our farmers are tired of trying to grow tobacco that is not profitable. I believe an effort will be put forth to give tobacco bette. at tention than ever before in our his 'tory of tobacco .growing. I do not think however that a large crop can I be grown owing to financia-1 condi tions. 11 .my of the poor class will not be ale to get help sufficient to farm. I-am not a prophet--heither am I-the son of one ,but I expect to see good prices for good tobacco in 1922. I expect to see Manning sell double the tobaced she sold last year. I am 'expecting that that we will have the same luck 2 at Covington, Ky. did on her opening day. I am also expect ing to sell tobacco from some of my co-operative friends, because they have friends that will accommodate them-Brown, Smith "'and Jones are familiar names and the men that wear them are good fellows."-The South ern Tobacco Journal. In reply to this letter we wish to state that our Association in Claren dIon County has 335 members and 2,-1 250,000 pounds of tobacco signed up which dods not include quite a num ber of Clarendon farmers who signed in Florence and -Williamsburg Coun ties. We leave it- to the intelligent. citiv:ens of Clarendon County to judge the correctness of Mr. Cothran's state ment that "not over ten per cent. of our growers in Clarendon County have signed up." We consider the letter part of the third paragraph in Mr. Cothran's let ter an insult to every member of our association. In it he suggests a method by which a member who is without principle- or honor might break his contract, and he makes a clearly implied bid for the patronage of any such person who may desire his services. Mr. Cothran thus makes clear the plan he has in mind for breaking (Iown the association and the part he proposes to play in -it. We will 'let the public pass judgment on. Mr. Coth.. ran andl his ac heme, but in 4dler t9 carry it out ,hc must have a eartain nuniber of traitors to join with him. The names of 'our' nembers have been published in The Manning Times, and, with this list of names before him, he dleliberately publishes a state ment he expects some of these memi ber's to lay asideo principle and1 honor and accep~t his bid for their patron age. At present every member of our association stands mic~itedi before the p~ublic by Mr. Coth'an as a possible traitor t~ the association. When he makes th -statement that he expects some of his friondo. in the association to sell tobacco under a fictitious name tht'ough him, he must have some reasonable ground on wvhich to base this expectationi. We, therefore, demand of Mr. Coth rant that Ite give us a valid reason for his staltemont or retr'act it. If he has goodl andI sufflciet~t treasons for thte assertion that ho expects some of our members, his "friends," to jotn hiin In his scheme to injure the associa tion, wve wvant the names of those members, lie has uttered a slander against every true andi loyal member of the association which can only be removed by publishing the names of thoso whom he has picked for traitors. Give, us the names.. By C. R. Sprott, ASSOCIATION itALLY On Sunday, January 29th, there was held at the Paxvlle,. Baptist Church, the first 'quarterly rally of the San tee Associational B. Y. P. U. Rev, J. A. Easley gave two splendid ad dresses which wvere much enjoyed. A well rendered demonstration program by the Paxville Union was also much enjoyedl. There seemed to be .a great deal of enthusiasm shown b'y. very one present. A delightful supper was serveel by the Paxvlle ladles between the afternoon and evening sessions. DLARIENDON FARM - PRODUCE BEIlNG SOLD - A car of banked sweet potatoes was yesterday shipped from Manning. rhe potatoes for this car were fur iished by about a dozen different 3owers. Tlhy were shipped to Rich nond, the, sale being made by the 3huth Carolina 'weot Potato Associa= ion. This is just another evidence f the value of C6-operative Market ng, and shows that there are ways of telling a great deal of our surplus >roducts if gone at in the right way. In thin instance the potatoes were sought up for cAsh by a local man who shipped them, but it is practical for farmers who do not care to sell n this way, or when there is no lo :al buyer to club together and ship a :ar for themselves. Today we have here a buyer for me of the large commission houses in Richmond who is buying a car of hogs. One car of hogs has been pur 'hased this morning and will be slip pod out tomorrow. The sales were made f. o. b. cash prices at figures hat are satisfactory 'to the sellers, ender the present market conditions. I have received notice that a car )f cured potatoes will be shipped from the Manning, Curing House the first >f next week. The cured potatoes of :ourse bring a good premium over the anktd stock. I believe that the sooner our farm 3rs as a whole get to growing more products of this kind to be marketed it suitable times throughout the year, the sooner we will find our county again on the road to prosperity. Also we must letrrn the value of co-opera tion in selling. It is not one time in ten that one man will have enough of a product to make upi a car. W. R. Gray, County Agent. NOTES OF THE RED CROSS PUBLIC HEAITH NURSE "What's your name little boy ?" 'My name's John-we're all of us named John, what aint "Thus one of the little fellows at the Manning school answered Miss Moore as she was starting to weigh and measure him. He and all of his playgiates were so eager to be "examined" that one could scarcely wait until the one ahead of him was finished. They are greatly interested in the little color ed tags which are tied on their but tons,' bearing their name, age, weight height and what they should weigh. 'Mama, I don't weigh enuf-Miss Miss Moore. said so and she told me I must drink milk and cocoa instead of tea and coffee, and mama I tihut have my windows open tonikht so that I'll get' nice rosy cheeks and grow big and strong." School inspection has been in prog ress at the Mannjpg school for' four lays. 161 children have been inspect ed thus far. General speaking most of them are in fair condition. As us ual, teeth, tonsils and nasal obstruc tions are the most frequent causes of trouble fpund. Several pupils who had their tonsils- removed at the clinic last summer have been ispected and are found to have gained in weight and their general condition seems much improved. One child has gain ed over ten pounds. Manning is very fortunate in hav ing a principal and teachers who are hmking every effort to keep a high standard of health in the school. LOCAL HAPPENINGS TW[NTY YEARS AGO February 19, 1902 Miss Biessie Galluchat left last week to accept a position as governess Lup in Richland county. Miss Margie Appelt left wvith her father Monday morning to spend a week wvith the family of Governor Mc Stweeney. Messrs. Jos. F. Ifhanme andl J. H1. Lesesne have formed p -partnership for the general practice of lawv, under the firm pamne of Rhame & Lescane. Miss (-iiva Ingram has decided to make millinery work her profession andl is nowv in Nekw York catching on to the latest fads andl styles in trim ining and1 (decorating hats. Married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. andl M's. S. H. Bradham, last Wednesday night, 12th, inst., Miss Blanche Bradham and Mr. Clarence IH. Mathis of Spring Hill. The happy couple left for Spring Hill, their future home, last Thurs dlay morning. In the re-districting of the State, Clarendon is torn away from the old1 friends in the Pee Dee section com posing the old Sixth District, and is Ilnkedl on to the First District, to be composedl of Charleston, Collecton, Dorchester, Berkeley and Clarendon. The News andl Courier's Cokumbia correspondent announed~ Monday that Mr. M. C. Galluchat would be a can didate for Congress from ,the , new First District. Cotton is now worth 8 cents in Charleston.* NO WORD FROM STEAMER Savannah, Ga., Jan. 31.-NothIng has been hoard from tugs sent to the assistance of the Norwegian steamship Shogheim, aground off Dobby. The steamer Is sugar-laden from Havana. IERRIBLE DISASTER IN WASHINGTON Snow Crushes Roof of Theatre Killing One Hundred and Seven and Injuring One Hundred and Three. Washington, Jan. 30.-With a to tal of one hundred and seven dead and one hundred and three injured remov od from ruins of the Knickerbocker theatre early today, hundreds of res euers are still struggling with the heavy wreckage left when snow-laden roof of the structure collapsed Satur dlay night during the showing of a feature comedy. Brigadier General Bandholtz, who is in charge, said it might be another twenty-four hours before the work can be completed. It is believed, however, that the section remaining to be explored would yield few alditions to the awful list of dead and injured. A party of rescuers is still struggling to release unrescued victims fro mthe wreckage which is now being overturned. Qne man is believed to be still alive, although imprisoned for thirty-six hours. The burial of two of the victims of the disaster, John and Elizabeth Jef fries, rhildren of L. E. Jeffries, gen eral counsel of Southern Railway, will take place Wednesday at their old home in Selma, Ala., it is said, while district officials started the in vestigation, Senator Capper introduc ed a resolution calling for an inquiry by the senate. Civilian relieved sol diers and marines who had been on guard at the scene since the disaster occured. Only odds and ends of de bris remains to be removed and no more bodies are expected to ..be re covered. Washington, Jan. 29 (By the As sociated Press).-The toll of dead in the Knickerbocker reached 107 to night when a final canvass was made of the city hospitals and all of the several emergency medical stations which had been established to care for the victims. This was said to in clude everybody thus far recovered from the ruins. The list of injured totalled 134 tonight and of these 14 were recorded as having sustained serious hurts. Of those in hospitals some sustain ed injuries in many cases of such character that the victims, if they re cover, wiJl be maimed for life. Ninety-two of the victims had been identified when the force of volunteer workers, 24 hours after the disaster, approached the end of their - long search of the debris. Nine additional bodies , of those who had succumbed to injuries after rescue lay in city hospitals. Normally the theater has ' every seat filled at that hour and nearly 2,000 persons was its capacity. The same unprecedented snowfall which brought death to the venturesome few kept the many at home. Street car traffic had been abandoned and streets and sidewalks were all but impassable with drifts. The building stands in an acute angled corner at Eighteenth street and Columbia road, north nest, the heart of the most favored residence section of the city. The narrow niche of the stage on which the screen was hung was backed into the corner angle, while to the left from the stage the line of the auditorium wall runs in a straight line for some 200 feet down 18th street. To the right, the wall follows the slow curve of Columbia road for about the same distance and at the far end, paralling the stage front, the back wall com pletes the auditorium proper, also about 200 feet in length. ' Most of' the .bodies were recover ed fronm the floor of the pit beneath the wreckage of the balcony or from the, front of the balcony itself. F'ol lowing the rule of motion picture au dliences and with an almost empty house to pick from, those on the main floor had groupedl themselves in the rowvs of se'ats just belowv the front of the lialconty. They were hack far e'nough to see well and the front andl back rows were almost empty. At the point they had chosen, the danger provedl to be just double. Few of those seatedl 'thei'e couldl have escaped. Even the fal Iing concrete slabs of the balcony front came (down on the first wreckage wvith crushing weight. The gleaming brns rail that adorned the balcony front lay spread over the wreckage of the roof 15 feet below when~ rescuers reaced the scene. Those farther back on the main floor probably all escaped. The beams that supported the back of the bal cony did no~ let go their clutch on the wall. The wide scope of seats they supportedl tilted dlown until the wreckage belowv took the weight of of the front end and then stood cover ing the back rows of the main floor like a tent. The front rows of the balcony were groundl to a twisted mass of ruins in the fall. There wvas no wvood in 'the structure, It was all steel and concrete but the enormous weight of the balcony in itself was sufficient to wind the tortured .beams ifth fantas tic shape. UNITED STATES EXCEPTED London, Jan. 31.--All the countries invitedl to the Geona economic con ference have definitely acceeptedl ex copt the United States. Reuter Ltd., learns. So far as British an<d Ital Ian circles are concerned, it is be lieved that the conference will meet, as fixed, on March 8.