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; ection One~ eto~Oe ~ Paes i1to 8.4 4?Pge t ____ ______ MANNING,'S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1922 M RICHMOND HOTEL FIRE D. TAKESNEAYY TOLL D. E. Amos, of Charleston, Reported Missing-Other South Carolin lans Injured or Missing Richmond, Va., Feb. 7.-Six known dAd, thirty-three reported missing ,oindmaccounted for and twenty-eight known injured, fourteen of whom are bed{eVed to be fataly hurt, is the toll )bf ;he fire which swept over an area of, half a city block here early this mor ting, destroying the !Lexington Iotel and several other buildings and entailing a lose of $250,000. The fire was discovered at 4:10 o'clock this morning in the hotel and rapidly spread to adjoining pro perty, other buildings being destroy ed or gutted being the Pearl Laundry the plant of Clyde W. Saunders, prin ters, the Savings Bank of Richmond, Branch, Cabell & Co., and E. R. La ferty & Co., and the Co-operative Pro ducers' Exchange. Twentytwo pa tients are at one hospital, the Vir ginia, three are at the Memorial, two at the Johnston Willis and one at the Grace Hospital. At police headquarters a force of men' still in busy in an effort to check off th6de accounted for on the list of guests in the hotel. From seventy-five to eighty-five persons were known to have / been in the hotel when the fire began.. The dead are: Hiram S. Austin, Fincastle, Va. M. J. Fox, Wiliasport, Pa. L. M. Thomas, sheriff of Albe marle County, Virginia. E. T. Cox, Richmond, Va. F. L. haw, C. & 0. Railway con ductor, R chmond, Va. T. D. Piercer, Yonkers, N. Y. The bodies of the last named three still are in the ruins, according to po lice. - Those reported missing or unac counted. for follows: Samuel Ash, Richmond; D.- E. Amos, Charleston, S. C., C. C. Eber ly, address not given; E. J. Bush, Richmond; W. E. ,Hubble; Richmond; T. F. Riley, South Carolina; I. H. 'Crowder, and H. G. Cahoon, Fincastle, Va.; E. T. Carter, - United States navy; T. W. Jones, Norfolk; Mrs. T. W. Jones, Norfolk; T. W. Grannen, address not given; T. F. Hilliard, Richmond, H. 0. Bailey, address not given; Frederick Keller, United States navy; T. L. Parker, Atlanta; T. D. Turnier, address not given; J. L. Kellam, Hampton Va.; C. B. Bowen, Richmond; C. W. Hathorne, address not given; E. F. Taylor, Jr., North Carolina; J.' R. Nelson, Florence, S. C.; T. R. Jo3es, Norfolk; T. T. Left wich, S. Hamin, and E. T. Cox, ad dresses not given; F. L. Shaw, Rich mond. Those reported injured are: J. N. Hager, Boyden, Va., injury to back; Jol 1 R. Cochran, New York; E. P. Howell, Norfolk; Thomas Flag, an, Brooklyn; George Cutter, Buck roe Beach, Va.; James Folden, Pat ton, W. Va.; B. G. Wright, Newport News; Elmer Diftenbaugh, New ort News; B. H. Trice, Globe, Va; Hubert Dodd, Lexington, Va.; Joe Webb, Fin castle, Va., irijury to right foot and hip; Andrew Galles, Buffalo; J. G. Harival, Portland, Maine; A. 11. Har rison, St. Louis, head left hand- and ankle injured; Mrs. Clara Cochran, New York; W. W. Burne, Spartan burg, S. C.; C. Goodman, Richmond, Ky.; Ernest Staples, Richmond; Charles Benton, Wilson, N. C.; J. E. Ford, Rockingham, N. C.; 'T. Lease, Hinton, Va., M. A. Austin Philadel phis Seventy-two guests were register ed at the hotel. Smoke from the stairs of the basement gave the first warning of the fire to Tr. D. F'zcy, night clerk, who soundled an alarm. Summoning the fire apparatus, he re turned to the hotel an dlarouse many guests. -improvements were being made in the building. The telephone switch board hadi been disconnected to per mit new installations an dthe'eleva tor had not been operatedl in several weeks. There was no opportunity to idarn those occupying the rooms on the upper floors. Fanned by a draught in the tem porarily abandoned elevator shaft, thse fire leaped towYardl the roof. In a moment the five avenues of escape-a f4ront, center andl rear staircase and two fire escapes at front and rear wore cut off. Guests rushed from their rooms to find the dlimly lighted hallways and corridors filled with smoke. The -stairs were pits of flames, roaring up~wardl through the sem i-darkness. A few found time to seize blankets andi ojher wraps, but the majority were glad' only in their night cloth ing. The windows of the hotel were filled with frenzied guests climbing outward on the sills to escape the creep of the flames andi crying for help. SAGED INDIAN PASSFS Cass Lake, Minn., Feb. 7.-Ga-Bo Nah-Gewn..Wonce also known as John Smith, a Claippewa Indian, re puted to be 137 years of age, died here today, after a week's illness with pneumonia. The "Old Indian" as he was gen erally known among the white peo ple, was aictive until six months ago. '3efore that time, he had made it a practice to meet all trains entering the v illae and offer post cards for sale. .11 had been married eight times. He had no children and the only survivor Is Tom Smith, an adopt~ed son, wih #hom he livedl. NOTES BY THE COUNTY DEMONSTRATION AGENT Yesterday a car of number one cur ed Porto' Rico Sweet Potatoes were shipped from The Manning Curing House. The car of 660 crates was sold by the South Carolina Sweet Potato Association to a . firm In Washington, D. C. The fancy price at which the Association is selling sweet potatoes is another fine illus tration of the value of Co-operative Marketing., Mr. L. H. Lewis, marketing Agent of tote Extension Forces with head quarters in Florence, was here to supervise the grading and packing of the potatoes. A great many farmers -called at the curing house while the potatoes were being handled. Mr. Lewis was able to give-them a great deal of valuable information and demonstrations in the handling of sweet potatoes for the market. I would like for every farmer who possibly can to njake it a point to come to the curing house sometime when a car is being loaded. His time will be profitably spent. I wish to ask those farmers having peas, velvet beans or soy beans for sale to list them with me. If you have any of these for sale drop me a line or see me and tell me the amount of them you have...to of fer, your best price, condition of seed-whether shelled or in hull and the variety. W. R. Gray, County Agent. MRS. WILLIAMS ENTERTAINS On Friday afternoon, Mrs. Marion Williams delightfully eqtertained the third party of the Civic League's chain of teas. Handsome crimson Japanicas Calla Lilies, and graceful ferns added cheer and beauty to the rooms, where eight tables were at tractively arranged- for rook. After several enjoyable games, the firs prize, an exquisite set of hand painted score cards was presented to the visiting guest, Miss Minnie Mc Laughlin of High Falls. Dainty sand wiches with coffee was served by the agreeable hostess, assisted by her lovely small daughter, Marion. Those present were: Mesdames T. E. Plow dent, W. T. Lesesne, Herman Dubrow, J. W. Wideman, A. I. Barron, J. L. McLeod, S. McLeod, D. Hiirschmann, R. D. Cothran, Jake Iseman, C. B. Geiger, W. S. Harvin, Sr., W. S. Harvin, Jr., F. C. Thomas, A. J. Smith, B. Lesesne, M. S. Brown, G. L. Dickson, J. E. Arant, J. H. Orvin, E. S. Ervin, W. C. Davis, J. D. Gerald, G. T. Floyd, J. K. Breedin, I. Bradham, R. E. Broadway, F. P. Burgess, Seaman Richardson and Misses Mattie Gaillard, Barnwell Huggins and Minnie McLaughlin. PAXVILLE NEWS ITEMS Rev. T. B. Owen of Chesterfield, spent the past week at the home of his son, T. Reynolds Owen. Mr. andMrs. Pou Herlong have re turned from a wee Ws visit with Mrs. A. F. Rogers at Kingstree. Mr. J.,R. Ardis,- who lost his home by fire a few weeks ago, is now mak ink preparations to erect a six room bungalow on the same site. Mr. Reynolds Owen now of Adams Run, is s'pending a while at his home here. Rev. and Mrs. Bunyan Mahoney, of New Jersey, are visiting at- the home of Mr. W. R. Keels. Mrs. Marion Cox and children of Florence, are visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary McLeod. Mr. and Mts. Howard -Tisdale en tertained the teachers and trustees of the graded school on last Friday evening. Mrs. A. F. Rodgers and children have returned to her home at King stree, after a visit with her mother, Mrs. Annie E. Hlerlong. Miss Maggie Corbett, who is teacht ing near Manning, spent the week-end with her home folks. LOCAL HAPPFNINCS TWNIYYEARlS AGO March 19, 1902 Married af the r sidence of the bride's parents this afternoon at For eston, , by Rev. Pooser, Judge James M. Windham and Miss Lula Rich bourg, daughter of Magistrate J. E. Richbourg. The couple go to thes ex position this evening. Mrs. Myer Levi of Rutherfordton, N. C., is in Manning visiting her mother-ia-law, Mrs. M. Levi. Manning Hotel, Manning, S. C.-A splendid newly furnished hotel, offers to its guests goodl service. Perman ent and transient boarders solicited. Street ears at dooer. S. R. Cola, proprietor. Professional card-Wilson and Dii rant attorneys and counselors at law. J. S. Wilson, Charlton 'Duhlant. Miss Thea Gregg of Sumter was In Manning visiting Miss May Wilson and left for her home this mornjpg. Mrs.' Sallie .Wells and (laughter, Miss Lizzie, Mishes Maymo and Lulie Harvin, Julia Sprott ad Mr. J. H. Lesesne, left Monday to visit the Charleston exposition. Scott,Hlarvin a little son of Mr. W. Scott Harvin -found some money near the depot a few days ago, and ha re queta us to make the same known. The owne.r can get It by calling on bm. MR. COTHIRAN EXPLAINS POSITION HE TAKES Editor Manning Times: In your issue of February 1st there appears an article ,written by Mr. C. R. Sprott, in answer to an anuonce ment that I made through The Sou thern Tobacco Journal published at Winston-Salem, N. C., sometime dur ing the latter part of the Christmas holidays. Mr. Sprott launches out in a tirade of paroligism and tries to make a mountain out of a mole hill. It is a well-known fact to the tobacco grow ers of Clarendon County that for a number of .years I have taken a great interest in the development of the tobacco industry in this County. It is also well known that I have from time to time written many articles on the tobacco situation and have not only sent these articles to the State and County papers, but also from time to time to The Southern To bacco Journal. The public knows full well that I have always championed the cause of the tobacco grower in everything that has come up that I thought would be detrimental to his best interests. I fully realize too that there has been those that have not always agreed with me in my posi tion. Now replying further to Mr. Sprott's article: To me it is very clear why the boys have jumped on me. It is a known fact that I am not a to bacco so-called Co-operative advocate. And the boys daturally want some thing to chew the rdg about. In this article or announcement that I sent to The Southern Tobacco Journal I made no statement what ever detrimental to the members of the association. Mr. Sprott accuses me of saying that "not over ten per cent was signed in Clarendon County," He further says that I had the Mann ing Times before me to draw my con clusions from. This is erroneous and misstated. I did not see the issue re ferred to until long after my an nouncement about the opening of the Manning market. I did not mention the amount of tobacco said to be sign ed, but I only gave my opinion as to the per cent of actual growers that had signed. I heard before leaving here that around two hundred had signed up. I estimate that we have around two thousand tobacco grow ers in the County. So now, Mr. Sprott you can again see my position. But this is my opinion which I am fully entitled to. I still think that I am not far wrong. Notwithstand ing the fact that many have signed since then. Mr. Sprott further states I have suggested a method by which a Co-operative Member of the Asso ciation, who is without principle or honor, might break his contract. Now Mr. Sprott are you going to accuse your members of that? I made no such suggestion. Do you think that the miembers of your association are so ignorant that they would have to have a suggestion from an out-sider if they wanted to break over? I will have you to understand that I still have some honor left. I have made no such suggestion Sir; nyither have I bid for their tobacco. By saying that I expected to sell some tobacco from that source isn't bidding for it. I shall be the last man in Clarendon County to go around and suggest the breaking of contracts. I have heard this in tobacco centers ever since this movement started. It doesn't apply to South Carolinn any more than other places. If I had said to any member of the association from word of moutl that I believed this no orie would have been insulted. I am the one that should feel in sulted when you accuse me of such stuff. When you state that I am getting readly to make traitors out of the members, aogain I say that you should be careful in wvhat you say, and not accuse your membership of being traitors. I will leave this state ment to your head affection and not to your heart, because I believe you to he honest and upright. Nowv M;. Sprott there are two sidles to this important queistioni or method of handling tobacco. I am not on your side, we do not see this matter from the same stnd~ point. I want to make it clear to you and the side you represent that my side of the question has just as much right to be heard as the sidle you represent. If I was alone in this movement it would lbe altogether a different mat ter, but I represent thousands of growers in this State and other States that growv tobacco who take the same viewv I (do. This matter has several sides to it, it has a top side to it a bottom side, inside and 'outsidle. You are on the out sidle Mr. Sprott trying to look in. You probably could tell your asso ciation more -about the practical working of peainuts than you could tobacco. By the wvay I have sonme North Carolina seed. When will be he a good time to plant them. Par dIon the digression. I am on the in dlependlent sideo of the tobacco ques tion because I honestly believe this is the best system for handling our to bacco. The article I wrote the News and Observer published at Raleigh, and The Southern Tobacco Journal gives my position in this matter. Those articles were written for publication in my native state. It Is not my de sire to be drawvn into an extended newspaper discussion on this matter. I have given my position and I believe this to be true from my heart. I have no fight to make against those ithat see different from me.. Yours respectfully, R. D. Cothran. TOBACCO N[WS FROM KENTUCKY Prices Sag on Burley Market at Lexington. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 4.-'The inde pendent burley tobacco market under went another slump last week when 799,640 pounds went over the breaks at the three .houses selling unpooled tobacco and brought $150,241.07, an average of $18.77. The average was $3 the 100 pounds under that of the-previous week. A total of 994,210 pounds was sold the previous week for an average of $21.84. The season's aggregate to date amounts to 8,578,410 pounds, which brought $1,861,209.89, an average of $21.69. Hopkinsville Leaf Market Is Active Hopkinsville, Ky., Feb. ti.---The to bacco market during the last week was one of the best of the season. It was active, with spirited bidding and an upward tendency in prices, the average being an increase of 58 cents over the preceding week. Good tobacco sold as high as $36, and the lowest quotation on trash was $2.50 a hundred. Total sales for the week were 1,017,620 pounds, at an average pride of $15.34 the growers receiving $156,610.87. ;rhe average was $5.92 higher than during the same week one year ago. During the present season the sales aggregated 7,547,485 pounds, at an average of $15.30. At this time last year the sales had amounted to 2, 478,440 pounds, at an average of $9.77 Prices for the week ranged as fol lows. Trash, $2.hi) to $3.50; common lugs, Q3.50 to $6 medium lugs, $5 to $8; good lugs, $8 to $10; fine lugs, $10 to $15; low leaf, $10 to $12; common leaf $12 to $18; medium leaf, $18 to $25; good leaf, $25 to $30; fine leaf, $30 to $36. Besides the tooaeco brought to the loose floors it is estimated that about 1,Q00,000 pounds were brought to the prizing houses. FIRST SALE OF LEAF IN POOL ANNOUNCED Lexington, Ky., Feb. 4 (Associated Press.)--The Liggett & Myers Tobac co Company has bought a considerable quantity of pooled tobacco from the Burley Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Marketing Association. Report of the sale was confirmed today by Ralph M. Barker, director of warehouses for the cooperative asso ciation. Mr. Barker, however de elined to state the amount bought or what price was paid. The price was said to have been satisfactory, however. It was reported Liggett & Myers had bought 22,000,000 pounds at 25 cents. "That's what this association was organized for-to sell tobacco," Mr. Stone said. "We're selling, and going to sell still more. The prices we have received have been entirely satis factory to the ollicials of the associa tion, and, I feel quite sure, will be satisfactory to the growers who are members of the association." LEA F lFIELI) HEA I) I)EFINES POLICY Lexington,' Ky., Feb. 6.---Landlord members of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Marketing As sociation should make their contracts with tenants for 1922 and succeeding years so as to leave no doubt of the owner's right to control all tobacco produced on their lands and should refuse to rent to tenants who are not members, .Joseph Passonneau, chief of~ the field service division of the asso .ciation, saidl today. "There seems to be some misuna dlerstandhing as to the. stateme(nt made recently that landlords wouldl be pre sumed to control the crops grown on their lands in 1922 nadl the rea fter'," Mr. Passonneau said when asked what effect the ap~plication of that clause of the c'ontract, would have oni contrtol of toblacco grown for the nexb five years on lands of members of the association. Tenant P'oolers' Status Unchanged "Tenants who belong to the asso eiation, of course, should be in the same position in the future as this year, insofar as their relationship to the association is concerined," lhe said. ''Nothing should be done to lessen the interest of loyal tenant members in the organiz.ation. But landlords be longing to the association e~innot le gally rent land to nonmembers on a crop-sharing basis. "I believe it would be good policy for landlords to re'fuse to rent land to 'tenants who are unwilling to sign the association contract, but in the event 'that this cannot be (lone, it will be0 legally necessary for them to make auch contracts wvith their tenants as to provide for the control and sale of the tobacco remaining absolutely in the hands of the landlord. "To avoidl any possible dlifilty, however, it will be preferable for landlords to insist that all their ten ants join the association. In short, so far as the association is concernedl, its relationship with tenant members always will be on a par with its re lationship to landlord members, but In the future landlords should guard against making contracts wvith their tenants wyhich in any way can be consetrued1 as being in opposition to their contracts with the association, which provides that all of the tobacco which they control, directly or indi rectly, must move through association channels.? CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST OFFICERS Peace Officers Would and Oo Extort Confessions, Say Curtis and Ilanahan. Charges that sheriffs, deputy sher iffs and rural policemen of South Carolina have and will attempt by force or coercion to extort co"fesisons from mnca confined in the various county jails of the state was the out standing feature of yesterday's ses sion of the house, the charges being brought by Representatives 1[. C. Cur tis of Manning and J. W. Hana han of Winnsboro in the course of the house's debate of the J. J. Evans "guilty pleas" resolution. This meas ure, which was introduced by the Bennettsville representative last week would have permitted pleas of guilty in all cases except capital felonies, empowered the judges of the state to inpose sentence at chambers and so distensed with the necessity of pre sentment or indictment by a grand jury. The b'il after a heated and some what lengthy debate was finally lost by a vote of 21 to 81. Speaking in opposition to the reso lution, Mr. Curtis argued that the granting of authority to the circuit judges of the state to accept pleas of guilty and impose sentences in chambers would carry with it the grave danger that innocent men, co erced or persuaded into making con fessions, might be so punished in er yor. "We have a set of rural police men, a sheriff and a deputy sheriff in my county," Mr. Curtis said, "who are continually entering the jail and trying to extort a plea of guilty from prisoners left in their care. I know this and I can prove it." Promise Light Sentences The method used by the officers in securing confessions, Mr. Curtis charged, was usually the promise of a light sentence if they should make a confession instead of standing trial. "I have not represented one person in my county that these facts have not arisen," Mr. Curtis stated. "Pass this bill," he said, "and through the in strumentality of your sheriffs and ru ral policemen you will fill your jails and chaingangs with innocent men." "Anyone who has ever touched criminal law," Representative Ilana han said, in support of Mr. Curtis' allegations, "knows that pressure is brought to bear on men in jail to ex tort confessions from them. Sheriffs and other officers by the very nature of their profession consider all men under arrest guilty of the crime of which they are charged. To them the mere allegation is enoue:h." The lIll, Mr. Hanahan said, would wipe out in one fell swoop trial by jury. "The rights of men would be fritted away in this 'star chamber court,' he said, "because sheriffs and deputies would bring force to bear on prisoners to secure confessions. To take the ad ministration of justice out of the hands of the court and place it in the hands of individuals is an abomi nable thing." J. J. Evans of Bennettsville, the author of the bill, came to the defense both of his resolution and of the of ficers of the state. "I can not sub scribe," Mr. Evans said, "to the idea that sheriff's are the class of men to, through coercion and oppression, seek confessions from those charged with crime. I have faith in the judges of the state, the solicitors and the sher iffs and when I have not. I sh-dl leave the state and go elsewhere. In all iy practice I have never seen an ino (ent man plead guilty.'' His bill, Mr. Evans argued, would save the state amounts that can not be figured in dollars and cents.---Columbia State of February first. The above statement apiearimig inl Thel St atet of Februarxy fi rst is ah, sotlutely false and uncalled for, andl we dlemnand Mr x. Curtis to prov'e his assertions. I Ie also states that. he has not represented (one per'ison in his county that these fact~s have not I wish to say that T have seai'ched the records of the Clerk of Court's office and finmd that. MrN . Curtis hats only represenitedl four defendants in the past five years, one oif which plead guitly, two were' conv~'ictedl and one Sheriff' of Clarendon Co(unty. ENTlEWITAINS ATl lt()OK NIris. II. I). Dubr'ow and Mrs. Cairy Smith entertained the Civie L'axgue art a dllightful in forma r iook part y at the horne of Mrs. Car'ey Smith Tuesday afternooni at 4 o'clock.Th rooms wvere bright and cheiecry anod nine tables were airrangedl foir the games wvhich were greatly enjoyed. A salad course, pimento and pine apple sandwiches, crackers and cof fee were served at the close (if the entertainment, The followving guests were present: Mrs. A. II. Breedui, Mrs. J. K. Breedin, Mr's. I". D. Bos wvell, Mrs. Lina Hluggins, Mr~s. Crouch, Mrs. Frank Burgess, Mrs. Amanda Hlarvin, Mrs. Scott Hlarvin, Mrs. T. F. Coffey, Mrs. F. 0. Richard son, Mrs. W. C. Davis, Mrs. Frank Hluggins, Mrs. G. TF. Floyd, Mrs. Ben Ness, Mrs. C. BI. Geiger, Mm's. .Joe Rigby, Mrs. W. TI. Lesesne, Jr., Mrs. Jessie Iluggins, Miss Blarnwell Hug gins, Mrs. A. T. Helms, Mr's. W. T. Lesesne, Sr., Mrs. Biessie Lesesne, Mrs. S. I. Harvin, Mrs. J1. 1D. Gerald, Mrs. English Plowden, Mrs. W. M. Brockinton Mrs. H. C. Curtis, Miss Mattie Gilfiard, Miss Sue McLeod, Mis. Chovine, Sprott, .Jr., Mrs. Marion Williams, Mrs. 'E. M. Mouzon, Bra. A. I. Barron, Mrs. F. C. Thomas, Mrs. D. Hilrschm'ann Mrs. W. P. Legg andl Minn Dorothy A1toinherg. WANT MORE TROOPS ON MEXICAN BORDER Assistant Secretary of War Back From Inspection Trip to Army Commands HOUSING " AtE VERY l'OOit Sentiment In The South Reported to He Against Further Army Reduction Washington, Feb. 7.-Strong feel ing by Americans along the Mexi. can border that more troops should be stationed there is commented upon by Assistant Secretary Wain wright, of the War Department, and Major Gen. Harbord, deputy chief of staff, in a statement issued at the War Department today after their return recently from a 7,000 mile inspection trip of army camp commands within the United States. "At every station .on the Mexican border," the statement said, "meet ings were held with the citizens, I at their request, to permit them to present their claims for more troops. They were in every case assured that the War Department aws doing its best with the limited numbers at its disposal." Sentiment in South "A strong sentiment was found throughout the South and South west that the army should not under any circumstances go below its present strength," the statement added. Housing conditions for troops at Camps Knox, Ky., Benning, Ga., and Douglas, Ariz., Columbus, Ohio, bar racks and several other stations "are very poor" the statement said. "Officers and soldiers are not given the consideration i nthe matter of quarters which public opinion de d mands for prisoners in the penitentiar ies of several States", it was added. "The inconvenience and inadequacv of the quarters furnished in several places is nothing short of shameful. They are not, as good as those provid ed for prisoners and lunatics in any ordinarily progressive community. Satisfactor yto All Branches "The new military policy by which the army of the United States con sists of the regular army, the Na tional Guard and organized reserve' as everywhere satisfactory to all three branches. R elations between the regular army and the other two components of the service are every where improving and leave little to be desired. The National Guard is in creasing an dthe presence of so many veterans in its ranks and among the organized reserves promises well for the ftu re." The statement in conclusion said the morale of the troops "consid ering the adverse conditions, is ex cellent," but "there is everywhere a great. uneasiness as to the future, especially among odfeiers who were appointed after the war. No doubt before the end of the year with the meager appropriations available con ditions will grow wo se, but the pre sent norale, alaintal l m Ieder such adverse conditions, is a very high t ri bute' to the ('ha racteri of the A-\mer-ican solier and officer, and to ar-my wo Relations between the nilitarv and civil authorities at all posts visited were found satisfnc tury and no coml phaint wars received by the two of fiials as to the ctondtct of soldiers. IllulAUI(S BY TI'lE IE!) ('1w'8 Everybody in Alanning an-i vicinity will lbe inte'restedl in the r'(lort (ot the inspec(.tionl of thb Alannig, -hot. lol lowin.- the insipect ion a health talk wvith illustrations was given in each roomli show~ing the coonumasit ion of Ihe teeth1 and the ned for earil y treat. ment. Thorouigh care wats st resseud in oIrder that decay result ing in var i01ust ditss, sutch ias rhlttumat ism, hear tiIrouble, nertvous t rouible, etc.. mighlt be avoidedl. Fo(llow~vinig is i a01summary r-eport of inspect ions: No pupJils inspec'tedl .. . 379 No. PpiIis va1ccinattedl .2-16 D efect ive eyes..........641 D efect ive notse atnd thtroait t .~ 201 De- fe'tive teeth.....- 20 3 Al iscellIa ncouis........1......6 Ananmic. .3 Poor nuitritiloln....... -- 18! It will be seen that (If the 3179 in - speteded, but 216 have beenI vaccintated for small pox. The state latw reqiires that every chiil be vaccinated Ibtfore going to school in order t'hat this ter rible disease wvill not exist. It will atlso be notedl that of the numb~er in - spected., 18R9 (abouit half) a1re uinderi noIurishedl. T1his does nt me'an that childrenl are poorly fed in all catses but that ther'e may be some( conitri buting cause wvhich pr'events the body from assimilating the ptroper amnount, of nourishment. Sometimes chtildren (d0 not hatve enough milk with their diet. Every child wvhich is te'n per cent, or under the normal weight should have a quart of good milk to drink daiily, in addition to his regular diet. The standnrd by which a child is judged as to the proper weight is p repnredl by the Department of the Interior at Washington I and is an average of school children from all over the United States and not from any one section.