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The Florence Daily Times 4S»i 26th Year THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Florence, S. C.* Tuesday Afternoon, June 15, 1920. $6.00 a year. 200 PROMINENT MEN AT DO IT FOR SOUTH , DINNER LOUISIANA REJECTS HARDING WILL NOT WOMAN SUFFRAGE n RESIGN AS SENATOR p MAKING CAMPAIGN Governor Cooper Will Lead The Expansion Campaign , Starting Soon. EXPLOIT THIS STATE Plan Is First 'To Develop Resources And Then , Advertise. DECLINES TO HEAR CALIFORNIA 7 REPRESENTATIVE ON AMEND^ WENT Florence Times Bureau, Wyatt A. Taylor, Correspondent Columbia, Juno 15—’‘Let's do it!" was (ho keynote of the “Do It for South Carolina” dinner here last eveninc. when (he L’OO prominent men from all parts of, the state who are, going to lead the expansion campaign 1 Baton lunge. June "—The 'ower Holds On tO Senatorial Togo House of the Louisiana legislature While Chasing Presiden- defoated the ratification of the feder- 1 Ermine. al woman suffraec amendment by a vote of (57 to 44. Prior to the vote' MARGIN NARROW the House declined to hear repre-, sentative Baker, or California, who desired to speak in support of tha amendment. FIELD SECRETARY TO TOUR THE STATE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR WORKER TO HOLD MEETINGS MANY SECTIONS Florence Times Bureau, Wyatt A. Taylor, Correspondent. Columbia June 14— Lawrence C. of the Soutli Carolina Development j Little, of Louisiana, a field secretary Board gathered to take counsel with of the Christian Kndeavor organiza each other and put the finishing lion, will begin a tour of the state touches on their pans. next Saturday in the intarqst of the Christian Endeavor organization, vis FLORENCE SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE FUND Governor Cooper After Governor Robert A. Cooper! Ring a number of points in the state in speaking on “The State of South (during a two-weeks itenerary. Mr. Carolina” had told why he had ac- ; Little has the entire South as his copied the chairmanship of the state field and he is an able speaker and committee in charge of the campaign an enthusiastic leader of young peo- and had gone somewhat into detail pie's religious work. as to the unquestionable demand in! South Carolina for a union of the people on a program which will de velop and utilize the vast resources of the state. Senator Niels Christen-' sen. die president of the develop-! ment board, gave an outline of the history of the organization and an I insight into its plans and purposes 1 and its methods of operation. Ilia'COUNTY SCHOOLS BENEFIT FROM t^'k was illustrated t»y a number of ENFORCEMENT OF STATE concrete examples of work that, GAME LAWS needs to be done and for which there is no existing agency of accomplish-] The Annual report ot the state m ent. |Game warden just made public gives Governor Heyward | out the following information rela- Thtn former Governor I). C. Hey ( live to Florence county: During the ward told why he had selected the year $'50 was collected in fines in this topic of “Let’s do it” for his talk, i county for violations of the game law He had been impressed by tin* sic* Non residence hunters paid into the gan of the drive, “Do it for Soulh treasury th- sum of $00: the total Carolina” which he rdlt was now amount received i.om the sa?e of known to a great majority of the peo county and state licenses amounted pie of the state. It was not enough, j to $1,014. he said, to say “do it; ' the thing 1 The toial amount turned over to now was to go out and do it. All of the county school funds for Florence the talks met a responsive sehti- 1 amounts to $753.lit), ment in the minds of the company j — and the sum of the expressions of the^ ^ UNIFORM SYSTEM men who attended the dinner at t r^Tj'T3 r PT'C'TC'A TITC that “we will do it.” Oh ALL CER1IMLA I rLo Fine Dinner I Tlje dinner was in many ways one NEW STATE BOARD OF EXAM IN- of the most notable events held in ERS ASSUMES Republican Margin Would i Be Endangered By Demo cratic Appointment. Washington June 15—Harding does not intend to retire from the Senate until his term expires ho said today. Friends explained for him ta retire from tlie senate would endanger the narrow margin of eourvol now held I by tho Republicans as his retirement would enable Gov. C»x. of Ohio, to appoint a Democrat in his place They also said that should Harding be elected president in Xovemoer he could continue to serve in the Sen ate as he would not be inaugurated THE ICE AND WATER SITUATION When things go wrong, and people j are inconvenienced as a result, the temptation to criticise is strong and | often hard things are said and passed ^ on from one to another before the causes are ascertained. Yesterday wc are frank to say that had we fol lowed our first impulse wo would have had some mean things to say about the ice situation and the water situation. We were told by several interested friends .that the situation In regard to both of these institutions which so peculiarly touch the whole people was extremely serious, and that not only an ice famine was imiu'ent but POLITICAL POT OF (DIPLOMAS GIVEN SOUTH CAROLINA IN { DEMOCRATIC PARTY j EIGHT GRADUATES BEST CONDITION OF BEGINNING TO BOIL;-- ” UR «. ALL COTTON STATES Owen and Palmer Open Headquarters at San Fran cisco—Cox to Follow. I YOUNG LADIES FINISH COURSE O. wT-DY Al5lD ENTER i I ROFESSION. i *> The gradaat'ng exercises of the Florence Infirmary I raming School Thousands Of Acres Aban doned Elsewhere, Says Commissioner Harris. what was more serious a 'water fam . . m. that iters for two of the aspirants to the ine. It occurred to The mines mat | probably the conditions were not as for Nurses were held last evening in '.he auditorium of the Central graded IDEAL WEATHE RfYhV exercises were presided over PLANT THINGS TO EAT Senator Walsh Doesn’t £?£££ « This Would Be The Best pect Any Nomination for ’me eight young ladies why were Thing South Carolina National Office. « San Francisco, June 15.—Headquar until his term as March 4th. Senator expired DENTISTS OF STATE MEET IN COLUMBIA ANNUAL CONVENTION HOLDS THIS WEEK GOLDEN JUBILEE OF ASSOCIATION. (Wyatt A. Taylor.) Columbia. June 15.—Dentists from all parts of South’ Carolina will be in Columbia Thesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week, for the fiftieth annual session of the South Carolina 'State Dental Association. This is to he the association’s “Golden Jubilee,” in celebration of its half-century of age. The sessions and c linics will he held in the Columbia tilgli school building. The convention will have the form of a “progressive clinic.” with various c l.isset, conducted in different rooms. There will he no special social fea tures of 'the gathering, the aim of the . . jubilee being mainly instruction and I 1 * 10 spigots. The wa <* South Carolina. Every article of * f |? ’ * DUTIES. lad us they had been pictured and The Times therefore determined to investigate for itself. At the water works plant It was learned \ that good progress is being made on the transfer of the works from the old to the new machinery. One electrically driven pump is al ready in operation and others will be placed on the current in a few days. Th* 1 new reservoir is practically com plete and men were nt work prepar ing to connect up the new v ell. Supt Martin is driving the men under his control to their utmost efforts and the contractors are doing their best to complete the task of installing and placing in operation the new machinery. , There have been delays in renewing the water works plant. An investi gation proves th^t these delays were beyond the (ontrol of Mayor Gilbeit who has done everything he possibly could to speed up the w'ork. In ten days it is expected that the new plant will be working. At present there is sufficient water on hand for all pur- posts. The pressure has been low for Hie past several days and folk living r n second and third floors haw found it hard to secure water through Democratic nomination for president at the natfonal convention which be gins June 28, were opened her ■ yes terday. Tose for wrom oeces were opened were United Slates Senator 'Robert L. Owen, of Okliflioma. and Attorney General A. Mitchell Calmer. The headquarters of Gov. James M. Cox, of Ohio, will be opened hero to- today with the arrival of E. H. Moore, national committeeman of Ohio, who has charge of the governor's pre con vention campaign. Chairman Colby Bainbridge Colby, secretary of state, recently chosen a delegate from the District of Columbia, is being men tioned by leaders hero for the parina- nent chairmanship of the convention. United States Senator Carter Glass, ot Farmers Could Do, Columbia. June 15—Upon his re- tuin iroui a trip through Texas where he observed the progress of I'amiing conditions, Commlssloirr Harris gives the people the benefit the eight young ladies graduated with honors. The exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. W. S. Poyner, and the address to the graduates was deliver ed by Rev. E. L. McCoy. The medal awarded for the high est scholarship made by any mem ber of the class was won by Miss Monte-Rose Kathercne Smith and was of his observations and concludes presented to her by Senator Baker, with the appeal that there be a larg- Mlss Smith was also the winner of tho or production in this State of somo- Barnwell Medal and this was present- thing to eat. At the same time he ed to her by Rev. \V. S. Poyner. says that South Carolina in an 11511- The Rhodes Medal was won by Miss cultural way, is better off than any Fannie Elizabeth McCoy and was pre- other state which he has visited, sented her by Rev. VV. C. Blount nd “in trying to describe the situation she too had the distinition of win- as it exists to date, 1 will g'.ve neither ning a second medal, the Comer a pessimistic nor an optimistic view’ Medal which was presented to her by suvs Mr, Harris, “but 1 will merely Mr. W. Marshall Bridges. state the facts gained from my par- The Florence Nightirjtale Pledge sonn! observation and inspection and was taken by the class and diplomas will leave it to the fanners and bust were presented each member of the ness men to draw t:,eir own conclus- class by M ss A. B. Comer. R. N.. after inis. which a Badge of Honor was pre- “To realizn the seriousness of the sente 1 to each member of the class situation one will have to observe the by Senator Baker. These badges re- conditions, as I did. I left my office Virginia, is being discussed in con-j ma i n the property of the school but on May 23rd with two objectives, one necllon with the chairmanship of tiiojjg retained by (he nurse so long as she was to attend several meetings In business. TWO ARE KILLED: FORTY INJURED CALIFORNIA LIMITED WRECKED WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS Lu Junta, Col., June 15—Two per- ple assure tlie Times that there is plenty of wat«J on hand and in cas^ of emergency the full preessure can be applied. There is no occasion for alarm as far as the Times can lec.rn. When the system now being in stalled is complete Florence will have as fine a water works plant as food placed before :he guests was a South Carolina product. The subject, (Wyatt A. Taylor.) of the speakers were South Carolina'< Columbia, June 15.—The new state and various phases of its develop- board of examiners for teachers. Just ment and upbuilding. The determin appointed by the state board of educa ation at the close of the evening was tion. will begin operations in July, to make South Carolina the finest opening its office in Columbia, its first state in the union and then go out task being the conversion of all teach- and tell it to he world. jers’ certificates into state licenses, in Do It for South Carolina | accordance with the new’ law on the Four essentials compose the ground- subject. Tills work will consume all work of tho movement for tho utili- of the Summer months. A system of zation of the resources of South Caro- state-wide professional standards of Una, acconlibg to members of the scholarship and service will he adopt- state committee which has assumed ed. Competent teacher will he pro- the responsibility for the state-wido tected. it is stated, and ill-equipped expansion campaign of the South 'teachers will he encouraged. Carolina Development Board. These The new hoard of examiners is four are: A program of activities, a composed of H B Dominick, superin- represeutative and influential mem- tendent of the Greer Schools; Miss bership. the necessary income, effi- Elizabeth W. McLean, of Sumter, dent management. | elementary supervisor of ;the Sum- “The last named of these we may ter. schools, and J II Shealey. of Colum regard as assured tiy the character Ida. registrar of the state teachers' and standing of tlie men who have ac- employment bureau, as ex-officio mem- cepted the temporary leadership in 'her. the movement.’ it was said at the head j quarters in Columbia. “No one will] THREE FROM FLORENCE doubt that before Governor Cooper, j Former Governor Manning and the 23 At the recent commencement at other South Carolinians who compose Furman University, Greenville, s. C., the state campaign committee, ac- Florence was well represented in the cepted those positions, they satisfied graduating class. Mr. John Thomas themselves that the development Littlejohn, Jr., of Scranton; Mr. C. T. board was already and would remain Singletary, of Coward, and Mr. E. D. In competent hands, in each of the ten McKnight, of Florence, all won tho districts into which the state has been degree of Bachelor of Arts. ^’ (Conttmie^ on page 6) sons wor killed when a California 1 any city in the South of its size. 1 he limited on the Santa Fe was wrecked contract entered into by the city near R?no, Col. today. At the Santa' Fe hospital here it w^ announced that the forty injured .persons had been given treatment. Most of those hurt will recover. called for its completion, severa. months ago but conditions which have been general all over the eoun try in regard to labor and shipping have hindered the contractors to the point of causing them an actual loss of money. , At the ice plant Tho Times found NEW YORK POLICEMAN GIVEN ] (hiugs in a tonK i derab , e stir up, with CONVICTED MAN JUSTLY PUNISHED ommittee on resolutions. Tentative plans call for the oneui ig of the convention by J. Bruce Krem- er. ’ ice chairman of the national c» .n- mittee. who will introduce Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the commit tee as temporary chairman of the con vention. who will make the keynote speech. E. (5. Hoffman, secretary of tlie up- tional committee, arrived yesterday. W’illber VY. Marsh, treasurer of the na tional committee, was scheduled to irrive last night. Come Prepared! Folks who associate national con ventions with torrid temperature, light weight suits and lattice work under wear had better disillusion themselves if they are coming to the national convention of the Democrats here, ac cording to the United States weather bureau. Ail sartorial effects should 'nclude fairly heavy inner and outer clothing and a light overcoat. Convention Weather If the weather "runs to form” si:n.rt westerly winds, carrying pone- ‘ration chill, will blow in off fbe Pa- cifir and cool afternoons and cooler evenings will be the order. The hut pease will be assisted by fogs in tho 'ate afternoon. conducts herself with credit to her- Texas to further the interests of the self, her profession and her school. I American Cotton Association, and Tim following are the members of the other was to get a persona' iu- 'he class: 1 sped ton of crop conditions that I Monte Rose Katherine Smith, Klizu- h, th Frances Williams. Fannie Esth- ma Met oy, Goldy Ernestine McCoy. Sarah Belle Hamer. Anna Belle Stokes. Clara Jennings Hobbs. Win nie Sue Baker. ENROLLMENT BOOKS PRISON SENTENCE FOR PERJURY Mr. Weston worried and harassed and Willie Lewis about to lose his equ New York, June 15—-Police Insptv.,- ab |e temper. The only cool men tor Dominick Henry of the Tender loin district, who was found guilty of perjury on last Friday in connection with New York’s vice war, was sen fenced today to serve from a two to a five year’s sentence. Brunson And Gardiner Receive Their Charter might be able to tell tne farmers of South Carolina the true conditions. Georgia “The first state I went into was Georgia. Then I found conditions In every section I visited to be very had. poor stands and much, had to be replanted. Many sections were gras 1 sv and much will be abandoned on FOR CITY NOW OPEN m-t omit of shortage of labor and the boll weevil in numbers, the earliest FOUR WARD BOOKS READY FOR that they have ever appear* in VOTERS TO SIGN . fcice. Alabama The club hooks for the enrollment j “In Alabama 1 found only a small of th 1 d-'inocratio voters for the city section of South Alabama which of Florence are located at the follow seems promising to make anything ins plac“s and the’voters of the dif- like a crop, too much rain, too mucu f?rent clubs of the city are urged to grass, and a considerable extent aban enroll for tlie primary election. I doned on account of grass, shortage The book for the voters of Ward 1! of labor, etc. is at EPebi**e Drug Store. Ward 2 at the store of . Weeks-Bradley Hard ware, a'd 3 nt the law office of C. J. Mississippi “In Mississippi 1 found the entire delta .the finest lanes in America. Casque and Ward 4 at the office, of ‘ practically covered in water, labor th 0 Real Estate and Trust Co. I scarce, upland cotton grassy, and- 1 The voters have until July 27th to lot of it will he abandoned. enroll, but it is necessary that in en rolling the full name be, written, ini The bureau believes it will he good til,s 1,re not sufficient, and the name ‘convention weather" with nlentv ni’i nl^s, written personally by the BIG SCHOOL FUND NEEDED DECLARES WEST WILL | Superintendent Swearingen, of the stale education department, announces Jhat the s&te-wide campaign for lo- eal school taxes will require at least BE FIGHTING GROUND l z "if.m mi? huvt the equalizing law. the rujfal about the place were those who should have had the new lec ma chines installed several months ago hut fell down on their job. Under the contract signed by themselves and the ico company the work was to have been delivered on March 1st Tliis would have enabled the Ice ,, . .. , ~ . I Riant to supply the needs of this on ined by tho Secretary of St\te today, t,rc * ec,i,m ''’Itl* 0 " 1 thc ,ca8t 0 to Brunson and Gardiner, of Florence time, work. capitalized at $40,000. The Company! Various reasons have the'contrac will do a publishing ’msiness, publish 1 , iven for t!lP delays. Tho ma lag especially The Florence Daily I 8 K '. Times, the "live" daily newspaper of (hinriry has bcen lato m a,nvinR ‘ Hth plenty of opportunity for the average orator to warm up without looking like a bun dle of wet wash. If the usual hectic parades for the candidates are staged 'oward the end of the afternoon 'here need be no shedding of coats, •ollars or galluses. “But.” the weather said, “unless a jnan seeks to keep warm by his en- husiasm he had better pared." come pro- LABOR FEDERATION MAKES DEMAND ..spaper , , .u tho Fee Dec metropolis. M. C. Brun-'they could not get labor, and so forth son is president of the Company, and'and so on. Mr. Weston states that (has. s. Gardiner is secretary and i 10 bas supplied the contractors with treasurer. . , . . men on several occasions, going to LaFolette To Le^d the point of inducing locomotive en xr rpi • , gineers to help out for a few days New Third Party at a Uine He haa a i so sent me,n out I Chicago June 15—-Senator La Fol- west to gather up and bring hack WESTERN LEADERS BELIEVE . ' nt ef l l ] a ' lzln B taw. the ruijal members of the committee of fortv nil itine in the new plants is pr< graded school law. # the building law eight as a suitable candidate for the P , , ‘ ‘ and other stimulating policies are to I presidential nomination according to sing as * eU a8 could be expect LIES BCYOND MISSISSIPPI. Chicago, June 15.—Chairman Hays Completed the conference with West ern leaders of the Republican national Committee today and left for his home • in Indiana from where he will go to j Yasbington to meet Senator Harding. It was emphasized by Western lead ers that the territory ‘West of the Mississippi river will W.the big bat STATE LEGION IS UTTERLY OPPOSED TO ANY GASH BONUS according to party headquarters statement. tlefield of the presidential election.] Some leaders establishing- Republican c - De shown headquarters at Chicago instead of opartanburg Convention Dis t he siln New York. MEXICO PLEASED . ! ’ WITH NOMINATION cuss Withdrawal From National Organization Spartanburg June 15—Representa tives of the South Carolina branch of HUERTA DECLARES HARDING A the American i^qgvn in a special “GOOD FRIEND OF convention here today, discussed the 1 MEXICO.” withdrawal from the national grgani* ! zation because the national officers lette is leading in the referendum w 'th them parts of machinery need vote which is being taken among ed. With all of this the work of ogres expected at this time, and it is hoped that within — l ten days there will be ice to burn Camp Fire Girls j In the meantime the supply may b* Are Selling Tickets short ot tbe amount laken by pui ' I chasers, but by limiting the supplj ,p, ic nian' irenient of the Onera Hons the management hopes to distribute has agreed to give to the Camp Fire j ce t0 .,11 un til the emergency pas Girls a percentage on all tickets sold . . . lw> for the entertainment at the Opera ses ' whith wl11 be KO °"- Weu,a -' House tomorrow evening when Anita t* 16 allowance was twenty pounds Stewart in “Mind the Paint Girl’ and Today it may he more us the ma Ben Turpin in "A Close Shave” will were run all last night. To ... „ . Dnt in the new machines It was uec the sale of tickets are being boost P » ed by the Camp Fire Girls in their e8tiary ,(> ,ake ou, one ° f the ° ld ° n effort to make money with which to and tlie plant now in operation has assist in supplying themselves with a capacity of only thirty tons. It camp paraphernalia. . has b ,, en cnB tomary to buy ice by the car load when a shortage threatened Florentines At Dinner but a stack of telegrams exhibited by Among the Florentines who attend- M «- We8ton ye8terday 8howed thal ed the South Carolina Development ice shortages existed in all the towns Mexico City. June 15 —Provisional of the Legion are active in ad vocal-; Board dinner in Columbia last night and cities within a hundred miles of President de la Ruerta declared at a ing cash bonuses for service men. w ere J W McCown, C E Commander,' pi orence None of them could help dinner last night that he considered Prominent members of the i^hte P A Willcox, J M Lynch, J L Barrin- night Senator Harding a Mexico.” 'good friend of branch are very outspoken in their * • j opposition to any cash bonus. ger. T R Young, Mr. Duncan McKenzie F,orence out ’ ^ r of Timmonsville was also present. I The - criticism has been made that RESOLUTIONS EMBODYING MANY DEMANDS UP FOR DISCUS SION AJT CONVENTION Montreal, June 15—Resolution! de mandlng the government ownership >f railroads, lifting the blockade igainst Russia, a recognition cf the Russian Soviet government, the re 'ease of “political prisoners” and the ri^'assification of government civil iervice employes was up for discus- .inn before the convention of the \merican Federation of Labor here 'oday. voter. Lake Citv Chamber Of Commerce Honored Lake City. June 15.—At a meeting of the officers of the So”*h Carolina Development Board In Florence last week Mr. W. J. McDougal was ap pointed chairman and Mr. G. A. Adyo vice chairman for Florence county for this most important work. Mr. Adye was selected because of his proven ability as shown by his activity in the local Chamber of Commerce and in other civic and industrial movements. The Chamber of Commerce is grati fied at this appointment as it insures our community a proper representa tion in this important work contem plated by this organization which has for the state plans similiar to ours for the community in which we work. The chambers of commerce of the whole state are beginning to work to gether now and especially those in the county. In this county there are four; Flohence, Timmonsville, Olanta and Lake City which insures this section a good chance for development and improvement. Mr. Adye is president of the l ake City commercial organ! ■zation and also Bey Scout executive so he is well known in this section. He is also president and general man ager of the South Carolina Agricul tural Distributing Co., a large concern of this section and one of the largest of its kind in tho entire South. The development board can feel sure of nearly support from Mr. Adye as well as from the Chamber of Commerce. he changes at the ice plant and at he waterworks should have been nade in the winter, and tills Is cor ed. The, changes were contracted or completion by March 1st but there las been no way in which to enforce ulfillment of the contracts. From what he learned yesterday he Times man is satisfied that May- ji- Gilbert of the water works and Mr Weston of the Ice company have been loing their best to remedy the con- litions complained of and are still *xerting every possible effort to go things completed. The Times owns ■10 ice plant stock nor does it have my interest in the water works lie- ,-ond that of a citizen of Florence and '■ would be glad to accede to many re- quests to lambast them fore and aft if the facts in the case warranted, it is much easier to talk right off the ‘-at without first digging for the in formation. and for this reason criti cism has become so cheap. Tha Washington, June 15—Infant mor Times wou'd suggest that those who(taiity rates for 1919 was decreased materially when compared with the are not s y g ^ jfour previous years, according to the ting a square deal visit the Pl an ts j oensUH hureau’s announcement made and see what Is going on there. j public today. RUMORS DISPELLED Copenhagen. June 15.—Maxim Litvi- noff. Russian Bolsheviki and assistant commlsary for foreign affairs today received telegrams from Trotsky and Lenine. This appears to dispose of the Tokio rumor that Trotsky was murdered and Lenine had fled Mos cow. INFANT MORTALITY - CENSUS SHOW DECIDED DE CREASE FOR 1919 COMPAR ED PREVIOUS YEARS Louisiana “In Louisiana 1 found a small sec tion In western pa:t that had good cotton for this season. Remainder of crop in that seate is in bad condi- tlion, very grassy, and much of tho cotton planted will be abondoned. Loll weevi; already at work. Texas "From Louisiana 1 travelled into tiic great State of Texas over the Texas Pacific, from New Orleans to Dallas and from there to Fort Wor; so I travelled through the black belt, which is considered the best cotton- land in the State. There I found con ditions deplorable. Up to June 12th fully 20 percent of the replanted crop was so grassy It had to be abandon ed on account of the scarcity of la bor. The late frost killed a large part of the first planting. Labor has to be hauled out from the cities In cars—they won’t ride in wagons, farmers are paying as high as $3.50 and $4.50 a dav fo> > 8 hours work They are offering $5 a day for la*' ; n the harvest nelds. Tne rudikUB'i and abondoned acreage is estimated at 20 per cent by those who have been studying the situation closely. Arkansas “I tame back over the Cotton Belt Route through East Texas and Arkati <as. This brought me through the best cf the cotton lands and rico fields of Arkansas. West of the Red River, the same conditions exist as *0 cotton crop that were found in East Texas. Poor stands and very grassy. On the East side of the river all that fine body of land has been planted in cotton and every acre haa been overflowed and was under water and is yet quite wet, is being planted over where possible, and what cot ton there is show*s a lot of grass and much of it will have to be abandoned. From Pine Bluff to Memphis, Tenn., I raw thousands of acres that could not be cultivated if they had pi—*y n - -n—m-l-cH-TT-rr « Continued on Page Two. OPERATOIRS STRIKE WAGE INCREASE WIRELESS OPERATORS DEMAND GREAT INCREASE IN PRE-WAR WAGES. Loudon. June 15.—A strike of the marine wireless operators that will effect all ports and shipping w<tx de dared today by the union. The men are demanding wage in creases of approximately one hundred and eighty per cent over pre-war rates WEATHER REPORT Generally fair and continued warm weather tonight and Wednesday. (Jeneral variable winds.