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DANIEL ROPER TO RESIGN. 1
Former Maribor0 Man to Give l"p
Big Position with Government.
Daniel C. Roper, commissioner of
internal revenue, has informed officials
of his intention t0 resign shortly.
Although his formal resignation
has not been received at the White
Mouse. the matter of his successor is
understood to he under consideration.
Be>ond the fact that he plans to return
to private life, no information
?Ui lO I Hp HUlire plans CM -Mi. uupn
was available here tonight as the
commissioner was absent from the
city. The resignation, however, it
was ascertained, will not become effective
for several weeks, Mr. Hoper
having consented to remain at the
head of the revenue bureau until after
income tax returns for the past
year had been field and the collection]
of such taxes the first installation
of which is due March 15, is well under
way.
ljong Public Career.
In retiring to private life, Mr.
Koper will wind up a long public career
as the administrator of the great
est tax collection agency ever organized
which last year gathered approximately
18,000,000,000 in gove/n
ment revenues. He became commissioner
of internal revenue in September,
1917. just as the war emergency
caused abnormal increase in all federal
taxes and necessitated the expansion
of the bureau from a small
npace time affair, concerned chiefly
with imports on alcohol and tobacco,!
into the pockets of millions of citizens
for increased income taxes and j
into the records of corporations and.
partnerships to take their excess!
profits for prosecution of the war. I
In administering this task, Mr. Rop
er followed an original policy as exemplified
by his statement that a man
sought and obtained cooperation of
business interests and expressed the
hope that he had been able to make
tax paying more popular than it was.
Evasion of the tax laws were punished
inexorably.
Mr. Roper is a native of Marlboro
county and went to Washington
about 25 years ago as secretary to
J no. L. McLaurin then a member of
congress. His rise in publid life has
been rapid.
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F.ALliS FIVE MILES
AM) LANDS SAFELY.
('limited ;5(? nuo Feet Before Oxygen J
(lives Out and Plane Plunges.
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Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 28?Major R.
W. Schroeder, chief test pilot sit McCook
Field, who yesterday fell more
than five miles in an airplane afte"
shattering the world's altitude record
miraculously escaping death, is
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Mayor Sehroeder climbed 30,020 >
I feet and then plunge^ more than five
| miles when he lost control of the ma
ichine-after his oxygen supply became!
exhausted. He lighted th0 plane'
'when two thousand feet from the!
ground and made a graceful landing.
When the plane settled, attendants;
who rushed toward it found Major,
!Sehroeder sitting erect in ihe machine'
i, Vnr ;i brief time.!
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residents of Dayton were surP a com-1
jet had appeared in thp sky. They had
!mistaken the trail of vapor escaping!
|from the machine as it sped down-j
I ward for a "stranger in the heav-j
jens."
Thousands of persons gazed skyiward
watching the plane which had
ascended two hours before the plunge
downward.
His senses numbeed and his eyes
frozen shut in a temperature said to
have been 67 degrees below zero.
Schroeder regained partial consciousness
when 2,000 feet above the earth
Iin time to right his machine and prevent
it from smashing to the ground,
out of control.
Only Speck With Tail.
The thousands of spectators were
unaware at the time they were witnessing
a "drama of the sky." They
saw a speck of black silhouted
against the blue sky to which was attached
a "tail of grayish color. Gradtiniiv
the nhiect was enlarged as it
hurled to the earth. When but a few
thousand feet above them those watch
ing saw that it was an airplane, turning
in a tail spin. It was at this point
that Major Schroeder regained control
of his plane and headed it toward
McCook field.
Here Major Schroeder made a safe
landing and collapsed. He was blinded
and his limbs were numb, despite
the electrically heated suit in which
he was encased. He was suffering
from the effects of a lack of oxygen.
When nearly seven miles above the
earth, his oxygen tanks became exhausted
and it was this which robbed
him of consciousness and caused1
him to fall.
Mechanics and officers at McCook;
field lifted Major Schroeder from thei
plane and he wtjs given first aid treat-j
ment and later being removed to the!
post hospital. where it was said his
blindness will be only temporary. It i
wil. be several days before he will |
be able to use his eyes, according to(
Dr. Howard V. Dutrow, an eye spe-1
cialist called int0 consultation. Thei
the mometer on Maj. Schroeder's ma-j
chine registered a temperature of 55
degrees blow zero Centigrade or 67.
degrees below Fahrenheit.
Altitude figures from the biograph,
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reading indicated a neignt 01 oi,vw
feet and when calibrated by Capt.l
Harrison W. Flickinger, showed an j
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official altitude of 36,020 feet, a newworld's
record and a variation of less I
than 1,000 feet.
The mark set by Major Schroederj
again gives him the record which!
Roland Kohl first won from him Julvj
30. 1019, with an official altitude of
30,300 feet and later increased in a1
second flight t0 31,000 feet. It also
bleaks the record of Adjutant Casale.
a French pilot, who was credited with |
an unofficial record of 33,137 feet, j
Major Schroeder was dresses heavthan
anv nnl ir pvnlnrci' wllO eve.'-I
set forth. He literally was wrapped
in flexible electric heaters. His fly.
ing suit was lined with the fur of
Chinese Xuchwang dogs and between
th(, fur and outer lining, flexible electric
heat units, connected by silk covered
wires with the dynamo of the1
engine heated the entirp suit. I
In a like manner his headgear,
gloves aiid moccasins were heated.
Major Schroeder wore an oxygen
mask of his own design.
Capt. Harrison W. Flickinger
chief calibration officer of McCook
field, said Major Schroeder's record j
would be first sent to the War De-;
Dartment and later to officials of the!
Aero Club of America. The Aero j
Club of American, recognized by t he j
Federation Aeronautique Internation-1
al, will be asked to certify the record
of the world.
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AMERICAN FAVORS VILLA.
Pictures Bandit as Friend and Protector
of Americans.
Washington, Feb. 28?Francisco
Villa was pictured as the friend and
protector of the Americans in Mexico
by George C. Carother, of New York
today before the Senate committee
investigating Mexican relations, while
Pfesident Carranza, the witness said,
always gave an impression of antagonism
toward Americans. Carothers
was American consular agent at Torreon
from 1900 to 1913.
Carothers, who traveled through1
Mexico with Villa for two years as
President Wilson's r presentative, tes-;
tified that in 1912 he witnessed the
slaughter of 303 Chinese'at Torreon
by Madero troops. The massacre, h
thought, was staged largely in order
that the troops might gratify their
desire t0 kill.
Introducing in the record letters to
him from William J. Bryan whil
Secretary of State, regarding thP occupation
of Vera Cruz by American
forces in 1914. Carothers testified
that Bryan's letters judical d the occupation
was in agreement with tin1
great European Powers, on a basis
that sonie major power must restore
order.
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HARDEN HINTS.
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Prepared liy County Home Demonstration
Agent.
With March conies ihe spring, the
most wonderful season of all the year|
perhaps. Winter is past, and now we
l?e.uin to look forward to warm, balmy
days. New Iife bursts forth every-1
where. There is something that pulls
us out (loots, and of ail the interesting
things we find without the vegetable
garden is not the least interesting
to both young and old. It not only
furnishes valuable food for our
tables but when there is a surplus it
be omes a money making proposition.
March is the month for all active
seed sowing--as garden peas, cauliflower,
early cabbage, onions, celery,
spinach, parsley lettuce, vanish, beets
asparagus, carrots, salsify, mustard,
kohlrabi, etc.
(aurilen l*eas.
There are two varieties of garden
peas?the smooth and the wrinkled.
Thp smooth is the hardier of the two
and should be planted as early as
possible. The wrinkled variety can be
planted now. There are two classes
of wrinkled peas, the dwarf and the
tall. Examples of the dwarf are the
Alaska and Excelsior, and the Telephone
and Champion of England represent
the tall. In order to have a
continuous supply of peas plantings
should be made every ten days or two
weeks until warm weather.
Peas should be planted 2 or 3
inches deep in rows 3 or 4 feet apart.
It is a good idea to plant them ih
double rows if they have to be supported.
The two enemies which may attack
peas are powdery wilddew and plant
bordeau mixtures. For plant lice
spray with tobacco tea or one tablespoon
of creoline diluted in two gallons
of water.
\ Onions.
For very early bunch onions it
is the common practice to plant sets
in drills 12 to 14 inches apart and
2 to 3 inches apart in the raw. The
sets may be put out in the autumn
or as early in the spring.as the land
can be prepared. In thc. cooled regions
of the South the sets will need
some protection if planted in the fall,
and hay or straw may hp used to keep
them from freezing.
For dry onions, sow the seed thickly
in drills about 12 to 14 inches apart
in the spring as soon ;.s danger from
har(j frosts is over. For early bulbs
thp seed may be planted in a hot
bed and the young plants transplanted
to the open when conditions
are favorable.
unions require irequeiu snuiiuw
cultivation, and il may bo necessary
to resort tn hand weeding. It'hen
(he (opr ' egin to die and the bulbs
are full j,rown, the onions should be
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pulled and left in the field for a J
few days to dry. Then the tops should j
be clipped off and the bulbs placed
in craies or bags and stored in
well ventilated place to cure.
Beets.
| Sow the seeds in drills 14 to IS
inches apart, if to be hand cultivated, J
covering to the depth of about 1 inch.
|As soon as the plants are well up,:
thin them. Make two or three plantings,
sous t0 have a continuous sup-,
I ply of young tender beets throughout
ilie Wttavii.
.Vew Vegetables.
The Home Demonstration Department
recommends the following new J
vegetables for t It is year. Chayote.
New Zealand Spinach, Diishun. ami
Chinese Cabbage. Perhaps we are
least familiar with the Chayote: If i.;
a vegetable very worthy of our at-1
tention. It is a Brazilian plant. The
fruit grows on a vine somewhat like
the cucumber and is light green in
color with one rather large seed in
the center. It can be planted in the
spring when there is no danger of |
frost. After planting cover with a j
mulch until the vine appears. The
vine dies in winter but conies out
again in the spring. The yield of
chayotes for th^ first year is not so
great, but they are very prolific the
second year. Chayotes make excellent
relishes, sweet and sour pickle,
marmalads, and jams. They can be
creamed, used like a squash in fritters,
or mashed, mixed with bread
crumbs and baked.
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FOR COTTON YIELD.
Sumter County Gets $.">00 and Silver
Medal for Ilecord Production
Last Year.
S. J. White, a farmer of Sumter,
county, has been awarded the silver
medal and $500 as a cash prize for
the second largest yield of lint cotton
in the United States for the year
1919. This was one of the 18 prizes
offered by the Farm Journal of Philadelphia
for the best three yields of
six important crops ? cotton, corn,
wheat, oats, alfalfa and potatoes.
For each of these crops The Journal
offered a gold medal and $1,000
a silver medal and $500, and a bronze
medal and $250 in prizes for the best
yields. The announcement of the prize
offer was made in 1918 before the
armistice was signed and when it
was thought, that the world war
would last into 1919, and was for the
purpose of stimulating the production
of these six crops, to help win 'lie war
.Mid feed, and clothe the world when
the struggle was ended.
The average yield of cotton in South
Carolina during the last ten years
has been 222 pounds and the yield
Mr White was ohniit five times this
.'quantity.
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SEABORD TO CONWAY.
Talk of Railroad Building From
Raines. *
There is a general belief on the
part of business men in Conway that
ihe Seaboard Air Line Railroad intends
to build a road into Conway
lrotn Raines, Marion county, says the
Horry Herald of February 26. Raines y
is ar station on the new line of road
running through Marion county, and
by -a perfectly straight line the dis
taiice to Conway is not great, and
the branch line from Conway to that
point can be constructed in a comparatively
.short time, although the f
Little Pee Dee river, will have to be y
spanned by means of a steel bridge.
It is said that the railroad company
started the making of a survey front
Maine! in this directipn before the
war. During the war the work was
not prosecuted any further, except
that it is well known that a number
of surveyors and engineers in the last
year or two have spent periods of
time here at Conway making observation
trips and preliminary surveys of
the territory between Conway and
Little Pee Dee river. k
CREDITOR'S NOTICE. g
Having qualified as administrator J
of the estate of Bethea C. Dew, de- \
ceased, notice is hereby given that
all persons holding claims against the
estate are hereby notified to present
same duly authenticated within the
time provided by law or this notice
will be plead in bar of their recovery. j
All persons indebted to the said estate
are hereby notified to make immediate
payment to the undersigned
administrator. (
JOHN T._ DRW
12 26 3t Administrator.
, NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE.
I Notice is hereby given that Mrs.
Jennie B. Gaddy, executrix of the estate
of John W. Gaddy, deceased, has
made application unto me for final
discharge as such administratrix ajid
that Thursday, March 25, at 10 a. m.
in the forenoon has been appointed
for the hearing of the said petition.
All persons holding claims against
the said estate are requested to file
them with the administratrix on or
before 10 a. m. in the foF^oon on
Thursday, March 25, or this notice
will be plead in bar of their recovery.
JOE CABELL, DAVIS,
Judge of Probate,
2 26 4t. Dillon County.
Habitual Constipation Cured
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