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Ia GOVERNMENT
DHI8TS. TOGETHER WITH
. W.'S AND OTHER8, FORM
AN AMALGAMATION.
CT, BLOODY REVOLUTION
Radical Elements of Country Think
They Have Found a Common
Cause Upon Which to Unite.
Washington.?Mail matter seised
since the signing of the armistice has
disclosed that the I. W. W. anarchists,
raaicai socialists, and others are "perfecting
an amalgamation" which has
for its object the overthrow of the
American government through a
"bloody revolution" and the establishI
of a bolshevik republic, accorda
memorandum Bent to the senropngunda
committee by Soliciamar,
of the postoffice depurtThe
memorandum was made
t by the committee. ,
taring that in bolshevism the
il elements of the country had
le first time "found common
upon which they can unite," Mr.
r said his information showed
ganda against the government
>eing conducted with great roguand
its magnitude could be
ured by the "bold and outspoken
ments" found in the literature,
mpanying his memorandum were
al hundred excerpts from mail
?r showing the trend of the propia.
These will be mude public
rticular reference was made by
;ollcitor to the activity of the dished
foreign element in the country.
but he said nei-hnnu ??i? i
m VUO 1. T* . VV . j
wan the most active In the diHsemlna'
tion of the propaganda because it
"has at its command a large field
force known an recruiting agents,
subscription agents, etc., who work
unceasingly in the furtherance of 'the
cause.'"
"This organization publishes at least
Ave newspapers in the English lan'
gnage and nine in foreign languages.
ThiB list comprises only official papers
and does not take into account
the large number of free lance paners
published in the interest of the above
organization."
SENTENCE OF DEBS TO TEN
YEARS IN PRISON UPHELD
Wnsh'npton.?Conviction* under the
e*nion?ge act of Eugene Debs, socialist
leader, and Jacob Frnhwerk. a
newspaper ed'tor of Kansas City,
were sustained hv the sum*me court
In unanimous opinions delivered hy
Jnstice Holmes. Both men were sentenced
hy ?*ie lower courts to 10 years'
imnr'sonm \ t. *
While not nessine directly unon the
const'tut'onsl'tv of the act. the conrt
in pfTect did declare valid the so-celled
enlistment section ami reaffirmed its
opinion that 'he e?ninnnge law Is not
an Interference with the constitutional
right of free speech.
Dehs was convicted on thee counts,
hut the court Passed directly on onlv
one of these, that charging htm wifh
obstructing recruiting and enlistment
through statements m^de in a speech
nt Canton. Ohio, lest June. The other
two counts charged h'm with attempting
to incite Insubordination sort dislovalty.
and also with uttering language
Intended to prnvoV-e and encourage
resistance to the United I
State* government.
WORK ON SJFw SATTI r?Hinn
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED
Washington.?PosslbHltv thut the
battle cruiser nrngmm of the n?w.
I Invnlvine *Q expenditure of neerlv
I half a h'llion dnihra. SHU he ahan
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rimnpn "vnr or n r??w fv?"? of rrilis
. er bnttlesb'n wis l^d'enfpd |?v nn anrminrp?*)'>',>t
ttiAt Srcpphrv Daniels
bad Orde?*??| oi|pp??i???>n o' work on
f*ip '* J*K-Vnof rri'ssn plrpodi- j?n.
fborlrpil un'M dee'w'OU PS to t*io fn ure
tvne of capital ship could bp
reached,
lN?URG*fc'T HFMOrOATA A?w
MAKING FIGHT ON CLARK
Woshlnetnn.? A flelit Is bo'ir rnidt
on 8peaker Clark by. Insurant Democrats
who claim that he should not
be the minority leader of the house
under the Republican regime soon to
be ushered in. Indirectly Representative
Kttchin. of North Carolina, and
Representative Dent, of Alabama, are
involved. It was asserted that 70
Democrats had been pledged to overthrew
Mr. Clark.
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FRANK MORRISON TALKS
OF PRICE READJUSTMENT
Washington.?Organized labor will
refuse to "share in the result" of price
readjustments if its "living standards
ere to be endangered," Frank W. Morrison,
secretary of the American Federation
of Labor, said. *Mr. Morrison
criticised the declarations by the federal
reserve bourd in a recently pub
Dished review of Us forthcoming
bulletin that all fi.ctors In produrtlon
"should bear theii share in the general
process of readjustment." 1
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Had the war not ended when it did
the Germans would soon have been
smothered by amounts of gas 'which
thsy still believe impossible, accord
Ing to Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert
chief of the chemical warfare service.
NONE LEFT TO PARLEY WITH
Preliminary Terms of Peace Should
Be Submitted to Germany By Last
Week of March at Least.
Ihiris.?The news from Germany
continued to become increasingly disquieting
and will, it is hoped, have
the efTect of speeding up the peace
conference. Of course it hus to be
remembered that at each moment of
crisis between the allies and Germany,
since the signature of the tlrst
armistice, the Germans have broken
out in more or less spontaneous popular
semi-bolshevist agitation.
The renewal of Spartacisin. on this
occasion, has bden heralded by a violent
campaign of the press against the
terms which the allies now have prepared
for inclusion in the preliminary
peuce treaty. How far the fresh disturbance
is prompted by the requirements
of the German peqce policy
cannot, of course, be judged with anylieKree
of nc.oitranv from Poi-l? !?.?
one thing Is certain, that unless rapid
steps are tuken to supply Germany
with food, on a larger scale than is at
present being done, there will he the
risk that negotiators here may find
there is ubne left in Germany with
whom to sign a binding peace.
Apart from certain reservations of
some Importance, made by the American
admiral as regards naval terms,
there is complete agreement on the
general terms of military, naval and
nerial nature to be imposed on Germany.
Such being the case, in the
opinion of Marshal Foch at any rate,
the preliminary terms of peace ought
to be communicated to Germany hefore
the end of the month so that the
Germany delegates may be able to
come to Versailles. If Versailles is the
spot chosen for the meeting, on
March 20 and so that the actual signa|
ture of peace might be fixed for the
beginning of April.
BANKERS TO ESTABLI8H POOL
TO FINANCE THE RAILROADS
Washington. ? Director General
Hines determined to call a conference
of leading hankers and railway corporation
representatives in Washington
to discuss possible solutions of
the problem created by a failure of
Congress to appropriate funds for the
rallr id administration. The persons
to be invited have not yet been select
ed.
Reports reached Washington that
several bankers since adjournment of
Congress had discussed the nrlviaah.
ilitv of establishing a bankers' pool
to lend as much as $100,000,000 to railroad
interests.
JU8T CATS ARE SELLING IN
RUSSIA AT THREE OOLLARS
London.?Starvation prevails thrnmit
bolshevik Russia and Is killing off
the population by thousands. Disease
s are rampant and food %is so
scarce in Petrngrad and Moscow that
cats sel' readily for $3 each. The undertakers
cannot cope with conditions,
as there is not enough wood for coffins.
These reports have been
hrougjit to the attention of the
Prltiah government within the lest
week. t
STEP TOWARD FORMATION
OF PEACE TREATY TAKEN
Paris.?A step toward the formalPn
of a treaty of peace was taken by the
supreme council when it adopted the
proposal of the American delegation
to have the various commissions present
to the council their report* and
conclusions in the form of articles to
be inserted in the peace preliminaries.
The council also discussed the military.
naval and aerial conditions to
be 'imposed on the enemy
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FORT*
HUN HUNGER BAR
TO SPEEDY PENCE
URGENT NEED OP SUPPLYING
GERMANY WITH FOOD fULLY
RECOGNIZED.
ITALIAN BOONW QUESTION
Lloyd George's Plan Involves Abandonmentof
Military Conscription in
All Conquered Territory.
Paris.?Stephen Pichon, the French
foreign minister, in his talk with the
correspondents, discussed the bearing
of the food situation in Germany on
the speedy conclusion of peace. He
said that the urgent need ot supplying
Germany was recognized at Paris.
In signing the armistice last January.
Germany agreed to hand over
her commercial fleet, to be used in revictuulling
Europe generally, and Germany
particularly. Yet, continued the
minister, at a recent "meeting at Spa
the German delegates declared that
the arrangement was unsatisfactory
and that they would "absolutely refuse
to part with their ships."
The allies were willing. Mr. Pichon
went on. not onlv ti? minniv v...?
to accord credit to Germany, bat Germany
must first declare her willingness
to live up fo the conditions of
the January armistice.
As soon as the terms of the Ger!
man peace have been concluded. Mr.
Pichon said, the council would take
up the Austrian peace which would
involve the future boundaries between
Italy ami former Austro-Hungarian
territory. The# subject has already
been discussed recently.
The council has adopted Premier
Lloyd George's plans for regu'aitng tha
future military strength of Germany,
according to the minister-who confirm
l ed the fact that this involves the
abandonment of conscription in favor
of a small professional army.
TERRIBLE PICTURE IS DRAWN
OF CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA
Washington.? David R? Franc's,
who went to Russia as American ambassador
in 1916 before the overthrow
of the monarchy and who re|
malned there until after the bnl heI
vlsts had seized the government, in
S testifying before the senate commit\
tee investigating lhwless nrnnagand-,
1 warned that should the bolshevi t* he
, permitted to rpmain in power a'l Russia
would be exploited by the Germans.
Within 10 years under such
conditions, he said. Germany would
ho Iho ? * *
, ?? >uu tiv vui 111 nit? war in cnai mo
. nation would be stronger in every
j way than it was in 1914.
j He painted a vivid picture of the
j terror that reigns and told of onu instance
where the gutters from a courtyard
In Petrograd actuallv ran with
blood from the victims of the bolshevists.
Many were killed without
even charges being mndp against
them and on several occasions, the
ambassador aserted, wholesale killings
were indulged in. He said more
than Ave hundred innocent hostages
were killed at or? time, and his observation
of conditions and afTairs in
Russia led him to believe the bolshevlsts
in their every-day practices commuted
excesses far beyond even the
wildest dreams of anarchists*
AMERICAN SHIPS NOW CARRY
PRODUCTS TO END OF EARTH
j Washington.?For the first time
; since the days of the famous "Olipper"
ships*. American merchant craft now
j ure plying the seven seas, carrying
! products of the United State;? to the
I farthest comers of the earth and
< bringing home hoth essentials and
luxuries.
The shipping hoard announced that
the American merchant marine fleet,
built up under the spur of war's necessity,
now renresenfrd nearly oneflfth
of the entire sea-going tonnaee
of the world and comprised 4fi per
cent of all ships clearing frpm United
States ports, ns compared with 0.7
per cent before the great w?r.
NO RADICAL CHANGES IN
CONSTITUTION OF LEAGUE
On Board IT. S. S. George Washing:
ton.? The impression gathered by
these who have come into contact
with Prescient Wilson is that the opposition
which has developed to the
| league of nations covenant has not
o-used him to decide that nny radical
changes are necessnry. I t is recogn'aed
changes in phraseology and minor
particulars are possible, hut President
Wilson is not looking for any
fundamental alteration.
RAILWAY SHOP EMPLOYES
ASKING FOR HIGHER WAGES
Washington. ? Several hundred
thousand ralroad shop emplioyes have
asked the ralroad administration to
increase their wages about 25 per
cent. The board of railroad wages
I and working conditions has agreed
tentatively to hear their case.
The shop trade employes who were
given one wage advance last year in
addition to the general Increaes in
pay, now ask that the basic rate per
hour be changed from 68 to 98 cents.
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FRAMt^T^^^
I Francis Tudela, new ambassador
from Peru, has arrived In Washington.
He is the first representative from his
country with the rank of amlassador,
that republic having been previously
j represented by a minister.
LEADERS SOUGHT PROMOTION
Immediate and Thorough Investigation
is Made Because of References
to Mons and Cambrai.
Toronto.?All fanudia has been
j r'lrred by charges made in the house
j of commons by Sir Sam Hughes, for
ner minister of militia, that officers
I < onimanding the dominion's forces in
France had needlessly sacrificed the
, lives of their men in order to advance
| themselves.
* Sir Sam opened his attack with the
! announcement he had protested sevi
ernl times to Premier Borden "against
i the waste of the Canadian boys'
( lives in unnecessary stunts on the battlefields."
He then read a letter he
, had sent to Sir Robert protesting
i against what he termed needless
, slaughter at Catnbmi and stating he
| had drawn attention of the prime minister
on previous occasions to thei
"massacres at Lens. Passachendaele,
: etc., where the only apparent object
; was to glorify the general in com'
mand and mnke it impossible, through
butchery, to hnve a fifth and sixth di;
vision and two army corps."
| He declared any general who would
\ i undertake the attack at Cambrai by
suburban or street fighting should be
court-ipartialed. The same wus true,
he said, of the officer who had ordered
the storming of Mons four hours
, before the signing of the armistice.
Some of the newspupers hint Sir
! Sam's attack was inspired by chagrin
. at the faliure of his son. General Gar'
net Hughes, to get to France as the
commander of a fifth brigade of Canadians.
but all are unanimous in
their assertion th-tt the charges call
for an immediate -<nd thorough investigation.
NEW CHINA WAMTED, FREE
OF ALIEN INTERFERENCE
Paris.?There Is v.oing to be one of
the liveliest sessions of the council
of ten when the .1* panese .claims to
Tzingtao and the Pe'dflc islands come
up for formal consii eratln. The delegation
from Peking is ready to fight
to the lent against lermitting Japan
to get away with v'nat the Chinese
openly denounce as "aggresshe imperialism."
j Basing their attitude on the Wil|
sonian idea of the league of nations.
the Chinese delegates make no 'score
I of their hope that out of the neace
I conference will come a new China,
' free of all alien interference. Nor do
'they hesitate to ffirm that unless
! the far eustem question is solved aci
cording to the fundamental principle
of the right of every nation to dispose
f of itself, then the hopes of preventing
, or minimizing the chance of future
wars by the league of nations are illusory.
CHAMBERLAIN SAYS CROWDER
MADE FALSE STATEMENTS
Washington.?Another chapter in
j the controversy between congress and
i rhe var department over the general
' question of miHtBry justice was added
by Senator Chamberlain, chairman
of the mllitnry committee in the laFt
j renate. who issued a statement declarj
Ing "erroneous and false" statements
were contained In reply of Major
Coneral Crowder. Judge advocate general.
to the senator's address In the
senate last December. ,
PORK AND PORK PRODUCTS
TAKEN OFF EXPORT LI8T
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Washington.?Removal of pork and
pork products from the export conservation
list was announced by the
war trade board,' effective at cnre. At
the same time the hoard rescinded
the regulation by which all applications
for licenses to export these
commodities to European destination
were required to bear a certificate
from the food administration showing
the administration had approved the
sale nrlce
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Theytravelers Bay the statements of
the (German government are only a
blutff in order to get belter terms
' frpm the allies.
Travelers from Austria and HunI
gary declare the populations there are
really starving and ne"d immediate
I help. These reports are confirmed by
! British and American commlsions in
these countries.
NEUTRALITY OF BELGIUM
WILL EE ELIMINATED
Paris.?The report of the commission
on Belgian affa'rs, charged with
invest'gating the differences between
Belgium and Holland, was submitted
! to tho council of the five great powers
It advises the three treaties of 1839.
! establishing the status of Belgium
j and Holland, he revised by the coun
ctl. as they are now "useless and dis'
advantageous to Belgium."
The proposed revision of the treaties
will restore Belgium's complete
sovereignty and eliminate her neutrality.
which afforded no protection and
is now distasteful.
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I LAUDATION OF IRELAND BBY
REPRESENTATIVE STEDMAN.
Washington.?The Irish question
has been bobbing up here now and
i Ihen for? several years. The house
finally adopted this resolution, which
I was advocated eloquently by Repres|
entative Rtedman:
' Resolved. That it is the earnest
! hope of the Congres of the Tinted
' States of America that the peace conj
ference. now sitting in Paris. In passing
upon the rights of various peoples,
will favorably consider the claims of
Ireland to Belf determination."
"For many years." said Mr. Stod,
man. "I have been interested in the
I future of the people of Ireland.
I have been attracted to them hy
j their love*of liberty, hy their attach'
ment to their homes, bv their apneals
j for Justice to this republic, whese
j friends they have ever been and
whose theorv of government, whose
traditions, and whose declarations
forbid the exero'se of sovereignty
lover a weaker nation against its will
by armed force.
T-xmdon,?Notice has been given in
the house of commons of the intention
of Ronald McNeill to a?k the
secretary of state for fnrpjem arfa;rs
whether he has any ofT'cial in'ormation
of the ropart of the resolution
having been adopted hy the Amer'e-n
house cf representatives on the subject
of Ireland, and if so ?v M ho
make a formal protest against the
interference of a foreign legi'-inture
in the domestic affairs of the I'nifed
; Kingdom.
AUTHORS OF PRRAT WAR 4Rr
TO BE SEVERELY PUNISHED
Paris.?Whilp it is impos-jib'e
give any forecast of thP terms of the
report of th" commission on responsibillyt
for the war. which reoort is
about completed, it may hp said that
tho?e who have heen urging that
drastic action should be taken against
tbp p-'.ncipal authors of Germa-v* wnr
will not be rtlnapprinfrd in
?' ? conclusions of the commission,
'"lie report will inoVde a general
( historical survey of events.
WILSON AGAINST SINKING
OF SURRENDERED SHIPS
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Washington.?President" Wilson has
written Representative Fuller, of Massachusetts.
that he opposed the sinking
of the surrendered German- warstfins.
hnt that h?s judgment was pot
final because he had not yet had the
opportunity, to discuss the matter
with authoritative naval men.
The President's letter said the proposal
to destroy the warships seemed
"like the counsel of those who do not
know what else to do."
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PASS NINE MILL TAX LEV! I
Considerable Trimming Done in Nurtv
I* of Important Itsme by Committee
of Free Conference.
lumbia.?A levy of nine mill* was
i>y tuc gcncru! sssesibiy ,rt meet
I appropriations for the State rot- '
,ient this year. The total amount
led in the appropriation bill is appniately
$4,200,000. which calls for
|y of nine millR on u total taxable
lerty of $370,000 000.
lis in one-half\mill below the I
lile levy imposed last voar. but
Ih wai later reduced by'the coin ills
r general to eight and one-fourth
k by the increased values of tnxapropertv
put on the tax books,
ke differences between the bills
hey left the two houses amounted
pR9.757.34. Items appropriated by
Ihouse. but wh'ch were not incor- I
Ited in the house appropriation
p these bills had not been passIrhen
the appropriation bill was
to the senate, amounted to $335. 1
le University Of * South Carolina
Irtionment was trimmed considerI
in the free conference. Items
In hv the senate, btit which were
Ited in the free conference, were:
per school. $3 0,000; furnishing
I it nries. $3,000; printing plant.
I". The university will receive
I the state this vear $136 800.
le State health department was
I reducsd by the free conference.
I item for venereal disease control
| cut from $15,000 to $10,000. and
sive county health work from
00 to $17,500. Thp amount appropd
for the health department is
448.80.
Another department to have It* apportionment
badly cut va? that of the
adjutant geneval. This was cut from
$3fi.S46.79. as recommended by the
senate, to $25,400. Kquiputent for the
reserve militia was reduced from $9.150
to $4,000. and miscellaneous expenses
for the reserve militia from
$10,000 to $5,000.
Big Pay for Towing Cars.
Gaffney.?Travelers over the National
highway between Gaffney nnd
Rpartanlmrg report that there is a
place on the voad near the residence
of A. S. Smith that is impassible, by
automobiles and that a number of
enterprising citizens of the neighborhood
have stationed themselves there
with teams in order to pull the cars
out of the mud. It Is said that these
people are coining money, and while
it would be a pity to put a stop to
their graft, the place should be speedily
repaired in order that travelers
would not be put to this inconvenience
and expense.
Contract Let for Mill.
GafTney.?The contract for the
hvlr.k u>Ai-b Ilia D..ta.a?t? T1 1.
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mills has been let to Contractor J. H.
Curry, and work will he commenced
on building just as soon as some necessary
material arrives. Cont/actor
Curry said that the work would be
pushed Just as rapidly as possible,
consistent with safe and sound work,
and that us labor is not now so
scarce, he expects to finish the work
in record time, although the job is
not a small one by any means. The
machinery, or a large part of It has
already been purchased.
All Good Roads Bills Killed.
Columbia.?The house killed all
possibility of good roads legislation
this session when it adjourned debate
on the Belser bill, passed in the senate,
until the opening day of next session
by a vote of 55' to 43.
The bill came from the house providing-for
a one mill general property
tax lew and a graduated scale of
automobile licenses according to the
weight of the car. The bill provided
for no referendum.
Met At State College.
Orangeburg. ? The annual conference
of negro demonstration agents
and farmers was in session at the
State College. The meetings were
largely attended by representative
farmers from every section of the
State. Practical talks on agricultural
tonics filled the program from dav to
day. Member the extension staff
of ("lemson College have co-operato?l
to make tbo conference a success.
in d'alv to discuss fm't prow!nr.
hog raising. gardening. live stock
production and dairying.
Maybe $1.000 000 Hotel.
Charleston.?A persistent rumor la
current here that local business men
fn conjunction with out of town capitalists
are planning the erection of a
$1,000,000 commercial hotel in the
near future. N'o confirmation of this
report is obtainable at this time, but
the rumor has all the earmarks of
authenticity. It is bel?eved that the
hotel will be constructed somewhat
"up town" and if built will give the
city a much needed hostelry of approved
design and ample facilities.
Unemployed Greatly Aided.
Columbia.? Over 4.500 men and women
were placed in employment by
the United States employment service
for South Carolina during Janunry
and the Aral three weeks of February.
John L. Tlavis, federal director
of the bureau, has compiled figures
showing that 5.683 men and women
applied to the bureau for employment.
Of this number 5.276 were referred to
employers and 4.535 have since notified
the director here that they have
secured positions. More probably
have secured work.
$1.25 Per Tur.
tGULUR ERROR
IN PENSION BILL
). W. M'LAURIN OF COLUMBIA IS
' CHAIRMAN AT SALARY OF
$2,000 PE RANNUM.
SOOPER GABLES TO HOOVER
? ne v/oxion ??eea inaustry prom F*
men Up, is Seriously Embarrassed
Through Failure to 8eli Oil.
Columbia.?Governor Cooper signet
the Wharton-Moore-Alexander bill to
create a State pension commhtira.
Son after the governor had affixed His
signature to the act, members d th?
commission. one from each congrwasional
district, named in the act, net
*nd eelcted D. W. McLaurin of Columbia
chairman. A. salary of fl.Mt
innually will be paid.
It was discovered in signing the bill1
that it appropriates 1500.000 tor the
Ponfedeate veterans. In the genera)1
appropriation Dili this amount was
fixed at 1400,000, which figure the
authorities say must prevail. Thi* is
an excess of $100,000 over last year.
The 1919 pensions of the same amount
us heretofore will he paid as usual by
the comptroller general and the excess
will he distributed bv the pout
m'sdion. who will handle all the pension
claims next year.
Governor Goojier also sent a cabWglam
to Herbert Hoover. United
States foo?l administrator now \%
Paris directing American aid to European
countries, to inquire what arrangement
enn he made to create a
market for cotton oP in Europe, ir'nrrner
Governor Manning is now on hi*
way to France and will discos*
nature of ?.ee extreme embarrassment
of th? rof* ?eod ei*t|. titn in Ai?%er
lea with M" Ho )Ver. Thn cahlerre?*
reads:
"Entire cot'on ?--ed industry from
farmers up se'domrty ei.inarrassej In
failure to se'l oil. Pan von not inv
mediately arantro sales for fmreig-*
consumption? Eonii-?r Ooiemor v
ning will disci'sr details with yon 1%
person, hut action in-iltd now."
Attractive to Convalencent*.
The possibilities of Camp JaeVso*
as an army recuperation camp are wf
most 'imitlcss ir. Ihe onininn ot many
m?n who lmve given the matter etmaide'ij'
m
The camp is modern in every inspect.
and prart'rallv all of the buildings
are permanent In structure Vt
has its own (ire departm?ni. pos? ?#
flce. incinerator for burning refuse,
laundrv and various other equipment
and is complete In every respect.
Dr. James A. Hayne. "State health
officer, in speaking of the camp n* a
recuporit'ou copter for sold'orw ?ii?\
"I Jim of the oninlon that the
would lond itself ndmiralilv to tvm"%r
use. The drainage at. the camp is er<client.
Owing to the nature of the
noil. 11 rreat deal of the rain eon** fr*
once Into the ground. The cams V.*
nhon? thp name o'evation a? that t
?h* tSate tunerr k. ntnrtmn; th*cl'mate
is eouahte. Cinvalewce-nt*
could tie nerm'tfed to, cnh'v the ?m%
of-door-" thronehout nrietiraltv the * *?
t're venr. and men suffering from whe\\
?hooU an well a a tubercular patient*
would benefit thereby."
Salvage Bids Too Low. ^
' Washington.?Senator Smith held %
conference with official? of the wa*
derailment relative to the aalvarVnof
the camp? at Greenville and Spar
tanhui g.
With reference to Camp Sey'ier. he
ascertained that the three hlda rceeWed
for salvaging were lower than the
government was willing to nc.c>p?
ITence new bids will he called for and
if the?e also are not sufficient, it i*
nni b n/\\un wkn ? *" *"
..... ......ml KIIOI <1 in ininn um Wilt IWl
he m?(|p of the raniB.
With reference fo Cnmp WaflswnMSi
the dennrimrnt is now considering ?
proposition made hv thp Snartanbr.Tp
Chatnbpr of. rommsrre. T'ntil a decVs
ion is rendered on thin pronoun!. if
will not bo known what rtlspnwlthft*
will bp madp of thp matter.
Coal Car* Go Down.
T.aurens. -Seven ronl cars ot an en
trn freight train on thp Charleston A
Wpatprn Carolina Railroad felt
through a trestle at Rrvson a* flu
100 inilp post, four miles north ot
Laurens. Thp engine and (We car?
passed ovpr whpn tw? sixth car war
derailed and tumblpd ovpr into the
?mnll ravinp carrying six other raw
down, together with ninp spans ni *he
trpstlo. The cahoosp was loft hnnr
ing on thp othpr pnd of thr trestle It
Is believed that one or two hn1 rev
were caught in the wreck.
Bip Cut *n Acreage.
Walterhoro.?Collet.nn farmers at*
going to reduce their cotton acreage
In 1919 over 1918 46 per cent, aecerrrt
ing to the aggregate of several hni>
dred pledges compiled hy F. W. YUM*
or. These pledges were receive*
from practically every section of the
connty and show great interest In th*
cotton acreage reduction. The mex*
inga In everv section of the
were largely attended and enttmala*
tically for the proposed reduction
The 21 meetings were nearlv all h^aM jjf
a few of them having speaker*