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STRIKE AND TREATY f PARAMOUNT ISSUES EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT INTERVENTION BY PRE8IDENT WILSON MAY BE MADE. BRINGING MATTERS TO HEAD The 8lde of Capital In the Controverey Will be Heard by Committee Through Chairman Gary. Washington.?The German peace treaty and the steol strike remain the engrossing affairs of Congress. Prospects of a vote on the amendmehts to the treaty, proposed by Senator Fall, republican, of New Mexico, and providing for elimination of virtually all American representation on International commissions together with President Wilson's return to the capital, is expected to bring to a hoad the vital issues in the treaty contest Industrial unrest emphasized by the steel strike will Bhare attention in the senate with t6e peaco treaty. Hearings in the labor committee's investigation of the steel strike will be re ouiueu, wnuu \jnuirman uary, of the United States Steel corporation, 19 to Sire capital's side of the controversy. X,ater the committee pains to hear Secretary William Z. Foster, of the strike committee and other witnesses and It would not surprise many observers If efforts to bring about interventfon by Presldont Wilson would be made. Whether President Wilson will con tinue the fight against all reserva tlons,' "mild" or "strong" interprets tlve or definite, or will make known s disposition to accept ratification ol the treaty with some sort of reservations, may be decided this week, it is believed in both democratic and re- ' publican quarters. 1 PES8IMI8M IN WASHINGTON OVER UNREST CONTINUE8. ( _________ I Washington.?There is pessimism j ^ bere over the Industrial unrest. It ' Is feared that a world-wide panic may ' come if the treaty Is not ratified. ( Senator Oscar W. Underwood, who Is a very level-headed man, and a ntatesman, thinks that the business people of the country favor the league ' of nations. He believes that it is ah. ] solutely necesgpry at this time to ata- 1 bilise the world. In a conversation ' he said that if we expect to sell our < products to foreign countries, and < maintain our export trade credits 1 must be extended. He explained that < the government had extended about > all the credit it can afford to at this 1 time, and that a Ififlflnsn ' * UUB1UCS9 1 men and concerns must take It up now. But before this can be done or will be done the war must be declar- 1 ?d off. ~ t ( FAMOUS HOWITZER MILL I HA8 BEEN NATIONALIZED. I i Vienna.?The famous Skoda arms t and ammunition works, near Pllsen, i have been nationalised, according to i messages reaching here. A national < council has been named to conduct the works composed of six Czechs and three Prenchmen. ( The last previous advices regard- r lng the Skoda works were that their 1 purchase was being negotiated for by ] an American syndicate. A Geneva 1 dispatch on August 31. however, said a there was a hitch In the negotiations I because of a difference on the question of the price to be paid. a Tko OV"J? 1? "* -"? unwB nunn prouucea tne r famous Austrian howitzers, one ot a the most effective heavy artillery weapons used by the central powers BRIEF REST WILL PUT THE ' PRESIDENT IN FINE 8HAPE j Washington.?President Wilson will * be all right In a few days. He was B threatened with serlpus illness, but c Dr. Cary T. Grayson has brought him T around all right. A brief rest will put j him In fine shape. t POINDEXTER SAYS WILSON 18 GREATEST MENACE TO WORLD New York.?President Wilson wai 1 characterized as "the worlds rreat c est menace" in an address by United ^ States Senator Miles Poindexter at i mass meeting of Queens county Re * publicans in Long Island City. Thi r meeting was held to celebrate thi * 65th anniversary of the founding o 1 the Republican party. The senator from Washington salt the president was "the greatest pro r German in the country." ^ EIGHT GERMAN LINERS ARE TO BE RETAINED BY THE U. 8 Washington.?Bight German llneri J] Including the former Hamburg?Ameri t! can steamer Imperator, second large* b ship in the world, allocated to th? '' United States by the inter-allied ship ^ ping commission after the signing o h the armistice and used to bring hom< g American troops are to be retainer by the United States. Plans to plac- " them In passenger and freight senrlo f re being prepared. (} BEAUFORT PACKING COMPANY Tha Enterprise It Capitalized at $150,000, and Stock Is to be Distributed Among Fivo Counties. Waltorboro.?A campaign has been conducted In Colleton county this week In-the Interest of the Seacoast Packing Company of Beaufort. Meet lngs were held at Walterboro, Cot owCMC, Led;: Islnsd* ton, and the plans and purposes of the packing plant were discussed and subscriptions to the capital stock taken. Much Interest was shown In the undertaking, but on account of the failure of the Orangeburg packing plant, there were uot many large subscriptions taken. Colleton county will be expected by the Beaufort promoters to subscribe to $30,000 of the $150,000 capital. Beaufort will take onehalf this sum and the four adjacent counties are expected to subscribe the balance. It is proposed to bars the packing plant in operation by September 1, 1920. Charleston.?For the first time in the history of Charleston a partial system of free school books will be in force this year, children of the first and second grades, primary department, being furnished with textbooks by the board of school commissioners. Columbia.?Frank A. Crout was arrested and lodged in the Richland county jail on the charge of having murdered Mr. and Mrs. Green Medlin, his father-in-law and mother-in-law. The warrant also charges Crout with Uwnti - I Union.?M. B. Meador, a prominent eltixen of the county, was run down by an automobile truck here and seriously injured. Several ribs were broken and ha was otherwise badly bruised. He was taken at once to the hospital here and given medical attention. Sumter.?The meeting of the Sumter county division of the American Cotton Association at Dalzell school was well attended by the people of Providence township. L. D. Jennings, county chairman, made the talk of the evening and so impressed his hearers that besides a large number of them joining the association they subscribed $21,000 as stock in the association to purchase all cotton offered below the minimum price fixed. Dillon.?J. O. Hyatt, an industrious white farmer living on D. W. Bethea's place near here, was in Dillon looking for his daughter, Minnie, 17 years old. who disappeared from home several lays ago. Mr. Hyatt is greatly distressed over the disappearance of tils daughter and has almost abanloned hope of finding her. He said ihe was a dutiful daughter, and he >an offer no explanation for her itrange disappearance. Anderson.?The street car men of :hls city hare had their pay increased 'o 49 1-2 cents an hour, although they lid not strike. They are the highest >ald men of the service. This is on iccount of the one man safety cars irhlch are used here. This allows :he men here three cents an hour nore than the oldest men In the serrice. This one man system has proved a success. Spartanburg. ? The Spartanburg bounty Highway Commission sold the emalnder of the million dollar bond ssue. amounting to $499,500, to the lank of Commerce of this city, the ofer of this Institution being the most idrantageous according to county lighway officials. The bonds mature in nine series ind were bought by the Bank of Comnerce on a basis of $85.60, the total imount being $477,256.66. Rtdgeway.?At the same grade Tossing at Smallwood where the ac:ident occurred on August 17 in which dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Wray of lidgeway and the McCarrel lad of Joncord, N. C., lost their lives In an lutomobile wrecked by a freight train, ccurred another accident when two nules drawing a wagoA belonging to ..evl Branham were killed outright by hrough passenger train No. 31. Short Term Enlistments. Beaufort?Enlistments for terms of wo, three and four years will be ac:epted in the Marine corps, until 'une 30. 1920, according to advice. "The president has authorised that une 30, 1920, enlistments In the Main? corps may be for terms of two, hree or four years and laws now apriicablo to four years enlistmeut shall pply, with such regulations as may ie prescribed by the secretary of the mvy to enlistments for a shorter pefod with proportional benefits upon Ischargo and reenlistment" Hidden 8chool Discovered. Greenville.?Hid In a mountain cove a the far famed Dark Corner section f Greenville county, away back In he dismal recesses of Glassy Mounsin. 30 miles from a railroad, a flourjhlng school hitherto unrecorded and nknown to county school officials, as been "discovered" by Miss Elizaeth Perry, supervisor of rural chools. and Carl Drake, attendance fflcer for the upper section, who ran pon the little building almost in the vshion of revenue officers scouring lis rugged country for stills. DON SALVADOR SOL M. ->_^ iT< '^VkwA % -v' * 4/^- si &*M^MMMBI^BMBBKkn?: V; aBBBBBMOriK HtoecltTBBii \a v m Senior Don Salvador Sol M.t recent* 'y appointed minister of Salvador to the United States, has studied closely, >?-> !?* ? ? ?? "* * ' h wits pumieai hto or nn country and at tha aame time hat traveled exteneively.. He hae devoted particular attention to the economic and political life of the United Statea and knows a great many people of consequence In thla country. MONROEDOGTRINE PROTECTED Agreement to Preserve One Another's Territorial Integrity la a Cut at "the Tap Root of War." Cheyenne, Wyo.?Reading again the proposed senate reservation to article 111 of the league covenant. President Wilson declared in an address here that srould any such reservation be adopted he would "be obliged as chief executive to regard it as a rejection >t the treaty. The president added that rejection ot it would mean negotiation of a separate peace with Germany, and asserted that such a negotiation could not ehange a single item of the peace settlement. Recalling Japan's promise to return to China all sovereign rights in Shantung, the president said the only thing retained by the Tokio government would be economic rights such as other nations hold. One by one, said he, the other oblections to the covenant had been disposed of. To all "candid minds," he asserted, it now was apparent that the Monroe dostrine was fully protected, that there was no super-government set up and that no danger was to be feared from the "speaking parts" givan to the British dominions in the league assembly. The withdrawal objections, he added, was another "bugaboo" that bad been dispelled. Thus, continued Mr. Wilson, the whole discussion had settled down upon article 10 under which the members agree to preiarve one another's territorial integrity against external aggression. He declared this cut at rhe "tap root of war" because nearly all wars started from aggression against those unable to defend themselves. ACTION TO REMEDY DEFECTS IN AMERICAN BALED COTTON New York.?Action to remedy defects of the American cotton bale will be considered at the world cotton conference to be held in New Orleans > ? -?? nvi*t uiuuin, HcorainK to an announcement by Frank Nasmith. aecretary of the British delegation which is on Its way to the convention. "The American bale is a disgrace when it reaches the other side because of the way it is packed, its lack of uniformity and its ragged condition,** said Mr. Nasmith. GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBURG IS EVACUATED BY AMERICAN8. Luxembourg.?All American troops have been withdrawn from the grnnd duchy which had been -occupied since last December by units of the third United States army. Claims for damages against the United States government to the amount of 1.000,000 francs were paid recently by American army officers to citizens of Luxembourg who were inconvenienced in one way or another by American soldiers. SALES BY PARCELS P08T OF SURPLUS FOOD HAVE STOPPED Washington.?Sales of surplus foodStuffs through parcol post delivery and through municipal buying agencies suspended September 24, in order lhat all efforts may be centered on the operation of the army retail stores opened the following day. The de-; partraent will continue to sell to municipalities the frosen meats and poul- J' try and evaporated fruits now in refrigeration depots at the fixed prices aanonn zed. I DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GREAT STRIKE DEFINITION OF 8TRIKE I8SUE A8 TO RIGHT OF EMPLOYE8 TO BE HEARD. CONDEMN FOREIGN AGITATOR Apparent Deadlock by Lack of Violence Apparently, Prevailing in Chief 8te?l Centers. Washington.?The chief developments of events in the great steel strike are as follows: Definition of the strike Issue as the 1 right of employes "to be heard, to or- 1 ganlse and to have some voice in de- termining conditions under which they | labor";?made by Samuel Gompers, i president of the American Federation of Labor, before the senate labor committee in Washington. I Announcement that John D. Rockefeller, Jr., principal owner of the Colorado Fuel ft Iron company, will take no part in the strike of 6,000 workers at the Pueblo plant. Claim by union officials that work- j ere in the Youngstown district, at a meeting held to vote on the question ' ui raiuruiug 10 worn. Dad decided 1 against such a move. ' Condemnation of "foreign aglta- , tors" and commendation of Sheriff William Haddock, of Allegheny county by a coroner's Jury In Pittsburgh 1 which returned a verdict of "death 1 from gunshot wounds inflicted by c persons unknown * while an attack r was being made on deputy sheriffs during a riot" in the case of a woman organizer and striker * Apparent deadlock, marked by lack t of violence apparently prevailing in the chief steel centers. < DENIES WIL80N MEDDLED IN FIUME CONTROVERSY. i Rome.?The Stefan agency, the 4 semi-official Italian news agency, de- a nies that President Wilson has de- r manded the expulsion of Oabriele d'- a Annunzio from Fiume, or threatened c an economic blockade of Italy. The news agency add that Presi- 1 dent JjVilson sent two dispatches, one 1 of them reaching the American dele- 1 gation in Paris, and the other arriv- a ing in Rome. Both of them were with- , out menace, according to the news *| agency and expressed the most cordial sentiments towards Italy. NAVY DEPARTMENT PLANNING c TRANSPACIFIC AIR FLIGHT. 1( I Washington.?Tentative plans now t under consideration at the navy de- j, partment call for a seaplane flight t from San Diego, Cal., to the Philippine islands sometime this winter or in tVlO ?orlw .nrfnnr CI. 1,1 *- - WW. D|?IUfi. Qiupg will DC ^ made at Hawaii, Wake Island and g Ouam under present plans. The total distance to be covered in the flight will be more than 7,000 fa miles or twice the distance covered by j the NC-4 in flying across the Atlantic. # TWENTY MILLION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION HERE. V New York.?A gift of $20,000,000 from John D. Rockefeller for the improvement of medical education in the United States was announced by r tbe general education board. r The official announcement of the p gift says that the lncomjs of the $20,- e 000,000 is to be currently used and n the entire principal is to be distribut- L ed within 50 years. ti BRITISH RAILWAY STRIKE TAKES ON SERIOUS ASPECT. R a London.? The Associated Press Q learns authoritatively that the gov- Q ernment takes the view that the rail- t road strike must be fought with every facility at its command, even to the employment of armed forces if ' necessary. The war office announced * that It would be necessary to suspend demobilization of the army and can- e eel all leaves of absence forthwith. f 1< PRE8IDENT WILSON CANCELS BALANCE OF SPEAKING TOURS C Wichita, Kan. ? President Wilson cancelled the remainder of his tour under orders from Admiral Cary T. Cl Grayson, the president's physician, n and will return to Washington direct u from Wichita. *' Although it was said, there was 6 nothing critical about the president's ei condition. Dr. Grayson, his physician J 'l declared a nervous reaction affecting the digestive organs made suspension of his trip imperative. ^ INTERNED ENEMY ALIENS ARE RETURNED TO THEIR COUNTRY ? New York.?More than l^SOO enemy aliens, the majority Germans, who ^ were interned in this country during ^ the war, sailed for Rotterdam on the transport Pocahontas. In the party g< were 115 women who are voluntarily returning to Germany. The men were brought to Hoboken!^ on special trains after being confined Q| to prisons at Forts McPherson, Ogle- R thorpe, Douglas and other internment points o| '<1 MSm?Wm ? REAR ADMIRAL FISKE The board of oov?rnor? of the Aero :lub of America have awarded the lold medal of the club to Rear Adnlral Bradley A. Flake, U. S. N. SCORED BT BROTHERHOOD MAN mimvm ktiuin unargsa tsy congressman with Fomenting Revolution; Rank and Pile Appealed T6. Washington.?Congress intervened n the steel strike by directing the lenate labor committee to institute an mmediate investigation to ascertain 'if the situation can in any way be *elieved by federal action." Action by the senate was taken on i resolution proposing the inquiry ofered by Senator Kenyon, chairman >f the education and labor committee. The resolution was adopted without >bJectlon after brief discussion of the lerlous Industrial situation Involving he public's interest While the senate was launching the :ommlttee? inquiry, the house loudly ipplauded an address by Representsive Cooper, Youngstown, Ohio, a nember of one of the railroad brothirhoods, assailing William Z. Foster, lecretary and treasurer of the comnlttee organizing the steel workers, ind other labor union leaders who, be charged, were fomenting revolution. The representative from the heart of he Bteel Industry districts appealed o the rank and file of labor organizalons to disregard "radical" leaderhip. THE PRESIDENT HAS BECOME FULL MEMBER OF THE LEGION. On n>uH a ... .wo*\aou% *T IIOUU O lal Train.?The badge of the Amercan Legion has replaced oa Prseident Vllson's coat lapel the miniature American flag which formed so promnent a feature of the war time p!cures of the nation's chief executive. It was left to the Legion's chaper at Olendive, Mont., to bring the ommander-in-chief oh the American nny and navy into the organization, t voted him a veteran of the war and xtended him a full membership when lis special train halted at Olendive or a few minutes. He accepted und ecured a legion button which he has rorn since on all occasions. VIL80N 8AY8 RESERVATIONS CUT OUT HEART OF LEAGUE. Salt Lake City, Utah.?Replying d! ectly to senate proposals to write eservatlons into ratification of the eace treaty President Wilson declard in an address in the Mormon taberacle here the proposal would "cut he heart" out of the league of nalons. The President spoke to a erowd rhlch the police estimated at 12,000. '.very seat was occupied and all the vailable standing room takon while utslde the tabernacle there was anther great throng blocking the enrance and the surrounding streets. President Heber J. Grant, of the formon church, opened the meeting rith an invocation in which he prayed ir strength for the nation's chief excutive in his responsibilities. Govrnor Bamberger introduced the Preslent. HAMP CLARK EXPRESSES HIS IDEAS ON SHARING OF PROFIT. New Orleans.?Increase of, Amoris's foreign trade, opening up of new larkets for increased production, esiblishment of the spirit of co-partnerhip between employes and employrs with the statement that he beltevd the profit-sharing plan was the soitlon of-trouble between capital and ihor featured the principal address elivered by Congressman Champ lark, at the morning session of the dvertislng Clubs of the World. RGANIZED LABOR LAUNCHES FIGHT AGAINST CUMMINS BILL, i Washington. ? Organized labor mnched its fight against the nnti:rike provisions of the Cummins railtad reorganization bill before the mate interstate commerce commute. Glenn E. Plumb, general counsel >r the railroad brotherhoods and nu?or of the plan for tripartite control [ railroads, said the provisions were guarantee of "industrial revolution."! "Theso provisions destroy the right t collective bargainiuc," ho said. FAIRER DIVISION OF I CARS ISJPROMISED RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 18 ( TO AID SOUTHERN STATES IN TASK OF MOVING COAL. WILL INCREASE PRODUCTION I Assurances Were Given at Conference | Between Southern Senators and Committee on Railroads. Washington.?Assurances of a fairer equalization of the coal car supply I in the southern states in order that 8 coal production can he Increased to " meet the demand this winter were j given bjr A. O. Quthim of the car ser- 0 ice section of the railroad adminls- t tratlon to a committee from southern 1 states. The committee came to Wash- f lngton to seek relief for that section ? of the country, and assurances were 0 given at a conference between Mr. ' Guthim, southern senators and mem- ? hers of that committee. n The committee announced it would ^ accept the railroad administration's 1 assurances but said if the promises 1 were not carried out pressure for action would be brought against the * railroad administration through south- c ern senators. At conference the commlttee said it was not seeking any p preferential rights but merely desir ed an adequate supply to enable n mines in the southern states to in t' crease their production. h n RIVAL FACTIONS MARSHAL 11 FORCES FOR REAL FIGHT f' t Washington.? While the German ^ peace treaty received only brief con- ^ *l<1eration in the senate, outside de ^ velopments indicated that the fac- * tions were lining up for the real fight r over the league of nations covenant. The outstanding feature of the day was the announcement by Senator Johnson, republican, of California, p that he would leave here for the Pa- a clflc coast to keep up his attack on h the treaty, which was accepted to h mean finally that his proposed amend- ? ment to equalize the voting power of v the United States and Great Britain would not be called up for weeks hence. g 3 FITZPATRISK MAKES BOLD C ASSERTION TO COMMITTEE, t c Washington.?Appearing as labor's c first witness in the senate lnvestiga- d tion of the steel strike, John Fitzpatrlck, of Chicago, chairman of the strikers' committee, declared that an j, agreement by the United StatoB Steel corporation to arbitrate differ- n enc?3 with its employees would result j, in an immediate end of the walkout, n which, he said, now affects 340,000 ^ men. n LIBERTY BOND8 BAIL FOR ALLEGED ANARCHISTS. New York.?Emma Goldman and ? Alexander Berkman, whose arrests n for deportation have been ordered following their release from federal j prisons will escai3 being locked up a again immediately after their libera- c tion by depositing ball in the form of Liberty bonds, it was announced here by Harry Woinberger. their attorney. ^ Liberty bonds valued at $15,000 n were sent to the commissioner gen- c eral of immigration at Washington ^ as bail for Miss Goldman. Ball for Berkman in the same c amount as that provided for Mis? f) Goldman will not be produced until he ^ arrives in New York from Atlanta un der arrest when bonds will be depos ited as security for his appearanc# ^ when he is wanted Weinberger said. ^ : t] RUMOR CURRENT THAT LENINE R HAS BEEN ASSASSINATED d a Paris.?A rumor was in circulation p on the Bourse here that Nlcholai I^e A nine, the Russian bolshevik premier, f, had been assassinated. C FRENCH CONSIDER LEAGUE GUARANTEE INSUFFICIENT d j I'aris.?In an explanation to the ei chamber of deputies Premier Clemenceau. after declaring that the league tl of nations could exls? even though re- $ Jected by the United States senate, ft! asserted that It was precisely because u] the French felt that the league of na ri tions was insufficient guarantee for fn some years to come that the protect- st ive treaties of alliance between c( France, Great Britain and ?ie United w : States were drawn up. in GERMANY READY AT ANY TIME TO BEGIN ON EXPORTATIONS I ' til Buenos Aires. ? Members of the ra German delegation called on Foreign 111 Minister Pueyrredon and discussed the c( proposed loan of >100,000.000 by Ar gt gentina presented a memorandum to m the foreign minister which dwells on r>? the strength of the present German ^ government and emphasizes the strong th industrial positioh of the county. ar "The industries of Germany are In- bi tact," It says. hj FRUITS OF COTTON I ASSOCIATION MEET 1 ,r J JALHOUN COUNTY SHOWING BY WORK8 IT8 BELIEF IN A BETTER TIME COMING. 150,000 WAREHOUSE COMPANY % .oan and Discount Corporation With Capital of $350,000, Together with Holding Corporation to Follow. SL Matthews.?A warehouse cor voration with a capital of $50,000 and t loan and discount corporation with i capital of $350,000, and a purchasng and holding corporation to follow n the immediate future was the fruits >f the most widely and earnestly afc ended meeting of the Calhoun coun< y branch of the cotton association. Is a feature of especial interest. J. ikottowe Wannamaker, the president f the American Cotton Association las sounded the keynote to the pro* osed plan of operation by the entire ssociation. Since Mr. Wannamaker .as been absent from his home couny for the greater part of the summer, he people of the county had not had he benefit of his presence, and since be reports of his addresses have ne> essarily been abbreviated, his full hought has not been conveyed to the eople at home. At the outset. Mr. Wannamaker lade it clear that the association rom the township unit to the very oad, was working in absolute har< aony. He warned against reports hat there were differences in the old. and make especial reference to he report that he and Mr. Harding ad differed. He stated in no uncerain terms that he and Mr. Harding ad been in the utmost harmony, rere one in thought and purpose, and umors of friction wore only Intended o hurt the association. Florence. ? The brickmasons and lasterers union of Florence have erved notice on the contractors and uilders of the city that they must ave ten hours' pay for nine hours' rork. The new order of things then rill go into efTect on October 6. Dillon.?Driving a high powered Itndebaker racing automobile In the 0 mile race here. Robert Morton ol lolumbla was instantly killed when he ear plunged through the fence In- . losing the track, turned turtle after rosslng a ditch and pinned him unerneath it. Chester.?At present there are at Bast 111 pupils or more in the Cheser graded schools for whom there are o accommodations. At present a lan is on foot to have the manageiient of the Eureka mill provide a ullding at that point for the Eureka illl children of the first to the fourth rades. Charleston.?Mrs. Luclle Lynch wai atally shot in an entry way on King treet, and Mrs. Joseph T. Jones ia ow in the custody of the coroner, harged with killing Mrs. Lynch. Mr. ones is held as a material witness, nd the tragedy is said to be the oat> ome of domestic troubles. Elloree.?The health campaign has nly just begun in Elloree, but already lie town is enjoying a protection it ever had before, thus showing what an bo done in a short time when the fforts of the county health director re seconded by those of the town ouncil and other influential citizens i one big push for better health con* Itions. Columbia?"Mr. and Mrs. Green iedlin came to their death by being umed and in a manner unknown to tie jury," was the verdict rendered by coroner's Jury investigating theli eath. F. A. Grout, a son-in-law. was rrested two days after the fire and laced in tne Richland county Jail, fter the verdict he was released om custody on authority of M. W. oker, magistrate. Prepare for Boll Weevil. OalTney.?S. C. Strihling, county rmonstration agent is bending every nergy in the endeavor to have the irmers of Cherokee to prepare for le advent of the boll weevil. Mr. trihling thinks that the best way to ght the pest is to have r.o cotton [>on which he can prey when he arves and to that end is advising the irmers to turn their attention to ock raising. He says that Cherokee >unty. owing to the fact that it is so ell watered Is Ideal for stock raisE Car Patrons Dissatisfied. Spartanburg.?Recent Increases in le fare charged on the local street illway and the dividing of suburban nes into zones have not proved >pular to Spartanburg people, ac* trdlng to statements heard on the reets of the city and reports made lofficially. As the zone rates chargl on the suburban lines have incroasI the fare an high as 140 per cent., ero Is a great deal of dissatisfaction nong patrons. It In also stated that , isiness on these lines was ibovft ilf the usual amount \ jm