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" * i v 'A *?$ y.-i*y ' ;'a>'r 4* w ,;> - ; J vVv - 0 'e' T^ ^Ftt ^bt T "T^ /r r^i! ^ I B-l' 14 li f 1?^ I ? IW 'I 111 II W/u H W ;:%-' . --'' . A XXJui J- v^XVx XT AX I jm j A X-LfXXIiO . f25^ ' f ' ' ~"~ *1.25 Per Ymt. *; AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO LEW SIBERIA TWO VESSEL8 WILL LEAVE NEW YORK WITHIN A FEW DAYS Vo BRINQ TROOPS BACK. B NO FURTHER NEED FOR THEM ^ With Departure of Amarieana, Japan Will Be Left Alone to 8top the Advancing Bolahevlk Horde. f > , . * ; Washington.?Decision to withdraw the American troops from Siberia .upon the completion of the repatriation of \ ? the Czecho-Slovak forces next month lias been reached b^y the lAmerican gov, em ment. The troops were sent to Siberia in ; accord with an agreement between t the United States, Japan and the entente powers to aid the Czechs and protect the Siberian railroad. When the Czechs have been removed, the American railroad commission, 's headed by John F. Stevens, -which has been in Russia since before the fall oi B the former Mar's government, will leave Vladivostok for home and the 3$ . American soldiers, under 'Major General Graves, will follow as soon as 'transports can be made available. Two vessels are expected to leave New - York within a few days. With the departure of the Americans, Japan will be left alone to assist In the efforts to stem the eastward march of the bolsheviki. BREST IS EVACUATED BY THE AMERICAN TROOP3. Now York.?The last contingent of troops quartered at the military camp at Brest arrived here on the transport George Washington. She brought 237 officers, war workers and civiltans, and 616 troope. ?: VIOLENT 8T0RMS IN FRANCE INTERROPTED WIRE 3ERVICE. New York. ? Violent storms In France have seriously interrupted teleirraDh s?rvto? v foreign countries, the French Cable Company announced. Long delays are to be expected, it is said. COTTON DE8TROYED WHEN THE CONFEDERATE ARSENAL BURNS. Selma, Ala.?The famous old Confederate arsenal here, used in recent years as a cotton warehouse, was destroyed by (ire last night with a loss estimated at approximately $70,000. WATER 8HORTAGE IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA IS GROWING ACUTE. Norfolk, Va.?City sprinklers, railway tank cars and private artesian wells were pressed into service to \ supply Norfolk with drinking water . K and, until the existing critical shortAge improves, water will be rationed, five valions dailv hein* th? Biin?m?n? (or each family. MONEY C0NTINUE8 TO FLOW FOR 8OCIALI8T8' DEFENSE. Now York.?Money to aid in the defense of Ave socialists suspended by the assembly continue to flow into the socialist party headquarters. It is understood the socialists will seek to refktn Charles E. Hutches to plead their cause before the assembly judiciary committee. 5*100 QUARTS WNI8KEY 18 SEIZED AT WILMINGTON, DEL. "Wilmington, Del ? Five thousand 9 ' quarts 'pf high grade whiskey, rallied at $75 000 and said to he consigned to New Yprk from Baltimore by motor truck were Belted here under a law prohibiting transportation through the. state of intoxicating liquors In excess of one quart at a time. Some of the whiskey, liquor dealer^ say, is worth $20 a quart. i RUSSIAN PFDS CLAIM THEY CAPTURED. 25,400 PRISONERS London ?The capture of 25.400 prls rinora I nlnlmAil In or* Inlol ment issued by the soviet government at Moscow. giving details of the results of bolshevik operations oh the south' ern front between December 21 and January 9. / The soviet statement says that 65f cannon, BO bomb throwers, 11 tanks 660 machine {runs and enormous quan P titles of military supplies also were taken. THE COMMISSION OF CRIM? PARTLY STOPPED IN CHICAGO Chicago.?More than 600 alleged criminals, police characters and vagabonds were In jails and crime in Chi cago hps been,temporarily nullified'by ' ->the police departments IPro day drive Approximately 25 per cfent of those arretted were identified as "men with coords.' the police said. For the first time In many weeks * not a hold-up was reported from noon 8unday until midnight and only firs automobiles were stolen. f * ' PPHflPfQ) < *' Wy unftt "T* 'v - vPHf V" J i PRESIDENTS MESSAGE READ Bryan Bays Nothing Bearing on Any Ambition He May Entertain for a 4th Presidential Nomination. ' Washington.?A split between President Wilson and William J. Bryan over whether the ^league of nations ihould be made gn issue at the coming alectlon topped off the Jackson day deliberations of the democratic party chiefs. It came at the Jackson dinner, as the climax, of a day in which San Francisco had been roosen as the meeting place of the democratic national convention on June 28, and it charged the aid with political electricity. President Wilson, in his message read to the diners, assembled in two separate halls, declared that the "clear and single way out," was to submit the question to the voters as "a great and solemn referendum." The dtsagreoment between the President and his former secretary of ' state, the first in public view since Mr. Bryan left the cabinet -because he did not agree with the President's , course in the diplomatic negotiations with Germany, was thus disclosed as ' a fact, although it had been rumored ; and reported in the underground cur1 rents of national politics. > President Wilson in his message said nothing whatever about a third i term for himself and neither did he make any formal announcement of his intended retirement to private ' life, as some had forecast he would. , Mr. Bryan said nothing bearing on any ambitions toward a fourth presidential nomination. MEXICAN CASUALTIES FROM ' EARTHQUAKE 2,000 OR MORE Mexico City.?The estimated number of casualties attending the earthi quake in the western part of the state . of Vera Cruz still stands at 2,000 or , more. 8ENATOR UNDERWOOD NOT A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT. Washington.?Senator Underwood, democrat. Alabama, in a statement announced that he would not be a candidate for the presidential nomination. i 1 "SOVIET ARK NO. 1," 18 NOW ? APPROACHING KIEL CANAL. New York.?The army transport Buford, now known as 'iSoviet Ark No. 1," which left here December 21, carrvlncr IT.mmO HnlH man AlAvanfloe Berkman and other deported "radicals," la believed, through wireless ' advices, received here, to be approaching the Kiel canal. ATLANTIC FLEET 8AIL8 FOR PORT OF GUANTANAMO, CUBA Old Point Comfort, Va.?The main i body of the Atlantic fleet, Including i seven dreadnaughts, 35 destroyers and ' a number of submarines and auxiliary vessels, under command of Admiral Henry B. Wilson, sajled from Hamp, ton Roads for Guantanamo, Cuba, for the annual winter manoeuvres and exercises. ANOTHER GREATLY GREATER PLUMB PLAN 18 PLANNED I Washington.?A Plumb plan for all ' American industry, modelled after the plan of the same name for the rail1 roads, has been prepared and is ex ytx'iKu ic do puDiiciy announced soon8IX HUNDRED PEOPLE KILLED IN ONE MEXICAN VILLAGE Mexico City.?Six hundred persons were killed at Barranca Grande when that place was destroyed by earthquake, according to special dispatches ' "from Vera Cruz. Jalapa, former capital of state of Vera Cruz and Teocqlo were virtually 1 ruined, while the village of Aya, hu1 laoo was crushed by great rock9 dislodged from the mountains. A similar fate is reported to have befallen the village of Exhuacan. L GEORGIA MAN CONFESSES TO 1 THE MttRDCR OF HIS MO "I'EFl Valdosta, Ga.?Melton Moon, held ' In Jail here charged with the murder ' of his mother, near Adel, confessed to 1 the Cook county coroner's Jury accord' lng to officials, that he alone was responsible for his -mother's death, ( Moon, who is described as of unsound mind, told the Jury his mother refused ' to give him ten dollars; that he stmck her over the head with a stick of ' wood, th^i cut her throat an'd stabbed her through the heart. "PARLOR BOLSHEVIKI" MUST 1 QIVE LIBERTY BOND BAIL 1 New York?"Parlor bolshevik!/' who are raising a fund to assist comrades held on deportation proceedings will have to invest it in liberty bonds to get their friends out on ball. The anthorlttes at Ellis Island an1 nounced ?that cash ball had been refused since the island had no faclli1 ties for handling large sums. A sure1 ty company has refused to supply 1 bonds on tlve ground that It did not ear# to aid enemies of the country. ANOTHER LIBERTY LOAN IS PENDING SECRETARY QLA8S SAY8 THAT PRE8ENT TAX LEVEL MUST OTHERWI8E CONTINUE. CURB USELESS EXPENDITURES / -*j } Further Issues of Treasury Sortlflcates Are Probable. They May be Paid out of Cash on Hand. Washington.?Another liberty loan will be necessary if Congress embarks on "new flies of large expenditures or reduces'the aggregate volume of taxes." Secretary Glass declared in a statement setting forth in detail the government's financial condition. If the present tax level is retained and new expenditures are kept down, the turn has come in the tide of government financing, the secretary asserted. Barring the congressional action mentioned, Mr. Glass believes the treasury would be able to pay its own way from tax and war salvage receipts. AJthough further Issues of 'reaBury certificates of indebtedness may be expected, they will be redeemed from cash or hand rather than through the sale of new issues of certificates for the first time since late i in me ireasury secretary directed attention to statements made early in September in which he expressed the opinion that the strain j had lessened and that after January | 1, the government's financial problems would more easily be solved. VERSAILLES TREATY RATIFIED EXCLUSIVE OF THIS COUNTRY. Paris.?Ratifications of the treaty of Versailles were exchanged, and peace between Germany, Prance, Great Britain and the other allies and associated powers, with the exception of the United States, became effective. * PRE8IDENT COAL STRIKE SETTLEMENT COMMISSION. Washington*?Henry N. Robinson, representing the public on the coal strike settlement commission, was elected president of that body it Was announced after an informal session ui cue cwiuuiiDniuiicrs. BRYAN HIES TO THE COUNTRY TO FORMULATE HIS CAMPAIGN Washington.?Friends of William Jennings Bryan assert that he has cone to the country to lay the foundation for a real campaign against aspirants for 'the Democratic nomlna-1 tion for the presidency. BAKER DECLARES HIMSELF IN FAVOR OF RADICAL CHANGES New York.?Secretary of War Baker declared himself for "some radical ' changes" In the administration of the ' government. Including the seating of cabinet members Either In the senate or the house. BERGER IS AGAIN REFUSED MEMBERSHIP IN CONGRESS Washington.?Victor Berger, Mil1 waukee socialist, re-elected from the ' Fifth Wisconsin congressional dls' trict. after he had been refused membership In the house, "because he gave aid and comfort to the enemy." was denied his seat again by a vote o? 228 to 6. INTER-CHURCH MOVEMENT IS TO USE MUCH ADVERTISING ______ Atlantic City, N. J.?At an all day meeting of the general committee of j ,the Interchurch World Movement, gen- i eral approval was Riven a campaign of | advertising in tfonnedtlon with the world's evangelization program. It was estimated that nearly $1,000.000 possibly more will be devoted to that purpose this yeur. SENATOR GLASS PROPOSES GREAT LOANS FOR RELIEe Washington ? I.?oans aggregating $1"0.000.000 for food relief in Austria. Poland and other European countries and Armenia to prevent a general dis-1 iT.tegratlon of po.lti'.al cohesion in western Europe wer^ proposal to conirmiM hv Qpprpturv niiaa mho oqM I* might be necessary to increase It to *200,000.000 after the full situation in Europe had been assessed The secretary reviewed at length conditions in the suffering countries. ANTI-SEDITION BILL HAS BEEN PASSED BY 8ENATE I Washington.?An anti-sedition bill prescribing severe penalties for acts of propaganda advocating overthrow of the government by force or violence. was passed by the senat'e without a record vote. Maximum penalties fixed in the bill are a fine of 15,000 and five years' imprisonment, applying to all ads c circulation of literature In furtherance lot forcible overthrow of government DELEGATES ALL PICKED MEN [ The Conference Include* Many of the Moat Prominent and Widely Known Churchmen in the Country. / Atlantic CiHr. N. J.?With a thousand leaders of various denominations of the Protestant church?clergymen and laymen, men and women?present the World Surrey Conference of the Interchurch WOrld Movement of North America was called to order in the auditorium on the Steel Pier here. 1 The delegates are all picked leaders in their denominations, and inelude many of of the mos( widely known of the churchmen in the country. * Before the conference sessions began the big exhibition room in the Auditorium building was thrown open to the delegates who had presented to them there in graphic form the work being done by the various units t] of the Interchurch organization. These' b units were provided with separate c booths in which charts, maps, photo- tj graphs, etc., illustrat'd. in convincing and interesting style just what is be- a ing done In each field. ^ ? KENTUCKY HA# RATIFIED THE 11 U. 8. SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT ll Frankfort, Ky.?The lower house of i the assembly voted 72 to 25, to ratify h the federal woman suffrage amend- ? menL v ii b CANADIAN GOVERNOR GENERAL is SIGNS A NEWS PRINT ORDER, si - t< Ottawa.?The governor general sign- ti ed an order in council authorizing the tl minister rtf mat nma fn vnfuon v licenses to manufacturers of newsprint paper who, refuse to comply with a any order of the controller of paper. HOPE THAT BOTH FIUME AND F ZARA WILL BE FREE CITIES. Paris.-?Optimism prevails * at London as to the conferences b^ing held f( by Premiers Lloyd-George and Nlttl n and It Is believed there will be a pre- r liminary agreement by which Flume li and Zara may be established as free ri and independent cities, says the Petit Parisien. R UNITED MINE WORKERS HAVE ACCEPTED PRESIDENT'S PLAN. OSlumbus, O.?The United Mine 8 Workers of America in convention T here ratified the action o the international officers In accepting Presl- u dent Wilson's proposal to end the coal ? Strike on a 14 per cent Increase basis and a commission to draw up a new s wage agreement TIAJUANA. MEXICO BUYS DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER FIGHT o ti . Los Angeles, Cal.?"Tiajuana, Mexi- ij co, will xet the# Dempaey-Carpentler Ci fight," an id Jack Kearntf manager lor f< the world champion, when advised by the Associated Press of Georges Catpentler's conditional acceptance of Promoter Coffroth's offer. Kearns said he would prepare a further statement within a few hours. T STRiANGE MALADY PREVALENT 0 IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA a tl Oklahoma City. Okla.?'Five hun- 31 dred of the 2.000 Inhabitants of Shla- C took, Tulsa county, are seriously ilj of a strange malady which baffles physl- q oians, according to reports to the state health department. Several deaths have occurred. In the opinion of one of tike physicians there, the disease is a mild form of cholera. It begins with an attack of dysentery, and causes a losing of q weight, according, to the report. ^ ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS IS U BAPTI8T QUOTA IN DRIVE P Atlantic City, N. J.?One hundred million dollars is the quota of the Bnntists of the United States In the drive to be conducted by the inter- nr church world movement for a total of p $1,300,000,000 with which to conduct a t< world evangelization campaign it was o announced. b The general board of promotion of p the Northern Baptist churches held < an nil-day session here presided over si by Dr. Hugh A. Heath. w YOUNG MAN-FORMERLY WORYH R FIFTY MILLIONS IS DEAD.) Miami, Fla.?John Cooper Thomas, I aged 24. multimilllonairh coal opera- e< tor and manufacturer of Barnwell, W. la va.. died at hie winter residence on zi Bell Isle, this city, of Iflahotes.- He tl was reputed to be worth 550.000.000. vi the greater part of this sinq^ having been left to him by his father. Wll-jb< 11am Thomas, when the latter died ai two years ago. Young Thomas was an ai airman during the war and served on C the Stars and Stripes. fr ANOTHER AMERICAN MURDERED T BY A MEXICAN ARMY OFFICER. Washington.? Gabriel Porter, an American citizen In the employ of the 'd< Penn Mex company, vat "hot and d< killed by a Mexican federal army offl- Jtc cer at Tuxpam on December 21. ac- ai cording to advices received by the state department. tc This makes a total of 20 Americans Jtllled In the Tamplco district by Mex- ui icans since April 7. 1917. Eighteec'of el them were employes of American oiljst companies. ' |in 1U0GET FIXED HI $1330,000,000 MTER-CHURCH MOVEMENT OP , WORLD TO WAGE FIVE YEAR EVANGELISTIC WAR. 1 I $ : 1 HUGH WORK TO DO THIS YEAR j . i l .propriation of Thro* Hundred and ] Twenty Million Dollar* Made for < Various Activities During 1920. ( Atlantic City, N. J.?The budget of ie Interchurch World movement to ' e used in co-ordinating the energies ! f the Protestant denominations for Ie evangelisation of the world, was < pproved at the conference of 1,400 hurch leaders here. The budget calls sr the expenditure of 11,330,000,000 < l the next Ave years. * ] It provides for evangelistic work i l America and the foreign fields, ' roper financing of ^hospitals and 1 omes, liberal awards to struggling * olleges. for the fighting of social and ldustrlal unrest, and beter wages to oth ministers and missionaries. It | i specified that no part of the budget , ball be changed by a board of review > be appointed with equal represen- ] ition of all denominations, without , tie consent of the denominational | oard directly affected. Three hundred and twenty millions re to be expended in 1920. ORCES OF FRANCISCO VILLA i AT PRESENT REDUCED TO 260 i i El Paso, Texas.?Francisco Villa's jrces at present do not exceed 260 len, Carmnza officials claim. The ebela were reported to be in flight 1 the direction of tho state of Duingo. 1 t i 1AILROADS GET GUARANTEED ? MONTHS STANDARD RETURN , l Washington.?Continuation of the tandard return to railroads for a pelod of six months after the terminaion of federal control was agreed pon by senate and house conferees, n railroad legislation. ' ENATE COMMITTEE FAVOR8 AN ARMY OF 275,000 MEfc i Washington?Favorable action was rdered by the senate military oommit je on me war department bill authorling an army. of 275,000 men for the uj-rent fiscal year. In order to provide >r the forces In Europe and Siberia. REAT LAKE NOW COVERS SITE OF SEVERAL TOWNS Mexico City.?Seven towns near 'eocelo. south of Japala, have been ^erwhelmed by the earth disturbnces and a great lake is covering lelr former sites, according to a mesage from Teocelo through Vera rus. RYAN 18 GIVEN CREDIT FOR LAYING LEAGUe FOUNDATION Washington.?William Jennings Bryn was given credit by Secretary Dan>ls, speaking at the Jackson Day banuet here for layicg the foundations f the league of . nations covenant trough the arbitration treaties negoated by him as secretary of state. ALACE OF BULGARIAN KING IS BEING HEAVILY GUARDED Geneva.?The revolutionary move- * lent in Bulgaria Is spreading among easants and workingmen, according > Belgrade advices received here. Anther important railroad bridge has een blown up by strikers. It is reorted. | rviiik r*ons end the royal family are lid to be secluded In tie palace hlch Is under a heavy guard. EDS QO TO COPENHAGEN AND ARE TRANSHIPPED TO DANZIG Copenhagen.?Undesirables deport3 from the United States will be inded here and trans-shipped to Dang, according to reports. The operaon will be carried out under superIsion of the Danish police. Each ship bringing deportees will Bar six hundred persons, it is said, ad the United States government has ( ranged with the United Shtr.ninnr ompany of this city to take them ora hefe to Danzig. HE PRESIDENT OP HARVARD IS ADVOCATING COMPROMISE Washington.?A letter from Presl?nt Lowell, of Harvard, urging the smocratlc senators should not "stand to firmly" against a reservation to *tlcle 10 of the It-ague of nations ivenant, was made public by Sena>r Walsh, democrat Massachusetts. Although in the past an advocate of areserv^d ratification, President Low1 wrote that It article 10 was a umbling block the ? administration ight well concede a point. ONE BANK ABSORBS THE OTHER Peoples Bank and Truat Company Now Strongest Finanelal Institution In , Woatorn York County. .York.?With the absorption of the Plrst National bank, of York, by the Peoples Bank ft Trust Co., the latter satabllshment, although only one year old, becomes the strongest financial Institution in western York. The only banks in York county surpassing it in total resources' are the Peoples National bank and the Na^ tional Union bank, both of Rock Hill, rhe remarkable growth of the Peoples bank, of York, is probably without a parallel in the history of York county banking institutive. Spartanburg. ? The Spartanburg chamber of commerce Is putting on a membership campaign and has fixed 1,000 members, paying dues of $25 annually each, and the leaders are confident that the goal will be reached. Greenville. ? Gluck, common, adranced five points op the local market rising to 275. Darlington, common, advanced three points to 204, and Woodside advanced to 356 1-2. Mount Vernon, Woodberry, common, was quoted at 73. Other stocks were quiet. YYTIltl ? * vmoiirsiuu. TV IlllttlU III. JOyTU, OI this city, widely known In the wholesale trade and a thirty-third degree Mason, died at his residence here, in his eighty-third year. He was the oldBst living pist eminent commander (?f 3outh Carolina commaudery No. 1, Knights Templar. Marlon.?Farmers here adopted a program'of Ave acres of cotton, Ave acres of corn, beans andkpeas, three acres of oats and peas, one-half acre of sweet potatoes, one-half acre cane, from two to Ave acres In peanuts or tobacco making a total of 16 J.o 19 acres per plow. Spartanburg.?There will be no contest over the election in the Qreer ' area of Spartanburg county, in which Spartanburg county on the face of the returns, won the election held there In which the question of annexing that area to Greenville county was raised. Cheraw.?News of the critical illness of William Godfrey in a Philadelphia hospital has been received , here. WMliam Godfrey is one of the most prominent men of the town. He is president of the First National bank and also has a large lumber business. He Is treasurer of the Episcopal diocese of South Carolfta. / Washington. ? (Special.)?'Qutncy B. Newman of ChesterAeld county, a graduate some years ago of Clemson college, who was recently made chief of engineers of the United States coast guard upon the request of Sena^ tor Dial and Congressman Stevenson, ! was nominated by the president to be a captain in the navy and a colonel in the army, with temporary rank. Chester.?Sheriff Anderson and his deputies, Messrs. Howz? and Broom, who have quite a good record for capturing blockade stills, have again been rewarded by rounding up two barrels of mash in the Turkey Creek section. The outAt could not be found, but it is thought to belong probably to blockaders working in nearby counties. Swansea.?At a meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Swansea, held recently, *he old board of directors was re-elected and new members elected. The capital stock was increased to $100,000. A 10 per cent dividend waA declared on the capital stock and 10 per cent passed to the surplus fund. I The bank is In a good condition and : hopes soon to become a national bank. | Camp Jackson.?Gen. G. W. Read, commander of Camp Jackson, expressed his cordial indorsement of the Federated Welfare campaign which will be waged. In Columbia. The officers at the camp, through their organisation, will work for the success of the campaign, but no appeals will be made to enlisted men. ? Doubles Capital Stock. St. George.?The annual meeting of j the stockholders of the Bank of St. George has been held The meeting was of more than ordinary Importance in mm ?t nrw iM osiumn w<i? uaiucu, ao i were several directors, and the capital stock was Increased from $25,000 to $50 000. It was determined that a dividend of 8 per cent should he paid, and the statement showed that profits of 24 per cent had been made during the year. The newly elected president of' the Institution Is R. L. Klauber. Depending en Legislature. Sumter.?The board of county commissioners and the Sumter county delegation In the legislature met to consider various county matters. Almost the entire time was taken up in discussing road building and road maln-li tenance without arriving at any definite solutions of the problem of how to have good roads in Sumter county. The-county looks to this session of the general assembly for helpful leg'slatlon in the* matter of permanent roads. / WEEVILL BENEFITS GRAPHICALLY TOLO * BERKELEY FARMERS TO WAGE A' RELENTLESS WAR ON FAST INCREASING ?E8T. BI6 REDUCTION IN ACREA6E \ ,t -iifi Conditions Call for a Well Balanced System of Diversified Farming and Raisirfg of Live Stock. Moncks Corner.?Berkeley county farmers here voluntarily entered a pact which involves no compromise with the boll weevil. A relentless warfare is to be waged and the strategy with which the enemy is to b? beaten and the Impending economic disaster avoided is a well balanced system of diversified farming, supplemented with live stock and a marketing system for surplus crops of food which have not heretofore been raised with a commercial objective. The well defined agreement specifically requires a shurp reduction in cotton acreage, with stipulated acreage for certain food or substitute crops. Such Is the natural sequence when farmers are face to face with the ruthless depredations wrought by the invader and means an evolution rather than a revolution in agricultural perspective. The plan which was submitted from Clemson college with authorization to the farmers tfc accept, reject or modify as their judgment might determine was accepted in toto after It tod . been highly commanded by a speAfcl committee. It restricts acreage follows to the plow: Five acres of cot- \ ton, eight acres of corn, velvet bean* and peas, three acres of oats and peas, from three to Ave acres in tobacco or peanuts, one acre of cane or sorghum for syrup and three acres of sweet potatoes. It is emphasized also that the farm shall include an adequate garden, orchard poultry and also bees, maet the home demand. Anderson.? Laboring consecutively for more than 40 years as a blacksmith, and accumulating in the meantime a fortune conservatively estimated at $100,000, David Dooley, humble and highly respected negro citizen, died here of paralysis. Chapln.?The special election upon the question of the annexation of a certain portion of Lexington county to Newberry county was carried for annexation, 66 to 16t The territory to be annexed takes in the town of Peak. York^-York county has at least one white person who has passed the century mark, Miss Susan Pursley of the Clover community having celebrated her 101ft birthday a few days ago. She is still alert mentally and fairly active physically. Furman^?The stockholders of the Farmers and Merchants bank of Furman held their annual meeting on January 2. The bank's afTairs were gone into and found satisfactory. i ne oanK b onrmnKs ior me jmt amounted to 19 1-2 per cent, Gaffney.?The strike at the Trans Mills, seems to be no nearer settlement than on the day the walkout occurred. / Both sides are standing "pat" and refupe to make any statement for publication. In the meantime the mills, except for the finishing plant, are idle and a number of operatives hare left the premises. Rock Hill.?Without a dissenting ofce, the meeting of citizens, called to consider school matters, roted to instruct the board of school trustees to hare the York delegation provide in the county budget for an increase of three mills in the present school levy to enable the district to pay more adequate salaries to the teachara onH r\ mAot nthar I noeoo ? ? v.o ?u<4 ?- ~ww. ..ivivHou ulcerating expenses. New Manaqer Baseball Turn. Columbia.?W. Dixon Foster, president of the Columbia baseball club of the South Atlantic Association of Baseball Clubs, pennant winners of 1919, . announced that Tom Clarke, who managed the team last season, will not direct its activities in 1920. President Poster explained tlte departure of th?? * former Cincinnati catcher by calling attention to the rule of the association that every club be directed on the field by a playing manager. The club is convinced, he says, that Clarke can not play every day. Wlnthrop Girls Thrlvf. Rock Hill.?Wlnthrop college is congratulating Itself on the wholesomfc quality of the flood it is feeding to the 1.160 girls now in the institution. This from the annual report of Dr. D. B. Johnson, president, to the general assembly: "Out of 505 new studants weighed upon entering Wlnthrop college and^ weighed again Just before the Christmas holidays, 47S have gained on an average of sight pounds each." Thirty lost an aversgs weight of two and s fraction pounds. All for fit a month?