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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Frankfort, Ky.?The lower house of i
the assembly voted 72 to 25, to ratify h
the federal woman suffrage amend- ?
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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
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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
$1330,000,000
MTER-CHURCH MOVEMENT OP ,
WORLD TO WAGE FIVE YEAR
EVANGELISTIC WAR. 1
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$ : 1
HUGH WORK TO DO THIS YEAR j
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.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
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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.
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1AILROADS GET GUARANTEED
? MONTHS STANDARD RETURN ,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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WEEVILL BENEFITS
GRAPHICALLY TOLO *
BERKELEY FARMERS TO WAGE A'
RELENTLESS WAR ON FAST
INCREASING ?E8T.
BI6 REDUCTION IN ACREA6E
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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?