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zzzz==?=Z^========r=======z Established 1891. SHORT NEWS STORIES FROM MANY SOURCES British concerns hkre raised sunken treasure worth $260,000,000 around the British Isles since the World war began. - v The hearing, of three policemen, charged with stealing pies from a bakery at Reading, Pa., was held behind closed doors by the mayor of the I x ??/ A fine of $25 for stealing flowers from a grave and reselling them for a bridal bouquet was imposed on a florist's employe of Baker, Ore. Ten years after a new $40 overcoat had been stolen from him, C. A. Votiller of New fork city recovered the garment in a pawnshop It was in good condition. There are no landlords In New Hope, five miles east of Richmond, Ind., across the Ohio line, a every one of the 42 homes being owned by the family which occupies it. Three girls, weighing * six pounds each, were born to Mr. and Mrs. J. Brown of Blue Rapids, Kan., recently, two years after the birth of twin boys. Mrs. Brown weighs 800 pounds. The 1919 tobacco crop in Kentucky was valued at $100,000,000.. As a result of the increased cost of the "weed," tobacco land in the State has increased from $160 to $2,000 an acre. Canned tomatoes and peas valued at thousands of dollars, which were bought from the army and offered for sale at a profit, were confiscated in a raid on grocery stores in New York. sumcient oaca and barley to sow the entire devastated region in France has been delivered to that country by Germany, in accordance with the reparation clauses of the peace treaty. Three men with a small automobile truck made three tripe to the home gf a Luke F. McGuire of Baltimore, Md., ^ .while he was attending church, and hauled away his Ave barrels of whiskey, A green pea that had begun to sprout *faa found by physicians in the nose of Helen Harp, three years old, of Sunbury, Pa., when they operated to save her sight. The child shoved the pea up her noee last autumn. The entire oil production of the Osage Indian nation, totaling 16,000,000 barrels a year, probably will be taken over by the United States to insure its supply of fuel oil for the navy shipping board and war department. Black diphtheria caused the death of the six children of Ross Beck, a farmer of Gardner Hill, Pa., in as many days and this is thought to have unbalanced him mentally, with the result that he tried to burn his own home. Arriving in Union town, Pa., from Greece 12 years ago, and engaging in the shoe shining business, Gus and George Gregory have acquired property valued at about $100,000, their most recent purchase being a hotel in Connellsville, Pa. The opinion that there will be an increase in railroad freight rates of from 20 to 26 per cent. September 1, when the financial provision of the new railroad law becomes effective, is expressed by railroad exocutives. following a meeting with the interstate commerce commission. A sentence of 20 years in State's p. 'son was imposed on Mrs. Stanley Blomaki of Sugar Creek, Wis., when she was found guilty of murder in the second degree in connection with the death of her six-year-old son, who was beaten to death. The woman was held to have beaten the child too severely. Forty nails, the ring from the handle of an alarm clock, a piece of fruit jar wire, a button hook, a small monkey wrench, two spoon handles, several strings and a piece of cloth, all weighing ten ounces, were found in the stomach of Mrs. John Klauae of Saginaw, Mich., when she underwent an operation for stomach trouble. RaAjnnlni, A n.i! 1 .Ifttma /a. inrlam. WSniiii>.a a vmiMio *v? nitiouinity il?d for the outright loss of insured and c. o. d. packages, mailed ho or before the above date, may inf , elude the amount of postage on the parcels. No fee or war tax stamps are to be included in the claims. This new ruling as to claims has just been handed down by the postolfice department. "If demanded under certain conditions," William Jennings Bryan would "consider" the presidential nomination, according to a public statement made by bim at Lincoln, Neb. He doss not desire the nomination, but feels that he owes it to progress va Democracy to go to the party's national convention "to help in opposing the reactionaries and friends of the saloon." .... . s > * rhe f ' ' PROMISE OF CITIZENSHIP FOR CATAWBA INDIANS After occupying for the lust 79 years the unenviable position of wards of the State, there is now the prospect of citisenship being granted the Catawba In dians as the result of the passage at the 1920 session of the General Assembly of B joint resolution introduced in the house by Mr. Bradford of York county. The resolution provides for the appointment by the governor of a committee of three citizens to investigate the claims of the Catawbas against the State and to report their Andirigs to the 1921 session of the General Assembly. For many years the State has appropriated annually $7,500 for the Catawbas, $500 of which was to be used in running a school for the Indian children on the reservation, nine miles below Fort Mill in Catawba township, leaving the balance of the appropriation for the maintenance of the Indians. In recent years, since the cost of living has advanced so appreciably, this sum has proved inadequate to meet the actual needs of the Indians and some of the older members of the tribe, unable to leave the reservation to supplement their meagfer income, have been in want of food, clothing and fuel. A considerable number have moved away from the reservation, some going to Rock Hill, others to Columbia and a few to farms in this section to become day laborers. The reservation consists of 662 acres or land, most or which la denuded of timber and ia so rough, rocky and nonproductive that lesB than a three-horse farm can now be cultivated by the Indiana. about 75 of whom still live on the reservation. In their present relation to the State, the Catawbas cannot acquire real property in their own name, they cannot vote and are generally denied the advantaee8 of dtiaeoship. The amount of mouey provided for their children ia unable to employ a good teacher and the children of the families which have moved to Rock Hill are being denied an education, since the trustees of the public schools of that city have refused to admit them to the school for white children, it is said, and the Indians will not send their children to the schools for negroes, having consistently refused througnout all the years to recognize the negroes in any way as their equal socially. Up to 20 years ago Catawba Indians were frequently seen on the streets of Port Mill, many-coming here prior to that time to sell the pottery they were adept at making and to trade with local merchants. In mors recent years, however, not so many Catawbas have visited Fort Mill. Most of those still living on the reservation now go to Rock Hill to purchase their supplies and sell the pottery which they still make in limited quantities. The Catawbas have always been peacefully inclined toward the white T~ 4k. r> i.? Ui W1IS VOVVIUII. . All UIC IVOTU1U* tionary war numbers of them bore arms for the colonists. They were equally patriotic in their devotion to the cause of the South in the War Between the Sections and in recognition of their service as soldiers in the Confederate army there was erected in Confederate park in Fort Mill in 1900 a monument to the memory of "some of the Ca*awbas who served in the Confederate army." The monument was erected by tho late J. M. Spratt and the late Capt. S. E. White and bears the names of the following Indians, all of whom are now dead, so far as is known: Jeff Ayers, John Harris, Jim Harris. Peter Harris, Peter Harris, Jr., John Scott, Wm. Caaty, Robt. Marsh. John Brown; Alex Timina, Billy George, Bob Crawford, John Sanders, Bill Sanders, Gilbert George, Epp Harris, Bob Head. Wilton to Use Veto. Washington, March 23.?President Wilson will veto the Knox resolution declaring a state of peace with CJerihany or any other measure congress may pass in an effort to bring about peace without tlie ratification of the treaty of Versailles, it was learned today. The president, it is said, is standing pat for the Versailles treaty or nothing. His only concession will be, as previously announced, the negotiation of n modus Vivendi agreement with the allies and Germany to preserve American rights under the Versailles pact until the voters express their wishes in regard to the treaty in the presidential election. No move la expected to come from the white house until congress has acted upon the Knox resolution. Captain Sondley Dead. Columbia, March 24.?Capt. William H. ..Sondley, for thirty-five years a captain of the guard at the state pen itenfiary, died in Columbia today, following a severe attack of influensa. ' fie was well known all over South Carolina. * 1 . > % &' C> ORTl ! ? FORT MILL, S. C., THUR PRESIDENT MAY OFFER ! FOR ANOTHER TERM President Wilson still is considered a possibility as a candidate for th6 preei- c dency on the Democratic ticket. The * failure of the peace treaty in the sen- c ate Has resulted in a good deal of pressure being brought to bear on Mr. j Wilson by advocates of the league of ( nations to lead the party, because in ] their opinion np other candidate could t hope to win on the issue of opposition to reservations. Friends of some of the present Demo- * critic aspirants ore of the oDinion that ( Mr. Wilson would be seriously handicapped by the third term tradition in running even on an issue of his own making. But the president is a tradition smasher and always has held the people should be at liberty to keep a president in office as long as they desire. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer has opened headquarters in Washington and is earnestly seeking delegates. Mr. Palmar, it is stated, has no guarantee that he will not be aoked to step aside at the eleventh hour for the president. William G. McAdoo, the president's son-in-law, is urging that delegates be sent to San Francisco uninstructed. These two aspirants for the Democratic nomination are Baid to be playing the game safe to leave the way open for the renomination of Mr, Wilson if he again chooses to make the race for the presidency. MANUFACTURERS CLAIM THE ATTENTION TAX COMMISSION Columbia, March 23%?Manufacturers in South Carolina are now receiving attention from the South Carolina tax commiHAion, with a view to getting the property of all manufactories on the state tax books. The commission is this week beginning the work of equal- . ising manufacturers!' property in the state for taxation. *: < Thin week blank forms are "being I sent to all manufacturers of the state, 1 on which they are to furnish informs- t tion as to the kind of business conducted, the amount of assets, Including ^ real estate and buildings, value of ma^' ? chinery, furniture, fixtures and delivery equipment. Information is also to be < 1 given as to the value of materials ' which go into manufaceures and all (inished product on hand. The tax ' commission is aUo after Information ' as to the liabilities of manufacturing ] plants, including capital stock, surplus, ' undivided profits, notes and accounts. 1 the civil code of the state defines a manufacturer as one who is "engaged in making, fabricating or changing things ' into new form for use, or id refining, ' rectifying or combining different materials for use." * . ' _ i REAR ADMIRAL M'GOWAN SPOKE AT COLUMBIA SHOW ( n Columbia, March 22.?Rear Admiral j Samuel McGowan, the principal speak- ( er of American Legion Day at the automotive show and trades union display j this afternoon, stated hia opposition to tho ltouus. He appealed for "a citizenship that stands for law and order and the sta- L< I?i>ity of the republic, that counts ami , -area for what it can give rather than i what it can get." " 1 "America's contribution to world peace and world civilization manifeet- ' cd itself then in physical suffering and death. The name Itaaic manliness needs now to be applied towards establishing throughout the land a better citizen- ' <hip, n citizenship that stands for law and order and the stability of the republic, that counts and cares for what it. can give rather than what it can get. In thia way alone throughout this trying time of reconstruction and amid the dull monotony of a daily drudgery, in this way alone can we of the legion show ourselves to lie worthy comrades of those who sailed overseas never to return, those brave souls whose stars have turned to gold." the admiral said. t Congressman Dies in Barter's Ckair. Washington, March 24.?Reprefentutive William J. Drowning,'] republican,' of Camden, N. J., died today while seated in a harbor's chair in the shaving parlor of the eapitol buitding. Mr. Drowning had just stepped into the chair, when he fell tiack, expiring instantly, heart trouble being the cause. Hp wan 70 years of age and | was not married. Representative Browning was rank* | ing republican on the house naval af- , fairs committee and had served in the | house since the 02nd congress. F)rom j IROfi to 1911 he was clerk of the house nnd liefore that time was postmaster of Camden. * Income Tak in York. York, March 94.?Income taxes paid by individuals in York countv range from $1 to nearly $50,000. There were half a dozen or more taxpayer* who puid from $2,000 to $10,000 each ,but the majority of those who wore liable at all paid amounts ranging from about $100 down. .*? ^ r % . ? / ' .... ~ \ .. . 1 ' 3 VllLL SCAT, MABCH 26, 1980. Mi. STEVENSON CERTAIN * DEMOCRATS WILL WIN TRiihiagton, March 24.?The hope of Letnecrats for success in the election? frows brighter, according to member* >f congress, who have a chance to observe the trend of the political current. Congressuuus W. P. Stevenson, in an nterv^aw, expressed his belief that the lemoei'ats would snow under the republicans next fall and gave some rontons for this belief. Mr. Stevenson taldi There hns been a pessimistic wave aa x> democratic prospects throughout the xjuntryJ for sometime past. During the sreek.jikHt gone by, the skies have Prigbteiaed greatly. The republican dr fanizatlon in the bouso has been ao mdly divided and demoralized that on Friday, March 19th, the majority of the rb)w .committee were overturned ind the control of the parliamentary dtuatkin'givAi to the democratic member* on the matter of the bill to give i bonus to the navy peraonneL This is the Same thing that happened ten peers Ago, on the same day of March irhen Uncle Joe Cannon was overthrown)1 fend ft was the beginning of the ?nd of republican control of congress ind foreshadowed a democratic victory which was realized next fall, at the Section. Furthermore, the republican iiouso has act on foot 17 investigations if the Conduct of the war, have spent ?2,000,000.00 investigating and have Tound nothing sufficient on which even to Introduce a vote censure of any ofScial, much less to indict one, while on the other hand Senator Newberry and lixteen cola borers, one of them an offi uai 01 me repuoitcan hmdquarter*, have >een co?v it-ted of conspiring to bay a >enatonthip and sentenced to the penitentiary. The jnry that convicted, was omposed of ten republicans and two iemocrats. When yon see the achievements of tho democratic paVty and dace along side of it the. bareeonness of l year's work of the republican party ind its political attitudo towards the treaty, made possible by the vote of this onvict, you can see that the democratic ikies' are brightening- And strange to 'ay,' this demoralisation of the republics party 'in congress, has not even )ecn hinted '.at, by the papers in the -apitai. H m m 'IOHTWO.OK POLISH PROlfT IS REPORTED PROM WARSAW - ^ - J' Warsaw, March 23.?Extremely heavy igliting is reported on the Polish front, h communication announces that after .he greatest artillery preparation yet xpcricneed tl e Bolelievik infantry adranced againstthe hridgeftcad at &wiehel, anided by tanks and armored notor cars. After a sharp engagement, mjh . the oonayunication,^ the Polish roups launched a counter-attack with jayoncts and. hand grenadas, driving the nciuv far from the Polish line." - "The .Poles," the eommqpicetion continues, "raptured ope tank and sbmc machine guns and prisoner^. Simultaneously the Poles attacked the Soviet Bolshevik division which was on the >(Tensive in the sector of Kmilozen and ompelled the enemy to Vctreat caster !y, abandoning his batteries,, horses. Ammunition carta and machine guns, itt other points attempts to cross the River Hlucx were checked." The communication adds that inten ?ive* artillery flre continues by both Ides along this and otiier sectors, and that the Bolshcviki are concentrating as rapidly as posaiblo and reforming ihoir shattered units for the purpose ot Attacking. nunrAKll5Afl LEAUUE MEETS 111 MINNESOTA * St. Paul, March 24.?"We will capture Minnesota in 1920." Thin prediction madrf'ovtr a year ago jy A. p. Town ley, president of the National Nonpartisan League, waa beng weighed here today by a state onvention of league members. The teaguo convention waa called for tha> purpose of putting a nonpartisan league ticket into the field for the itate, primary to be held June 30. The eague will operate as a distinct political arty in this state, it was indicated. Since Townley made the prediction :he league ha* spent thousand* of dollars organizing farmers ' and laboring men in' every pook and corner of the itates A young army of organizers has anva^sMi its length and breath. A Nonpartisan Working Peoples Poiticul League has been organized by nbor leaders to work largely with the Nonpartisan League?but not ae a part >f it. The constitution of the National Nonpartisan League allows only "bonaids" farmers to become members. 'By tomorrow night the league will tare announced its ticket for the itale contest and one of the bitterest ^alitical fights in ths state's history will tie on. e Fire in Spartanburg. Spartanburg, March 23.?Fire here iwrly today, originating, it is believed. From spontaneous combustion, did eon liderabie damage to the plant of the Spartan Grain and Mill company, jsitiiatfd in the warehouse of the Piedmont fc Northern railway, on Spring street, tnd for a time threatened the extensive itructnre. The principal loss was la water damage to the stock of feed and pain stored in ths building. t / il- V ' * ' Time? TWENTY-EIGHT CENTS COST OF 1918 COTTON Washington, D. C., March 24.?A preliminary report on the co?t of cotton < production for 1018, just issued by the i United States Department of Agricul- < ture, shows a "bulk line" cost of 28 ! cents per pound of lint. At a price iixed .oil this basis, 85 per cent of the cotton I production on the 842 farms from fhicb ! cost figures were obtained would have been produced at a profit, and GO per cent of. the farmers concerned would i have made money.. At a price fixed on the basis of average cost of production ?28 cents?only 351 of the 842 farmers, or 41.7 per cent, would have made a profit. i The data from which these figures i were gathered by the Oftice of Farm Management during May and June, 1019, in parts of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas. The records, which are -for tho 1018 crop, show in detail for each of the 842 farms the expenditures that should be charged to a 1-1 *?*??? me nnwu ini|) lur muur, i(*a fertilizer, manure, baskets, sheets, and sack* used in picking, ginning, bags, ties, use of land, use of machinery, insurance, taxes and overhead. These figures have just been tabulated, and the results of the survey will soon be published in full. It was found that the net cost of production ranged from 8 cents a pound to $1.07. Three farms, totaling only 35 acres, produced, cotton at the minimum ( coat. Only 22 farms produced at a cost , of less than 14 cents, while over 50 show costs ranging from GO cents to $1.07 per pound. The average yield of lint cotton for all districts was 227 pounds per acre. There was a variation in yield from 78 pounds per acre for the lowest producing ten farms to 481 for the high producing ten farms. Yield per acre, in general, shows a controlling influence upon cost per pound. Where yields were high the cost per pound was uamlly found to be comparatively low, and vice versa. For example, the operator who is found to produce 300 pounds of cotton per acre at a cost of $00 per acre, produces at the , rate of 20 cents per pound, while the t operator whose yield la but 1G0 Dounds. though he keeps his acre cost down to j $45, produces at the rate of 30 cents per pound. It is pointed out that the Mbulk lino" as determined for these 842 cotton , farms, almost coincides with the price i actually received for the crop in ques- j tton, namely, about 20 cents. The season of 1D18 admittedly was an exceptionally prosperous one for the cotton growers, and only 12 per cent of the farmers from whom cost figures were obtained grow cotton at a cost in ex cess of the price that prevailed for the 1018 crop. SITUATION IN IRELAND IS REGARDED AS SERIOUS London, March 24.?The Dublin - correspondent of tho London Times describes the situation in Ireland in the darkest colors. He says the outlook is serious and that conditions in the west and south are extremely grave. The position, bad last week, is now definitely worse- ami nutilie fwlinn i> so fiercely inllamod as to become quite irrational. The moat outrageous crimes against the government are accepted as gospel truth. The correspondent says tho Sinn Fein asks the country to accept the monstrous theory that Lord Mayor Mac i Curtain, of Cork, was killed by actual agents of the government. He describes the over-night riot in Dublin as another danger signal, and says it is impossible to get an impartiul account of the incident, the popular version being that the soldiers provoked and assaulted civilians. The correspondent learns that the soldiers were stoned by a crowd liecause they left the theater singing the national ' anthem as a protest against the failure of tha theater orchestra to play it. He adds that public opinion throughout the country is exasperated by the wild charges against th# police and aoldiers, who, he de , Lull w, wouTu Denny n numin u 1 they did not resent the campaign of .murder and calumny. ONE MAR KltlLE&;* ANOTHER FATALLY HURT IN ACCIDENT Columbia, March 24. Sergeant John McKinny was inetantly killed, and truck drirtr Fox was terribly injured at 10 o'clock today when a big army truck they were driving akidded on Gervaia street and jammed into a concrete trol* ley pole. Fox is not expected to live uatil night. Two women were the only eye witnesses of the tragcdv. BotK men were members of the 44th I | roast artillery, camp Jackson. Te Ask for Bend Isaac. York, March 84.?J. C. Wilborn and oths* citisena of York township are eh-cutatlng among free holders of the township a petition asking for an election on the question of issuing township | road bonds in the sum of $100,000 for road work. The petitions are being freely signed and there is little doubt but what the bond issue will entry in the event that an election on the question Is ordered. - t ft * l V $ 11.25 Per Year DEMOCRATS PREPARE FOR STATE CAMPAIGN Columbia, March 23.?One more month ? lapses before the election machinery in South Carolina will begin to move, iixl already the candidates are throwing their hata in the ring. The Democratic clubs will meet on the fourth Saturday in April, which is the 24th. The county conventions will be held on the first Monday in May, which is the 3rd, at the county seats. The state democratic convention will be held on May 111. The first primary will be held the last Tuesday in August. The democratic club rolls will be opened on the last Tuesday in June, according to the party rule* in South Carolina, and will remain open till the last Tuesday in July. The ofliee for which there are as yet the largest number of aspirants announced is that of lieutenant governor. The men announced for tho ollice are Wilson G. Harvey, and Oetuvua Cohen, both of Charleston; and W. L. Mishoe, of Conway. Lieutenant Governor Junius T. I.iles announces that he will not oifer for re-election. Other persons have been mentioned in connection with the ofliee, but they have not as yet made definite statements. H. P. Fulmcr, of Norway, prominent merchant and tmnker, has announced for congress from the Seventh Congressional district, and Solicitor Warren, of Hampton, has announced fur the senate. Otherwise political announcements have been only local. BLISS DENIES STATEMENT .MADE BY ADMIRAL SIMS Washington, March ..3.?The controversy started by Rear Admirnl Situs' criticism of the navy department's conduct of its war activities was broadened tonight by the entry of the war department to deny some of tho admiral's statements regarding the land forces. General Tasker H. Illiss, American representative in the supremo war council, not only denied categorically that he had recommended the brigading of United States troops with foreign armies, an testified by Admiral Him*, but declared "the truth is exactly the reverse." General Bliss made his denial in a letter to Secretary Baker, who tract*mitted it, together with a copy of the . , original order assigning General Pershing to command the forces overseas, to Secretary DanielR, and he in turn went both on to Chairman llale, of the senate naval sub-committee, at the aume time making all the correspondence public. "Not only at no time did 1 make any recommendution for the brigading of American troops with the British army," Generul Bliss said, "but tho truth is exactly the reverse. The only tiuirn i nny a n ur mum m niiimtt wivu Admiral Sim* in Kurope were while 1 wa* in London with the American mission (the no-culled House mission) between the 8th and 22nd of November, '017. Purine that entire time the idea of brigading or amalgamating American troops with foreign armies lind not, as far as I know, entered the head of any one, nor did I ever make auch a suggestion, much leas a recommendation." General lllisa Raid he told the supreme war council that auch a thing aa permanent amalgamation of Ameri*n unita with the llritlsli or French wonld be "intolerable to American sentiment" which led the presiding officer, M. Clemenceau, to declare that '.'thia point wan nettled" and nothing wan heard thereafter on the subjection. In General Pershing's original orders *.? commander in chief of the American expeditionary forcen, it wan specifically orovided that American troops were to perate an individual unite. Big Qnestioni Facing Colby. Washington, March 23.?Four big international problema today faced lluinbridcrn folhv whimn nninlnatinn u/.a confirmed by the senate yesterday, and who today took the oath of ofllce. One of these problems eoncerna the Turkish situation. This government's view of the settlement will be transmitted to the allies within twenty-four ours, it is believed. The United States will urge that the Turks he permanently ejected from Constantinople. Then there is the Rusaiun situation. Arrangements are being sought by the lilies whereby unrestricted trade with soviet Russia will be allowed, at the . isk of the truders. Another problem is that of the Adriatic. A reply is due from the allies in response to the last communication on the subject from President Wilsin, n which he answered their arguments tnd reiterated his opposition to their o'heme for a settlement. ' And probably the greatest is the , l>eaee* treaty. One of Secretary Colby's first big tasks will he the negotiation of mot*us vivendi agreements with the allies and Germany, which will safeguard America's rights uuder tho Vor- \ sailles treaty until the peace pact is ) i finally ratified or rejected. ) J Didn't Grow Much. A Washington, March 24.?The census ^A bureau today announced that the ^B population of Clifton Forge, Va., waa ^H| 6,160, an increase of seven per cent. ^^B during the past ten years. m