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Established 1891.
a INT HUNS TO PAY !
; DEBT OF BELGIUM
WILSON WILL RECOMMEND THE
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GERMAN BONDS.
SAID TO BE UNDERSTANDING
Foreign Loans Extended by us During
^Var and Since Vigorously Defend-*
ed by Government Officials.
Washington.?President Wilson Is
expected to recommend to congress
before he leaves office that authority
be granted for the United States to
accept German bonds to be applied
against the debt Belgium owes America,
it was learned at the state department.
While the United States is not committed
to any agreement, it was e/*
plained that there was an understand
ing reached at the Paris peace conference
that such recommendations
should be made to the legislative bodies
of England. France and the United
States. It was incident to the claims
of. Belgium for priority in reparations
and was agreed to by the representatives
of the three great powers as a
means for an immediate lightening of
Belgium's financial burden.
Foreign loans extended by the treasury
during the war and since the armistice
were vigorously defended by
government officials.
Treaty of Sevres Revised.
London.?Revision of the treaty of
Sevres so as to give Turkey additional
territory in Thrace, now occupied
by the Greeks, was decided upon by
Mr. Lloyd George and M. Briand in
consultations preceding the near-East
conference here. This decision before
becoming effective, however, requires
the approval of the allied colleagues
of the French premier and the British
prime minister.
Quarantine Regulations.
"Washington. ? Quarantine regulations
effective April 1 against fruit
and vegetables from Cuba, the Bahamas.
Jamncla, the Canal Zone,
Costa Rica. India, Philippine Islands,
Ceylon and Java wore announced by
tho department of agriculture, owing
to a danger of a citrus black fly pest.
Warrants for Hun Chemists.
Cologne.?Warrants have been issued
here for the apprehension of
four leading chemical and dye experts
formerly employed by Freidrich llayer
and company, of Levreskursen,
charging them with breach of contract
and botrayal of commercial secrets.
Black Smith-Towner Bill.
Washington.?An organization, com posod
of a number of men and women
prominent in various lines of activity,
has been formed to work for passage
of the Smith-Towner bill to crente a
Federal Department of Education, it
was announced here.
Famous French "Ace" Is Here.
.New York. ? Wearing a pound or
more of gold, silver and bronze medals,
a platinum lower jaw, knee and
foot, and bearing the scars of seventeen
wounds. Captain Nungesser, famous
French "ace," recently arrived
In New York.
Protest by Smith and Dial.
Washington. ? Vigorous protests
-against abandoning the naval base
and harbor improvement projects nt
Charleston, S. C., were made to the
senate naval committee by Senators
Smith and Dlnl, of South Cnrolina.
Mills Work Two Dally Shifts.
Fitzgerald, On.?The Fitzgerald cotton
mills are now working two daily
shifts on the entire 13.000-spindle
plant for the first time since the peak
of the' early war demand was passed.
Abont 300 men are now employed.
Party of Seven Perish.
Vienna,?A party of four men and
three women who were climbing the
Dnchsteln Glacieh have perished.
New Attorney General Named.
St. Augustine. Fin.?Definite announcement
that Harry M. Daugherty,
of Ohio, has been chosen for the Attorney
Generalship under the cominK
administration was made here by
President-elect HftrdinR.
To Be American Cardinal.
Philadelphia.?Archbishop Dennis
J. DouKherty. selected by the pope as
the new American cardinal hns sailed
for Rome to receive his red hat. He
will succeed the late Cardinal Farley,
who dido recently.
Expect New Offensive.
Txmdon.?The openinp of a new of
tensive by the Turkish nationalists
against the flreeks on the Smyrna
front is expected, says a Constantinople
dispatch to the Evening News.
Aowa Towed to Port.
Philadelphia.?The steamer Aowa.
Norfolk for New York, was towed to
the Delaware breakwater by a g<flrernment
tug which went to the steamer's
assistance fn response to distress
calls. The nature of the Aowa's dif
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NEW BANKING LAWS OF NORTH
CAROLINA CONDEMNED BY
RESERVE SYSTEM.
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IS WAR ON PAR CCLLEGTIONS
Injunction Is Reported to Have Been
Issued Against Federal Reserve
Bank at Richmond, Va.
Richmond. Va.?Following; the action
of the North Carolina General
Assembly in passing an act making it
lawful for all banks and trust compa- I
nles chartered In that state to make i
a charge of not more than one per I
cent on remittances covering checks,
with a minimum of 10 cents, about
175 banks of North Carolina are reported
to have entered warfare on
the par collection system instituted '
throughout the fifth federal reserve j
district by the federal reserve bank
of Richmond.
It is also reported an Injunction in i
behalf of the 175 banks has been
granted by the North Carolina courts
to restrain the Richmond bank from
enforcing the par collection system, j
The federal reserve bank claims the
act of the North Carolina legislature '
Is discriminatory. The federal reserve
hank of Richmond has sent no- !
tice to all member hanks that no
checks would be handled for collec- j
tion on the 175 North Carolina state .
banks that are parties to the injunction
suit.
Uniforms Free to Veterans.
Washington.?If you are an over-><
seas army veteran and want a uni- I
form, gas mask and helmet as service <
souvenirs, just write the war department
for 'em and don't pay anybody \
to make out an application for you. |i
Swindlers are offering to prepare i
such applications at $5 a head, the ;.
department warned, and defrauding^
the ex-soldiers out of Just that muqb,;:
because there's no red tape about the |
business. j<
Notice Served on Printers. |l
Chicago.?Notice has been served j!
on union printers by the Chicago Ty- j]
potlietae, associated job printing \
houses, that on February 25. their |l
week's pay will be cut $4.25. The em- i
ployers contend that living costs here
have shrunk that much on the union
scale of wages.
pograpliical union have called a meeting
to discuss the proposed cut.
Hughes for Secretary of State. |
St. Augustine. Fin..?Charles Kvans
Hughes, former governor of New ;
Cork, justice of the supreme court i
and republican nominee for the presi- I
denhy in 1916, was formally desig- |
nated by President-elect Harding as
the secretary of state of the coming
administration. ,
National Guaf-d Headquarters.
Washington. ? South Carolina has 1
been fighting for a national guard
hrignde headquarters, hut Adjutant
General Moore, who was here, was
told that North Carolina and not his
state, was entitled to it because it j
has 530 more men.
South Dakota to Pay Bonus.
Pierre S, D.?Only the signature of ,
Governor McMaster is" necessary to
set the machinery in motion whereby j
South Dakota was veterans will re- ,
ceive the state bonus provided for ;
in the constitutional amendment.
"It is Me" an* "He Don't."
Chicago. ? The egressions, "It is j
me" and "He don't" are permissible |
for both school teachers and pupils 1
in Cook county public schools under j
an opinion issued by Edward J. To- >
bin. superintendent of the county
schools. z
Demonstrates Ability to Work.
Washington.?Hy the passage in six
hours of three annual appropriation
bills aggregating more than $860.000.000,
the senate has demonstrated
its ability to wo.k. when it is in the
mood.
Promotion of French Generals.
Paris.?The promotion of Generals
I,ouis E. M. F. Franchet D'Esperey,
Louis Hubert Ganzalve Lyautey and
Marie Emile Fayolle as marshals of
France was announced.
Arrested While at Dinner.
New York.?Arrested while entertaining
two friends in the dining room
of a fashionable"hotel. Frank Miller,
talesman, was held in connection
with the theft of $10,000 in American
Express company money orders,
stolen here last October.
No Immigration for One Year.
wasnington.? A drastic measure
against immigration during the next
year was adopted by the senate b>
the overwhelming vote of 61 to 2. no
division on the question being necessary
or demanded.
Bolshevik) Organize Flee*.
Constantinople.?The bolshevik! are
organizing a Black sea fleet. Two,
bolshevik! auxiliary cruisers are shelling
Sochi on tho eastern shoro of the
Black sea, in support of cavalry columnn
operating against the Georgians.; i
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MISS GLADYS HIGH.
Miss Gladys High, one of?the prettiest
of Chicago's society girls, is to
be married to Lieutenant Commander
Charles Dennistown Burney, C. M. G.,
of the British navy, son of Admiral
Sir Cecil Burney.
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CRITICISM OF PEACE TREATY
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Premier Reiterates Pledge That the
Hun Government Must Pay to the
Limit of Its Capacity.
London.?Lloyd George, the prime
minister, declared in the house of
commons that he stood by his pledge
that Germany must pay to the limit
of her capacity.
The prime minister was discussing
the German reparations question in
answering Horatio Bottom ley's arraignment
of the government's policy !
i f alleged ipepitude with regard to
forcing Germany to comply with the [
reparations demands, the provision
tor the trial of war criminals and
other portions of the peace treaty.
There was a great difference, continued
the premier, between Germany
paying the whole cost of the war and
paying to the limit of her capacity.
The allies, continued the premier, t
had taken the best advice available
and had summoned the ablest men to
lie found, upon whose advice the
present demands had been made, and j
the allies were carrying out the peace '
terms to the utmost of their power.
Germany, he pointed out, had delivered
bonds to the allies, but the value
of these bonds depended upon the
value of the German security at the
present moment.
Would Repeal Powers.
Washington.?A bill to repeal interstate
commerce commission powers to !
deal with state rates was introduced
by Senator Kenyon, republican, Iowa.
Senate Kills Rider.
Washington.?Efforts to attach as a
rider to the postoffice bill an appropriation
of $100,000,000 for road con- j
struction failed in the senate. A mo-!
tion to insert the appropriation was j
lost on a vote of 41 to 33, or nine less j
than the required two-thirds majority.
Cyclone Destroys Much Lumber.
Washington. ? Eight billion board
feet of timber were destroyed by the
cyclone that ripped a 75-mile path,
30 miles wide, through the forests of j
the Olympic peninsula, state of Wash- j
ington, January 29. Reports from the j
forest service class the storm as "the
greatest disaster ever known in the
annals of forestry and lumbering."
Sixtieth Inaugural Anniversary.
Nashville, Tenn.?The sixtieth anniversary
of Confederate inauguration
day, Jefferson Davis having taken the j
oath of office as president of the Con- |
federate States of America at the capitol
in Montgomery, Ala., February 18, j
1861, was observed here by the local
affiliated chapters of the United i
lmugiiiers or me ronreueracy. JefTer- i
son Davis was elected president l>y
the provisional congress at Montgomery,
February 9. 1861.
To Lunch at White House.
Washington..? President-elect Harding,
in a letter received by President
Wilson, -equests that a luncheon be
prepared ai the White Housq on
March 4 for him and his family.
Soviet Convoys Sighted.
Constantinople. ? Bolshevik- convoys.
consisting of two submarine
chasers and two gunhonts, have appeared
on trade routes between Trebi/.ond,
on the eastern shore of the
Black sen and Novorossisk, on the
northeast coast.
Organize Pistol Club.
Pittsburgh.?The women of four
Pittsburgh suburbs have organized a
"pistol club" for the purpose of protecting
themselves and their homes
against robbers. For several months
robbers have been active in Ardmore,
Bryn Mawr, Edgewood Acres and
Rnnlrn.nna I
From Peru to New York.
Ancon, Peru.?Juan Leguta. son of
President Leguta. of Peru, and a widely
known Peruvian aviator left in a
seaplane for a flight to New York. |
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VIGOROUS CONTEST IS ON IN OE
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FENSE OF PRINCIPLE OF
STATES RIGHTS.
NOT CONFINED TO THE SOUTH
In a Formal Statement the Attorneys
General Said lt? Was Their Duty
To Protect Their Peoples.
Washington.?Nineteen states will ]
join with Wisconsin in challenging be- j
fore the supreme court February 28 j
the right of the Interstate Commerce |
Commission to regulate state railroad
rates under the transportation act, it
was announced after a conference
here of attorneys general of 12 states.
The states which have decided to intervene
in the Wisconsin case are
New York, North Carolina, South Carolina.
Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan. Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
Louisiana, South Dakota. Nebraska, j ^
Texas, Montana, Utah, Nevada and t
Arizona. F
In a formal statement, the attor- t
neys general said it was their duty to t
protect their peoples in the enjoyment <
of those of their rights and privileges '
which were conserved to each state |
under the federal constitution. It was '
added that the tninsportation act was j
"destructive to our dual form of gov-!
eminent and contrary to the spirit of I
our institutions."
"It always has been a constitutional j
right of the people of the several I
states to control purely state traffic."
the attorneys general said, adding ]
that this principle has been upheld by!1
John Marshall and uniformally ad?c
mitted by all courts up to this time. [r
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Women Against Disarmament. |r
Washington. ? A proposal that the a
National Woman's Party throw its 1
full support to the fight for world ! *
disarmament was overwhelmingly'6
defeated at the organization's conven-.6
tion here after sharp debate.
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Reduces A. R. C. Divisions. Is
New Orleans..?With announcement j r
that the 13 divisions of the American f
Red Crosq would, on March 15, be cut i
down to seven, headquarters of the 11
Gulf division made public plans for e
the merger of the Gulf division with j a
the Southern. a
Hun to be Deported. |c
ueRvenwonn, has.- Karl Schmidt I
sentenced to serve four years In the ; t
federal prison here In connection with j"
a German plot to blow up the tunnel i \
connecting Detroit with Canada, dur- t
ing the world war, was arrested at r
the prison gate upon his release atid j
will be held for deportation. If
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Law Against Planting Cotton.
Columbia. S. C.?Senator Hubbard
of Jasper, has a resolution to eradicate
the boll weevil from South Car-|3
olina by preventing the growing of: j
cotton for a period of two years and S
empowering all law officers of the; a
state to destroy all cotton planted in ( s
1921 and 1922. r
Rent Payer's Paradise. t
Worcester. Mass.?Is Worcester a
l nt payer's paradise? Forty-five flats
and houses were advertised for rent
in one newspaper in that city in one 11
day, and now the long suffering in all j S
parts of Massachusetts have honeful II
eyes on the "Heart of the Common- jc
wealth." 11
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Resolution Set Aside., '\
Washington.?The house resolution if
designing Sunday, February 20, for . t
memorial services for the late Repre- j
sentative Walton A. Watson, of VI-1
rginia, was set aside at the request of ,
Mr. Watkins family and in accordance jc
with his wishes expressed prior to his jc
death. j i
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Kirkpatrick Forced Down. it
Mineola, N. Y.?Lieutenant Ross C. jl
Kirkpatrick, who hopped ofT from inltchel
Field In an airplane in an at-1
tempt to hreak the world's endurance
record for continuous flight, was fore-1 r
ed to land on account of a cracked 1
generator. He had been up slightly 1
I more than 11 hours. if
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Guilty of Embezzlement.
Fairburn. Oa..?Roscoe C. Batchollor,
former vice president of the Hank t
of Palmetto, pleaded guilty in super-! t
lor court here to embezzling $54,000 j
of the bank's funds and was sentenc- ^
ed to serve two years in prison.
Blue Discusses Restrictions.
Paris.?Dr. Rupert Blue, passed sur-ir
geon general of the United States pub- i
lie health service, met representatives e
of steamship companies here to dis-'s
cuss methods of meeting American t
restrictions on immigration. t
Women Plead for Equality.
Washington.?A plea for "absolute j
equality" for women in the applica- l
tion of all state and federal laws was \
voiced by speakers at the opening ses- l
sion here of the National Women's t
party convention.
New Center of Population.
Washington.?The "center of popu- t
lation" as disclosed by the 1920 cen- j
sus is located in the extreme south- t
eastern corner of Owen county. Indi- l
ana. 8.3 miles southeast of the town l
iof Spencer 1]
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MISS D. L. WHITEFORD.
Miss Dorothy L. Whitefard of New
fdrk, formerly of the "Royal Vaga>ond"
chorus, to whom Joseph J.
tyan, son of Thomas Fortune Ryan,
tequeathed his residuary estate, cuting
off his wife with $100.
(VOID EXTREME CONDITIONS
n the Readjustment of Business it
is Generally Recognized That We
. Have Passed the Crisis.
Washington. ? War-time expendiures
and the profound modifications
if the country's economic system
nake it imperative. Governor Hardng
informed Congress in the annual
eport of the Federal Reserve Board,
ind that "the utmost care be taken
o conserve our credit and preserve
I.e-basis of our prosperity" to avoid
ixtreme conditions prevailing in othir
countries.
"Upon the United States, in large
neasure." the governor declared, "the
olvency and financial stability of
nany other countries depends. This
act greatly increases the responsibilty
which rests upon the American
tanking system and calls for the extrcise
of sound Judgment and the
itrict observance of sound financial
ind economic principles."
In readjustment of business, the
ountry. Governor Harding asserted, is
renerally recognized as having passed
he crisis and in looking to the future
a spirit of a greater confidence preails."
As the year closed, he said
here were many indications that busiless
generally was beginning to adust
itself to now conditions and "was
treparing to proceed on a sounder
ind saner basis."
Narcotic Inspector Indicted.
Roanoke, Va.?Indictments carrying
10 counts were returned by a grand
ury in federal court here against Fred
>. Hoback, United States narcotic inpector
for Virginia, charging him
imong other things with embezzleuent,
extortion and conspiracy, in
onnection with alleged violations of
he federal narcotic law.
Dixon Hard on Censors.
Raleigh.?"There is not a competent
>oard of censors in the whole United
itates; they are a collection of pinlead
politicians seeking graft and a
:hance to impose their politics and reigious
views upon the public," declarid
Thomas Dixon, author and playvroght
before nn executive committee
>f the North Carolina general assem>1
y.
Cotton Prospects Unpromising.
Washington ? Prospects for in
reusing the foreign sale of American
otton were described as unpromisng
in additional consular reports
transmitted to the senate by Presilent
Wilson in response to a resoution
of inquiry.
Indiana Must Raise Rates.
Washington?Passenger and freight
ates in Indiana were ordered by thp
nterstate Commerce Commission to
>e raised to the level of interstate
ares effective March 24. 1921.
Fatalities In Tong War.
San Francisco.-?Guns of Chinese
ong men ushered in the now war of
ongs coincident with the Chinese new
ear, leaving three dead and fivo
vounded.
Caruso in Desperate Condition.
New York.-?Oxygen was being adninistered
Enrico Caruso, world fanous
tenor, who is waging a fight
igainst death after having been
itrlcken down with a heart attack
hat caused his physicians to fear
hat he would succumb before dawn.
Illinois Newspaper Dynamited.
Rock Island, Ills.?The plant of the
^ock Island News, a sensational
veekly newspaper, was dynamited,
>ut only slight damage was done to
he building and machinery.
Oppose Removal of Soldier's Body.
Paris.?The American graves reglsration
service expressed itself as opjosed
to the selection at present of
he body of an unidentified soldier
rom the American war dead in
"ranee for removel and burial with
lonors in the United States.
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WORK OF EXTENSION SERVICE
Total Profits Resulting from Extension
Service Activities in 1920
Were $1,685,592.70.
Clemson College.?Besides the potential
effects of extension work
there are direct and immediate results
in the returning money to the
Btate, says W. W. Long, director of
the extension service. These include
value of increased yields over average
yields, saving by cooperative buying
and selling among farmers, orchard
improvement increased value
in feeding and breeding live stock,
saving by hog cholera treatment, and
profits realized by boys' club work.
The total profits resulting from extension
service activities in 1920 were
$1,685,592.70, the biggest single item
being hog cholera treatment, $455,707.
i utj ?i)otb aoes not inKe into account
the value of orchards put out.
rotation systems started, improved
live stock brought in. scrubs eliminated,
meetings held, publications issued
Improved seed saved in fall of 1920,
and other lines of work, the money
value of which will not begin to show
up until 1921.
Rock Hill.?Nearly 200 representative
men of the community attended
the annual get-together meeting and
banquet of the chamber of commerce,
it being one of the most enjoyable
sesions the commercial body has
I held in many years. The occasion
was featured by the address of E. A.
Winship. of Boston, who held the
close attention of the assemblage for
more than an hour as he offered suggestion
after suggestion for the upbuilding
of the community, with education
as his central theme.
Greenville?A large and modern
silk mill is being established as an
addition to Dunean mills at a heavy
cost. The building for this addition
now is complete and machinery is beginning
to arrive.
The new building is of concrete and
steel, is one of the most modern in
this section and covers SO by 150 feet
of ground. It is to be equipped for
winding and warping silk, and will
serve to enable Dunean to take silk
in its second stage, just us it is im
[luneu iroin japan or skeins or
"hanks" and to wind warp and weave
it into the finished product.
Oaffney.?Revival services, which
are being held in Oaffney by "Black
Sam .Jones" at one of the negro
churches of OafTney, are said to have
drawn large crowds nightly. It is
said that the revivalist is a most eloquent
and convincing preacher, and
that large numbers have expressed
their intention of living better lives.
Marion.?Arrangements have been
made for George P. Hoffman, extension
horticulturist. Clemson college;
T. B. Young o* the Sweet Potato
Growers' association, G. A. Cardwell
of Wilmington and B. S. Meeks of
Florence, industrial agents of the Atlantic
Coast Line, to meet the business
men and farmers of Marion witli
a view to organizing a sweet potato
curing and storage house here.
York.?Senator N. B. Dtnl wnnts
the Cntawba Indians of eastern York
given some educational opportunities
by the federal government. He wishes
provision made for this tribe in the
Indian appropriation now being framed
by congress, by which funds will
he made availabel for Indian schools
throughout the country.
Greenville.?Mud on a city street,
heavily charged with eelctriclty by a
broken arc lamp wire caused the instant
death of a horse and its rider.
UeorRe Croft, aged 65, here.
Chester.?Associate Justice George
William Cage of the supremo court
of South Carolina died at his home in
Chester.
Judge Oage never joined nny> fraternal
order or social club, finding his
best entertainment with his family,
his hooks and his friends.
Charleston.?This city entertained a
distinguished visitor unawares, when
Mrs. Warren O. Harding, wife of the
president-elect, en route to Florida,
arrived at the union station and her
train was delayed an hour and a half
by the derailment of a baggage car.
Not to Be Candidate.
Columbia.?Col. Mendel L. Smith of
Camden was in Columbia attending
the meeting of the American Legion.
Colonel Smith, formerly a judge of
the circuit court, a post which he resigned
to enter the American army
for service in the world war. has been
mentioned in connection with the vacant
associate justiceship. Grateful,
however as he felt to his friends in
the general assembly and others, he
said, "I shall In no circumstances be
a candidate for the associate judgeship."
Two Charged With Murder.
Sumter.?Two negroes have been
arrested on the charge of murder in
me Amos Jennings case. About a
month ago, Jennings was found dead
in his buggy in quite a butchered
condition, but without anv clue wh??.
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soever as to what had happened to
htm. He had left his home, about
nve miles from town, the afternoon
oefore and his wife had seen nothing
of him until she found the body In the
buggy, which the horse had brought
back and drawn under the shed beCore
morning.
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FARM CONDITIOHS f
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UNU8UAL WARMTH FOR PAST
TWO WEEKS CAUSES WHEAT Jy
TO PUT OUT ANEW. JH
OATS PROSPECTS PR0N6
Little or No Preparation la Made to
Date for Planting of the Cotton
Crop In Any Section.
Saluda.?Conditions were Tory unfavorable
for fnrm work during the
past two weeks, according to E R . \
Hare, agricultural statistician for the
United States department of agriculture.
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The unusual warm weather for the
past two weeks has caused wheat to
take on new growth, and conditions
are rather promising, especially on
well drained red soils.
Prospects for oats continue promising
though there are reports to tho
effect that a limited acreage has been
destroyed by tho recent excessive
rains, especially on low lands.
The condition of rye is good to excellent.
Ldttle or no prepartion has been
made to date for the coming cotlMn
crop, while by this time lust year
many farmers had finished hauling
their fertilizers. Reports indicate that ?
no fertilizers for cotton have been delivered
to date.
Preparations for spring planting of
potatoes are being made in coastal
counties. The commercial acreage
will posibly show a decrease.
Seed beds for tobacco have been
planted and germination in many are
noted.
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Charleston.?Since the tobacco hipping
season started last September,
there has been exported through
Charleston 510,000.000 worth of this
valuable staple, this business, handled
at the port terminals by the Carolina
company, having grown to Impressive
proportions, and putting .
Charleston at the front among South f
Atlantic tobacco exporting centers. /
Most of the weed has gone to England
It has been found that the warehouse
and pier facilities at the terminals
are ideal for the handling of tobacco.
Camp Jackson.?Noncommissioned
officers of the organizations at Camp
Jackson need have no fear that their
warrants may be taken from them as
it has been authoritatively 4?ven out
that under the reorganization Jto noncommissioned
officer will be reduced
nor any member of the military forces
disrated as this is In the war department
circular relative to the new
tables.
Such men as are superfluous under
the new tables may be transferred to
units that are short of personel.
OafTney.?Col. T. B. Butler, state
senator, who has been confined to liis
home for some days by illness, is able
to be out again and plans to freturn
tor Columbia to resume hfs duties.
There have been quite a number of
cases of influenza In Gaffney and vicinity,
but the majority of them artpear
to have been of a mild type, if
a mild type of the disease Is possible.
Columbia.?South Carolina's quota
in the $3,000,000 centennial e-ndow
mont fund which will be raised for the
University of Virginia has been fixed
at $25,000, according to an announcenient
made by Christie Ronet, state
chnlrman for the fund In South Carolina.
Rdgefleld.?The postofflce was hrol'en
into here, and the safe dynamited
by burglars. The safe contained lens
thnn $100 In cash and about $1,500 In
stamps nnd other supplies, all of
which were carried away by the yeggmen.
Union.?The Carlisle Cotton Oil
company's plant at Cnrllsle. this county,
was destroyed by fire. The loss
was not stated, hut the plant is understood
to have been covered by insurance.
Sunday to Visit Spartanburg.
Spartanburg.?For the purpose
conferring with the pastors of the city
concerning a great revival to be held
In Spartanburg early in 1022, "Hilly"
Sunday will anfe here. The noted
evangelist will come here from Asheville
and will appear before a called
meeting of the ministerial association.
It Is proposed to erect a tabernacle
with a seating capacity of more than
5,000 in which the revival conducted
hy Millie Sunday will he held early *
next year.
No Tents Will be Needed.
Greenville.-?The announcement that^^^
Harding's inauguration will ho attendod
by only simple exercises has caus- K,
nd Washington hotels to come down
some r,0 per cent In rates for lnaugurnl
week, according to Representa- tfK'
tlve-elect J. J. McSwaln of this city,
who said recently he will not be fojjp- m'
ed to carry his army tent to the<capi-^^H
tal for use at that time. m
"I believe fully $3,000,000 has
saved," said Mr. McSwaln. "by th^J
decision to do away with the big cel^J
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