Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, March 25, 1921, Image 1
VOL. 25. OHERAW, S. C^THPESDAY, MARCH 25, 1921 NO. M.
APPROVES POLICY
ON REPARATIONS
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES OVERv
WHELMINGLY VOTE TO IMPOSE
PENALTIES
GERMAN PROTEST ANSWERED
Premier Brland Explains How German
Failure To Observe The Treaty
Clauses Sanctions Advance
Paris.?The decisions of the London
reparations conference, the occupation
of Dusseldorf and other German cities
and the application of the allied
economic penalties on Germany were
approved by the chamber of deputies
recently by a vote that was virtually
unanimous except for the Socialists
and Communists. The vote as officially
given out was 491 to 66.
Premier Briand, replying to former
Minister of Finance Klotz and former
Minister of War Lefevre, who respect
ively insisted upon lurtner Jignt as 10
the government's intentions with regard
to execution of the treaty of Versailles
and securing the disarmament
of Germany, took occasion to answer
German's protest to the league of nations
against the allied occupation
on the ground that it was a violation
of the treaty. He called the attention
of the chamber to the fact that at the
same time this protest was sent Germany
had refused, on the summons of
the reparations commission, to execute
the clause of the treaty calling
for the payment of twenty billion gold
marks.
"Germany," he said, "has violated
the treaty in three essential clauses?
disarmament, reparation and the trail
of the accused officers. Thus the
sanctions as provided for in the treaty
are applicable and just, as we have
applied them."
The allied commission of control, he
declared, was working under the advice
of Marshals Wilson and Foch,
and might be depended upon to satisfy
the requirements of M. Lefevre as to
the disarmament of Germany.
M. Lefevre said that since he declared
in a previous debate in the chamber
that Germany was making a new
machine gun capable of shooting fif
teen hundred bullets a minute its ex'
had hepn nroven. The (Tuns
- ife>?ad been found in Koenigsburg, he dedteKd,
along with a new type of siiE&."
InclMamnon, proving that the Germans
qi?. -T-i n'v-i mil n "'?T
place that destroyed under allied control.
He said that material had been
discovered in cellars of the Spandau
/arsenal sufficient to manufacture 6,000
field guns.
Fire Insurance Scrap In Mississippi
Jackson, Miss.?The five fire insurance
companies which entered Mississippi
for the transaction of business :
after 167 old line companies with- !
drew, following the filing of a billion
dollar anti-trust suit against them by
the state revenue agent, have been
made defendants in a similar action.
It is charged that the five companies
are using the same rate sheets as
those former.y used by the old line
companies that quit business in the
state.
Mapother To Head L. & N. Railroad
Louisville, Ky.?Wible L. Mapother,:
first vice president of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad company, was 1
elected president of the road at a
meeting of the stockholders in New j
York recently, it is announced at the
road headquarters here. He succeeds
the late Milton H. Smith. Mr. Mapother,
who is 48 years old, has been
with the Louisville and Nashville for
many years. His first employment
was as office boy in President Smith's
office.
British Navy Head Corrects Quotation
London.?Lord Lee of Fareham, first
lord of the admiralty, declared recently
that his reference to the United
States in his discussion of naval matters
at a meeting of naval architects '
had not been quoted correctly. What j
he really said is: "We see the naval
committee of the United States senate
laying down the principle that
America shall maintain a navy at least
equal to that of any other power. That
is a claim to equality which this coun-;
try never has accepted save in connection
with the great English speaking
nation which sprang from our loins."
British Factories Wroking For Russia
London.?British factories are humming,
turning out products for Russia.
This is the result of the trade agreement
recently entered into with Russia.
Rotary Meeting Addressed By Wireless
Pittsburg.?S. C. McFarland of the
Pittsburg Rotary Club employed the
wireless telephone to address a session
of Rotarians at Charlotte, N. C.
Mr. McFarland was to have attended
the meeting in the South, but found
it impossible to leave Pittsburg.
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Chicago.?Frank Gunsaulus. 65, nationally
known writer, educator and
lecturer, died here recently of heart
trouble. He was head of the Armour
Institute of Technology, having held
that position since i?92. Doctor Gunsaulus
entered the ministry in Columbus,
Ohio, at the age ot 19 and later
was pastor of churches in Baltimore
and Chicago. He held prgfessorships
at several Ohio colleges and at Yale
university. He was known ail over
the world as one of the best writers
of English.
BOARD TO AIDJGULF PORTS R
Capital Declared Already Interested, .
But Action Awaits New Board J
Appointments I
Washington.?Obstacles in the way (Nof
further allocation of government (
tonnage for operation in the New Orleans-Brazil
trade have been removed,
former Commissioner Sutter of the ?
shipping board announces. The action fL
was taken, notwithstanding the refusal
of the board to allocate ships to the Co
United States Maritime and Development
company of Detroit.
On the protest of the Mississippi
Shipping company, Mr. Sutter explain- ^
ed, the board refused to allocate ships t?E
to the Detroit company. But, on March *
3, he adds, the board by resolution,
gave the Detroit company the stand- ed
ing of an operator, which would enable gta
it to apply for government ships, upon j
the showing that they will not be op- the
erated in competition with established mil
routes. ing
t*.- ?.1 'a nion \fr Sutter derlar- W'il
X uc uvui u a [/mil) *?*a ? _ _ _
ed, is to build up the shipping in the *
gulf ports for the benefit of the Mis- nai
sissippi valley section, so that products *n
originating there will have a more di- Bta
rect route to the foreign markets than ^
by way of Atlantic ports. me
"The solution of the American merchant
marine problem," he says, "lies '
in the Mississippi valley, where 770 per an
cent of the country's foreign commerce C01
originates." ^
Detroit and St. Louis capital is al- me
ready interested in the operation of cr
government ships out of gulf ports, Mr.
Sutter asserted, and the board hopes ex<
to dispose of a number of its vessels aPl
through creating a market for ships C01
in the Mississippi valley. 1
Allocation of sufficient tonnage to res
gulf ports, he said, would enable pro- rel
ducers as far north as the Great Lakes an<
to send their goods by rail or inland co>
water routes to the gulf and thereby su<
avoid the rail shipment to the Atlan- the
tic. Development of this project, he
adds, would be pushed, but definite ao- the
tion would probably await the appoint- Qa
ment of the new shipping board by or
President Harding. for
the
Negro Lynched By A Florida Mob po:
Tampa, Fla. ? William Bowles, ne- pe<
gro, was lynched by a mob near Eagle j
Lake recently. The mob took the ne- t,y
gro from two deputy sheriffs who had 8ic
arrested him on charges of insulting in
a young white girl. He was hanged Ap
to a tree near the roadside. ?
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Hardwood Tlmbermeen Hold Meeting ret
MemphiB, Tenn.?Hardwood lumber- pe<
men and executive officials of the pr<
principal lumber carrying railroads of an
the South met here to discuss read- int
justment of freight rates on forest ]
products which hardwood producers th<
declare imperative, especially on low at
grade timber. sio
pr<
Coal Man Urged As Ambassador
Washington.?The West Virginia Kr
delegation in congress are urging the 1
president to make I. T. Mann, a West dei
Virginia coal man, ambassador to noi
Spain. After seeing the president, ar3
members of the delegation indicated hai
belief that appointment, will be made. ^y
tre
Russian-Polish Pact To Be Signed Is*1
Riga.?Poland and Russia conclud- lov
ed their peace conference here on the |?v
ha(
15th. The treaty was signed March ^
18 at 9 a. m. The agreement includes
provisions for payment of thirty million
gold rubles in reparation for Poi?>
Rei
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1
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Former Grar.d Vizier Of Turkey Shot me
Berlin.?Talaat Pasha, former grand as
vizier and minister of finance of Tur- ter
key, was assassinated at Charlotten- mii
burg, a western suburb of Berlin. He wa
was shot to death. The murderer, an cer
Armenian student, was arrested. The err
student accosted Talaat Pasha in the Ma
street and then fired the fatal shot. cor
He also wounded Talaat's wife. 8UC
of
Ireland Observe Sad St. Patrick's Day SWl
Dublin.?Ireland observed her sad- ?*
dest St. Patrick's Day on the 17th.
It was inaugurated with the attacks
on military lorries. Residents within ^
sound of the firing were thrown into as!
panic, fearing the inception of repris- re1*
als for the six executions in Mount i Soi
Joy prison. The generally expected re-' 192
prisals, it is feared, will precipitate dei
serious fighting. , ite:
Revival Shown In Financing Condition Ex
| New York.?The sharp revival in the ^
automobile industry during the last ur3
few weeks is indicated in the fact 6ta
that no Ford financing of any char- sul
V61
[ acter is expected at present, states the
u n
| Dow-Jones financial news service. "If goJ
the Ford business continues at the nU(
present rate, it is possible that the ^
! renewal of existing nana ODiigation ; ey
will meet his requirements. The policy is
of the company is to speed up produc- ex]
tion to meet the improving demand." me
Good demand is reported. poi
U. S. Demands Settlement Of Row Bo
Washington.?An urgent demand I
that the government of Panama imme- th(
diately settle its boundary dispute with cal
Costa Rica is made by the United soi
States in a note dispatched to Panama tin
and made public by the state depart- in
ment. The note concludes with the noi
assertion that the United States ex- hoi
pects Panama to indicate definitely its ter
intention to comply with the repre- ; by
sentations made by this government, cei
The note insists that Panama abide sta
by the boundary decision of Chief Jus- his
[ tice White. wo
a of state traffic and in unjust distil
ination against interstate comrce."
The Georgia commission, following
announcement by the interstate
nmerce commission in 1920 fixing
? rates In state and interstate com*
rce permitted a 25 per cent incase
between points in Georgia on
> classes and on all commodities
:ept those named. The carriers'
plication for an increase on these
nmodities was denied.
itates fixed by the state authorities
tult in a general disturbance of the
ationship between the Georgia state
i the interstate rates on cotton, the
nmlssion said. As an example of
:h disturbance the commission cited
5 following:
'The rates from Georgia points to
> ports of Savannah and Brunswick,
., are 25 per cent higher for export
interstate movement beyond than
> local shipment, the result being
it cotton is now billed locally to the!
rts that otherwise would be ship1
at the interstate or export rate."
Flallroads in Florida were ordered
the Interstate commerce commis>n
to raise state rates to the level
effect in Interstate trafic, effective
ril 26.
rhe commission also held that rates'
?; - T ffi 'wrnte trfttrrr^TT?ftrrrTTffr
mlted in "undue prejudice to shlprs
in interstate traffic, in undue
Terence to shippers of state traffic
d in unjust discrimination against
erstate commerce."
Passengers rates were referred to in
? win nf thp rase, hut it developed
the hearing upon which the decin
was based, that no question was
;sented with respect to them.
onstadt Falls To The Soviet Troops
ielsingfors.?Kronsadt has surren ed
to the Soviet forces. This anuncement
is made by the revolutionr
committee of Kronstadt, which
i arrived in Finland, accompanied
eight hundred soldiers. Before resting
from Kronsadt the revolutions
blew up the warships Petropavsk
and Sebastopol. General Kosskie,
leader of the revolutionists,
5 also arrived in Finland. The
arofall of the revolutionists is re ted
as complete.
cess Appointments By President
.Vashington.?Edward C. Finney of'
nsas was given a recess appointnt
by President Harding recently
first assistant secretary of the inior.
A recess appointment as comssioner
of the general land office
s given by President Harding rettly
to William S. Spry, former govlor
of Utah. D. H. Crissinger of
rion, Ohio, took koath recently as
nptroller of the currency and as
:h automatically became a member
the federal reserve board. He was
orn in in the presence of members
the board.
ks Review Of Eugene Debs Case
' ' ^ 1 J T_T koa
vasnington.?rresiuem nammg uao
ced Attorney General Dougherty to
riew the case of Eugene V. Debs,
cialist presidential candidate in
10 and now serving a sentence un
the espeionage act in Atlanta penntiary.
perts At Work On Tax Revision
Vashington.?Formulation of a treasr
policy on tax revision has been
rted and probably will be ready for
imission to congress when it conies
in extra session, April 11. Treas,*
experts have been engaged for
ne time in making a survey of revee
sources and the extent to which
;h may be tapped in bringing moninto
the government's vaults. It
understood that internal revenue
?erts are preparing to make recomndations
on some phases of the imrtant
problem.
nar Law Leaves The British Cabinet
^ondon.?Andrew Bonar Law, lord of
; privy seal, has resigned from the
linet. Ill health is given as the rea1
for his resignation. He also rees
from the government leadership
the house of commons. This an
uncement was recently made in the
use of commons by the prime minisLloyd-George
is deeply affected
this resignation, saying he had reved
a letter from Mr. Bonar Law
.ting that he had been warned by j
i physicians that if he continued he ;
uld run the risk of a collapse, j
ATES ON COTTON
(NO BRICK RAISED
TRASTATE SHIPMENTS IN Gfc.UK3ia
to carry same freight
as intrastate traffic
ORIDA RATETARE HIGHER
mmlssion Cites Example Of Disturbance
In Traffic Which It Alleges
Present Rate Cause
iVashington.?-Freight rates on coti,
cotton linters and brick within
> state of Georgia fixed by the state
:horities were ordered by the interte
commerce commission to be raisApril
23 to levels in effect in interte
traffic.
5assenger fares were referred to in
! title of the case'heard by the comssion,
but it developed at the hear;
that no question was presented
:h respect to them,
tates charged on the commodities
lied, the commission held, "result
undue prejudice to shipers of interte
traffic, undue preference of ship
ENGLAND RA^ES BLOCKADE
First Entente NJtt&wvrb Resume Commercial
RelatW,V Guarantees
Freedom Tagolriet Ships
London.?-Grant jfihtain, first great
entente nation tfc^Jift ube commercial
blockade againSj^oviet^ Russia, has
signed an agrtMaent wNh representatives
of the Mdadow government permitting
the exchange of commodities
between the taro (countries and guaranteeing
Russianivessels the freedom
of the seas. ,J'
Completion o{ the negotiations,
which began sevelal months ago, was
announced recenf y; The step, which
is one of the moid significant acts that
has taken place' iftice the armistice,
has aroused not |jly tremendous interest
throughout ;J?urope, but a wide
difference of sent ifcent in Great Britain.
The British gov irnment, accused of
having extended.^ krough dealing with
Lenine's emissaifl >s, a tacit though
unofficial recogjji Jon of the Soviet
government, statef'as it has declared
throughout the ppjuee of the negotiations
that the agreement implies nothing
but the righd<to do business between
the two ci&ntrles, and denies
that recognition M any sort or description
is imijild by its signature
to the documen^'l j
The Labor ptfji. and the bulk of
British merchantiftfew the agreement
as a businesslikeF move, which will
permit English bacerns to step into
the Russian matlet in advance of
any other nation^ tad obtain the first
fruits and first wantages that such
a relationship wotd bring. It is regarded
by these iijotia victory for
common sense de< ing with an international
probleri >
On the other hgi I, those who ieo in
the agreement a y rtial recognition of
the Trotzky and tine regime inveigh
against it as deh ?g with a government
"blackened r every crime and
agents of which J a actively plotting
the destruction^ af every civilized
state"?as the AiAlng Post remarks.
It is announcedithat the treaty Includes
Russian J&ranteea!v that the
Soviet will r&ri%Z?0]p anti-British
activities In Asjpbespeclally in Afghanistan
and Inflt In return, Great,
Britain pledges hlrself not to carry
on any anti-Russia activity in stateb
formed out of the^mi^^^eian emib
regard^^^^Reasure ^hicK wil
bring tremendou/lbpport to the Len
ine-Trotzky goveL Rent. In fact, tbe
life of tbe present Soviet probably bat
been indefinitely < xtended as a result
of the successful work of Krassin ir
overcoming all tt e obstacles to tbe
project.
It is becoming more and more ap
parent that tbe Kronstadt rebellion
far from being a revolt against Com
munism, is purely political in every
aspect and seeks ,raerely to exchange
one set of leaderd for another. It ie
foredoomed to failure because it lacke
the impetus of general atni-Coramun1st
sentiment throughout the country.
The ability of Lenine and Trotzky
to cling to power depended almost entirely
upon the success or failure ol
the British trade negotiations, accordKnot
nninlnn hprp_
Ill ? IU IUC UVWfc ?Washington.?
England, through her
trade agreement signed with Russia,
will become the middleman for American
good9 sent to Russia?and get
most of the profit, says Senator
France, Maryland, leader of those Republican
forces favoring resumption of
United States trade with Russia.
France, who will Immediately reopen
his demands for ending American
trade aloofness in so far as Russia
is concerned, expressed little surprise
at the announcement made in
London.
Small Boy Caught Selling Narcotics
New York.?Charged with playing
hookey to vend drugs, Paul Sproika,
a 15-year-old schoolboy, was taken
to children's court for arraignment.
He was arrested in a Bowery alley
by members of the narcotic squad,
who said they saw him sell "deckB"
of drugs for $1 each. Concealed in
his school books, the police say, they
found a supply of narcotics. Later the
boy took them to a place on the lower
East Side, removed a brick from an
old wall and xposed his cache.
Russian Dancer Asked To Head Revolt
New York.?An invitation was received
here by Ivan Narodny, Russian
dancing master and author, to go immediately
to Kronsadt to take charge
of the anti-Bolshevist rebellion there.
Mr. Narodny was a prominent leader
of thp Kronsadt rebellion against the
czar in 1905, and later escaped to
the United States with Maxim Gorky,
The invitation was sent, Narodny said,
by the council of the Kronsadt rebellion,
whose special messenger left Reval,
Esthonia, two weeks ago to deliver
same.
Haunted By Visions Of His Wife
Chicago?Every night since he killed
his wL'e and their unborn child last
June, Carl Wanderer has talked with
her spirit, according to testimony given
by Dr. Haroldd D. Singer, state
alienist, at Wanderer's trial on charges
of murdering the "ragged stranger,"
alleged to have been hired to stage a
fake holdup. Doctor Singer said that
Wanderer had told him that Mrs. Wanderer
had come to high nightly in
her wedding gown and holding a child
in her arms. The doctor said Wanderer
is undoubtedly sane.
ROAD INSTITUTE f
THOROUGH SUGGE
UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED
' GINEERS FROM ALL OVEF
THE STATE ATTENDED.
ADDRESSED BY THE GOVER!
?
Hope Expressed that the State W
Thle V?ar Tak* AHuantanf nf
Benefits of Federal Aid.
Columbia
The first day's session of the S
Carolina road Institute was a i
ough success, with upwards of 10(
gineers from all parts of the t
present and strong addresses by ]
ers in the state highway commlE
and prominent citizens of this
other states, creating great entl
asm and Interest.
The meetings were held in the
ture room of LeConte college on
university campus, with Fran
Brodnax, president of the road i
tute presiding. *
The night session was feature*
an address by Gov. R. A. Cooper
urged the engineers if they had
Influence In their counties to ue
to advocate the Issuing of bonds,
declared that the federal governr
was going to continue to furnish
for good roads and he expressed
hope that the state would this
take advantage of the opportunit
benefit by It.
Now, he said, Is the opportune
to put forth every effort to do all
road building possible. Gov. Co
said he would not venture to die
as to whether top soil or hard sur
roads or what kind should be 1
but said he did know that some
ferent type from those now in v<
; in the state should be instituted,
v." .
Commission Names Field Men.
,W. P. hfoseley of Columbia an<
G. Heyward of HardeevlUe were
pointed field agents of the South
\9lina tax commission, these two
j dltlonal men being allowed by the
geaers.1 assembly. bom mis
a oesttKattmi here andna
I Mr. MoseWand *r Hovwnr^T
Mr. Moseiey was formerly witl
* UOlumDia posionice, uui ujuio rc
i ly was with the internal revenu
: partment as a deputy collector,
i Heyward is an experienced ma
? tax matters and the commissioi
pects good results from the two
agents. Both men will be ser
i Charleston to assist the other ai
. in checking up property in that
! Books of Game Warden Checked
1 Officials of the state bank e:
1 ner's office have finished checkln
the office of state game warden
found that.the accounts of the fo
warden, Wade Hampton Gibbes.
all correct to every detail. Mr. G
J requested that the office be che
and as a result of the bank exami
' work the retired head of the de
ment is given a clean slate.
During the eight months of
present fiscal year while Mr. G:
was chief game warden the total
lections amounted to $110,329.2
record never before attained,
Relief Asked for Irish.
Governor Cooper received a
gram from Morgan J. O'Brien, c
man of the national committee fo
relief of tie Irish, in which he
asked to become honorary vice c
man of the committee. The mes
depicted woeful conditions in In
and called the Governor's attenti<
the apparent need for aid by Amt
MeSwaln Visiting Oil Fields.
W. A. McSwain. state insui
commisloner, left Columbia for a
to the oil fields of Texas. He
probably be gone for a week oi
days.
Game Wardens Appointed.
A. W. Smith of Garnett, B. T.
mans of Estill and L. B. O'De
Easley were appointed game war
for South Carolina by Gov(
Cooper.
Kerr Is Traffic Manager.
George H. Kerr, who for the
four years has been assistant gei
freight system at Atlanta, has
appointed traffic manager foi
Southeastern Express company.
J. W. Bray, formerly div
freight agent at Greensboro, N
has heen promoted to assistant
oral freight agent succeeding
Kerr at Atlanta while Paul A. Wi
formerly district freight agent a
lanta, also becomes an assistant
oral freight agent.
Water on Trains Examined.
E. L. Fllby, sanitary engineer c
state health department, has re
ed to Columbia after visiting
berg. Ehrhardt. Port Ttoyal, Meg
and Georgetown. He has been e
ining drinking water supplies use
railway passenger trains. Thes
spections of water supplies usei
the trains are made twice anni
Mr. Filbv says that lettuce is 1
shipped from the truck section
that the producers anticipati
I profitable season in that vegetab
Food Supplies for the West.
I South Carolina imported $11,000,01
I worth of food and feedstuffs fro
_ _ the West last year, according to fi
LL ures compiled by the committee c
Jjy banking, legislation and warehocsir
of the South Carolina division, of tl
American Cotton association. The li
EN_ portation of this enormous amount i
foodstuffs into the state was mac
t necessary by the eagerness of the fa
mers to raise cotton, many of the
planting 17 acres to the plow.
According to the committee stat
ment the importation of food ai
JflP feedstuffs into South Carolina fro:
the West last year, was as follow"
Corn $15,000,000; mixed feeds $11
000,000; hay $12,000,000; oats $10,001
ould 000; flour $20,000,000; bacon $20,001
he 000; beef $5,000,000; eggs and butti
$3,000,000; canned goods $13,000,00
making a grand total of $111,000,000
"These figures," says the associ
'' tion "are purchases from this sta
outh only and every item must be paid. f<
thor- in cash before the goous are deliver*
) en- together with the freight.
state
Isud*
islon 8o' ExPre,s Company Liable,
and The state supreme court hands
tiusi- down an opinion of far reaching ?
feet in sustaining Judge Whaley i
lec. the Richland county court 1" the ca!
the of the Terry Packing company v
k E the Southern Express company. T1
nsti- couri holds that the Southern Exprei
company is liable for damages ar
can be sued in this state dlsmissir
1 ky the company's contention that it ht
who no property in South Carolina n<
any agents upon whom papers could 1
Ie 11 served.
nent Attorney for the Terry cumpat
showed that they had served the p
the pers oe ,n? xgents of the exprei
company as set forth by South Car
y Una law by leaving the summons ai
other papers on the premises of tl
defendant's last known place of but
time neg8 ui4 Lady street.
the
oper
:tato Passenger Rates Now Higher,
face Intrastate passenger fare on all ra
built roads in South Carolina will be i
dtf- creased to conform with the Inte
jgue state charges, fixed by the intersta
commerce commission, the charge
he effective Mrach 16, according
tariffs filed by the various rallroa*
j tt with the state railroad commissio
' Attorney General Sam. W. Wolfe
Cari now awaltln? a hearing before Judi
a(/ H. A. M. Smith in Charleston on i
last Junctlon proceedings to prevent tl
Won oatorooB*01 ot the interstate m
me<l mere# coaxunlsslon's order nnde^hh
1 the ^ increase.
cent- ??
e de- Consolidate Highway Districts.
Mr- Consolidation of the four distrii
n in now in fixfstfinoe into two distri*
1 ex" and a considerable reduction in t
new forces in the drafting room as well
to in the motor vehicle division was i
gents Qounccd by the state highway co
clty- mission. The change will, in a lar
measure, become effective April 1,
though some men have already be
cami- told ?ffig
up The reduction was made necessa
and due to the limited appropriation
rmer lowed the highway department by t
were general assembly. In the new ord
ibbes the state will be divided into two <
icked gineering districts, the eastern a
ner's western districts, both having he;
ipart- quarters in Columbia.
the Want Parr Shoals Dam Removed.
Ibbes Washington. (Special).?T. C.
' * liams and Frazier Lyon interested
' a the steamship line which operates
the Congaree river between Columl
and Georgetown, are in Washingt
with a complaint regarding the d;
tele- at Parr Shoals which they represe
hair- is an impediment to navigation,
r the They are trying to obtain an int
was view with Secretary of War John
:hair- Weeks. It is said to be their ho
isage that the war department will ore
;land the alleged obstruction removed.
m to
jrica
Loans are Greatly Delayed.
Actual resumption of busine
ance whereby tbe bank will be able to 1
visit loans will not be befc
wljj April 1 and perhaps later than tl
, ten date, according to David H. Housti
president of the Columbia branch
the federal land bank.
The land banks all over the count
You- bave been tied up for a long peri
U 0f and now the radjustment ana tne <
dens taining of fund* will necessiate a c<
irnor siderable of time before the busine
can be picked up again.
Visit of Yellowstone Park Man.
past Robert A. Putzler, general trav
ing representative of the Yellowsto
le National park, was In Columbia, st<
been Pfng over on his first tour of t
' the Southeastern states. This is the fii
trip that any representative of t
ision park has made In this section wi
. C., the idea of stimulating travel to t
gen- Yellowstone park, but Mr. Putzier i
Mr. nounced. it was his intention to ma
iglit, the solicting tour an annual evei
t At- Mr. Putzier said, interest in a
gen- travel to the park has been growi
recently.
| Road Bids Asked For.
" * A * I A#
>f the Bids ror me ronsirutuuu ui v
turn roa(^ *? n,n from Reevesville to !
George in Dorchester county will
Ram* opened, the highway department t
getts j nounced. This piece of road wo
xam- was advertised sometime ago a
d on Patterson and Goodson of Allendt
e in- submitted the low bid. but the fii
J on did not put up its bond and there
lallv. failed to get the contract,
jeing Hyde and Raxter of Washingt
and bave been formally awarded the cr
ng a tract for constructing the Pee D
lc river bridge at Mars Bluff.
: A GERMAN VICTORY
: III UPPER SILESIA
ie
n
of POLAND SECURED ONLY ABOUT
10
,r. ONE FOURTH OF VOTE IN
m RECENT PLEBISCITE fAREA
IS 5,000 SQUARE MILES
). Election Will Go Down In History m
er ? Momentous Event in Adjustment
of European Boundaries.
I# '
Berlin.?Germany won an ?veee
whelming victory in plebiscite heML
In Upper Silesia to determine the tmture
national status of that region, aerBtiiPTt*
mceifel
LUlUlUg WW VftMVftW* -
here. Two districts were still missing;
at 9 o'clock the moring after, but the
?d count showed that 876,000 votes hac
(f. been cast for Germany and 389.M9
In for Poland.
3e Reports from Breslau state that the
s. plebiscite was generally without unie
toward incidents.
38 Palm Sunday, the day of the sutlng
in upper Silesia, seems likely to so
,s down in history as one of the moot
^ - momentous days in the adjustment of
3r European boundaries growing out of
the world war. The . day had beec
looked forward to with Intense intee'T
est by all Germany and Poland as
a- well, while evidences of world-wide
98 attention upon the balloting wero not
o- lacking in advices from abroad,
id The area Involved, comprising mm
ie five thousand square miles, was (he
ii* largest section of territory to havw
its fate submitted to a plebiscite ueder
peace trefcty, but even more taaportant
than the size of the district
jj was the material wealth contained in
n] its varied mineral resources, mainly
coal, but also including Iron, sine and
t. lead- ?
to *
to 8ixth Largest Cotton Crop.
Is Washington.?The largest cotton
n. crop since 1914 and the sixth largest
Is in the history of the country tnm
;e grown last year. Ginning statistics
n- for the 1920-21 season, announced by
le the Census Bureau, show a total of
n- 13.366,764 equivalentr500-nound
A comnri
record
Is slightly smaller than the
Density of Population.
:tg Washington.?The average density
he of population throughout the United
as States exclusive of outlying po??
-a or C anna nan silfm
8ioi1s wus olj.o pel ouuo |/vi ^
m. mile of land area in 1920, as against
ge 30.9 in 1910, the Census Bureau aval.
nonced.
en The density figures for Souther*
states were: Alabama 45.8; Florida.
iry 17.7; Georgia. 49.3; Loulsania 33.C;
ai- Mississippi 35.6; North Carolina 52J>;
he South Carolina 55.2; Tennessee 5SJ;
ler and Virginia, 57.4. *
?n- . ?
nd Plans Coalition Government.
id- Copenhagen.?Negotiations looking
to the formation of a coalition govern
ment for soviet Russia have been
opened by Nikolai Lenine, bolshevik
premier, with leaders of the Mmskeviki
and social revolutionaries,
in >
on
3ja New Shingle Is Hung up.
on Washington.?Formation of a partim
nership between Joseph P. Tumulty,
rat w^? 8erved as secretary to formerPresident
Wilson, and Representative
Randolph Perkins of WoodclilT Lake^
N. J., for the general practice of lav
in New Jersey was made.
'Pe
ler
Revenues Exceeded by Cost*.
Washington.?Governmental cost*,
including interest and outlays for permanent
improvements for the 7X7
>38 cities of the country with a popular
be- tion of 30,000 ro more, exceeded total
>r0 revenues by $8,991,000 in the year
iat 1919.
ra,
Let Out Many American Seaman.
Manila, P. I. ? Eleven hundret
.Ty American seamen were discharged
od from American merchant ships here
>b- during the year 1920, according ta rv
ra- ports of acting United States ship)sb
ping commissioner, Francisco Corrales,
just issued.
Negro Labor Conditions.
el- Atlanta. Ga.?Investigation of ecv
ne ditions among negro labor on f&rum
jp- in southern counties as conducted by
he Federal District Attorney Aieunaa
st is commended in a statement issued
he by Governor Dorsey.
ith ?
he Reichstag Favors Disarmament,
in- Berlin?The reichstag passed aB
ke three readings of the disarmament bid
nt. which was adopted by the reichstagnd
committee in a form differing from
ng the government's original draft of iba*
bill.
Typothetae Federation Meets.
?' ?
he Pensacola, Fla.? me &oauit?auaB
5t. Typothetae Federation opened its axbe
nual session here to take np among
in- other questions that of the 44 boor
rk week.
nd ?
lie Case of World War Veteran*.
m Indianapolis.?A nationwide survey
by of conditions surrounding the case of
disabled world war veterans has been
on started by the 800 Rotary clubs of tke
>n- country, according to a letter received
at the American Legion's national
headquarters.