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DR. PRATT'S 11 1 PRAISEJ SHOW THERE ARE NO BETTER MEANS OF ADVERTISING THAN AT i CAROLINAS EXPOSITION. \ J CONVINCE HOME CONSUMERS, 11 |: Products Made in the Carolinas Are ( Shipped to Outside Dealers, Then Resold Here Under Another Name. 1 Charlotte.?No better means of advertising the Carolinas appears avail-! able than that offered by the Made-in ' Carolinas Exposition, which will be held in Charlotte September 12 to 29,'j in the opinion of Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, director of the North Carolina ] Geological and Economic Survey, with headquarters at Raleigh. In a statement given out here at headquarters of the exposition, Dr. Pratt declared, "I believe that an ex- 1 position such as is being developed * in the Made-in-Carolinas Exposition will advertise to a greater extent the products that are made in the : Carolinas, and in a better and more 1 conclusive way than has ever before'' been attempted. ' "It should be able to emphasize 1 to the home consumer that it is not,' necessary to go outside of the Carolinas to obtain the greater part of the various products that are used. |] "Many instances could be cited in | North Carolina and South Carolina , of people purchasing materials abroad which they considered better than : that which could be produced in the j ] home states, only to find later that 1i the product was made here and sold ] under another name. "There is no question in my mind j but that the Carolinas are able to produce and are producing just as; j?? ? 1 i i good grade proaucis as are jjruuutcu anywhere, and it is simply a question of the people knowing what these,1 manufacturers have, will be brought 1 to the realization that it is more ad- | visable. from many viewpoints, to buy 11 the home product in preference of the ' out-of-the-Carolinas products." Unemployment in France. Paris. ? Unemployment in France I continues to decrease and, as far as'' the provinces are concerned, the re- ' cent crisis seems to have been com- j; pletely overcome. ' The latest figures show that the total number of unemployed in France is 47,566 and out of that number 31,429 belong to Paris and the Department of the Seine. I Destroy Moonshine Village. Savannah, Ga.?What the Federal officers- designate a moonshine vil- > lage. was discovered about fifteen 1 miles from Savannah and destroyed. 1 Larger Powers Granted Mellon. Washington.?The administration's bill for funding the allied debts was . reported in the senate by the finance i committee with a majority recom-1; mendation for its passage so that the i treasury secretary may have broad powers in adjusting the questions at issue. Tax Revision Bill is Passed. Washington.?The tax revision bill of 1921, estimated to cut $818,000,000, from the nation's tax burden by 1923, j was passed by the house, 274 to 125,1 on an almost straight party vote. | Three democrats supported the measure and nine republicans voted against it. I Want British Suits. Vienna.?The offer of a British con-j cern to sell in Vienna 400,000 ready-J made suits of men's clothes at one i pound and ten shillings each, has < been occupying more space in the i newspapers than the disturbed politi- 1 cal situation. |' N. Y. Clearing House Reserve. i New York.?The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust com-| panies for the week snows that they hold $10,975,670 reserve in excess of legal requirements. < King of Jugo-Slavia Very III. Paris.?A crisis has developed in the attack of appendicitis from which King Alexander of Jugo-Slavia is suffering in a hospital in Xeuilly, which probably will necessitate an opera-j tion immediately. Decline in Cotton Exports. Washington.?Cotton exports during the past fiscal year showed a decline of 21 per cent in quantity and a decrease of 57 per cent In value, due to lower prices, according to a re-> port by the commerce department. German Treaty May Be Signed. Berlin.?Unless unexpected complications ^develop in the next few days, a formal peace treaty with the United States will be signed by the German government. Russian Relief Arranged For. Riga.?The agreement between the Vnited States and Russia providing for American relief for the famine stricken districts of Russia was signed by Walter Lyman Brown of the American relief administration, and Maxim Litvinoff. j Famine in Tartar Republic. London ?famine conditions in the Tartar Republic are very grave, says the Moscow correspondent of the Daily Herald. Private stores of food have been exhausted and the rich and poor i alike are suffering from hunger. Fire in Mexican Oil Fields. Mexico City.?Fire broke out in the Amatlan oil field, near Tampico, and the flames are raging fiercely, it is said in a dispatch from Tampico. It i is declared that the oil field workers ' face a serious problem. Ji CORPORATION GIFTS EXEMPT ! A Principal Amendment Provides for the Creation of a Tax Investigating Commission. Washington. ? Elimination of taxes ' on proprietary medicines was agreed upon by the House ways and means committee, which approved more than sixty changes in the Republican tax bill. The majority also approved an I amendment exempting from taxation I corporation donations made to charity provided they do not exceed four per cent of the corporation's net Income. Under another change the proposed five per cent manufacturers' tax to be substituted for the so-called luxury and nuisance taxes would not apply on goods already contracted for. One of the principal amendments approved by the whole committee ' provides for creation of a tax investi- ' gating commission which would in-1 * luire into the effect upon the federal revenues of tax exempt state and mu- ' aicipal securities. I * It i Want Workers Against Tobacco. j San Francisco.?A million workers , are needed to aid in the anti-tobacco j educational program for the youth of j America and other projects, Mi38 ( Anna A. Gordon, of Evansville, 111.,', national president of the Woman's \, Christian Temperance Union, declared ( in her annual address at the opening.j af the forty-eighth national conven- ( tion of the organization here. : i Craft Shop Rules Approved. 1 Chicago. ? The United States rail-,' road labor board approved in effect I the seven shop craft rules relating to 1 overtime payment, as provided in the j national agreement of the wartime ' railroad administration, but directed that the railroad need not pay over- ' time for absolutely necessary work!' performed on Sunday and holidays. < < Curzon Has Made Best Offer. London. ? Lord Curzon, the secretary for foreign affairs, speaking in the House of Lords on the Irish ne- 1 gotiations, said the government had 1 offered all that could be given with- ' out compromising the safety of the ' realm, the sovereignty of the crown 1 and the dignity of the empire. 1 1 Gold Secured From Russia. j Constantinople.?Russian bolshevik < gold valued at $1,000,000 has arrived i here during the past fortnight as a result of trade exchanges. Of this amount $600,000 worth was brought , by the United States destroyer Over- i ton from Batum for the American , Trade corporation. \ I Bryan Suggested as Delegate. Montgomery, Ala.?A movement has 1 been inaugurated here by friends of 1 Williams Jennings Bryan to request I President Harding to name Mr. Bryan j as one of the members of the Ameri-i can commission to sit at the inter-j no t iono 1 nnnforonno ran Hicn rmflTTlPTlt M ?" - , Cuts Senate Appropriation. j Washington.?By a vote of 28 to 22 . the senate adopted an amendment to , the federal road bill reducing from ( $100,000,000 to $75,000,000 the amount' available for construction in the next year. < First Bale Brought 19 Cents. I, Charleston, S. C?A bid of 19 *ents ( bought at auction the first bn.j of , this season's cotton arriving here. It , was sent from Allendale. , ( Money for Road Building. Washington.?The Federal aid road bill, appropriating $75,000,000 for con-! struction, one-third of which would be immediately available, was passed ] by the senate. ( I Huns Perfect Train Wireless. < ..Berlin.?Wireless telephone instruments will be installed on a number of important express trains, and receiving instruments will be placed in , hotels and embassies here, according , to an announcement made. Experi- . ments conducted in a moving freight j car have shown that the wireless sys tem works well. It is declared that in three weeks it will be possible for travelers on , express trains to reserve hotel ac- < commodations by the radio phone . i Chemical Schedule is Revised. | Washington.?Railroads must share with the farmers and others the bur- ( den of the present economic situa- i tion by reducing freight rates on i chemicals, Secretary Wallace said. , i Secretary of Merchants' Association. Richmond, Va.?A. L. M. Wiggins, of Hartsville, S. C.. was elected to succeed Murray S. McKinley, also of ( Hartsville, as president of the South- ] em Retail Merchants' association at < the closing of its annual convention here. i Money For Financing Exports. Washington.?An application for an advance of S5.O00.<"?00 to the Citizens . and Southern Rank of Savannah. Cla.. ( for financing exports was approved i by the war finance corporation at its i last meeting. 1 h Half Million Fire Loss. Kansas City. Mo. ? Da ma go estimated at approximately $500,000 was I caused here when the large plant of the Kolley Milling company, located ; in an east side industrial district, was i destroyed by fire. < Pass Up Regular Dividend. New York. ? The Cuban-American Sugar Company passed its regular div- < idend of 50 cents a share on common i stock, but declared the usual dividend ] on preferred. ' Stumbling Block to Probis. Washington. ? The Stanley amendment to the anti-beer bill, designed to 1 safeguard through heavy penalties a 1 man's home and property from ille- < gal search for liquor, was regarded as 1 the stumbling block in the way of the < measure's final enactment. .1 GERMAN AGREEMENT HAS NEWJEATURES \ TEMPORARY AGREEMENT THAT MAY NOT BE PRESENTED TO THE SENATE AT ALL. ABSOLUTE SECRECY IS ASKED rhe Agreement or Proctocol Projected Will Merely Form the Basis of a Formal Treaty Hereafter. Tir L A onnr.lo 1 QOTOAmPllt >> ilUMU^lUIl. -Tk o>^.viui n the nature of a protoeal will precede the formal negotiations of a reaty of peace with Germany. This agreement may not be subnitted to the Senate. It will be a lort of modus vl vendi. or temporary irrangement which will permit commercial relations with Germany to )e resumed immediately and enable :he President to issue his long-de-j ayed proclamation of peace. The agreement will be brief in its :haracter and along general lines. It! will preserve America's rights under he armistice and subsequent treaties; dosing the European war and will !orm the basis for a formal treaty jventually to be negotiated. The United States government has^ made a special request of the German government that the exchanges; vith that government with respect to j the agreement shall be kept abso-1 utely secret. The reason for the in-1 unction of secrecy is not divulged lere. [| Members of the senate foreign re-; lations committee have learned in'ormally of the progress of the ex-1 changes between the German govjrnment and our state department. League Court v?j|| Be Organized. Geneva. ? Creation or the permaient court of international justice is issured, it is announced here. Thel secretariat of the league of nations ias been informed that Spain and ( Flaiti will soon deposit their ratifies-1 dons of the agreement to establish I :he court, and when they are received 1 :he number of nations which have deposited ratification will have reached 14, the requisite number. Notice by British Government. Washington.?Formal notice that it :annot recognize jurisdiction of the United States over the high seas be-| fond the three mile limit fixed by in:ernational law for many years, has' seen served by the British govern-' nent in connection with the seizure 12 miles off the Long Island coast of j the British schooner Marshall, re-1 ported to have been laden with liquor, j Tomb of Napoleon Negrected. I London.? Napoleon's original tomb in St. Helena Island has fallen into i sad state of disrepair since the body' fvas removed in state to the Invalides n Paris 81 years ago, according to i letter received by Sir Lees Knowles, i former cabinet minister, from a recent visitor to that remote Island, j Lloyd George Stands by Japan. London. ? Prime Minister Llovd! Jeorge, in a statement in the House if Commons, concerning the recent inference of imperial premiers, said :he conference had recognized unanimously that Japan had loyally observed the alliance with Great Britain luring the war. Schooner Captain is Jailed. Atlantic City, N. J. ? Capt. Joseph \. Roy. master of the libeled schooner Pocomoke. who was arrested here on charges of smuggling liquor into this port, was sent to the county jail at j Pamden. Condition of Cotton Improved. Washington.?Tinder the influence if "nearly normal" temperatures, cottnn imnrnvpd sliehtlv in the cetnral ind eastern sections of the belt during the past week. Food Agreement Reached. Washington. ? Complete agreement bn the question of food relief for Russia has been reached at Riga, Secretary Hoover announced. Britains to Fight Moors. London.?Publication here of news that the Spanish consulate was enrolling recruits to fight against the rebellious tribesmen in Morocco result-, ?d in a rush of the former British soldiers to the consulate. Retail Food Prices Higher. Washington.?Retail food prices Increased 2.7 per cent in July over June prices, while the prices of wholesale foodstuffs advanced 1.5 per cent and wholesale farm products 1.75 per cent, the department of labor announced. Ordered to Increase Rates. Washington ?Railroads of Tennessee were ordered by the Interstate commerce commission to increase by Dctober 12 the freight rates within that state on stone and gravel for road building material, to the level in effect in interstate traffic. Suit Goes to Federal Court. Charleston.?The suit of George E. Mew against the American Railway Express company for damages of $30.100, has been transferred to the federal court from the state court. League Council Meets Soon. Paris.?The sessions of the league! if nations council for the considera*1 tion of the Upper Silesian question tiave been tentatively set for August 11 by Viscount Ishii, President. Vesuvius Shows Activity. Naples. ? Increased activity has seen shown for several days by the volcano Vesuvius. Enormous columns if smoke which arise from the crater lave a very impressive appearance, ^specially when seen at night by the light of the full moon. I WILL OVERWHELM THE HOTELS Chairman Housing Committee Makes Request of All Having Rooms for Rent to Communicate with Him. I Charlotte. N. C.?The housing committee of the Made-in-Carolinas Exposition began making arrangements for housing the thousands of people who will attend during the 18 dayt it will be held, beginning Septembei 12, it was announced by S. A. Var Every, chairman. It is expected that at least 50,000 persons, and possible 75,000, will attend the exposition. Already a number of the exhibitors have written for hotel reservations for , *1 1 1 ~ J uieuiseives auu tsAwcuviveo ui iucn plants, and for suitable housing accommodations for those who will as- | sist In the duties Incident to the ex- | hibltor's part in the exposition. The , fact that the list of exhibitors has reacher a number close to 150, and each exhibitor will have a number of representatives in charge, it Is now apparent that their demands for accommodations will overtax the city's , hotel facilities. The boarding houses i and rooming houses will not be able to care for more than a small part of the attendance. Mr. Van Every said he wants every Charlotte home which can provide a room or rooms for exposition visitors to advise him of the location, the charge which will be made per day Rnd the number of beds. Such information should be in writing, addressed to him care of the Lance Packing company. 1 Greenville to Hold Franchise. Greenville. S. C. ? Greenville will not surrender its baseball franchise in the South Atlantic League, according to the decision reached by the stock- | holders who inaugurated a campaign to secure additional s'.fick to take care of a deficit. i Montevideo Gets Loan. Montevideo.?The contract between the government of Uruguay and a syndicate of American banks headed by ; the National City Bank of New York, for the loan of $7,500,000, was signed by treasury officials. No Word Yet From Hardwlck. Greenville. S. C.?Up to a late hour , Governor Cooper had received no , word from the governor of Georgia ( in regard to an apology for the "invasion" of Georgia by a South Carolina mob more than a week ago. i Great Fire In New rork. XTavtt Vftrlr Ton fantnrv hll11f1in?.q. 1 occupying a block in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, were de- ( stroyed by Are. The loss was- esti- ( mated at $1,000,000. 1 Greeks Keep Turks Moving. I Smyrna. ? King Constantine's fast moving army is within eight miles of , the last real defensive position of ( the Turkish Nationalists, along the Sakaria river, 60 miles west of An- , gora. ( ( Ku Klux Klan in Chicago. ] Chicago.?More than 2,000 Chicagoans were inducted into the order , of the Ku Klux Klan in an initiation j ceremony conducted six miles south ( of Lake Zurich. , ] Publicity in Divorce Suits. New York. ? Publicity in divorce ? suits hereafter has been approved by the supreme court justices of the ninth district. First Bale of Sea Island Cotton. Savannah. Ga.?The first bale of the 1521 sea island cotton crop was sold at auction in Savannah for 50 cents a pound. Still Stolen From Sheriff. Greenwood. S. C?With an audacity unparalleled in crime annals of Greenwood county, thieves broke into the ( office of the sherifT at the courthouse and carried away a hundred-gallon copacity still, captured by county officers. It is supposed entrance was gained through a window in the office at the door, then unlocked the window of the office, the door then unlocked and the still, one of the largest ever captured here, carried bodily out the front door of the courthouse. Weather Insurance Being Taken. New York.?The British custom of taking out weather insurance nas acquired a strong foothold in the United Stntes. Five major league baseball ( clubs thus safeguard themselves. Austria Sells Great Arsenal. Vienna.?The Austrian government has sanctioned the sale of the great , Woellersdorf arsenal, the largest plant in Austria, to a German syndi- ( cate, a small portion of the stock being retained in the government's ( hands. Daugherty Will Investigate. Washington. ? Attorney General I jh ugueny iuir siaricu an wives.ik<ition to find what becomes of liquor seized by government officials. Wage Reductions Agreed To. \Tew York.?Wage reductions ranging from 1ft per cent for skilb?l men to 2!> per cent for common labor were i agreed upon by the board of arbitration considering the wage dispute between union paper mill workers and i II news print paper manufacturing companies. Warehouse Owners Are Warned. Washington?Attention was direct- ( "d by Prohibition Commissioner , Haynes to the practice of certain proprietors of bonded warehouses and storerooms of removing wines from bonded premises without a permit. J Shooting Affra, in Augusta. Augusta, (la. ? Three persons are dead and eight wounded as the result of a shooting affray here in which whites, negroes and city and county police were involved. All the wounded are whi'a. Samuel Tilden Ansel). former acting udge advocate general of the army ind of the prisoner's legad counsel; Colonel John E. Hunt and Colonel C. 2. Cresson were charged with conipiracv in connection with the escape >f Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the iraft dodger, in a re|>ort signed by hree of the five members of a special nvestigating committee. The first six remodeled DH-4 type nilitary planes to be used on the ranscontinental mail route between S'ew York and San Froncisco were inspected recently at Boiling Field by Postmaster General Hays and other officials of the postal service. Tariff rates which would equalize ' \merican and foreign production costs ind legislation to aid in the establishment of an American dye industry 5 tvere urged before the senate finance committee recently by representatives )f the North Carolina division of the Southern Tariff association. Approval of Henry Ford's offer for :he Muscle Shoals, Ala., nitrate plant tnd lease of the dams was urged recently by James E. Smith, of St. Louis, ' dee president of the Mississippi Val- 1 ley Waterway association. A Birmingham (Ala.) resident 1 named Benton was said to have telegraphed Secretary Weeks recently offering to onerate the Muscle Shoals IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER i I < . < IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS t AND OTHER NATIONS FOR 1 SEVEN DAYS GIVEN i THE NEWS IT THE SOUTH I ' j 1 Wh*t Is Tak'ng Place in The South. 1 land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraph* s ? ] Foreign? Uncertainty of the Irish situation < has caused the British government to i change its plans and instead of proroguing parliament as had been in-1 I tended, it will be adjourned until to ! i some time soon. j < The special meeting of the council 1 Df the eag'ie of Nations to take up the I riuestion of upper Silesia, referred to it by the allied supreme council, will i be held in Geneva soon. I The unanimous vote of the French I academy recently voted to ask the i premier and foreign minister to do J their utmost to secure the adoption of 1 the French language as the official medium of speech at the Washington i disarmament conference. Chancellor Wirth, Foreign Minister Rosen and Dr. Haniel von Haimhausen under-secreta-y of Abe foreign office conferred with representatives of the 1 coalition party with regard to the forthcoming peace treaty between the United States and Germany. Walter L. Brown, director of the American relief administration, has arranged for another conference on the subject with Maxim Litvinoff, representative of the Russian relief committee. Plans for the funeral of King Peter \ of Serbia, who died recently after a j long period of ill health were discussed ] but no definite determination was < reached. The government has urged i upon the people to rally round Prince t Alexander who has been acting re- j gent. ] Reports from the United States that i she may suggest control of China ] by an international commission are i understood to have been considered at a recent meeting of the Japanese ] cabinet in Tokio. . The Caruso Memorial funded by a j fund received from the Metropolitan , Opera company of New York, will take the form of an annual scholarship at 1 the Conservatory San Pietro Majella i i [or singers. I j Questions menacing the solidarity j Df the alliance between France and ( Great Britain have been satisfactorily settled. Lloyd-George recently an- ' nounced in the British house of com- < mons. I Serious earthquakes shocks are re- ; ported from the Italian colony Eritriea Dn the African shore of the Red Sea. Four people have been killed and a 1 score or more injured. Several houses 1 collapsed and others damaged, while other casualties are reported from 1 places near Asmara. It is reported in Belfast, Ireland, that the military authorities in Ireland have cancelled all leaves of absences for both officers and men, and that all officers and men who are away have been recalled. Washington? Senator Reed, during the course of a discussion of the anti-beer bill in the senate recently took occasion to make some personal remarks about Representative Volstead, house prohibition leader. The senate financce committee recently completed hearings on the chemical schedule of the permanent tariff bill, amended the house bill provision for an import duty on re-imported war supplies sold by this government to France. An application for an advance of $5,000,000 to the Citizens and Southern Bank of Savannah. Ca., for financing exports was approved by the War Finance corporation. The $3,000,0UU,000 decrease in the value of the country's foreign trade during the fiscal year just ending was ascribed by the department of commerce recently to t*?e world-wide trade depression coining as an aftermath of the war. Four idle shipping board steamers were assigned to operators recently as follows: The Newburgh to the Mun- 1 son line; The Vinton County to the Clyde Steamship company; The Alcona to Trosdal, Plant and Ixifonta; the Bartholomew to the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship company. 1 Favorable report on the administra- ' lion's railroad funding bill was ordered j by the senate interstate commerce t committee by a vote of 7 to 2 recently, t There are now 5.785,000 persons un- 1 employed in the United States, ae- I cording to the statement recently made < by the secretary of labor. 1 A successful experiment in photography from the air regarded by avia- i lion officials as possessing possibili ties of high mititary value, has just been conducted by the army air service. A photographer flew from Ilolling field to Camp Meade and returned a few minutes later with a plate already developed ready for printing. Many amendments to the republican tax bill will be offered to behalf of j the majority members of the ways and means committee before the house! takes a final vote on the measure soon. Secretary Hughes wishes to make the forthcoming armament conference at Washington as nearly propagandaproof as is humanly possible, according to a United News Staff Torres- ' pondent. The appointment of William J. j burns, of New York, as director of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice was announced re- j cently by Attorney-General Daugherty. A plea for economy by Senator Lodge, republican 'eader, marked sen ate consideration recently of the federal aid good roads bill. j j plant on a 50 per cent basis with the government and to submit details of ' his proposal by mail. Democratic members of the house at a caucus recently pledged themselves to vote against the republican : tax revision bill, and adopted a resolution declaring that the measure was j "subversive of the principle that should govern taxation for the sup* : port of this government." Julius P. Knabe was nominated re- ' cently by President Harding to be ' register of the land office at Montgomery, Alabama. Edwin E. Winters also Df Montgomery was named to be re- i ceiver of public moneys. Albert Ot- ' linger, of New York, was nominated to be assistant attorney-general. In spite of arrests, seizures, prosecu- | tions and few convictions, whiskey, gin, rum. brandy and even 9 per cent beer are flowing into "dry" United States from Canada in great volume than ever before in the Volstead era, and Washington prohibition enforcement leaders admit that unless they bave more money, more agents end I aavy and army backing, the job of ' keeping or making the United States i dry looks hopeless. The present war-time levies on the married man's income, his wife's candy and furs and his wearing apparel were i lowered in the proposed revenue bill. ' ine committee decided to increase the exemption of married persons paying the normal income tax from $2,000 to $2,500. This, in addition to the recent approval given to an increase of trom $200 to $400 in the exemption allowed heads of families for each child i Dr dependent. , Domestic? i i J. S. Crowell, former owner of the Crowell Publishing company, Springfield, Ohio, publisher of the Woman's Home Companion and Farm and Fireside. died recently in a hospital in 1 Cincinnati. Two million railroad employees were still on the anxious seat when announcement of the United States Railroad labor's decision on the new overtime and working rules was delayed on account of printing difficulties. More than two thousand Chicagoans were inducted into the order of the Ku Klux Klan recently in an initiation j ceremony conducted six miles south of Lake Zurick. Kit Mitchell, negro fireman, was seriously wounded and George Allen, engineer, received part of a load of buckshot in his face when a northbound Illinois Central passenger train was fired on by unidentified persons near Longview, Mississippi. Sidney A. Kinciad Burke county commissioner, on the witness stand recently for the murder of his wife at Morgantown, N. C., claims that he had been /drinking at the timo of the tragic occurrnce, and that he had no memory of his actions. The British custom of taking out weather insurance has acquired a strong boothold in the United States. Five major baseball clubs this season have thus safeguarded themselves on all playing dates while many minor league magnates are similarly pro- j tecting their exchequers. A safe containing liberty bonds valued at about $30,000 and almost an equal amount of mortgages and other securities were stolen from the home of S. W. Young, a farmer about eight , miles from Lake City S. C. while he | was away. Asleep on the track, an unidentified young man, apparently 20 years old, was decapitated near Ferguson sta lion, Tennessee, by a fast southbound ; Louisville and Nashville passenger , rain. A youth accompanying him, who 1 refused to give his name, stated they j ft-ere returning from a show at Drakes- j boro and had stopped to rest. The lead boy had used the rail as a rest ' 1 'or his head. Two airplanes becoming entangled : 500 feet in the air crashed to earth at , Mason City, Iowa, killing one of the ; pilots and seriously injuring the oth- | jr. Prohibition official says that up from ;he Bahamas is coming a fleet or heav* ' ly laden ships with "the drink that lot only cheers but inebriates," whose skippers propose to drop anchor five or six miles out from New York City and :hen advertise they are open for busi- i less. It is interesting to note what ] ivill be done?or can be done?as this I s beyond the three-mile limit. Arthur J. Baldwin, a New York lawyer, has been appointed receiver in : jquity for the United States mail ! ; iteamship company. Mr. Baldwin is a lublisher. H. P. Davison, partner of J. P. Mor- j -an. who recently underwent an opera- ' ion at Roosevelt hospital, New York jity. is recovering. Greenville. S. C\, nioonshiners are 'showing the way" to Thomas Edison. Jfficers recently found an automobile ; igged up as a whiskey still with an ixtra gasoline tank used as a boiler leated by the engine. ' child" labor law ^ UNCONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT COLLECT TEN PER CENT FOR VIOLATIONS OF LAW. IS MATTER FOR STATES ONLY state Laws Provide Penalty and Not a Tax, as is Provided by the Act Ruled Upon, Says Judge Boyd. Greensboro, N. C.?Judge James E. Boyd, in teaeral court, neld the naLional child labor law, which seeks ,o collect a tederal tax of ten per ;ent on the prohts derived from the products of child labor, unconstitutional. The decision was in the case of the Vivian Spinning Mills, of Cherryvllle, N. C., seeking to restrain J. vV. Bailey, collector of internal revsnue, from enforcing the act. The Owen-Keating child labor law was also held unconstitutional by Judge Boyd in decision rendered two years ago and that ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court of tne United States. Hegulation of labor, Judge Boyd ruled in his decision, is one of the powers retained by the states, and not delegated to the federal government. State child labor laws are adequate :o take care of the situation and provide a penalty, not a tax, as is proposed by the act of congress. Tne attempt of the federal government to regulate labor within the state is an usurpation of authority and a violation of the sovereign rights of the state, concludes the ruling. Tablet to Ve.dun Defenders. Verdun, France. ? Members of the American Legion dedicated a tablet to the defenders of Verdun in the city hall here. The ceremony was carried out in the presence of all the city officials. v> New State Horses. London.?The famous six cream ponies, which were formerly part of tne 3tate pegeantry of London, will never appear again drawing the royal coach through the London streets as, owing to in-breeding, the stock has grown too small for ceremonial purposes. Austrian Labor Unions Grow. Vienna.?The labor unions of Austria have muljiplied their membership since the war. The total of all the unions in the republic now amounts to 940,000 members as agains 253,137 in 1914. The number af women members is 223,000. Baltic Union for Protection. Riga, Latvia.?Efforts are now under way to induce Finland to join the Balic Union, which became an accomplished fact with the signing of various conventions leading to a triple alliance in Esthonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Export Bill Passed by House. Washington. ? With a number of amendments in the senate bill, which would make one billioq dollars available through the war finance corporation for stimulating exportation of agricultural products, was passed by the house. Sweden's Population. Stockholm.?The total population at the end of 1920 amounted to over 5,904,000, according to the central statistical bureau's preliminary figures just published. Mexicans Talking Prohibition. Mexico City.?There is a well defined movement here which is said to have some official backing to make the federal district which embraces Mexico City bone dry hy September 1. American Ambushed and Murdered. EI Paso, Texas.?aenneii uoju, ?o years old, of EI Paso, was ambushed and murdered by bandits in Mexico on August IS, according to messages received in El Paso by his fa:her. Result of Turkish Victory. Constantinople.?Claim is made by the Turks that their success over the Greeks in the Sakaria river region has caused the retreat of the Greeks along the entire front. Greeks Reach Sakaria River. Smyrna.?After four days' fighting the Greeks have reached several points on the west bank of the Sakaria river, while the right wing was crushed beyond the river, the Turkish left wing capturing 170 officers and 4,000 men. 400 Marines for Canal Zone. Philadelphia. ? A force of 400 marines embarked from here on the U. S. S. Pennsylvania for duty in Panama. French Monument to Americans. Flirey, France. ? Lorraine's monument to the American expeditionary forces, the dedication of which was one of the principal objects of the present visit of the American legion delegation to France, was unveiled here by the legion's representatives in the presence of the countryside, L'quor Seized in Georgia. Statesboro, Ga. ? A big roadster mo loaded down with 36b quarts of red lioker" was seized by officers. The driver Rives the name of R. L. Herndon. St. Louis. The whiskey was going to Macon. Denial Is Issued. Peking. ? The American legation ^ere has issued a statement to the press in which, on instructions from Washington, it denies that the American government favors international control of China.