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CHARLES W. MORSE LANDSJI FRANCE AMERICAN SHIP BUILDER SAYS HE IS WILLING TO RETURN TO AMERICA. POLICE ACTED UPON REQUEST French Authorities Claim They Will f. ? A Cimnfltr llntll k/ciain niiiciiwan hibmviv. ?..... , Embassy Receives Extradition. | Havre.?French police officials, fol-' lowing a conference with American ' Consul General Ingraham, allowed Charles W. Morse to land here upon his arrival from New York on the steamer Paris when the American shipbuilder agreed to return on the same ship next Monday, provided he was not arrested. Before the ship docked, Mr. Morse, who had heard his presence in America was desired by Federal authorities investigating his shipbuilding contracts during the war, had expressed his willingness to return voluntarily, and this request was complied with when he had reassured the French officials that he would not oppose returning immediately to America if he were not placed under arrest. Morse took up quarters in the Continental Hotel here escorted by French Inspector Aigouy, and he will remain there until the Paris is ready to sail. "I am willing to return to America ] by the first boat and I have so wired the United States District attorney," he told the correspondent on board < the Paris. i "I am over here because of illhealth," he added, "but I am willing t to return even at the expense of jeo- 1 pardizing my life." i Police Commissioner Fabini, who ] was enjoying luncheon in the dining ] rooms of the Paris as a guest of Mr. ] Morse, told the correspondent that he ] would take Mr. Morse ashore and deliver him to the American counsel i general. i The Havre police were instructed 1 by the secret service of the French I minister of interior to arrest Charles ] W. Morse, American shipbuilder and i financier, as soon as he landed from < the liner Paris. The instructions were sent by telephone. The French police acted upon the request of the American embassy, which received belated instructions to obtain the arrest and detention of Morse. The heads of the secret service here are not certain whether the Havre police received instructions In time to apprehend Mr. Morse, but | they are relying upon the American newspaper men in Havre to shadow : him until the police arrive. The | French authorities say they will hold the American financier until the embassy receives papers formally demanding his extradition. It was impossible for an American warship to intercept the Paris, as i there are no American vessels in j i French or British ports, all on this side : { of the Atlantic being in the Mediter- j ranean. j j increase m ruoiic l/cui, I y Washington.?An increase of about ( $160,000,000 in the public debt during ] the mototh of November was an-; ( nounced by the treasury. At the end j of October the public debt stood at $23,459,140,496.49, as compared with $23,619,085,725.87 on November 30. ?? 1 Six Persons Killed in Wreck. i Portland, Ore. ? Six persons were i killed in a head-on collision between ] the eastbound Portland-Sopkane Lim- t ited and the westbound Oregon-Wash- i ington Limited trains on the OregonWashington Railroad and Navigation company, two miles east of Celilo. y Little Hope For Peace. < London.?The eyes of all those in- i terested in Ireland now are fixed on ( Dublin, seat of the Dail Eireann, as 2 they were early in the week on Bel- i fast, the center of Ulsterism. All the ] Sinn Fein peace delegates now have i left London to meet with the Dail j Eireann cabinet for consideration of i the government's last proposals for t settlement of the age-long strife be- t tween England and Ulster. < Lloyd George Plans to Sail. London. ? Prime Minister Lloyd George, it was learned, is definitely j planning to leave England for the i United States December 12 to attend < the Washington armaments conter-! ] euce. ? ; ?? 1 Less Unemployment Now. I ] Washington. ? The number of the nation's unemployed has decreased by more than a million during recent weeks, according to an estimate of i the National Conference on Unem- | ployment. ] To Inspect Muscle Shoals. Detroit. ? Thomas A. Edison and Henry Ford left here for Muscle Shoals. Ala., where they will make a thorough inspection of the nitrate and water power projects which the De- i troit manufacturer proposes to lease from the government. Typhus Sweeping Russia. Moscow.?Typhus is sweeping Rusaia with increasing violence, especially in the Odessa. Baku. Turkestan and Volga regions, where the famine is especially severe. Jury Hard to Find. Lubbock, Texas?Law violators of Hockley county demanding a jury trial are going to have things easy, j according to Sheriff Stroud, who has just completed the first grand jury of the newly organized county. Sher- j Iff Stroud traveled 1,200 miles to secure 12 men. Regret Killing of American. Washington.?Regret for the killing of Hart Mix. an American citizen, at ? , Santa Cruz, Bolivia, has been ex||i|MBA||M||MLd^^crnmont. NEW YORK COUNTY REGISTER | Mist Anne Mathews Elected to the Highest-Salaried Office a Woman Ever Held in Thla Country. New York.?To be of the greatest servioe to her community and her country, the married woman should keep herself informed on questions of public interest and never allow herself to become indifferent to politics. This was the opinion of Miss Anne | Mathews, democrat, elected to the highest-salaried office a woman has ever held in this country. She was the ? successful candidate in New York county for the office of register, a post paying $12,000 a year. The salary of Alice Robertson, congresswoman from Oklahoma, is only $7,500 a year. Miss Mathews ran on a platform the chief plank of which called for "a i business woman for a business job." < She will admit no sex disqualifications * for political positions but has no pa- < tience with the society dilettanti that t have invaded the realm of women's ] politics. "The butterfly woman is use- < less in politics," she said. ( The office of register is not pictur- t esque. Miss Mathews will have juris- t diction over a force of 144 workers, i the majority of whom are men. The register's office records transactions i in real estate and other activities j requiring official record, and keeps a i file of notaries public signatures. i "I do not propose to change the pol- t icies now being followed in the office," i she explained. < "Women have the inherent ability ? which fits them to discharge any public function as well as men can do it. ? Frequently they are handicapped by t lack of business experience. Women t since the beginning of time have been i keeping the home and raising the chil- j dren, while men have had unlimited q opportunity to engage in civic affairs, j A business training is a great asset <] for any public officer?man or woman, j l The person who has been employed I e understands best how to give the peo- a pie full value for their money and how to get the greatest quantity and g best quality of work from those under c him. ( r "People who are compelled to work, j Bspecially if they like their vocation, i ire the ideal public officials. I -be- r lieve there are a great many possi- c bilities for the married woman in political roles?the woman who has f raised children that have gone their h way, who retains her youthful enthu- j 3ia6m, but, after years is isolated domestically, is out of touch with cur- c rent events. Many medical men told d that the female brain, under such t ;ircumstance8, retrogresses beyond re- j rovery. This theory is ridiculous. 11 p ran't refute it scientifically, but 11 u know many women who have 'come : t sack' after raising families. Children j jhould broaden a woman, never cramp n ler. Of course, the mind becomes ; l: tabby through disuse, but the married 1 s woman's mental sluggishness is no i greater than that which afflicts any- o >ne after years of mind inerta." s n Americans Attacked in Vienna. n Vienna.?In the widespread rioting which took place in Vienna many, b Americans staying at the hotels were' d ittacked and some of them were sub- s iected to rough treatment. Mrs. Hand, the wife of a colonel of the c United States army, and her daughter, s were robbed of furs and clothing, but o >n the same floor, Colonel and Mrs. j ii Vllller, U. S. A., displayed the Ameri-; p ?an flag and spoke English, and the. s ioters withdrew from their room. In Jail on Liquor Lnarge. Louisville, Ky.?Judge Thad Cheat- n lam, county judge of Spencer county, t( n Kentucky, is in jail here, following 11] lis arrest at Taylorsville, Kentucky. c le was arrested in connection with he disappearence from the court louse of 250 cases of whiskey. Insurance of Dozen Husbands. Chicago.?At least twelve husbands,1 ^ vho served in the army or navy, are ^ iredited to Mrs. Helen Drexler, of j P iVaukegan, Ills., the champion collect>r of government allotment checks, i lccording to federal authorities who i lad her in custody. She is alleged to ii lave married husbands from many dif- e 'erent parts of the country, divorced v lone and received approximately $400 t i month from the government for h he past three years. She never oh- o ained a divorce from any of them, v she says. n To Head Off Morse. Washington. ? The department of justice was understood to have asked * :he navy department to send a de- ii itroyer to intercept the French liner! T Paris and bring back Charles W.: P Morse, of New York, who was be- j c lieved to have left the country in the face of a grand jury investigation. Royal Couple Living Quietly. a Funchal, Island of Maderia.?Form-' a er Emperor Charles of Austria-Hun- c eary, and former Empress Zita, are t living here quietly in their exile. a Army Aviators Killed. Lawton, Okla.?Four army aviators,. two officers and two privates, were t killed when the two airplanes in ( which they were performing combat $ duty drills collided while at an alti- f tude of 2.000 feet. i Four Firemen Killed/ Augusta. Ga. ? Four firemen were * 3 "* J on/1 o lnac r mjureu ?nu piu^ci ij ?uu owv,** of $75,000 suffered when fire putted r the Georgia-Carolina Paper company r and the Bothwell Grocery company i here. 1 Landru to Die By Guillotine. Versailles.?Henri Landru. who has been on trial for more than three c weeks in the assizes court here. I i charged with the murder of ten wo- f men and a boy, was found guilty of 1 murder in the first degree. Landru t was sentenced to die by the guillotine. Cut in Freight Rates. Chattanooga. ? Announcement was t made here by the Southern railway t of a 10 per cent reductionfreight a rates on carload lots of c^^Loditles, t son^ time l^^Bember. <! PHILIPPINES MUST UEMAIN WITH U. S. I WOOD AND FORBES CONCUR IN REPORT THEY SUBMIT TO PRESIDENT HARDING. 1ST CONTINUE SUPERVISION 'Lack of Success in Some Departments Should Not be Considered Proof of Essential Incapacity." Washington?The Philippine Islands should remain in their "present genjral status" until the people there 'have had time to absorb and thormghly master the power already in, heir hands," former Major General | Leonard Wood, now Governor Gen;ral, and W. Cameron Forbes, former 5overnor General, say in th^ir reports ;o President Harding, based on their tix months' study of conditions in the slands. "We are convinced," they say, "that t would be a betrayal of the Philip>ine people, a misfortune to the Amercan people, a distinct step backward n the path of progress and discrediable neglect of our relationship there vithout giving the Filipinos the best chance possible to have an orderly md permanently stable government. "We feel that with all their many sxcellent qualities, the experience of he past eight years, during which hey have had practically autonomy, tas not been such as to justify the >eople of the United States in relin[Uishing supervision of the governnent of the Philippine Islands, withIrawing their army and navy and eaving the islands a prey to any powirful nation covering their rich soil i md potential commercial advantages." These observations of the investi:ators are contained in the "general onclusions" and "recommendations" I nade in the report, which was made >ublic. The complete report, cover- i ng 100 typewritten pages, will be i nade public later. The "general con- 1 fusions" are as follows: "We find the people happy, peaceul and in the main prosperous and :eenly appreciative of the benefits of , Imerican rule. ' "We find everywhere among the J 'hristian Filipinos the desire for lnlependence generally under the proection of the United States. "We find a general failure to ai* reciate the fact that maepenaence rnder the protection of another naion is not true independence. "We find that the government is 1 ot reasonably free from these under- 1 ying causes which result in the de- < truction of government. 1 "We find that the people are not rganized economically nor from the tandpoint of national defense to aaintain an Independent govern- 1 lent. ' "We find that the legislative cham- ' ers are conducted with dignity and 1 ecorum and are composed of repre- ' entative men. < "We find that the lack of success in 1 ertain departments should not be conIdered proof of essential incapacity n the part, of Filipinos, but rather as adicating lack of experience and op- < ortunlty and especially lack of in- > pection. < Fire Causes Loss of $300,000. Fitzgerald, Ga. ? Fire of undeterlined origin caused a loss of $300,000 o business property in the heart of his city before it was brought under ( ontrol. < ? Italian Destroyer Sinks. j London. ? The Italian destroyer !entrauro has gone down in the lediterranean off the port of Adalia uring a storm, according to a dls- i atch from Brindisi to the Daily Mail. < ] Hundreds of Persons Drowned. < Manila.?The entire town of Ibajay, a te province of Capiz, was inundat- ] d by a tidal wave and many houses 1 rith their occupants were swept out i o sea, according to constabluary; i eadquarters here. It is said the town t f Macato, in the same province, also 1 ms submerged by a tidal wave and ? lore than a hundred natives drowned, t Cancel Ford's Coal Schedule. Washington.?Reduced rates on coal . hich Henry Ford attempted to put, i ato effect on his railroad, the Detroit, 11 "oledo and Ironton, were further sus- < ended by the interstate commerce ! ommission. t Situation in Mexico Improved. Washington.?Although Mexico's redjustment process continues to have I "distressing" effect on economic ; < Editions in that country generally, i he last month brought some encour- ( gement. i Control Chicago Egg Market. Chicago.?An egg pool, formed by i hree men, controls the egg supply of 1 Chicago and makes a profit of about ] 30,000 a day, Russell J. Poole, city i ood expert, announced following an ] nvestigation covering two weeks. < Cargo Through Panama Canal. Washington.?Ships of four nations arrving 80 per cent of the approxi- i nately 11,600,000 tons of cargo which ] noved through the Panama canal dur- 1 ng the fiscal year ended June 30, i 921. 1 British to Grant Moratorium. London.?Reports that the British , ahinet was considering the proposed ! noratorium for Germany was eon-j i irmed in official circles. The point j i >eing discussed is under what condi-j' ions a moratorium could be declared, 1 i Far Eastern Questions. Washington. ? The most surprising hlng about the whole conference is he fact that Far Eastern questions i ire being disposed of more quickly j i han most Far Eastern Experts erer Ireamed. I1 COMMANDED LOST BATTALION Left New York on Way to Havana. Fought Heroically at Argonne; Would Not Surrender. New York. ? Secret brooding ovei memories of his experiences In the war, from which he emerged one of America's greatest individual heroes, was ascribed by friends and relatives of Lieut. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey as the cause of his taking his life while on the way to Havana. Leaving several letters, presumably explaining his act, the commander of the "Lost Battalion" disappeared from the steamship Toloa, 24 hours out from New York. His intimate friends had no idea he was making an ocean voyage. Colonel Whittlesey had been depressed for some time. The last blow, friends said, more trying than the rest, was in Washington a fortnight ago when he took part in the funeral sarvice8 for America's unknown soldier. He returned from the capital more depressed than before the haunting visions clearer than ever, bearin* him down. There he met hun dreds of former friends and had marked anew the gaps In the ranks of the men he loved. Colonel Whittlesey's name leaped Into world-wide prominence overnight through his retort tQ the German officer who called on him to surrender after he was surrounded in the Argonne. For four days and nights his command, the First battalion, 308th infantry, 77th division, had lain under fire, cut off from aid, without food or fresh water. All but 87 men had been killed or wounded. Blindfolded and under the protection of a white flag, a German soldier stumbled into the American strong point. "Surrender," he cried, "in the name of humanity," and he told how, from the German trenches the agonized cries of the American wounded could be. heard. But Colonel Whittlesey's message to the enemy was not that he would lay down his arms. "You go to hell," he said. A few hours later American reserves attacked all along the line, the Germans were pushed back and the little band of survivors saved. Pessimism Over Prospects. Washington.?Despite the fact that no one takes very seriously the possibility of a break between the United States and Japan over the naval ratio, there is no mistaking the mounting pessimism in most quarters over the prospects of the presence conference. Women as Traffic "Cops." New York.?Women traffic "cops" made their bow to the New York public. At all intersections in the vi:inity of public schoolB, women police reserves are on duty. To Launch Offensive. Madrid.?Spanish forces in Morocco will beglp a general movement against the Moors, columns operating simul:aneousIy from Melllla and Tetuan, Immediately upon the arrival from ?- *1 1 Itlrvh spam in ijreuerai omcuguci, mgu pommissioner, according to the Derio Universal. Landit to Decide Babe Ruth Case. Chicago.?Judge Kennesaw M. Lan* lis, baseball commissioner, will anlounce his decision in the Babe Ruth :ase within a day or two. Ruth vioated one of the rules of the major leagues by taking part in a barnstormng trip after the world's series. Father of Former Governor Dead. Dayton, Ohio.?Gilbert Cox fathei )f former Governor James M. Cox, lied at his home in Camden, Ohio, ifter a protracted illnese. He was 88 rears of age. Harding Hopes For Agreement. Washington.?Adoption of a definite igreement for future meetings to dis:uss world problems is hoped for by President Harding before the arms inference ends. Although the President does not propose to introduce formally the subject nto the negotiations here until the iaval and far eastern discussions have cached a decision, he does expect ;hat before the delegates separately :hey will agree on a plan by which similar discussions will take place in :he future. VA/--I Rtllnut^ Rnpi Art New York.?Fifteen or twenty worklien were believed to have been killed vhen a new theater, in the course of instruction at Bedford and Park avenues, Brooklyn, collapsed! acording :o police reports. Barbed Wire Telephone Lines. Mcintosh, S. D.?Barbed wire fence :elephones are being installed in two communities in this county that have aever had a telephone, County Agent 3. M. Osborne reports. Plans are beng furnished by his office. Over Two Million In Loans. Washington. ? Approval of 57 advances for agricultural and live stock purposes, aggregating $2,505,000 was innounced by the War Finance Corporation. They included: South CarPlina, $87,000 and Georgia $99,000. Urge9 Retention of Pay. Washington.?Retention of the pressnt basis of navy and marine corps pay "at least until conditions are setLied," was urged before the joint congressional commission on service pay by Secretary Denby. $55,000 Takes Ride. Paris.?A blBck satchel containing $55,000 was left In an omnibus and taken to the lost and found department of the transportation company. The bank messenger who had forgotten It recovered it among other lost articles. Operation Rescues Teeth. London.?John Kennedy, an ex-soldler, swallowed his false teeth, but they stuck in his throat. His gullet was opened at Lewlshon hospital and the plate successfully extracted. HOMICIDES LESS DIM 1920 THE SAFEST CITY FOR WHICH FIGURES WERE TABULATED WAS ROCHE8TER, N. Y. MEMPHIS STILL IN THE LEAD Of Largest Cities Boston Had the Lowest Rate, New York Second and Chicago Third. New York. ? Homicides in the Jnited States during 1920 totalled approximately 9,000, a decrease of 500 from the 1919 record, according to a computation by Frederick L. Hoffman, third rice-president and statlstian of the Prudential Life Insurance Company of America. The figures, made public through The Spectator, showed Memphis,, Tenn., still in the lead with a killing record of 63.4 persons for every 100/ 000 population. The safest of 31 cities for which figures were ti.bluated was Rochester, N. Y., where the rate was but 1.3 for every 100,000. In general, the tables showed that Southern states, with large negro populations, had the highest homicide rate, and that the proportion, of negroes slain was from three and a half to seven times that of whites. The average was slightly {in excess of four to one. Tabulations for the period 1915-1919, grouped geographically, showed the 'New England states to be most lawabiding, so far as homicides wrs concerned, with a rate of 2.8 for each 100,000. The Southern group had the highest rate, 10.8. In the Middle Atlantic states the rate was 5.1; Central states, 6.1; Rocky Mountain states, 9.4. and Pacific states 9.2. Of the larger cities, Boston had the lowest rate, 5.1; New York was second with 5.9; the Chicago rate was 10.3; San Francisco, 7.6; Philadelphia, 6.2; St. Louis, 12.6; and Cleveland, 12.5. Denver Judge Rece/ves Threats. Denver, Colo.?Judge Royal R. Graham, sitting in the Denver Juvenile court in the absence of Judge Ben Lindsay, has not only set Colorado in a white hot debate on a most efficacious method of birth control, but has mimornin throats of bodily injury from the Italian colony oti this city because it was reported that he had ordered the sterilization of Mrs. Clyde Cossldente, who was haled into court for failure to take care of her five children. Six Drown in River. Toledo, 0.?Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Roskuski and their five-year-old > daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard K. Layer and their daughter, aged four, were drowned when the Bedan in which they were riding slipped o the river road into eignt feet of water in the Miami-Erie canel at WaterviUe. Insurgency Is Troubling Klan. Atlanta, Ga. ? Insurgent forces in the Ku Klux Klan which are determined to overthrow . the oligarchy headed by Edward Charles Clarke, imperial kleagle and klaliff, claim to have received the support of several southern states and many klans in the west. Arbuckle Jury Fails to Agree. San Francisco, Calif. ? After 41 hours of deliberation, the Jury, composed of seven men and five women, which tried Roscoe C. Arbuckle on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of Virginia Rappe, was discharged when it was unable to igree upon a verdict. Speech by Commissioner Wen. Charlotte.?Shi-Esin Wen, commissioner of foreign affairs and superintendent of customs of the Chinese republic, spoke in the auditorium of Trinity Methodist church to an audience that overflowed the main room and partially filled the Sunday uehool annex. Mr. Wen spoke under the auspices of the Charlotte Y. M. C A. Oldest Mason Dead. A8heville, N. C.?William C. Garrison, the oldest Mason in North Carolina, died at his home near here. He was 86 years old and had been a mason for 65 years, attaining the 32nd degree. Revenue From Passports. Washington. ? The United States government, during 1921, "got fat" as a result of the issuance of passports. Its revenue from this source was $1,420,785, it is learned at the state department. t Seek Rhodes Awards. Philadelphia. ? Five hundred and six candidates for Rhodes scholarships will appear before the committee of selection in 32 states to compete for the 32 appointments to Oxford. It was the largest number of candidates for a single year Reduction !n Freight Rates. Washington.?A general reduction of 10 per cent in all freight rates on products of farms, orchards and gardens and ranges was ordered by the Interstate commerce commission. Live Five Years Longer. New York.?Americans now live an average of five years longer than In 1909, according to a report made public by the American engineering council. Russian Children Cast Aside. Washington. ? Thousands of Russian children are being cast aside and deserted by starving parents no longer able to supply them with food, according to a message reaching the American Red Cross here from relief directors in Russia. CHARGE ON PROHIBITION LAIN Judge Watkins Sees no Cure for the Situation Until Respectable Men Discourage Sale of Liquor. Anderson.?In Judge H. H. Wat- 1 kins' charge to the grand Jury of the federal court he emphasized that the 22 bills he was handing the foreman were all of violation of the prohibition act, and that of the 320 cases ready for trial 90 per cent were for violation of the prohibition law. I The charge which Judge Watkins made to the Jury was very strong. Judge Watkins told the Jurymen | that "we must not think the law wise. In general discussion, I find no man who does not recognize the use, or rather the abuse of whiskey. It has grown into one of the rreatest evils the world has ever known. Yet aow, because some people tbnk the national prohibition act an unwise law, a rostricton of personal liberty, a restriction of the right to get dead drunk, abuse the family, commit crime, etc., they are willing to violate it and see It violated openly. These same men think buying whiskey is respectable, yet condemn the bootlegger for selling it The buyer of liquor Is icrtainly as bad the seller. I'll tell you 1 f ee no cure for the situation until the respectable people stop* encouraging the sale of liquor. 4 "If I could go into the churches on QnnSav mnmlne and flPft fiverv Uan stand with his hand raised and take j a solemn vow to buy no more whls- j key, I would know the prohibition ^ question would be answered. I Memphis, Tenn. (Special).?Sevon 1 sisters, the eldest 87 and the voung- J est 66, held a unique family reunion in 1 the home of John R. Prothro, chief 1 clerk In the United States engineers' 1 office, at 637 York avenue. The sisters are daughters of the * late Col. John Rosser, pioneer Mem- 8 phian, who came here ma/iy years ^ ago from Camden, S. C., whero all of 1 his daughters were born. I Some of the sisters until Tuesdav B had not seen each other for 25 years, t 8 Greenville.?Dedication of Furman 8 university's superb new refectory will 1 take place December 8. The refectory Is rapidly nearing 1 completion and it Is the purpose of President McGlothlin to have the kit- j' chen and dining room equipment In- ^ Btalled while the students are away v for the Christmas hoidays, so that the ^ first meal may be served In the new v dining room with the return of the boys from their vacation. ? 1 Bennettsville.?James Sweatt and a George McKinnon, both white, shot ]< each other to death. Sweatt died im- v mediately. McKinnon lived two hours, a McKinnon left with Sweatt's 19 .ft year old daughter. They had not mar- h rled, it is alleged. McKinnon and the p Sweatt gifl with several other per- ft sons were at the home of Tom Hair tl when James Sweatt walked into the v house and said that he wanted to see McKinnon. McKinnon arose, when both men commenced shooting at The p same time. They both us:1 32 Colt's j, six inch barrel pistols. Coroner T. F. g McRae held an inquest ovfer both q dead bodies. 1 C McCormick.?As a climax to the e Thanksgiving day celebration of 15 or 2 20 middled aged negroes, who gather- w ed at a vacant house on the farm of ^ F. A. Pruit, near Mt. Carmel, in the j, upper section of McCormck county, nine negroes are reported by Shoriff Milton R. LeRoy to be in a more or n less serious condition, suffering from 0 wounds inflicted by weapons of every 0 kind and description in the hands of ^ parties unknown. a 7 Darlington.?The official visit of Grand Master Sam T. Lanham and ^ Grand Secretary 0. Frank Hart to St. David's lodge, No. 72, was the occasion of the largest and most enthusi- q astic Masonic gathering ever held in this section of the state. Members tI of lodges throughout the Pee Dee d section were invited to ths meeting L and there were present about 400 d Masons. Chester.?W. P. Marion, cotton sta- g( tistician for Chester county, reports 22,577 bales of cotton ginned in Ches- ^ ter county up to November 4, thi3 y year, as compared with 24,468 for the same period last year. ^ To Give Ch-lstmas Tree. OafTney.?C. D. Meadows with the assistance of the women of Gaffney g( 1s preparing for a monster Christmas m tree which will be placed in Thomas gf park for the children of the town. The tree will have multi-colored elec- ^ trie lights, and the children are prac- m ticing Christmas carols which will be ^ sung after the English custom. Many g? people will for the first time in their fc' lives see a real Christmas tree, and hear carols sung by the children in accordance with the beautiful and ancient custom. ? m Consummation of Old Courtship. Laurens.?Judge of Probate 0. G. Thompson was called on the other ^ day to issue a marriage license to al Drayton C. Rhodes of Gray Court and a( Mrs. Mary Poole Garrett of Enoree, ^ and following the issuance of the certiflicate, the judge at the request of n< the couple immediately performed the ceremnoy uniting them in marriage. w The bridegroom is 72 years of age . and the bride 69, and it said that they were sweethearts when both were young and before their previous marriages. Io Barney Baruch's Mother Dead. Winnsboro.?F. A. DosPortes of WInnsboro received a telegram announcing the death in New York of his aunt, Mrs. Isabelle Wolfe Baruch, le mother of Bernard M. Baruch. Mrs. fl, Baruch had been ill a month and her ci death was not unexpected. th Mrs. Baruch's death brings a deep w, sense of grief to her many friends ai here, her girlhood home. After her marriage to Dr. Simon Baruch she re- w, moved to Camden and later to New j0 York where her husband became in? ternationally famous as a surgeop Se DISCUSS PLANS TO. RGHT BOIL WEEVIL EXPERTS ADDRESS MEMB^R8 OP 80UTHERN SOIL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE. MORE FOOD CROPS ARE URGED Program Recommended Includea Reduction in Cotton and Liberal use of Fertilizers on Food Crops. uoiumoia.'?Leading renuizer aeaisrs of the state, discussed how best to neet the boll weevil conditions next fear and to actively fight the pest limself at a meeting with the Southirn soil Improvement committee here ecently. A number of experts were lere to participate in the discussions. A reduction of cotton acreage, more .'eod crops and a liberal use of fertlizers were some of the fundamental >oints discussed and recommended in .he program adopted by the meeting, fertilizer dealers and representative* vere instructed how to inform the armers throughout the state of the >est methods in fighting the weevil. concerted fight by the picking up of iquares, dusting and other methods will be necessary next year, it wa? minted out by several speakers. Dr. J. N. Harper of Atlanta made ^ he opening address and then Capt. r. W. St. John of Columbia was placed n the chair as presiding officer. Dr. Jarper is director of the soil lmprovenent committee work. C. A. Whittle, "editorial managpr of he committee's work; D. D. Long, oil specialist; F. H. Jeter, also of the ttlanta committee; George A. Maloley of the Delta laboratory at Tulula, jSl., where the government is experinenting; C. FitzSimmons of Columiia, Capt. J. W. 6t. John, W. B. Best, ecretary of the Cotton Seed Crushers'' ? ssociatlon; Dr. A. E. Grantham of tichmond and others addressed the nesting. About 50 fertilizer men were n attendance. A similar meeting was held in Chareston the next day and a large num- . >er of fertilizer men and farmers rere in attendance as the low country ' as already been hard hit by the reevil. * Great Falls.?J. B. Duke, and party, fr. and Mrs. E. C. Marshall and Mr. # nd Mrs. C. L. Burkholder of Char>tte, arrived here in Mr. Duke's prlat$ car, and the party is leaving on special for Charlotte by the Way of lonroe. Messrs. Marshall and Burkolder are officers in the Southern 'ower company, and are here with Ir. Duke looking over the location of . ie new power plant, on which work rill commence within a few weeks. Florence.?Approximately 7,500,000 * ounds of tobacco have been signed 1 South Carolina under the contracts f the Tri-State Tobacco Growers' !o-operative Marketing association, '. B. Young, secretary of the South K arolina Tobacco association announc- d. This reprsents between 27 and 8 per cent of the minimum amount rhich must be signed in this state > make the contract vaild and bindlg upon all signatoies. Coumbia?State highway departlent officials were asked by Daytona fflcers to be on the lookout for anyne attempting to register a Dodge wring car with motor number 308204 nd Forida license number 2437-C. his car was stoen by a party or pares that murdered Jospeh M. Med- . urry, a taxi driver of Daytona. 1 Greer.?At a recent meeting of the reenville County Teachers' associaon. W. H. Ward, superintendent of le Greer schools, was elected presi- , ent of the county organization with . P. Hollis of Greenville, vice-presiant, and E. 3. Shockley, secretary. Florence. ? District Governor Jo- * ?ph A .Turner, of the Seventh dis ict of Rotary clubs, comprising orth Carolina, South Carolina and Iringia, made an official visit to le Florence Rotary club and was reeted by an enthusiastic meeting. M Interested In Peach Growing. Marion.?In the effort to find a sub- M itute for cotton, a group of young ? en of this place have become inter- I ited in peach growing and are setng out 70 acres of tress in tho Tee ee sand hill section, about eight lies from here. The orchard is to 3 operated cooperatively, although ich man is to have a separate deed >r a certain part of it. ' * The Pee Dee Peach farm is the ime chosen for this new enterprise is located within a quartc of a lie of Pee Dee Station. * >' Canture Still and Men. j Union.?Rural Policemen an* Mc- j aniel and Lawson captured a still of )out 50 gallons capacity on the maclam road on the Beaty place. They jstroyed the still and two barrels of ash and arrested Spence Thompson, ?gro. Another capture made Saturday as a still In operation on the Smith ace. about eight miles east of Union vned by "Buddy" Smith. He and 'alter Haney were arrested while jeratlng the still which was 50 raln capacity. Arbor Day at Cheraw. Cherw.?Arbor day was celebrated ire under the aucplces of the Civic ague. After the exercises in the hall re oaks, commemorating the five leraw boys, who gave their lives in ^ I e world war, were planted on the I alk bordering "The Green" by the nerican Legion and the Boy Scouts. * I The men in whose honor the trees J| ?re planted were Lieut. W. A. Muly. Leut. D. 0. Spencer, Corp. Hubert 1 jrrell, Corp. Thomas Bundy and * I .... r_ i