Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, January 12, 1922, Image 3
THE WEEK'S EVENTS i
IMPORTANT NEWS OF STATE. NATION
AND THE WORLD
BRIEFLY TOLD
ROUND ABOUUHE WORLD
A Condensed Record Of Happening*
Of Interest From All Points
Of The World
Foreign?
The number of persons killed in the
explosion oq the Greek torpedo boat
destroyer Leon at Piraeus is now given
as twen*y-one, with forty-tvo injured.
The explosion occurrec while
a number of the crew were handling a
submarine tomb.
The allied supreme council has approved
unanimously the calling of au
international- economic conference to
"K<-? nnrfmmotAH in hv normanv and
}'aiiui^uivu v?v.
Russia. I
American Ambassador Harvey bo 1
England, who is in attendance at the
meeteing of the allied supreme coun- i
cil in Cannes, France, says he will ^
" jump the fence" when he comes to
it, which is interpreted to mean that j
he is merely an'onlooker.
Marquis Okunja, the "grand old <
man of Japan,'' wns one of the most <
distinguished men of the island em- \
pire from the period of the restoration \
until the present day. Twice premier
of Japan. Okuma was in office when <
the famous "twenty-one demands" ]
were made upon China, and it was fol- |
lowing the agitation which resulted ]
from those demands that his ministry {
resigned. Ho was succeeded by
Field Marshal Count Terauchi. 1
The director of the American relief 1
administration in Russia, who has been t
in England, has returned to Russia by !
way of Riga, optimistic over the twen- I
ty million dollar grain appropriation
by the United States congress. ]
The last effort of the dail eireann <
in Ireland to bring about an agree- '
ment oythe Anglo-Irish treaty failed, i
Other efforts will be made. 1
Princess Joachim of Prussia, daughter-in-law
of the former emperor, is 1
suing the ex-kaiser 'for support, con- i
tending that the laws of the Hohen- !
zollerns entitles her to support. Her <
husband suicided in 1920. 1
Count Laszlo Szechnyi has been ap- 1
pointed Hungarian minister to the '
United States. His wife was formerly
Miss Gfadys M. Vanderbilt of New s
York City. ]
A bomb was exploded among the <
crowd listening to a band in the mar- i
ket plare at Dinkelsbuehl, Bavaria, on 1
New Year's Eve, Injuring fifty per-11
sons, twenty of them seriously. Tfcp I
thrower of the bomb was a youth.
Demands by the Russian Soviet government
that Finland withdraw all support
of the revolution in Karelia have
been agreed to by the Finnish government.
Washington?
The federal reserve board says that
a decided improvement in European
exchanges has tended to some extent
to help the foreign trade situation, but
extreme caution in the extension of
bank credits still continues.
Purchase of over three million bushels
of corn for the relief of the Russian
sufferers is announced in Washington
on authority of the commissioner
of agriculture of South Dakota.
Continued upward movement of
business and the graduation restoration
of normal conditions are indicated
in the comparison of reports of
last month with those of the corresponding
month of 1920, according to
the December review of the economic
situation issued by the federal reserve
beard.
Ex-Senator Marion Butler of North
Carolina has forwarded Secretary of
War Weeks an offer from capitalists
whom he represents for the government
nitrate plant located at Muscle
Shoals, Ala., and seeks an apointment
with the secretary to talk over
the matter.
Hierome L. Opie, major of the third
baitiion. 116th Infantry, who has been >
in the limelight for several weeks, i
charged with having war tonly shot <
down Ameriean soldiers overseas, ap- '
peared before the investigating committee
and vigorously denied the allegations.
'
Unanimous agreement has been reg- )
istered by the five powers in the arms <
conference upon Articles I und II 1
of the original Root resolutions (now ]
arranged in three articles) regarding 1
submarine warfare, with but minor al- <
terations. These resolutions, providing
for an invitation to the rest of ]
the world to follow the "big five," em- 1
brace subscription to a restatement of i
international law governing rules of
submarine operation against merchant t
vessels. But by far the most import- <
ant action was unanimous adoption of i
the original Article 11, now known as
Article Hi. 1
Fear that many weevils will hibernate
in the weevil-infested territory
in Texas and reappear in large num- i
bers in the spring, has been express- i
ed in reports to the department of (
agriculture, and it was said that the :
national agrieujtural conference i
which is to meet in Washington soon ;
will give serious consideration to this
subject. i
A uniform re-discount rate in all
federal reserve bank districts would
be compulsory under a bill introduced
by Senator Harris, Democrat, Geor- :
gia. j'
Grade crossings will be eliminated
wherever possible and replaced with
l.ridces or underpass on all roads of
the federal aid highway system to be ;
constructed under the federal high- i
way act. the bureau of public roads
of the department of agriculture an- <
nounced recently.
Lessened demand generally for bills <
of acceptance but a somewhat broader
activity was reported by the fed- i
eral reserve board in a year-end stir-1 ]
vev of conditions in the acceptance i
markets of the twelve reserve dis- ]
tricts. j
The government s att:t..:le on tne
V.estion of freeing the half a hundred
members of the I. W. W. still in
prison for violations of war laws remains
unchanged, Attorney General
Daugherty said.
Practical completion of the report
to be submitted by the committee of
naval experts to the navel committee
jf the armament conference and
igreement of the subcommittee on
Chinese tariff on a 5 per cent effective
basis were two important develjpments
in the conference situation.
The" agreement for an increase of
Chinese tariff rates to an effective
five per cent was adopted by the nine
conference powers sitting as a committee
on Far Eastern questions.
Senator Truman H. Newberry, of
Michigan, will speak in his own belalf
from the floor of the senate
vhen that body decides whether or
tot he is to retain his seat.
The American proposal to prohibit
lse of submarines against merchant
vessels, now the predominant issue of
he arms negotiations, has been accepted
Jn principle by France, but
ler delegates have reserved rinai apiroval
pending a discussion of the
precise language of the declaration.
Domestic?
Three workmen were killed and six
njured, two perhaps mortally, by an
iccldental explosion of powder in the
Shandaken tunnel in the Ashokan resjrvoir
district, about 35 miles from
lore, according to word received in
Kingston, N. Y.
The Eufaula Hardware company, a
:hree-story brick building owned by
Foy Brothers, Eufaula, Ala., was completely
destroyed by fire, the total
oss amounting to two hundreil thousand
dollars.
^ federal prohibition agent beset by
lotel guests unaware of his identity
vas saved from personal injury when
he orchestra of the Highland hotel,
Springfield, Mass., played "The StarSpangled
Banner."
J. D. Smith of Lamar, Miss., was
tilled and his son, C. D. Smith, serijusly
injured when the automobile in
vhich they were riding was struck by
i Southern railway train at Ridge;vay,
Tenn.
W. H. Sproul, a restaurant employe,
tvas burned to death and property and
nerchandise valued at approximately
&90.000 were destroyed in a fire which
iriginated in the three-story Nichols
building in the business district of
Dyersbury, Tenn., and spread to sev
?ral adjacent buildings.
The United States transport Henderson
has arrived at the navy yard at
Portsmouth, N. H., with 83 naval prisuners
from the Pacific fleet. Officers
reported than 17 prisoners had made
their escape since the vessel left San
Prancisco, ten having jumped overboard
when the ship was going
through the Panama canal and the remainder
making their escape at points
in the Pacific coast where the vesspl
3topped. ^
John Soffel. president of the Maywood
State bank, in the suburbs of
Chicago, was shot and killed, and Lou-t
s S. Sweeney, chief of police of the
suburb, and Arthur Bensont> a bank
messenger, were wounded when five
jandits robbed them of a $12,000 payroll
for the Maywood plant of the
American Can company.
It is reported by the executive secretary
of the Socialist party, headquarters
in Chicago, that Eugene V. Debs'
health will not permit him, at this
time, to make a speaking tour.
The entire group of sixteen individuals
and tour "drug companies," indicted
by the United States grand jury
in New York in connection with the
sensational revelations of graft in the
idministration of the Volstead act in
N'ew York, will probably enter a demurrer
to the indictmentIt
is announced in New Orleans that
the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers'
association will fight any tariff on vegetable
oils, and will present resolu
tions to the senate finance committee
inent same in the near future.
It is announced that Birmingham,
Ala., will have another great steel
plant. It will be capitalized at a half
million dollars.
Unification of international standards
of antitoxins serums has been begun
on a large scale by the League
af Nations health committee, according
to detailed plans received at New
York recently.
Ralph, Culver Bennett, doctor of
civil laws, doctor of laws, bachelor of
art and president of the Metropolitan
College of Law, at Dover, Del., qualified
as a full-fledged absent-minded
professor when he was arraigned in
Washington Height police court on a
charge of assault.
Eldorado, Ark., is being thoroughly
policed in an effort to locate the firebug
who recently attempted to burn
the business section of the town.
Barring an eleventh-hour change
Governor Sproull will appoint ex-Governor
Edwin S. Stuart as United
States senator to succeed the late
Boes Penrose it was learned on reliable
authority.
A majority of physicians in 19
states, representing all .lections of
the country, replying to an alcoholic
questionnaire sent out by the journal
of the American Medical association,
assert that they did not regard beer
and wine a necessary therapeutic
acents in the nractire nf
The ease with which the affairs of |
the Fort Dearborn National and Fort
Dearborn Trust and Savings banks
were handled by financial leaders in
Chicago proved a source of confidence
among bank patrons throughout that
city.
Working women will go as far as
any women in tiie world for full ;
rights with men, Ethel .M. Sniitlj, I
secretary of the National Legislative I
committee of the Women's Trade i
Union league, told delegates of the |
eastern states conference on women
in industry, in session at Newark, N.
J.
Mementos tracing the life of Theo- |
tlore Roosevelt from childhood to his ;
last days as ex-president of the Unit- '
ed States went on display at the pub- I
lie library recently, the third anni- I
versary of his death.
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1?Mugtapha Kenial Pasha, 'furkisl
onstrating against alleged Polish oppi
for tin? lower Colorado river basin, u
NEWS REVIEW OF,
,CURRENT EVENTS
Arms Conference Receives the
Completed Program for
Naval Reduction.
"SUB" TONNAGE NOT LIMITED
Chita Delegates Reveal Alleged Franco-Japanese
Secret Alliance?Allied
Supreme Council at Cannes?Bitter
Debate Over Irish Treaty
in Dail Eireann.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
firiTIl Its work almost completed,
* * so far as It can be, the armament
conference at Washington met in
plenary session at the close of the
week arid heard a report of the program
for naval reduction and limitation
as completed by the naval committee
and Its corps of experts. The
treaty for u ten-year naval holiday to
be entered Into by the five principal
powers of the world was presented,
together with the technical details
for carrying it out.
As finally decided upon, the agreement
is not so drastic in Its plan for
reductions as was proposed by the
American delegation, but the fact remains
that It puts an end, for n decade,
to the navy building race that
threatened (o swamp the taxpayers of
several nations, and it is admittedly
a great step toward world peace.
Modifications of the original plan resulted
ft slight increases in the tonnage
limits, and it is asserted these
changes really strengthen relatively
the American navy.
For the United States. Great Ilrltain,
Japan, France and Italy, the capital
ship ratio Is 5-5-3-1.67-1.07. The tonnage
allowed America and Britain is raised
from 500,(KM) to 525,000 each, and that
of the others is proportionately Increased.
France is permitted to build
a limited number of capital ships during
the ten-year period, and Great
Britain may construct two 37,000-ton
vessels of the Hood type. France
won out In her contentions concerning
submarines and auxiliary craft. No
limit is placed on the aggregate tonnage
of these vessels, but their maximum
size and gun caliber is fixed. A
limit of 10.0U0 tons each Is put on auxiliary
ships and light cruisers, and
their guns are not to exceed eight
Inches. The ratio for airplane carriers
is to he 5-5-3-2.22-2.22 and the
maximum tonnage for the two largest
powers 135,000. These vessels are
limited to u tonnage of 27.000 each,
and their gun caliber Is restricted.
American naval officers, it is asserted,
rejoiced over Japan's successful
demand that she be allowed to retain
the dreadnaught Mutsu and
France's persistence regarding submarines
and auxiliary ships. In both
cases the necessary adjusfments redounded
to the relative strengthening
of America's navy. It retains two almost
completed dreadnaughts, and it
will have almost as great a tonnage
in submarines as it first proposed Instead
of only 00,000 tons, the point
to which the American delegates were
about to recede when tjreat Britain
asked the abolishing of tiie U-boat.
The British announced that if France
had a great submarine fleet, they must
be permitted to build as many auxiliary
cruisers as they wished, and It is nowagreed
America will equal the British
fleet In every respect.
At this writing there appears to he
little flouht of the approval hy the
conference of the Hoot resolutions declaring
the employment of suhmariiies
against commerce as piracy, and Mr.
Balfour's amendment under which the
banning of submarine operations
against merchantmen shall become Immediately
effective as amotig the five
major powers.
JAPAN and China, through their
delegates, resumed the interrupted
"conversations" over the Shantung issue.
but so far as is now known they
did not make notable progress toward
an agreement. The arrangen#*nts for
payment by China for the KiaochowSEES
RECOVERY OF POLAND!
American Business Man, Who Has j
Investigated, Says That Country
Is Returning to Normal.
New York.?Poland will he one of
!lie nisi iniiiiii'ii's m i-cnmii r<nni|n- i
'u ?vor from iIm* otVorts of tin* wjir, I
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"ssion of their countrymen. 3-^-Propc
project which the Department of the
Tsinnnfu railway were still the sticking
point. Japan persists in her demand
that Chinese borrow the necessary
funds from Japanese bankers,
which, as lias been explained, would
mean a continuation of Japanese control
of the road's operation. It was
hoped, however, that this Shantung
mntterVould he settled early this week
through the "good offices" of Messrs.
Hughes and Balfour.
THE delegation from the Far Eastern
republic, not being given a
hearing by the conference, created
something of a sensation by giving to
the press copies of alleged secret notes
and treutles revealing a military and
political alliance between France and
Japan for the purpose of establishing
Japanese domination in Siberia and
stabilizing French Interests in Itussiu,
and to frustrate America's policy in
the Far East. The documents were
declared to he fabrications, by both
the French and the Japanese delegations,
and the United States government
stated it has no official Information
concerning any such agreement.
But it is asserted there are in
the flies of the State department reports
from American observers In a
generul way confirming the allegations
of the Chita representatives, and
there is talk of a senatorial Investigation
into the Siberiun situation.
Later in the week the Chita delegates
produced another document, this
*' Kohraan tha
llult* ull nur^cu uraij utm vcii uiv
Japanese army In Siberia and Kussinn
officers connected with Semen off,
anti-Bolshevist lender, whereby the
Japanese agreed to support with arms
and money an offensive against the
Chita republic. Baron Kato, in reply,
admitted that a former Japanese
cabinet paid Semenoff a certain amount
of ca9h to keep him in the field.
\
SENATOR IIIRAM JOHNSON In an
address In Sun Francisco set forth
In considerable detail his objections to
the Pacific ?eace treaty agreed to by
the arms conference. He especially
dislikes Article 2, which lie thinks as
had as Article 10 of the League of
Nations. Senator McNary of Oregon
thinks the treaty offers a tine chance
for settling the Philippines problem
and when it comes before the senate
he will offer this reservation:
"The United States agrees within
fwo years to grant complete independence
to the people of the Philippine
islands, provided the hlgfh contracting
parties will obligate t#emselves to respect
the political independence and
territorial integrity of the Philippine
nation."
ITERANCE'S attitude in the Washing
" ton conference had Its reflection in
the conference of the allied premiers
In Cannes, France, for the purpose of
discussing German reparations and
the economic welfare of Europe generally.
Lloyd George went there apparently
with the Intention of making
the Improvement of Franco-British relations
dependent on Briand's consent
to plans for the economic rehabilitation
of Germany and IJussIa. Briand
and his staff were pledged to make
France's reconstruction the basis for
the rebuilding of Europe, but they
found that they had the full support
of Belgium alone. In an Interview In
the London "Daily Mall Briand proposed
a defensive alliance between
Great Britain and France, and In a
preliminary talk with Lloyd George he
suggested that such an alliance was
the only way In which the two nations
could avoid a controversy over
submarines and naval strength. It was
said the Britisli premier rebuffed the
suggestion, and there is good reason
to believe the British public would
not stand for an alliance until France
has made considerable concessions, especially
concerning Germany and
Russia.
Ambassador Harvey Is present at
the Cannes conference, but only in
the capacity of official observer, for
th?? United States has no vote hiic!
lias taken the position that it will enter
European affairs only when its
interests directly are Involved. While
not concerned in the plans for payment
of the reparations money or for
a moratorium for (Jerniany. the United
Slates is decidedly interested in the
proposal of a consortium for the reconstruction
of central ami eastern
Europe because it involves the matters
of markets and raw materials. The
abroad. "My confidence in Poland."
lie declared. "Is based on the good balance
<ut(l quality of Its natural resources
and the Industry of its people,
beginning with the year 1P22, she will
have surplus food, oil, coal, textiles,
steel and timber available for export.
"Poland was the best informed about
Russia of nil the countries I found. I
gained the Impression from numerous
conversations with Poles just returned
from Russia, that the soviet gover inent
is In no danger of disappearing,
und thut the future of Russia will be
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!?Ukrainians of New York city Hem- &
sed site of the Boulder Canyon dam
Interior has taken up. a
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meeting of the allied supreme council
was opened on Thursday.
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T"\EBATE on the Irish treaty was nl- 31
most overshadowed In Dublin by n
the kidnaping, presumably by supporters
of De Vnlera, of A. B. Kay, correspondent
of the London Times, and r<
by a hot discussion In the Dail Eireann w
concerning the freedom of the press, ^
provoked by an attack on the Freeman's
Journal because it advocated
ratification of the pact. The corre- *'
spondents united in a demand that Mr. '
Kay he released and that a public ^
apology for his kidnaping be made in
the Dall Eireann.
The strength of the opposition to
the peace treaty in the Dail Eireann
when it reassembled after the holidays d
was unexpected. De Valera, Countess c'
Markiewicz and many others denounced
the pact bitterly and were not at all Cl
abashed by the arguments of Its sup- c
porters. On Wednesday De Valera t<
Issued a proclamation to the "People c
of Ireland" and also circulated copies b
of the "Document No. 2" shorn of ?
several of Its clauses. This latter 81
was I>e Valera's proposed alternative
pact, and a tierce debate at once arose $
over whether it should be considered ti
as an amendment to the treaty and
voted on first, as De Valera wished, tl
or whether a vote should first be taken c'
on the treaty and, If It were unfavor- c
able, then on the alternative. In the Cl
course of the row De Valera shouted *
that he was "going to move this amend- tl
inent at my own time and in ray own d
way," and when reminded this was a 31
matter for the chair to decide he c'
hotly retorted: "I am the president
here and I am going to make ray own T
rules of procedure In my own way
and at my own time." ^
The alternative Is not vastly dlf- n
ferent from the treaty arranged In a
London. It provides that the legisla- S
ture, executive and Judicial authority d
of Ireland shall be derived solely from 8(
the people of Ireland ; that for the pur- h
pose of common concern Ireland shall n
be associated with the states of the a
British empire, with rights, status and tl
privileges In no respect less than those tl
states, and that for the purposes of
the association Ireland shall recognize t<
his Britannic majesty as head of the T
association. Most of the other terms f<
are similar to those of the treaty. ?
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THE death of Senator Boies Penrose "
of Pennsylvania not only deeply a
grieved his many friends and udmirers.
It also caused considerable dismay 1
among those who do not approve of ^
the so-called agricultural bloc in the
senuie. For Penrose was chairman w
of the senate finance committee and
If the system of seniority is adhered ^
to his successor in that place of power J
will be Senator McCumber of North P
Dakota, one of the charter members ts
of the bioc. Penrose also* was
recognized as the leader of the con- ^
servatlve element In the senate, and A
. in tills position he Is succeeded by a
Senator Watson of Indiana. ^
Gov. W. C. Sproul of Pennsylvania 1
was urged by some Republicans to re- ^
sign and accept appointment to till ^
out Penrose's unexpired term, but this J
he declined to do.
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DRESIDEN'T and Mrs. Harding re- ^
* vived the custom of holding a New
Year's reception to the public, and alt g
official Washington followed suit by
keeping open house on Monday. Among
the callers at the White House and
gue^i at the diplomatic breakfast was y
Dr. Karl Lang, the newly arrived Ger- ^
man charge d'affaires.
An
("CORDING to a New York newspaper.
Postmaster Will Hays has j,
accepted the position of director gen- j(
eral of the National Association of the p
Motion Picture Industry which was
offered him some time ago. It Is said f.(
Ids contract is for three years at a jr
salary of $130,000 a year. The association
embraces in its membership q
all the motion picture producers in the
country.
Pi
Cl'TTIXtl down the estimates of ^
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes tf,
by $7o().(KK), the house uppropriations ^
committee recommended the appropria- p
tlon of .$S?.2o().(KHl for prohibition enforcemetit
during the next fiscal year. y(
This will provide for the employment ^
of about .Noo more agents. Mr. Haynes
also wanted $."30,000 to Increase the
salaries of agents to keep them honest, j
hut this the committee refused ^
in the evolution of the present govern- N
inent to sidt the dictates and aspirations
of the masses. cl
"Future trade with Russia depends 'r
the existence of a government
whlrh can be depended upon to honor
Its contracts .and concessions." a'
He >aid that, while people were dy- L,
inp in I he fainine-strlrken Volga <listrlrf,
there is siir|iliis in the t'krnine, ^
hut the Ukrnlninn peasant cannot he ^
induced to part with it, saving the p{
Volga region ran pive him nothing ^
that he really wants Lu return.
iUGHT DECREASE i
FOR AUTOMOBILES;
IGURES COMPILED BY SECRE- "
TARY OF HIGHWAY COMMISSION
SHOW DECLINE. J
I
<
HttNVILLt liUUNIT IN LtAII !
i
lore Motor Trucks In Richland Coun- I
ty?Sale License Tags Amounted
to $741,144.79 For 1921.
Columbia. |
During the past year South Carolina
id 83,349 automobiles and 7,197
ucks as compared with 93,843 autolobiles
and trucks in 1920, according
) complete figures for the year just
losed, compiled by L. H. Thomas,
scretary of the state highway com- |
iission.
This total of 90,546 for the year is ,
decrease from 1920 of 3,297 marines.
A significant fact here also
i that only 75,000 automobiles, auto
ucks, motorcycles and bicycles were
iturned for taxation throughout the
tate in 1921, indicating that some ^
lachines are "missing in action" or
illen by the wayside.
Greenville county leads in the total .
sgistration with 6,834 automobiles
hile Richland county comes second
rith 5,734 and Spartanburg is a close
lird with 5,518.
Richand leads with trucks, having
37 as compared with Charleston with ,
56. This county also takes first rank
t the number of motorcycles with
38. Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun and
asper have no motorcycles, accordlg
to the registration figures.
Only 59 trailers , were registered
uring ,the year while 669 dealers proured
licenses.
Total receipts from the sale of 11enses
for 1321 reached $741,114.79. .
>f this figure $587,056.07 went back
) the countries uncler the 80 per cent
All a# +Viia fnn?l hoc nlrnaHv
IftMCC. nil \JL lino 1UUU 14UO uuvwu;
een distributed except the last quarjr
total of $5,525.98, which is being
ent to the counties this week.
The average price for licenses was
7.2G for automobiles and $16.71 for
rucks.
The county of Greenville leads In
ie amount received from the license
ollections under the eighty per cent
lause'with $49,552.38 returned to that
ou&ty while Richland comes second
rlth $46,186.43 and Spartanburg is
bird with $39,226.46. Charleston
rew a total of $38,399.87 and Anderm
536.0fi9.64, while Orangeburg reeived
$23,629.76.
o Discuss Weevil Menace.
Special from Sumter ? Arrange,
tents were completed here for a
leetlng to be held on January 21 for
discussion of ways and means of
rowing cotton under boll weevil conitions.
F. H. Jeter, representing the
oil improvement committee of Atinta,
spent the day here and at Waning
arranging for meetings. These
re to be part of a series to be held
irough the central part of the state,
ie first to be at Aiken January 16. :
E. I. Reardon. secretary of the Sum;r
Chamber of Commerce, and A. E.
'isdals will have charge of planning
or the meeting in Sumter. Dr. /E. S.
tooth, president of the Chamber of
!ommert:e, will preside. The meetlg
will be held at the court house
t 10 a. m. January 21.
At Manning plans were made for
ie meeting on January 23 at 10 a. m.
!. R. Sprott, A. L. Luce and F. M.
hope, editor of the Manning Times,
dll assist in the plans.
Dr. George A. Maloney, government
oil weevil expert of Tallulah.'La., Dr.
. N. Harper, of Atlanta, and other
rominent southern agriculturists will
ike part in each program.
Meetings to be held in South Carona
and thfc dates are as follows:
.iken. January 16; Blackville, Janury
17; Barnwell, January 17; Allenale.
January 18; Denmark, January
8; Orangeburg, January 19; St. Matlews
January 20; Sqjnter, January
1; Manning, January 23; Bishopville,
anuary 23; Florence, January 24;
arlington, January 24; Cheraw, Janarv
26; Bennettsville, January 27;
lillon, January 27; Marion, January (
8.
tate Gets Government Money.
Special from Washington.?Govern* (
lent money amounting to $7,533,073 j
as poured into South Carolina last (
ear prior to January 1, as aid in the ,
olding, moving, marketing and ex- ;
nrtation of agricultural products. An- ,
ouncement was made by* the war |
nance corporation to Representative ,
ames F. Byrnes. The money was
>aned through the local committee at ]
olumbia. Mr. Byrnes was gratified ,
) learn that South Carolina had re- ,
aived more than its pro rata share (
mnsMpration of cultivated acreage. ,
ardner Quits National Guard. I
Upon his own request, the resignaon
of Capt. John H. Gardner, Com- (
any L, 118th infantry. S. C. N\ G.,
artsville. was accepted by the arju- (
tnt general. First Lieut. Edwin L. ,
ughes. Company G. 118th infantry. S. (
. NT. G.. Greenville, was extended fed- (
*al recognition. Capt. Ben. M. Saw- ]
?r. ordnance state staff .orps and de- (
irtment. was extended federal rec- ,
;nitlon. Sergt. Norman J. Keisler (
as commissioned second lieutenart j
' Company E. listh infantry> S. C. .
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lursing Force Has Good Year.
At the present time the bureau of
tiild hygiene and puonc neann nurs- ,
ig, under the supervision of Mrs. ,
uth Dedd, has a staff of 42 nurses. ,
lese being supported by various (
?encies. County appropriations have (
?en made in 11 counties. Local Red j
ross chapters contribute to the sup- ,
art of 16 nurses and seven are em- (
loyed by cotton mills. Other agenes
rendering support are the Metro- |
alitan Life Insurance company, tu- }
erculosis committees, chambers of (
jmmerce, women's clubs. t
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Personal Coods Insret-t* In Value.
An increase of $8,997,814 in the to:al
value of all taxable personal property
in South Carolina for 1921 over
1920 is reported in, the abstracts of
:ounty auditors to the comptroller
general. In 1920 the total value of all
:axable personal property was $176,193,281,
as against $185,491,095 for the
rear just closed, the returns of the
luditors sh(jw.
The abstracts contain some interesting
figures on personal property.
The returns for 1921 3how that South.
Carolina has 209,594 mules valued at
112,612,725, as against 209,674 in 1920
it avalue of $14,738,700. These figures
indicate that the mule population
?lightly decreased during 1921.
A total of 70,183 horses was returned
throughout the state and they
were valued at $3,722,861, as against
74,582 as a value of $4,373,353. The
horse population also decreased during
the past year, according to the
returns. ?
As for donkies, jacks, ponies and
colts, they geem to have disappeared
rapidly, only 4,290 being returned for
1921, aeainst 9,260 for 1920. The
value of these donkeys, jacks, ponies
and colts in 1921 was $119,396, as
compared with $459,689 in 1920.
Cattle also decreased from 312,896
In 1920 to 290,725 for the year just
closed. The value of cattle in 1920
was $5,577,973, and in 1921 it was
only $4,455,970.
Sheep and goats also lost out with
a total for 1921 of 23,997 and a value
of $36,329, as compared with 31,951
in 1920 and a value of $50,840.
Hogs dropped considerably in number
for the year with a total returned
of 245,931 and a value of $1,052,110,
as compared with 340,863 and a
value of $1,629,872 for 1920.
Carriages, wagons, carts, buggies,
drays and trucks numbered 222,759
for the year just ended and were valued
at $3J540,929, as against a total
of 241.528 and a value of $4,633,597
In 1920.
Automobiles, auto trucks, motorcycles
and bicycles Jumped to 75.611
at a value of $16,329,980, as compared
with 63,510 at a value of $15,137,236
for the year 1920. While this is a
big increase, there are still a large I
number of motor vehicles "missing,"
as the state highway department has
licensed approximately 185,000 machines
in the state for 1921, not including
bicycles, and when this is considered
it is noted that a considerable
number of the motor vehicles must
be out of commission, dead or absent
without leave.
Only 7,321 gold or silver watches,
jewelry and silver plate were returned
at a value of $213,280, which
wovld indicate that very few gold ,
watches are hanging around in pockets.
In 1920 a total of 8,124 gold or
silver watches, jewelry and silver
plate was returned at a value of $231,304.
For the past year Charleston
reported the largest number, with
480, while Jasper tailed the list with
seen.
Household furniture was returned
at a value of $12,136,627, while the
value of office furniture or shop equipment
was given at $794,715. Both
these items were only slight decreases
from 1920.
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Slow In Paying tate Taxes.
State taxes are being paid extremely
slowly throughout South Carolina, according
to records of Sam T. Carter,
state treasurer. Up to January 5 the
treasurer had received only $95,888.39
of 1921 taxes on a total assessment of
$5,429,887.20.
This amount Is a decrease over the
sum received last year up to the corresponding
date, January 5. Through
the close of 1920, December 31, a total
of $728'.914.63 had been received
and for the first five days of 1921 a
total of $595,841.89 was received on
1920 taxes.
For the first five days of 1922 a total
of $460,382.75 has been received on
1921 taxes. The tax books are open
from October 15 to December 31 and *
then a penalty of 1 per cent is added.
According to the figures of Mr. Carter
the people of the state are not
rushing to pay taxes. Mr. Carter said
that the amount received so far on
1921 taxes was about 66 per cent of
the figure received on the same date
last year. *
Last year the time for paying taxes
was extended by the legislature and
it is understood that a lot of people
think an extension will be granted this
year. A good deal of confusion and
inconvenience was caused last year
by the extension, according to state
officials.
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University Prepares For Swln.
Jack Crawford has been chosen
coach of the first swimming team to
be put out by the University of South
Carolina and has taken charge of the
3quad of 30 candidates. Practice ia
being held daily at the Mills Y. M.
C. A. A. pool is in preparation for the
first South Carolina intercollegiate
swimming meet, scheduled for January
IS at the mills pool. Four colleges
bave entered and the meet is expected
to be a great success. Colleges entered
are the Citadel, College of Charles-,
ton. Clemson and the university,
sity. ,
Letters on Tax Program.
C. W. Coker, president of the South
Carolina Taxpayers' association, and
lohn I. Rice, secretary, are sending
jut letters to all the Rotary and Kisvanis
clubs in the state, Chambers of
Commerce, commercial organizations,
if all kinds and to prominent citizens
ailing their attention to the program
if tax reform that the association is
rvine to nut over and asking their
o-operationjn the work. Resolutions
n favor of thp progral will materially
issist in getting the program through
:he legislature.
Tells of Work of Laboratory.
During the past year 731 persons
ipplied for the Pasteur treatment at
he state laboratory, according to the
tnnual report of F. A. Coward, in
harge of the laboratory. "Our state
an now claim the distinction," says
[)r. Coward in the report, "af having
?xactly two citizens bitten by mad
logs on every day of the year.
During the year 485 animals have
>een examined for rabies and 260 have
)een found rabid. There were no failires
in immunization in the cases
.rented. the reDort savs. /
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