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HAYS TO BE HEAD OF MOVIE INDUSTRY POSTMASTER GENERAL WILL RETIRE FROM HARDING'S CABINET SOON. NOT YET SIGNED CONTRACT Date of His Retirement From Cabinet Depends Largely on the Wishes or His Prospective Employers. Washington. ? Intention of Postmaster General Hays to retire from the cabinet in the near future to become the directing head of motion picture producers and distributors, was 'announced at the White House at the conclusion of a conference between President Harding and the postmaster general. President Harding, in a statement, declared he could not "well interpose any objection to Mr. Hays retiring from the cabinet to take up a work so Important," while Mr. Hayb, stating he had decided to accept the offer of the motion picture Interests, made it clear that as yet no contract had been executed. The postmaster general, however, expressed confidence that a satisfactory contract could be agreed upon. Representatives of motion picture producers and distributors hav^ been negotiating for the services of the postmaster general for some time and are understood to have outlined to Mr. Hays what they wish him to undertake. Within a few days he expects to confer again with them, probably in New York, and unless something unforeseen takes place, it is expected that a contract will be signed at the meeting. The date of his retirement from the cabinet, Mr. Hays said, would depend largely on the wishes of his prospective employers. He declared, however, he would not give up his government duties until.the President has had time to select his successor. It was said at tlie wnite Mouse iaai nuiuing would be done toward selection of a new postmaster general until Mr. Hays had formally tendered his resignation. The President personally gave out the following statement: "The postmaster general and I haVe been discussing at considerable length the proposal which has been made to him to become the head of a national I association of motion picture producers and distributors. If the arrangement proves to be, when the details are worked out, what it seems to be, I cannot well interpose any ' objection to Mr. Hays retiring from the cabinet to take up a work so important. It is too great an opportunity for a helpful public service for him to refusa" "I shall be more than sorry to have him retire from the cabinet, where he has already made so fine a > record, but we have agreed to look upon the situation from the broadest viewpoint and seek the highest public good." Mr. Hays made this statement: "With the President's consent I hav* decided to -undertake the work suggested by the motion picture producers and distributors. _.o contract has been executed as yet. I am assuming, of course, that^a satisfactory con tract will be possible and one which will make certain the carrying out of the high purposes contemplated by mis great muusu;. , Oil Town is in Flames. Dallas. Texas. ? Mexia, the southwest's greatest oil town, was swept by Are. The loss was variously estimated at between $250,000 and $1,000,000. The fire started in a downtown building. Water pressure failed almost completely under the demands of the fire department. Woman Killed by Airplane. Red Bank. N. J.?A runaway airplane. starting from the ice. crashed j into a crowd of several hundred skat- j ers on the Shrewsbury river, killed Mrs. Anna C. E. Hounihan. severtd the right arm of her brother. Lawrence Conly. of Middletown, and slightly injured many others. Rescued From Watery Grave. New York.?Without food or water for two days, and during that time lashed to the cabin hatch of their fraft tn nrpvpnt their V* Mav ?vr r being washed overboard by mountainous seas, Capt. V. M. Cole and seven members of the crew of the American schooner James M. W. Hall arrived here on the steamship West Canon, which rescued them 250 miles southeast of Cape May. N. J., after they had virtually abandoned hope of ever being picked up alive. Woman's Party in South. Washington.?Alice Paul's cavalry brigade it ready for a sure enough invasion of the South. The first outriders will leave here this week. The purpose of this movement on the "Solid South." as announced from the national woman's party headquarters, is "to assist the southern state chairmen" in their campaign for equal rights legislation." A big meeting of the national council of the party will be held here, when definite plans for action in the various states will be discussed. I Opposition From Southern Women. New York.?Organizations seeking enactment of legislation giving women equal rignis as prupei i? u?uci o ??v. in politics. and changing the laws relative to childbirth control, are meeting strong opposition in the South, Miss Anita Politzer. legislative chairman of the national woman's party. 1 told members of the party in this state. Very little of the general progress of the women's movement is reflected in the South, said Miss Pollltzer, whose home is in Charleston. S C. t' ' E. LEE TRINKLE." ^ E. Lee Trinkle, the Democratic gov- e ernor-elect of Virginia, whose 75,000 1 majority is the largest ever given to a j r candidate in the history of.the state. c s ninn nnnsnnmn in nnnni Til snif SjUKAfNNb lb rnusLtm t f c AWAITING WORD FROM TOKlO E v CONCERNING ARTICLE ON e FORTIFICATIONS. ? b J / The American Delegates Regard Other Issues Than the Ship Problem as c of Great importance. ], 1 Washington.?The "big five" powers g made further progress in their final revision of the naval treaty but en- c countered a difference of opinion when f they came to lay down rules for the i< scrapping of the proscribed battle- t' ships. c For the American delegation, it was 8 proposed that the surplus vessels be rendered entirely useless. France f readily supported that view, with It- F aly indicating a similar attitude. Great1 j Britain and Japan withheld assent,! g however, the suggestion being made v that the dismantled ships might be | c used as harbor guards or training ves- j c sels. i A When the five delegation heads ad- i ^ journed after several hours of debate f the question remained unsettled and ; will be taken up again. During their 4 two sessions, however, they had com- ^ pleted approval of the first of the v treaty annexes, embodying a replace- a ment chart, and they expressed hope a that all of the five annexes might ta disposed of. ? j Except for the article dealing with F Pacific fortifications, all of the text1 of the treaty proper already had been * virtually approved, ana snouia toxics i reply on the fortifications provision e be received in time a plenary session for public discussion of the completed * treaty may be held. The Japanese in- > dicated that they expected to receive v the awaited message from their capital ^ soon. v Indications that an agreement will not be difficult were supported by a h declaration of a Japanese spokesman h that he saw no objection to including t Bonin island and the Oshima group t in the "status quo" agreement ow for- c tifications. It is said to have been over these islands that the issue now s referred to Tokio arose. * Meantime,, also, some members of t the various delegations began to lay j n their plans for resumption of the jC general far eastern negotiations, e which will follow completion of the naval treaty. j s ? jc Request Another $50,000 000. 3 Washington. ? An appropriation of f $50,000,000 for settlement of claims fl was requested of congress by the t shipping board. This amount is need- q ed in addition to $50,000,000 already t sought by the board for expenses during the coming fiscal year, a communication forwarded to Speaker Gillett by President Harding from the bud- t get bureau stated. j ^ i b Tariff Protection Favored. () Wnchinpfnn?Prpsidpnt Hardine is paid to have told a delegation repre- V sentlng the Southern Tariff associa-i10 tion. calling at the White House, that r he favored a tariff that gave the same a protection to the South that is given 11 to the North and.the same protection ' to the man who toils in the field as is given to the man who works in a fac- 0 | tory. 0 Transport Out of Danger. New York.?Threatened by heavy northwest gales which weather hu- 1 roau officials predicted would sweep a the North Atlantic coast, the army! * transport Crook, making eleven knots p an hour under temporary repairs, was 11 | striving to reach the lee of the shore (' in a race against the impending dan- a ger. The vessel, bringing back S42 1 A. E. F men from Germany sprung a n leak off the New Foundland banks 1 in heavy weather, but a late radio v | said danger had passed and all was n J well. I P Marries in Haste. Miami. Fla.?Charles Weston won a race against time for the possesion F of an English estate and an annuity of -c l.o.OOO when he and Mrs. Mary C.' P Vantine were married here. |e Weston was notified by a British P firm that "Mrs. Weston" had been left n in annual income of $5,000. $20,000 in * ash and an estate of 140 acres in Dev. c onshire.England. by an old friend. 0 Weston's wife having died two years a ago. he was advised that he could v I claim the money only hv remarrying t before February 1, 1022. f Forcing Railroad Rates Down. ; Washington.?Railroad rates are be- [ nig slowly hut surely forced down- h ward by economic laws which govern I' their levels. Daniel Willard. president i! of the Raltimore & Ohio railroad, ar- 0 gued before the interstate commerce o commission, when that body resumed its inquiry into the general level of o transportation charges. There is no a need but considerable danger, he added, in forcibly decreasing them by t' j government edict at the present time, e 1ELEGATES TURN TO; SHANTUNG ISSUE CONFERENCE HOPES TO DISPOSE OF THIS PROBLEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ;ey to far east questions j Javal Treaty Completed and Method | of Scrapping Ships is Settled Apparently Satisfactorily. Washington.?With the navsl treaty I irtually completed, the arms dele- 1 ;ates are preparing to turn the con- | erence spotlight on Shantung, aplarently in the hope that a settlement if that controversy may make it eas- / er to go ahead with other troubleome problems of the far east. fl It now is the expectation in con- p erence circles that during the next tf ew days, and probably until a decision is reached, the Shantung legotiations will have right of way II rhile discussions of other far east- ^ rn subjects remain at a standstill, lo far the Shantung exchanges iave taken place between the " apanese and Chinese alone, with imerican and British observers resent, but the next phase of the onference program is expected at east to concentrate upon the prob- T em the friendly interest of all the overnments represented here. At their meeting the Japanese and Ihinese groups reached an agreement or opernng up the entire Kloa-Chow eased teritory to foreign trade and hey are to take up others of the b( ollateral questions involved in retoration of the leasehold to China. } In the naval negotiations only a ew details, considered more or less QJ lerfunctory, remain to be arranged. ^ Ln agreement has been reached rearding methods of scrapping, under c( rhich discarded battleships may be onverted in some cases into airplane arriers and training ships, and a inal settlement relating to Pacific forifications awaits a reply expected r( rom Tokio. al If present plans develop, the final Iraft of the naval treaty will be laid 6fore the full naval committee this ^ reek, and will be publicly announced tc t a plenary session of the conference gl few days later. m ai :ederal Authorities Hold Liquor Ship, se Washington. ? Disposition of the re Iritish schooner, Message of Peace, uj eld at Wilmington, N. C., is appar- gi ntly in the hands of federal officials af n North Carolina, it was indicated at he justice department. ja The Message of Peace was seized ol nth a cargo of liquor off the North a< Carolina coast by the coast guard ser- ai ice. at Federal Prohibition Director Kob- ol oss of North Carolina has confer- ai ed here with prohibition headquar- hi ers and the justice department on o\ he case, but officials declined to! omment on future proceedings. 1 N At the justice department it was ^ aid that no statement regarding Mr. K Cohloss' conference nor the disposi- SI ion of the British vessel would be; N nade, but that developments in the j 'e ase would be expected from the fedral authorities in North Carolina. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes aid that he merely discussed the 0 ase of the Message of Peace with .Tr. Kohloss before the latter's con- et erence with the justice department or- aI Icials and that Mr. Kohloss had re- r' urned to North Carolina without ac[uainting him of the results of his ar alk at the justice department. , T i h< Newspaper Man in Paris Prison. Paris.?Thomas Stewart Ryan, of h( he Paris staff of the Chicago Tribune, w irmly protesting his innocence, was eing held in Santa prison in conction with the serious illness of his j rife, due, it is alleged, to the taking in f nnionn Johlotc whilo in Mr Rvnn'o ! . ' jy oom at a hotel here. Mrs. Ryan ls|of California woman. She is a violin- re =t and is known professionally as I liss Audrey Creiphton. She is in the tr tmerican hospital, where the physi- jv ians held out little hope for her re- sc overy. I0f Four Killed by Cave-in. Scranton, Pa.?Four men are known o have been killed, several others fire believed to be dead and an un- av nown number of mine workers are 0| ntombed as the result of a cave-in st n the National mine of the den Alen Coal company in Minooka, just hj cross the southern boundary line of Sc he city. Miners who escaped said the p( [timber of men believed to be behind sn he barrier is about twenty. There vi /as no confirmation of a report that iearly 50 men were caught. The com- ar iany has Riven out no information. pi Sailors Are Seeking Wages. ShanRhai. ? Seven warships of the >ekinp Rovernment navy have left for ( vc ihiherwei. near Yanpchow. in the' et rovince of Kianp-Su, the command-, sh rs announcinp their intention of col- er ectinp the salt duties there to obtain pi noney with which to buy food for ar heir sailors. The crews have not re- w olvoH ivniroc fnr sir mnnth? anrl fhpir T1 fflcers claimed before sailing that the la ction was necessary to prevent star- lii atlon of their men. Sheiherwei is C< he point at which salt is transhipped rom the region of the Yangtse river, im No Civilians in Hospitals. Washington. ? Overman has been nformed that officials do not contenti late any executive order putting civlians in charge of the medical work ju f the hospitals for disabled soldiers, br He was informed by the director D; f the veterans' bureau that the pro- ! osal to disenroll the reserve officers H f the public health service has been sa bandoned. Ier Such a plan was considered, but th he howling protest against it block- th d the promoters. ; th BRIG. GEN. H. M. LORD. Brig. Gen. H. M. Lord, chief of nance, U. S. A., who may take the lace of General Dawes as director of te budget RGE SALE OF MUSCLE SHOALS 'AR DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS LOOK FORWARD TO AN EARLY SETTLEMENT. o See Wilmington Man as Soon ?* Approaching Conference With Ford is Concluded. Washington.?War department offals look forward to an early conusion of the negotiations they have sen conducting with private interests >r the lease, purchase and operation ! the government's nitrate and water>wer projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala., a decision for their retention by ' le government in the event none of le proposals received is found ac;ptable to the department or to con ess. The visit of Henry Ford scheduled ir the latter part of this week, it as said, probably would lead Sec-' itary Weeks to take definite action ; an early date on the proposal lbmitted by the Detroit manufacirer. Whether the secretary would jcide to recommend its acceptance > congress to satisfy himself with ibmitting a report to that body erely reciting the facts of the case : id leaving congress to decide for it- j ;lf on the question of, acceptance or sjection was said to depend largely j ?on the answers. Mr. Ford would ve to the questions Mr. Weeks will sk him. The war department has prepared questionnaire, which in the opinion : ' some officials will lead to quick ition by the secretary when Mr. Ford rives. The questions are described 5 being pointed, with the intention ' bringing the negotiations to an end id without delay and designed to ing the parties concerned to thor-; lgh understanding of their positions, j Former Senator Marion Butler, of orth Carolina was informed that Mr. nfHVi Trnrlnriolr CCRS WUU1U tWllLCl Willi i icucuvn ngstrum, president of the Newport Upbuilding company, of Wilmington, . C., as soon as the approaching con-: rences with Mr. Ford was concluded, j Airplane Will Aid in Search. St. Paul, Minn.?Use of a National uard airplane to aid in the search r James Maher, county commission of Cook county, missing for 14 days id believed to be lost on Lake Supeor, has been authorized by Governor j A. O. Preus. Tugboats to scout ound the numerous small islands in founder bay, where it is thought Ma-1 ?r may be. also were authorized by e governor. Maher left Grand Portage on Decem>r 27 for Port Arthur. Ontario. He as la3t heard of at Cloud Hay. Blackstone Institute Burned. Richmond. Va.?Blackstone Female stitute, at Blackstone. Va., was totaldestroyed by fire, entailing a loss $175,000. according to information aching Richmond. Members of the faculty, board of ustees and student body lost virtual<-? 1 /-*f V* i r* or nnrl ntlinr nor. ctll Uir-n tiuuitu^ aiiu umvi i?vi mal property. There was no loss life. Five Drink Poisonous Liquor. Hohoken. N. J. ? Five men died ; om drinking poisonous liquor. The ithorities believe the liquor had been itained from sailors on an incoming i eamship. The police believe that James Shee,\ a longshoreman, who died in Jery City Saturday from drinking lisonous liquor, obtained it from the me sailors who sold it to the other dims. The police started to search piers id steamships here in an effort to event further sales. Volcano in Active Eruption. San Jan Del Sur. Nicaragua.?The ilcano Ometepe, cn the island of Omepe, eight miles from the western lore of Lake Niclragua. is In active j uption. Many thousands of cocoa | ants have been destroyed. Large oil' of crr"j *71nrr landc o ro pnvoroH ith ashes and many rattle are dead, j lie inhabitants of the adjacent vll-1 pes. terrified by the internal rumblgs. are fleeing to zones of safety. >nsiderable lava is flowing down the 108-foot rone, hut has as yet done no aterial damage. To Investigate Prices. Washington.? Tentative agreement r an investigation of wholesa.e and tail prices throughout the country I be carried on by the department of stice. commerce and labor, has >en reached. Attorno/ ' iJor.eralaugherty said. At a conference with Secretaries oover and Davis. Mr. Daugherty j id. it was virtually decided to broad- j i the retail price investigation of e department of justice to include ' e costs of various commodities from | eir origin to the consumer. PREMIER HAND RESIGNS OFFICE i HIS INTENTION TO RESIGN CAME AS SURPRISE TO CABINET WHICH SUPPORTED HIM. CAUSED EXCITED DISCUSSION In the Course of His Speech Brland Said United States Would Participate in Genoa Conference. Paris.?President Millerand accepted the resignation of Premier Briand and his entire cabinet and indicated he would not ask anyone to form a new ministry for a day or two. Minister of War Barthou and former President Poincaire were mentioned ormainently in parliamentary lobbie3 as lik-aly candidates for the tack of forming a new government. Premier Briand submitted his resignation to President Millerand at the Elysee Palace after making a lengthy statement before the chamber of deputies justifying his attitude at the Cannes conference. M. Briand's intention to resign was announced to the chamber at the close of his hour's speech.* The announcement came as an entire surprise, as he had apparently won the sympathy of the chamber. His colleagues of the cabinet were filled with amazement at his sudden determination. / M. Briand, after making his announcement, left the chamber alone. The members of the cabinet followed as soon as they had recovered from their I surprise. Groups of deputies and government officials speedily gathered in excited j discussion of the seriousness of the situation, seeking a way out of the difficulties. Premier Briand put the AngloFrench pact, the question of postponej ment of Germany's reparations payments and French participation in the Genoa conference squarely up to the j chamber of deputies, telling the depu; ties in the bluntest terms to take them or leave them. The premier first presented the question of the British pact. 1 U- |A?i iou nave ueeu uuiiipianiiug iui three years," he said, "of not being called upon to share in shaping French politics. I am bringing you what you have been demanding for three years and it is up to you to say whether you want it or not." Premier Briand, in the course of his speech, said the United States had agreed to participate in the Genoa conference. "As far as I am concerned.'' he continued, "I am merely making these explanations to you and do not ask your approval or refusal. Here is France's security. Take it or leave it." The premier next turned to the subject of the Genoa conference. "It is inadmissible,'' he said, "that France should be absent from this conference, which is purely financial and economic, especially when such a. powerful financial and economic state as the United States, without whose co-operation work is impossible, has agreed to participate." Means End to Genoa Conference. "Washington.?In the absence of significant developments in the local conference, attention was concentrated upon the surprising events in Pari*. The resignation of M. Briand did not come as a surprise: indeed, it was expected when the French premier left this city a month ago. But what was recognized on all sides was that the retirement of M. Briand would mean an end to the Genoa conference and j perhaps all hope of American partici ; patlon in European reconstruction for : a considerable length of time. Conference at Cannes Adjourns. .Cannes.?The allied supreme council adjourned indefinitely after receipt of news of the resignation of the Briand cabinet. Adjournment was taken after Wal-; ter Rathenau. the German financial expert,, had finished his addressing the I council, and no ne'ion or comment was made upon his remarks concern-' ing Germany's default at her January reparations payment. Great Undertaking by Ford. Detroit, Mich.?The Muscle Shoals plan of Henry Ford contemplates one of the greatest undertakings in the history of industrial America and if the Detroit manufacturer obtains possession of the project in Alabama he will take immediate steps to make that part of the South one of the industrial ' centers of the country; the Associated Press learned. His plan, it became known, includes development of the property as a model to be extended eventually to many other parts of the country. Water Transportation Week. Washington.? President John H. Small of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, announced that the first week in March is to be "Water Transportation WeeR" in Washington, with addresses by distinguished speakers. and discussions of questions relating to navigation both upon inland waterways and the high seas. On Wednesday and Thrusday, March 1 and 2. the seventeenth convention of the National Rivers and Harbors I Congress will be held in the New Willard hotel. Decreases In Food Prices. Washington.?Retail food prices in Id principal cities in the United States decreased 12 to IS per cent in the 12 month ending December 15 last, the Bureau of Labor, statistics department announced. The bureau's figures showed that prices prevailing last month in 13 of the cities from which 1913 statistics were available had increased since that year from 33 to 59 per cent. During the month from November 15 to December 15, 1921, 12 of the cities reported decreases in food prices. WILL SHIP POTATOES ABROAD South Carolina Sweet Potato Asso oiation Signs a Contract With American Fruit Growers. Florence.?As president of Soutl: Carolina Sweet Potato association, T Benton Young made two announce ments which mean more to the com mercializatlon of this Important cro; to this state than any previous moves His announcements were the signini of a contract with the American Frui Grower^, Inc., of Philadelphia, fo marketing the crop this season an< shipment of a lot to Liverpool for in troductory distribution. American Fruit Growers will opei an office in Florence January 15 am place a representative here to handli the movement of the crop. This offic< will be able also to handle any and al other produce of the fanners whei tendered in car lots. This connectioi will afford a direct outlet for Soutl Carolina sweet potatoes in 200 consum ing centers or tne unuea aiates wner the corporation keeps personal repre sentatives. Charles J. Brand, president of th< American, made the trip here persor ally to land the contract. He signei for his company, while Mr. Youni signed for the association, acting ue der authority delegated him by th< directors in a meeting in Columbia The American is a $10,000,000 corpoi ation and' reputed to be the larges selling organization of its kind in th world. Through this sales connection th South Carolina Sweet Potato associa tion expects to'1 place readily all th products of its members. A partia list of member houses include Dillot Florence, Kingstree, Timmonsvllle Walterboro. with four houses at Fail fax, Williston, Bamberg, Aiken, Johi ston. Trenton, Newberry, Bishopvilh ^Appleton, Cowards, Leesville, Gable Marion, Garnett, Manning, v Silvei Bloomville, Georgetown, with tw houses at Wateree, Lanes, Barnesvill and others. Consequently Interest i the contract is statewide. The overwhelming bulk of cure sweet potatoes of South Carolina i marketed through this assoclatioc This will amount to 200 carloads thi year. All of this will move unde copyrighted brand of the associatioi with its guarantee backed by the stat association, which makes special it spection at the shipping point. Ship ments are pooled monthly by grad and all shippers within the sam< month receive the same price for the! stock. In reference to the English ship ment, the association, tho Souther railway and the Carolina company o Charleston will ship Saturday by wa; of the steamship Wekika 500 carton of association cured and guarantee* sweet potatoes to Liverpool. Througl the biggest stores of that city thes* potatoes will be distributed free t< mnst influential customers for intrc duction to English tables. Recipi books will accompany these cartons s< Englishmen will know how to prepan them acording to time-tested ways o the South. A feature of the shipment will be i special consignment for King* George and his queen. This probably will b< tendered through the American am bassador, George Harvey. Towns Ask for Engagements. Spartanburg. ? Delegations fron Greenville, Anderson, Due West am other prominent towns, are askini visits from Mr. Sunday during his sis weeks' stay here. He hopes to b< able to acept so^e of these invita tions. if the weather will permit, bu has made no definite engagements ai yet. Money for Furman University. Greenville.?A gift of $2,500 to Fur man uinversity for the purpose of en dowing a scholarship in this institu tion for worthy young men of Cherc kee county has been made by J. A Carroll of Gaffney, one of the bes known and most successful busines men in the upper part of the state whi has contril^ted largely to his denomi nation and to the commercial up building of his city and county. Mr Carroll has always proved a stauncl supporter and friend of Christiap edu cation and his gift to Furman univer sitv is but in keeping with the polic: that has characterized his valuabb and useful life. Bold Robbery in Bank Lobby. Columbia. ? Columbia police ar< searching for a negro who snatche< a wad of greenbacks from another ne gro while he was counting the casl on a desk at the National Loan & Bx change bank. Marshall Robertson. th< janitor at Ursuline convent, was th< victim of the robbery and he reportet the loss of $60. Robertson said he had cashed i check for $60 and walked to a desk t( count the money when a negro, with out any warning, grabbed it and rai from the bank. I Corbett Gets Continuance. Orangeburg.?Judge Prince grante< the motion by counsel for defense foi a continuance in the case agninsi Carlos Corhett. charged with, kill in; three men and blinding a fourth it March, 1920. This is the state's thin effort to convict Corhett. The tragedies occurred In, the western part of Orangeburg county when Corhett is alleged to have ooened fire on the men in the beliei they had set firp to brush in his front yard with the purpose of de stroying his home. Wants Lower Taxes. Florence.?The Florence rountv del egation will go to thp legislature in structed by a mass meeting to sup port a resolution to prevent the state tax commission from raising the as sessment on farm lands during the ypar 1922; also to vote for all feasible measures to reduce the state tax levy At a meeting of the county delegation with citizens th? tax situation wa? generally discussed. It developed that 4.000 tax executions are being placed in the hands of the sheriff for colleo tion. 1 FERTILIZER MILLS TRY 10 RETRENCH 1 OUTPUT TO BE REGULATED BV DEMAND AND ALSO BY ABILITY TO PAY. ) ; FEW MILLS ARE IN OPERATiOM i I* \ Factories Are Not Producing Beyond* l What Is Required to Take Care 3 of Current Businesa. e ? Charleston.?With several more or less perplexing factors entering into a the situation, the outlook for the fertilizer industry in Charleston, as well ar in thp Smith conorallv ia roaarrloH l" as problematical, but on the whole it | can be stated tahat this Industry, which is one of Charleston's most important, has passed the worst period e of the depression which struck it with full force last year, and is now groping its way to a more hopeful g condition. One local fertilizer man Is l" of the opinion that the business this e year will in volume bfe approximately L* the same as last year, when just about half the normal business was done. * The session of fertilizer shipments 8 usually commences here about January 1 to January 15, but this year it is 8 not expected to open until at least l* February 1. With few exceptions, the e local factories have been closed since 1 last March, a few being temporarily ' in operation now. The factories have' 5> adopted a very conservatice policy in r' manufacturing and are producing not l* beyond what is required to take care of current business. It has been a number of months since acid phos*' phate, one of the most Important of ' 0 fertilizers, has been manufactured and 6 if the demand for this product is as Q great as last year, there is likely to be a shortage. The stocks on hand d at present in the factories consist als most entirely of raw products, i- The business this season will he s regulated by two main factors?the r demand for fertilizers and credit Q standing of those who would pur8 chase. A number of farmers tried l* last year to dispense with the fer> tilizers, but the unsatisfactory results e are expected to bring soil foods back 3 to the use. On the other hand, some r farmers, owing to the boll weevil situation, will probably not wish to re> quire the usual fertilizer. There is a thus uncertainty existing, but from f the standpoint of the factories, there y is no question but that the worst Is s over. Naturally there is a tendency , , d to 'be somewhat gloomy ? when one d contrasts the prosperity which flamed e up during the famous war era, and J iertuizer men locany aia noi auucih pate that anything like a "return 3 to normalcy'' can be expected in the 3 immediate future. e _ f Farmers to Use Colleton Plant. Walterboro.?What will prove tb 1 be a most important meeting was held 6 at the court house here when a mass 3 meeting of the farmers of the bounty was held and addressed by W. W. Long of Clemson college and T. B. Young, district agent. Florence. These gentlemen came to Walterboro upon l invitation, and following a conference i held here a few days ago. at which ; time a plan for rendering the Colleton Products association of more use to s the farmers of the county was dts cussed. At this conference it was t unanimously decided that the best s thing for the Colleton Products association to do was to offer the plant to the farmers of the county if they would organize a county-wide co-oper- > ative organization so that all the farmers of the county could feel free to [. -bring their surplus products to the markets through the use of the plant. At a subsequent meeting of the t stockholders of the association, the 3 plan was discussed and a motion unan3 imously carried to turn the plant over to a properly organized co-operative h marketing organization, for a period of years, the first year to be used by ! the farmers of the county free of . cost. It is felt that in this way the valuable plant of the association can y be utilized to the greatest advantage 5 in carrying out the original intentions of the promoters. Want Court Relief. ? Spartanburg.?The grand jury in its i final presentment recommended that - thfi legislature do something to relieve i the congestion of the court, either - make Spartanburg a circuit within iti self or to establish a county court ? which will take care of many of tho 1 cases. There is the greatest possible congestion in court here. Ninety cases i were brought over from the last term > of rourt and the grand Jury brought - in 64 true bills this term, which rei main to,be tried. The grand jury found county offices in good shape. Taking Tax Returns, i Gaffney?During this week and next r J. W. George, county auditor, will be t out in the county taking tax returns, t The office, however, will be kept open i for the purpose of receiving returns 1 during Mr. George's absence from town. Mr. George Says that very few make r?turns at these county pCU|/l?7 inunv . . appointments, and it would appear > that it is a useless expenditure of time f I and money to make the trips, but s I the law provides that it be done and I the auditors have no discretion in the matter. Woman Trustee For Anderson. Anderson.?The inclement weather - did not keep the women from voting. For the first woman who had been ' elected to the public office in Ander son county. Mrs. John E. White, was elected a school trustee. The women voted like they were "olo hands" at the business, and only i a few had to he instructed. On the 1 count of the ballots one was found neatly folded, and the names not I scratched, but a line drawn through them, and at the bottom was the full signature, street address and city. AN