Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, January 19, 1922, Image 2
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.
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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
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AWAITING WORD FROM TOKlO E
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CONCERNING ARTICLE ON e
FORTIFICATIONS. ?
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The American Delegates Regard Other
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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
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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 ^
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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
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: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
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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
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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.
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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.
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