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OTHER MEETINGS HRE TO BE HELD FUTURE CONFERENCES TO BE HELD AS RESULT OF WORK OF ARMAMENT MEETING. ' TO DISCUSS WORLD PROBLEMS Five-Power Conference Eight Years Hence to Again Discuss Naval Armament Washington.?When the Washington conference went out of existence it left a dozen legatees in the form of commissions and other international bodies which again will bring representatives of the powers together to discuss world problems. Uaeiriftc manv eeneral agreements "to consult'' among themselves when troublesome questions arise, the governments represented here authorized specifically, among other things, a five-power conference eight years hence to again discuss naval armament, a five-power commission to revise the rules of warfare, a "special conference'' and "separate revision commission"' to regulate the Chinese tariff, "a board of reference" to consider economic and railway questions in the far east, and an international commission to inquire into extra territorial rights in China. Only two duties are bequeathed to the secretary general of the expiring conference, and it is the expectation of officials that the secretary general's office will wind up these tasks and finally close its doors in the very near future. It has merely to compile and have printed the corrected minutes of the plenary sessions and committee meetings and to a^ct as a clearing house through which the various nations will inform each other fully as to their existing commitments affecting China. This information is to be filed with the secretary general for transmission to all conference members "at the earliest convenience," and similar commitments entered into in future are to be dealt with by direct communication between the various foreign offices. The provision for another armament conference is embodied in the five-power naval treaty signed recently. It sets forth that "in view of possible technical and scientific developments, the United States * shall arrange for a conference of all the contracting powers which shall convene as soon as possible after the expiration of eight years from the coming into force of the present treaty to consider what changes, if any, may be necessary to meet such developments. In addition, it is provided that in case one of the five signatories Heroines involved in war. the others shall "consult'' and all five shall "meet in conference" again when the war is over. A conference also is to he held if anv development seems to materially affect the "requirements of national security" of any power in a manner to involve treaty provisions. and if any signatory desires to terminate the treaty after its initial 15-year tenure, "all the contracting powers shall meet in conference." Will Stop Making Bibles. New York?After more than 100 years of manufacturing Bibles, the American Bible society has announced it would soon close down its plant in the old Bible House, in Astor Place. The high cost of production was given as the reason for discontinuing publication. The society announced It would continue distributing Bibles manufactured by other concenrs. Victim of Theater Collapse. Washington. ? Miss Caroline upshaw. of Atlanta. Ga., niece of Representative Upshaw of Georgia, died as a result of injuries sustained in the Knickerbocker theater disaster. Her death brought the number of dead from the disaster up to 98. Miss Upshaw had been at the point of death since she. was taken from the theater ruins a week ago. Mississippi Governor Sued. Jackson. Miss. ? A $100,000 damage suit, charging Governor Lee M. Russell, of Mississippi, with seducing Miss Frances C. Rirkhead. a former employe of his office, was filed against the chief executive in the United States district court here. The plaintiff, now a resident of New Orleans, in* her hill of particulars. filed by Attorney Foster, of Vicksburg. Miss., declared that her reputation, character and health were ruined as a result of Governor Russell's alleged misconduct. Propose Farm Risk Insurance. Washington. ? The establishment of a farm risk insurance bureau, which would insure growing crops or nonperishable crops against loss or damage resulting from adverse weather conditions, is proposed in a bill introduced by Representative King. The bureau, with the approval of the secretary of the treasury, would have authority to adopt a form of farm risk policy and to fix "reasonable" premium rates. A revolving fund of $10,000.000 would be created for the payment of claims. Recover 79 Bodies from Wreck. Tokio. ? Seventy-nine bodies nan been recovered from the wrecked train which was buried by an avalanche at Itiogaw station. Thirtv-trree injured passengers also had been extricated. Most of the victims, according to advices reaching here, were crushed when the roofs of the coaches collapsed under the weight of rocks and snow Three hundred ex-soldiers, firemen and coolies are still engaged in the work of rescue. It was believed Ho7en bodies are still under wreck. ???? CARDINAL RATTI NAMED HEAD OF CHURCH OF ROME j Rome. ? Cardiual Achille Ratti, Archbishop of Milan, was proclaimed elected Pope in succession to the lhte Benedict XV. He has taken the name of Pius XI. The thousands waiting in front of St. | Peters for the wisp of smoke, that would tell of the election of a new Pope, or the failure of the sacred college to reach a decision, gave a mighty shout when a thin wisp of smoke camo from the chimney ! leading from the Sistine chapel. It was then known that the Catholic church had duly elected a ; Pontiff. As soon as the two-thirds ! vote for Cardinal Ratti had been verified Cardinal Vannutelli, as dean of the Sacred college, arose and proceeded to the throne of the chosen one, accompanied on either side by Cardinals Logue and Bisteli, respectively deans of the ' Cardinal priests and the Cardinal 1 deacons. He was asked In Latin by Cardinal Vannutelli. in accord- 1 ance with custom, if he accepted 1 the election to be SuDreme Pontiff ' and the new Pope answered with 1 the formal: "Since it is the will j( of God, I must obey." I FORD PROPOSAL TO CONGRESS. A Keen Interest in the Matter Has j Been Manifested by a Large ! Number of Members. 11 i 1 Washington.?Prompt action mark-1 ed the- reception by congress of the ? Ford proposal for lease and purchase ( of the Muscle Shoals, A'a., nitrate j ( and water power projects as referred ( to the house by Secretary Weeks for I r its decision and afterwards for con- < sideration by the senate. Speaker (( Gillett sent the offer immediately upon t its receipt to the house military af- j, fairs committee while members of the r interstate commerce committee indi- i { cated they might seek a change of t reference to their body. Chairman Kahn, of the military com-; s mittee, contended, however, that the | ? report had properly been referred to t his committee and pointed out that ^ its members already had conducted j t hearings on the Muscle Shoals ques- j c tion, were entirely familiar with the j projects involved, the ground occu- t pied and several personally had in spected the site and works. ( For that reason, Mr. Kahn said, ex-' r peditious action by his committee j could be taken and in the event hear-1 f ings wtre held, they would not be pro- ' j tracted. With the exception of Sec- f retary Weeks and probably Mr. Ford (r himlsef, who might be called to testi- c fy, few other witnesses were under- t stood to be under consideration in that ] connection. [t Evidences of equally rapid action t by the house itself, after the commit- i tee's report with reference to recom- t rnendations that the proposal be ac- r cepted or rejected is made to the body, I c were somewhat more dimmed. A keen interest in the matter al- i ready has been manifested by a large c number of the house members and in-1 dications were that they would discuss ( the question at some length before a c final vote could be reached. 11 . ! i Suggests Special Tax for Bonus. I Washington.?Funds to finance sol- t diers' bonus must be raised by means 1 of internal taxes as it would be im-!c practical to depend upon proceeds i from the refunded foreign debt for t this purpose, Secretary Mellon de- r dared before the house ways and i means committee. r Reiterating his objections to the i enactment of bonus legislation at this d time, the treasury secretary said that in levying taxes congross would have to tap mostly new sources, as the levies now in effect were abnormally high j for Deace times. He opposed a gen eral sales tax, re-enactment of the ex- t cess profits tax or an increase in any 1^ existing taxes except possibly those j on cigarettes, tobacco and documents. |? New sources of revenue suggested j by the secretary included: Three-cent first-class postage, to r raise $70,000,000. ^ An increase in second-class postage g rates to produce $30,000,000. L A two-cent tax on bank checks to r yield $30,000,000. A license tax of 50 cents per horsepower on automobiles to produce ( $100,000,000. L Nine Convict Miners Killed. Birmingham, Ala. ? Nine convicts were killed from a local gas explosion in the Belle Ellen coal mines in Bibb ( county, according to reports received f here by C. H. Nesbitt. j, Mr. Nesbitt said he only received a t meagre report on the accident, but f that the superintendent of the mines t told him the explosion was a local one. {t that all the bodies had been recovered < and that the mine was clear. The mine inspector said he did not know i whether or not the convicts were all s negroes. j To Collect Pledges. Memphis. Tenn.?A committee of 11 members, headed hy Bishop W. P. Mc-! Murray, of Louisville. Ky? was named by Bishop James Atkins, to map out 1 an intensive campaign for the collec- i tion of $4,000,000 of the centenary $ pledges before the meeting of the gen- r eral conferences of the Methodist > Episcopal church. South, at Hot i Springs. Ark . next May in order to c bring the work of the five year cam- t paign up to date. c The appointment of the committee i followed a number of addresses. t New Cure For "Flu." New York.?Here's another cure for the flu. Health Commissioner Copeland says: "Remain for half an hour in water ( as hot as you can stand it. The! 1 water should be kept running so that , a the heat can be maintained. While in r the tub drink about a quart of lemon-; t ade so hot you will have to sip slowly, c Dry off well and get in bed between r blankets. Remain there for an hour r The perspiration will then have ceased. Cet up. sponge off with cold water s to close the pores and get in b"d. t md government barge lines on the an Mississippi. jtk Little Danger of "Flu" Epidemic. Washington.?Reports to the United I . t of Rates public health service indicate^ ittle danger of a recurrence of an epi- pr lemic of influenza in any of the 35 re dates from which the service receives ' egular weekly returns. New York eo vas the only state reporting a decided i pe ncrease n influenza cases during re- ro ent wee.cs and officials were inclined en o attribute this largely to seasonal vii :onditions, which were said to have, ta >een conducive to an abnormal nam-,an >er of catarrhal caBes. fir Decrease in Unemployment. Washington. ? Unemployment deTeased sharply in the United States L luring January, the department >f,a3 abor reported and 40 out of 65 cities ve ind industrial centers had 4.2 per (ent go nore workers on payrolls January HI of han they had on December 31. The j alculation was made from the actual tei eports of 1.428 concerns normally ??n- hii doying more than 500 people each, pa Neariy all industries outside of tol teel. textiles and railroads Increased he heir labor forces. J mi IIS CONFERENCE|" COMESJB i EKD MENACE OF WAR IN' PACIFIC IS ABOLISHED AT LAST SESSIONS. iARDING TO DELIVER ADDRESS I i Reviews Work of Calling Conference and Treaties Accomplished ? Delegates Say Goodbye. "Washington.?The arms conference i nade the last entry on its record of j ichievements and adjourned sine die. At a four-plenary session two more I ;reaties and a half dozen supplemental I esolutions were passed through tne i inal stage of conference approval and | i :hen the delegates exchange^ farewell : :ourtesies in a series of speeches ex-1 jressing universal satisfaction over | i ;he results of the history-making 12 j veeks of negotiations just ended. Monday's session was decoted en- j .irely to formal signature of the con- M erence treaties and to an address by If ^resident Harding voicing his ap)raisement of the work accomplished >y the conference he called into beng. Most of the foreign delegates eft Washington on Monday. The two treaties accepted formally it the laBt session both relate to China gt >ne providing for a revision of the re Chinese customs system and the oth- pi >r embodying Elihu Root's "four er >ointsV and the amplified open door, of tome of the separate resolutions not ai >n the record deal with collateral Chi- ci lese questions, but included in the lot vas a supplement to the four point at >act, excluding from the scope of the : lis igreement the principal islands of st he Japanese empire. er A few hours after the plenary ses- hi don adjourned the Japanese and Chi- *b lese met and affixed their signatures 01 o the treaty by which Shantung is to U >e returned to Chinese control. Al- Fi hough the long debated Shantung th luestion occupied a keynote position n the conference program the negotia- er ions by which it was settled proceed- *? id outside the conference proper and *>3 inly the two Oriental powers were;0* nade parties to the resulting treaty, i K1 Every delegate had a voice in the re inal session of oratory that really j re irought the work of the con- j, erence to a close and every spokes- j nan predicted that the negotiations 1 >f Washington would bulk large in a he history of the world. Secretary lughes for the United States and Ar- V( hur J. Balfour for Great Britain hailed cc 1? ? ? o/,/>AmnllchmflnU flQ i IJtJ CUUlCICUtU atvutu>;>iuu..>vUku isherlng in a "new era" of interna- ^ ional understanding and Albert Sar aut for France eulogized the record j ?f achievement as constituting the * 'loftiest precedent of mankind." Sim- * lar expressions came from all the ^ ither national groups. I What the negotiations had done for tr Hhina and for peace in the crucial area re if the Pacific and the Far East was at he keynote of nearly all the conclud-:af ng addresses. Japan renewed heriar jledges of fair treatment for China | ga hrough Baron Sidehara. who solemny declared his government wanted re >nly to aid in bringing the Chinese lation to its proper place in the ?' vorld. and Minister Sze of the Chilese delegation asserted that his peo- Wl ile would look upon the decisions eached here as the animus of a new mi aspiration to go forward to orderly ^ levelopment. j J? i pc Reject Sales Tax Plan. n Washington. ? Republican house pr eaders are understood virtually to pr lave abandoned the idea of financing j0 he soldiers' bonus by means of a t^ general sales tax. a program which pr las been freely discussed with more >r less/favor at both ends of the captol. Opposition among the majority nembers, mostly from the Middle -Vest and Far West, to a sales tax is 0 laid to be so strong as to threaten lefeat of such a program. The align- j 1 nent against it is understood to be ?. iractically that which forced accept- *1 ince of the 50 per cent income sur-'? ax voted into the revenue bill by the ienate. 0 To Meet in March. I Washington. ? The 17th convention w if the national rivers and harbors con- nc cress will be held March 1 and 2. it lai vas announced here. The program of Pr he meeting has not been definitely ad ormulated but the officnial call stated n' hat "perhaps the livest of the topics Th o be discussed will be the proposed t)r 5t. Lawrence river canal." Other topics to be included are the 111 if.mnln Chnalo Panama Pnnnl foils " J SHANTUNG TREATY SIGNED ; BY FAR-EASTERN DELEGATES I Washington?The Shantung treaty, ending the long controversy which threatened to wreck the Versailles peace conference and was instrumental in defeating the League of Nations in the United States senate, was signed by delegates of Japan and China, In the Hall of the Americas of the Pan American building, beneath crystal chandeliers, six men affixed to the treaty in English i their names while Hughes and Bal- j | four, who had brought the group together looked on ir erestedly. From the four corners of the hall shields stood forth prominently with the significant word, "Pax"? "Peace." For Japan, Baron Kato and Delegates Hanihara and Sidehara signed, while for China, Doctors Koo, ' Sze and Wang acted. There were two copies, each in I English, and the delegates signed j their names in English. When this , had been done Sze leaned over | and whispered his thanks to Hughes and Balfour, followed by Kato, who mumbled\ something 1 about gratitude in ah almost unintelligible murmur. i' ( AVAL TREATY IS APPROVED; eady to Hand Back China the Lease- < Hold of Wei-Hai-Wei; Japan to Withdraw. '< ?, i Wasnington. ? me wasmu^iuu no- j )tiations for limitation of armament < ached their consummation when a j1 enary session of the arms confer-1 < ice gave definite and public approval the two treaties limiting navies 1 id restricting the use of new agenes of warfare. ( One of the covenants thus sealed 1 ter eleven weeks of debate estab- 1 shea a fixed ratio of capital ship ! rength between the five great pow- ' s and the other pledges them against ! irestricted submarine warfare and 1 e use of poison gas. Within a day ( two the plenipotentiaries of the nited States, Great Britain, Japan, { ranee and Italy will formally affix ( leir signatures. At the same session the far east-j? n wing of the conference moved ; rward toward completion of its task j1 r announcing officially the terms'5 the Shantung settlement and by ' ving final approval to nine of the 1 isolutions adopted in committee in 1 gard to Chinese problems. The agreement on Shantung already f is been put into a draft treaty be- >1 reen Japai\and China, and the other ( r eastern settlements are to be em- ( idled in at least two general con-|? sntions which will come before the f inference shortly. As soon as Japan's intention to 5 ithdraw from Shantung had been f (finitely stated, the British an- j( >unced formally for the first time ( at their government was ready to 1 ind back to China the lease hold of ( 'ei-Hai-Wei. The French let it be 1 lown. however, that they expected to i eat directly with China over possible tirement from their leased territory Kwang-Chow Wan, a decision which t ipeared to becloud the prospect of ( ly general conference agreement re-' j irding the Chinese leased territories, l Two other conference projects, one 1 lating to the Chinese eastern rail- c ay and the other to the p. jhibitlon c importation cf arms into China, so encountered serious obstacles 1 tien the committee work of the del- $ ;ates were resumed. The Japanese t ade some technical objections to the | linese eastern proposal which, coup- 1 d with Chinese and French opposi- e )n to some features resulted In ap- c infment of a Japanese Freneh-Chi- c ise sub-committee to consider a com- 1 omise. The Ital'ans and Japanese ,J esented such pertinent reservations r .the arms importation resolution C at it was virtually decided not to ess It for adoption. New Proposal Presented Weeks. j Washington.?On the eve of deliv- i y to congress by Secretary Weeks f Henry Ford's offer for the govern- f ent properties at Muscle Shoals, Ala., j ederick E. Engstrum, of Wilming- t n, N. C., presented the war secretary f ith an amended proposal to com- f ete, lease and operate the Muscle c loals properties for the manufacture i nitrates for fertilizers. 11 . Virginia Inaugurates Governor. Richmond, Va.?E. Lee Trinkle, of ytheville, was inaugurated Gover- r ir of Virginia, succeeding Westmore- c nd Davis. Judge Joseph L. Kelly, i esident of the state supreme court (e iministered the oath of office. Ju- t us F. West, of Suffolk, at the same lie becomes Lieutenant Governor, his other. Judge Jesse F. West, also of e state supreme court, administering t e oath. I r Both Governor Trinkle and Lieuten- r it Governor West were members of a e state senate at time of election. t Bank Robbed Again. Cartersville. Oa.?Entering the Bank Cassville for the second time within j s week, robbers made away with ap-|c oxlmately $12,000, according to word |o ceived here. |d The loot consisted of Liberty bonds, j v unty warrants, notes and other pa-; d rs, but no cash, it was said, as the fc bbers apaprently made no effort to a iter the money safe. The previous a sit, resulted in nothing more than ci mpering with the vault combination j id officials said they thought the j (1 st robbers were amateurs. j C Youth Heads Government. Lisbon.?Youth is in the saddle in , e Portuguese government now. Capt. 7. tnha Leal, the new premier, who j ? sumed offic e last month, is only 3.1 11 ars old, while Lieut. Agatao Lanca. s vernor of Portual, is only 25 years b age. c Premier Leal is aware that a sen- j f ace of death has been passed against 1 v tn by the advanced elements who r rtlripated in the revolution in Oc- a her last because of his promise that a will avenge the republican states- c jn assassinated at that time. iy HARDING PRAISES BUDGET BUREAU SEES PROSPECTS OF SURPLUS INSTEAD OF DEFICIT IN THE GOVERNMENT'S FINANCES DIVE FIGURES ON SAVINGS President Addresses More Than One Thousand Officials at Government Business Meeting. \ Washington.?Presiding at the second business meeting of the government, President Harding announced that instead of a deficit in government finances, as was forecast in .December, there now were prospects of a surplus of receipts over expenditures when the books are balanced at the end of next June. an-.furfltor a nnonnoH it 1 lie X ICOlUCUb 1U1 UlVt uitiivuMvv. - w bad been possible to reduce the government's expenditures from a scale based on $4,500,000,000 a year to a 3cale of $3,974,000,000 and declared 'that even in Its formative period the budget system has justified our most confident expectations.'' More than a thousand officials from ill the departments and establishments of the government met with the President and received the report if the various coordinating agencies transmitted by Director Dawesr of the budget bureau, whom the Presiiescribes as the "genius" who made possible the cut in expenditures. The President and Director Dawes, ot the budget, who followed him, announced to the meeting that direct savings of $32,000,000 and indirect savings of more than $104,000,000 nad been accomplished in less tnan six months through the operation ilone of the budget bureau's co-oriinating agencies. Mr. Harding expressed the further ipinion that the efforts on the part )f the government toward economy lad been reflected among the people it large. "I cannot but feel that the government has in this budget organization iet an example of care and thrift :hat has helped greatly to make savng fashionable. If to some extent :he government has been a leader in ;o praiseworthy a cause, we ought all :o be gratified to have had a part in he affair. Much of the extravagance )f government has been due to a lack >f sense of individual responsibility, ind the same is true in the corporate jusinesses and the private affairs of he people. If our efforts here shall let a standard and inspire an ambiion for greater economies and higher ?fficiency, we shall have served not >nly the government, but the whole >uhllc particularly well, perhaps our jxample will be of service to the vorld." Millions Lost in Fires. New York. ? Three hundred and hirty-four thousand dwellings at $5,100 each, sufficient to house 1,700,000 )ersons, could be built with the money ost in fires in the United States from 915 to 1920. according to figures given >ut by the National Board of Fire Unlerwriters. The board places the national fire 09s during the five-year period at 11.672.722,677. based on an examinaion of over 3,000,000 reports of fires. Matches and smoking hazards are leld responsible for $90,000,000 of loss's. according to the report. Next :omes electricity, which caused fires osting $86,000,000. Stoves, furnaces, >oilers and pipes caused a loss of 163.000.000 and "exposure." which neans communicated fires, $283,000,100. Conference Nearing End. Washington.?Except for the formtlities and frills that are to attend ts adjournment, the Washington conerence on limitation of armament and ar eastern questions is over. At a plenary session the remaining reaties and resolutions are to oe ormally approved, and the chief delegates are to say good-bye to one anither in speeches expressing ihe gratfication of their governments over he conference accomplishments. Bill to Cut Down Officers. Washington.?A hill to reduce the lumber of army officers to 12.000, as ompared with 17,000 now authorized, ras transmitted to congress by Geniral Pershing as chief of staff, and inroduced by Chairman Wads worth. British Exchange Gains. New York. ? British exchange o.rended its advance to $4.30 for deuand bills representing a gain of alnost 10 cents in the past fort:ii?ht, nd marking a high record for ov*r wo years. Four Buildings Wrecked. New York. ? Explosion of several tills, with the consequent wrecking if four buildings and serious injury if three men: seizure of seve-al bunIred gallons of alcohol, whiskey, rines and mash and one death from Irinking poisonous liquor were the ligh spots on the record of prohibition inforcement agents operating within radius of "45 minutes from Broadlay." William Space was the third man to lie of alcoholic poisoning at Jersey 'ity within two days. Publishers Protest. Washington.?Newspaper and niaga!ne publishers, as represented in the National Publishers' association proested to Secretary Mellon against his uggnstion that funds for a soldiers* onus be raised in part through inreased rates on second cla6s postage, 'ailing attention to the present rates, fhioh were declared to have been imospd strictly as a "war measure," the 6sociation said rates on newspapers nd other periodicals had been inreased 375 per cent in the last four Mrs FIRE DOES DAMAGE IN CLIO C Damage Approximately $125,000; R. D. Quick Dashes to Death to Escape Falling Walls. Clio.?Fire destroyed business es- ^ tablisbments in Clio and entailed a loss of approximately $125,000. A tragedy in connection with the fire was the death of R. D. Quick, who collided with a truck as he dashed to safety from a falling wall and was killed almost instantly. The U truck was driven by P. H. Lipscomb. The body was held in a nearby building and the coroner notified. The tragedy is greatly deplored but could G not be avoided by Mr. Lipscomb, who is deeply affected by it. Just how the fire originated is not known. The first evidences of it were in the Blackman & Mclnnis Drug store about 11:30 o'clock and G for more than two hours it raged with 3 the resultant loss as fellows: Black- G man & Mclnnis Drug store, $S,500, ? with $3,000 insurance; Covington Co., ^ $76,000, stock insurance about 60 per n cent; Covington company's buildings, $25,000, partially insured; Wright & C Powers, stock $6,000, with $2,500 in- ^ Burance; D. K. Wright's building, $5,- e 000, partially insured; J. C. Coving- A ton's building, $5,000, partially in- tl sured; Southern Bell Telephone com- ^ panv's office equipment, unknown. J. & E. Harrison, telephone operator, lived a over the drug store and all his per- a sonal effects were lost, as he and Mrs. Harrison were away when the a fire was discovered. G Bennett Hedgepeth Hardware company had a loss by moving out their t< $8,000 stock which was covered. Dam- q age to the Melinda building in which ti Bennett Hedgepeth company were t< located was considerable from the ft falling wall of the Covington company a building. IV A lot of cotton was ignited from falling sparks at the Atlantic Coast ti Line depot, which is a loss to the rail- G road, as it was covered by bills of fj lading, ten bales being damaged. a Plan to Erect Potato Houses. 9 Greenwood.?Discussion of plans to erect sweet potato curing housos with c a capacity for 100,000 bushels will p feature the next meeting of the directors and advisory council of the jv chamber of commerce, acording to a ri statement recently given out. With ten sweet potato houses already in a operation or proposed, indications are 1 that next year will see the potato industry a potent factor in meeting boll a weevil conditions. a According to L. B. Altman, county agent, farmers who this year had po- c tato houses are realizing good profits from their potatoes. A co-operntiv?? tf potato house at Hodges in thi3 cot in- tj ty, with a capacity of 20,000 bushels, d is being operated successfully, and the b| potato association there has been of- ai fered above $1 a bushel, run of house, ai f. o. b. Hodges, for the entire con- 2; tents of the house. Other potato growers have been offered $1.50 for p cured sweet potatoes. b' A number of small towns and coun- p try communities in Greenwood coun- p( ty plan co-operative curing houses. 81 Ninety-Six is planning a 25,000 bushel c< house. Kirksey, Woodlawn and other communities are also contemplating 0| "the erection of houses of large ca- c, pacity. tl Will Establish Poultry Plant. Greenwood. ? A commercial poultry plant will be located in Greenwood in the near future by Will Griffin, of 1)1 Newberry, according to a statement by Mr. Griffin. Mr. Griffin proposes p to operate a large poultry farm, hav- c( ing selected Greenwood as the best ? site in this section on account of its unusual railroad facilities, which make it possible to ship both live and w dressed poultry, day-old chicks and Cf eggs in many directions with the minimum loss of time. .tc b< York Cotton Yield Above Average. 1Q01 nnftnn prnn I I OTK. 1 UtlV LUC r for York county was one of the largest yields in years is disclosed by r> C, cent government ginning figures, the Ui amount ginned being 41.092 in com- U parison with 40,075 for 1920. Not only a< was la6t year's yield large, but it wa j ci one of the cheapest produced cr^ps si on record, this being due to marked P' retrenchment in the use of comm-jr- A cial fertilizer and economy all along Is the line. A large proportion of the *r crop is still in the hands of the pro- si ducers, as they '-efuse present nrlces. Is Students Meet to Make Plans. Greenwood. ? Completion of plans for the annual state college oratorical di contest to be held here on April 21, oj marked the meeting of the executive bt council of the South Carolina inter- or collegiate oratorical association which be met here. Representatives of all the wj male colleges of South Carolina ex- ot cept the University of South Caro- ho Una. whose representative could not wi attend, were present. No important ev changes were made in the constitu- re tion and by-laws governing the asso- so ciation. ' m ?- */!-!* CSoWm.W ur. Cdiuri IU * IOH WIIMIIV j Gaffney.?Officials of the Gaffney Ilotary club announced that Charles ta Aubrey Eaton, president of the Ameri- Sc can Educational association, will ba come to Gaffney on Tuesday. March 7, F1 to deliver an address along educa- he tional lines. Dr. Eaton is pastor of Lf the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in de Philadelphia and is far-famed as a he public speaker of uncommon ability Dj and already great interest is being ce manifested locally in his approaching visit. "America's Greatest Need" will F1 be the subject discussed. en Plans Chain of Stores. Greenwood. ? Greenwood will he headquarters for a chain of stores Hi to be operated in IS d'fferent citieB fo of South Carolina. North Carolina do and Georgia by the Piggly Wiggly At system of grocery stores, according ta to an announcement made by A. W. trt Allison, president of this particular ni; chain of stores. fa Some of the cities where stores cl< will he located are Greenwood. Abbe- th vllle, Laurens, Aiken. Camden. Ben- to nettsvllle, Newberry. Sumter. Union c0 and Rock Hill In South Carolina. ir INSPECT! nmw 2 DJUTANT GENERAL GRANT FIXES DATES FOR INSPECTION OF ALL UNITS. I0RK BY THREE OF OFFICERS irant, Day and Glen Will Look Over All Companies Except the Field and Coast Artillery. Columbia.?Adj. Gen. Rufus W. Irant issued orders for the annual in- 4 pection of the South Carolina National Guard, which is to be made be- t inning March 2 and concluding larch 24. The inspection will be lade by Col. Frederick R. Day, inspecDr-instructor of the guard in South larolina, Adjutant General Grant and iaj. F. W. Glen, United States prop~ ~ A JUL.. 1 ^ mi . ? ? 9 ity ttuu uisuurniiiK umuer. meats ur cers will inspect all the units except lie field and coast artillery companies, laj. C. T. Marsh, coast artillery, anil laj. Louis G. Osborne, the assistant djutant general, will inspect the field nd coast artillery units. The Itinerary of the inspection is nnounced as follows for- General (rant, Colonel Day and Major Glen: Company I, One Hundred and EighBenth infantry, Hock Hill, the headuarters company of the Third batilion of the One Hundred and Eigheenth infantry, Rock Hill and Fort Iill, and Company K. One Hundred nd Eighteenth infantry, Fort Mill, larch 2 and 3. Headquarters company, Second batilion, Easley, March G, and Company (, One Hundred and Eighteenth inintry, Greenville. March 7. Howitzer company, Greer, March 8, nd Company F, Spartanburg, March th. Company E, Union, and the service ompany, Union, March 10, and Cornany A, engineers, Lockhart, Mar. 11. Companies A and B, Charleston, larch 13, at the Mt. Pleasant rifle inge, March 14 f Company C, Walterboro, March 15. nd Company D, Orangeburg, March 6. Company H, Urookland, March 17,, nd motor transport company No. 118 t Olympia, March 8. Company H, Camden, March 20, and ompany L. Hartsville, March 21. Headquarters company. First batilion, Timmonsville, March 22, and * ie headquarters company, One Hunred and Eighteenth infantry, Columla, along with the state staff corps nd department and regimental staff nd state arsenal and depots, March 5 and 24. Coast art'Merv company No. 428, illon, will be inspected February 28 y Major Marsh and Major Osborne, attery D. One Hundred and Fifteenth eld artillery, Georgetown, win De injected March 1 and coaBt artillery jmpanv No. 427. Beaufort, on Mar. 2. Provision Is made for the inspection r several officers not with the various impanies, such as medical officers of le state staff corps, etc. May Discontinue Almshouse. Columbia.?S. H. Owens, county susrvisor, has appeared before the As jciated Charities and presented the Ian of doing away with the Richland junty almshouse and building a disict almshouse which would include le surrounding five counties. The ssociated Charities heartily agrees ith this plan and has appointed a immittee composed of F. C. Withers, orton Visanka and Dr. W. P. Cornell ? consider this plan and present it ?fore the Richland county delegation. roreign Exports Reach High Figure. Charleston?Foreign exports from harleston during the month of Janlry were valued at more than six mes exports for January of last year, ^cording to the records of the local istoms house, and Charleston's lowing in this respect is expected to ? ove much better than the average merican port. At a time when there a general depression in foreign ade, and when the tendency is to , low a falling off, Charleston's volume regardod as distinctly encouraging. Interest In Tobacco. Conway.?Much interest is being splayed in the operation of the oolerative tobacco marketing plan to ? tried out in Horry this year. No le seems to know yet Just how it will % t handled. Some seem to think the 1 arehouses will not be operated while x hers think they will run. One warp- 0 iuseman is advertising that his house ill be open for business. However, * - - ?niL'oifinir thft ery one is aiiAiuuai; < ? suit of the meeting of the state asciatfon at which it is presumed the arketlng plan will be worked out. ? ???? , ? Nurses Hold Meet. Sumter.?Miss Lila Davis, secrery of the Second district of the >uth Carolina Nurses' association, is * ,ck from the district meeting in orence and reports the following offers elected: President, Miss Pretto >ckwood, Darlington: vice presints, Miss Bessie Lee and Miss Camp11. Florence: secretary, Miss Lila ivis, Sumter: treasurer, Miss Frans Strieker. Hartsville. Directors: Miss Cora Belle Dickens, Mrs J. A. McEachern. Flor ee; Miss Lou Mclver, Darlington. i Takes Over Nursing Department. Charleston.?The Charleston Public salth Nursing association, organized r the purpose, took over the nursing partnient of the Charleston chapter, nericnn Red Cross, and will mainin this service with a staff of three tinpd workers, one of whom is fur- * shed from Red Cross funds Due to ilure of the public to respond suflfi?ntly to the needs of the Red Cross, is special organization had to be * rmed to carry on this important mmunity work. More funds are still ? gently needed. i