Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, February 09, 1922, Image 2
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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.
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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
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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'
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AVAL TREATY IS APPROVED;
eady to Hand Back China the Lease- <
Hold of Wei-Hai-Wei; Japan to
Withdraw. '<
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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!
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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. ?
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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.
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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.
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