Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HIGHWAY MATTERS ARE DISPOSED Of NUMBER OF ROAD PROJECTS UF BEFORE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION. JASPER COUNTY GETS AID Federal Aid Requests Granted, Dele gations Heard and Much Work Done at the Meeting. Columbia. Allotment of federal and state aid to a number of road and bridge pro jects over the state and the consider ation of numerous requests from dif ferent delegations were the more im Dortant actions of the state highway commission at its meeting here. A number of requests were turned down by the commission, as it was impos sible to grant them. The commission acquiesced in the request from Bamberg county that the requirement of $5,000 to be appro prlated for the Salkehatchie bridge be waived as the county has no funds ro apply to the bridge and is verj anxious to proceed with work on the Bamberg-Branchville highway. The commission agreed to waive the re quirements heretofore placed on the bridge, but only with the understand ing that the county shall provide funds for the bridge as soon as it car lawfully do so. A request of $20,000 of federal ait from Greenwood county to be used or a bridge at Puckett's ferry on the Sa luda river was not granted as the commission thought other bridges, es pecially the Laurens-Greenwood con nection, could be constructed first The commission expressend interes in the matter of bridging the Saluda a this point, but could not offer federa aid at this time. Jasper county was allotted $20,00( federal aid for the.road from Ridge land to Almeda. this sum being avail able from a former allotment of $25, 000 to Saluda county, which Saludi did not match. The commission agreed to give $10, 000 of state aid to the Wateree rivei bridge approaches if Richland anc Sumter counties each raise $10,000 this giving a total of $30,000 for th< approaches. Sumter is prepared t< give its $10,000, it was stated, anc Richland county is expected to fur nish its $10,000. In connection with the Wateree bridge the commission definitely fix ed the state highway to the bridge as the direct route to the structure branching off as the 17 mile-post oi the Eastover road and not going t< Eastover. A request from Sumter county thai if $18,000 of federal aid would be pledged to that county out of anj new appropriation, the county woull make the Wateree river bridge roac and the Mayesvllle road 18 feet wide was grantwi. These are two import ant roads and the commission was anxious to have them 18 feet wide F. H. Murray, engineer for the Sum ter Permanent Roads association, ap peared in the interest of this reques and other matters. Dr. W. M. Riggs, president o Clemson college; Prof. S. 13. Earle, di rector of the engineering department and Prof. E. L. Clark, appeared be fore the commission and told of th< 9 enlargement of the laboratory at th< college, especially "the machinery foi testing road materials. The labora tory facilities were offered the high way department for testing road ma terials. Dr. Riggs explained that th< college was anxious to emphasize roa< construction in its engineering cours es. Engineer Moorefleld was asket to go to Clemson and address the se nior engineering class on road mat ters and he agreed to do so. Senator T. B. Pearce, J. M. Bates M. D. Keller and H. G. Kaminer ap peared in interast of aid for the bridg< across the Congaree at Bates ferry The commissioner some time ago alot ted $15,000 of aid to this bridge ant approaches and the secretary was au thorized to turn over the fund as i was available from the motor vehiclt license fund. Directors of Penitentiary Meet. Directors of the penitentiary me at the governor's ofTice to conside: the matter of chair factory contract but no definite action was taken, thi matter being deferred until May II The directors are satisfied with th< results obtained under the old con tract that now controls the output o the chair factory at the penitentiar: and a renewal may be granted to thi present company, it was said. An ol fer was made the board by representa tives of another company and Chi: will be considered at the meeting. Less Fertilizer Sold This Year. Fertilizer sales in South Carolinf are considerably ofT this spring ai compared with last spring, accordinj to the privilege tax collection* o State Treasurer Carter. For January February and March of this year thi tax collection was $105,815.49 as com pared with $120,939.30 for the sam< three months of 1921. The fertilizer season is drawing t< a close, most farmers putting in thei: supplies during the first three months However, a good deal of purchasing is done in April and early May. Hearing by Cooper. Governor Cooper heard the case o John A. Boylston, township commis sioner for Willow township. Orange burg, on a rule for Mr. Boylston t< show cause why he should not be re moved. After the hearing the gover ncr said he had not taken any action ' but would hold the matter in abeyanci until he can get an opinion from thi attorney general as to his power it the case. The governor indicated * that he was without authority to re nva \fr RnvUtnn m ft -rv. .. Melton to Head University. William D. Melton, one of '.lie best known and ablest lawyers ia South Carolina and one of the letd/ng busik r.ess men of Columbia, was unani mously elected president o; the University of South Carolina to succeed Dr. William Spencer Currell, who had resigned at the January meeting of > the board of trustees. Mr. Melton accepted the presidency. Mr. Melton will assume the duties of president sometime between July 1 and September 1 and will abandon all his business and professional activi| ties, devoting his entire time to upI building the university. Concurrently with the election of Mr. Melton as president of the univer. sity, the trustees elected Dr. Currell dean of the recently created graduate school. Dr. Currell will become the head of the graduate school just as soon as Mr. Melton assumes the ofTice of president and he expects to have 1 the school well organized and equipped by the next scolastlc year. This school was created by tthe legislature at the recent session. , Mr. Melton, the president- elect, is a man of large business and professional affairs and in accepting the i proffer of the trustees told the board that ne waniea 10 lane up me uew work as early as possible and would s arrange matters as quickly as he s could. The new president was president of > the South Carolina Bar association in t 1920-21. r In accepting the resignation of Dr. s Currell the trustees expressed their i highest esteem for the work the re tiding president has done and ini structed Governor Cooper, chairman of the board, to convey the board's esi teem to Dr. Currell by letter. i In casting about for a successor to Dr. Currell the board had two ideas 1 In view, to find a man who would ? measure up to the requirements of a real university executive and a man J of high culture and character. These, members of the board* said, are be lieved to be embodied in the president elect. t Dr. Currell, the retiring president, t assumed the office of the presidency 1 in 1914 and since his administration the university has made much prog) ress,-both in scholarship and attend ance. Melton, in his acceptance, told the members of the board that he 1 would burn all his business bridges behind him and would devote his en tire time to the afTairs of the univerr sity; that he would do all in his power ' to increase and broaden its influence and make it a real vital force in the 5 state. The members of the board of ) trustees pledged to him their entire ' support and cooperation in the large task ahead of him. No other man was given consider5 ation at the meeting than Mr. Melton, " who was in no sense a candidate. The i board, as expressed by each member, was of the opinion that he filled all f the qualifications making for a nigh ' class executive. , Plan Contest For Students. j The state department of education has announced that it will arrange for j a state contest foi the adult pupils of South Carolina. This contest will ' be held in Columbia April 28-29. It j will be recalled that a similar contest was held last year and it vas the ] unanimous vote of those present last year that another contest be held this ? year and for the past 12 months the greater number of students have been f working towards this goal. Last year the adult pupils enjoyed their visit to Columbia and were appreciative of ' the attention shown them, and from ; the department of education it is 1 learned that enthusiastic letters are p being received almost daily from pupils who are looking forward to the . contest in this city. Plans for th" entertainment of the , visitors have already been made, acI cording to an announcement from the _ department of education. A contest j bulletin giving full details may be . procured from Miss Wil Lou Gray, . supervisor of adult schools, department of education. Columbia. There will be contests in reading, writing, spelling and arithmetic. There will , also be a contest in declamation, this subject being "Why I Needed the . Adult School and What it Has Done j for Me." The contests will be held . at the University of South Carolina l and will be so classified that pupils 3 who have entered school for the first time this year will be able to compete. Bank Examiner Issues Report. t State banks in South Carolina have r roannrfPs amounting to $149,345,050.21, according to their condition as of b March 10 as reported to the state 3 bank examiner. 9 The report was for the close of bus[ iness on March 10 of the 372 state f banks and branches. Y Individual deposits subject to check b reached a total of $45,354,612.65 and ! savings deposits dropped to $34,386, 048.54. The total capital Btock of the 3 banks is given by Mr. Craig aa $17,711,547.16. Supreme Court Has Heavy Docket. i The Supreme Court docke) at thla 3 term is one of the heaviest In a num? ber of years, according to court offlf rials, and will keep the court in a , steady grind until the close of May. i Some important cases are to come - before the court, including the Fox, J Kirby and Gappins cases. It is ex ported that the alleged appeals or J Kirby 8nd Fox. which have never been r completed, will be dismissed upon motion of Solicitor Callison. Gappins * has completed his appeal and it will likely be heard on its merits. To Complete Pension Work. f H. F. Jackson, pension clerk, is fast completing the roll of pensioners for the state and expects to complete the work by the end of next week and dis5 tribute the funds to the various counh ties. He has checked up 32 counties '* and has several other rolls that h? will finish in a day or two. 5 One or two counties are holding up - ihe entire machinery at present by i not sending in their rolls. Mr. JackI son said. Out of the 33 counties i* checked there has been a decrease of 944 nsnclttmrt from 1091 ' % ^rmwmom . later border, scene of fierce fighting li nomlc conference opened. 3.?Fund, LLOYD GEORGE has ready fo presentation to the conference i mutual guaranty pact, a variation o Article X of the League of Nation.1 covenant, by which wars In Europe would be prohibited for ten years tie thinks that If this were adopted with u penalty clause that all othei nations should unite against any pow er Invading or wantonly attacklnf mother, the soviet Red army coult >e disbanded, and the little entente md eventuully France could reduc* the size of their land forces. Franc* ind Poland claim they must main tain large armies to meet the threa jf Russia against the Poles, thougl it is generally understood the Frencl 1.?View of Ennlsklllen, on the U In the palace In Genoa where the ecoi years, walking in his palace garden. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS; Russian Delegates Start Rows in J the Economic Conference 1 in Genoa. , INSISTING ON DISARMAMENT i Lloyd George's Plan for Ten-Year Peace Pact?Germans Expect Dis- ] cussion of Reparations?Senate's , Tariff Bill Reported?Progress I of Fight to Save Navy. < By EDWARD W. PICKARD | LACKING the spirit that animated 1 the Washington conference, that of 1 reaching an agreement, the European ' economic conference which opened last 1 week In Genoa may, nevertheless, man- ' age to evolve some comprehensive I project that will meet the needs of ' the old world. Premier Lloyd George, 1 who Is dominating the meeting, be- 1 lieves It will. Many other eminent men and a great mrfny European news- 1 papers are skeptical. Already It Is evident that If any definite agreement 1 of wide scope Is reached, It must be ' through the yielding of France and the smaller nations that are members 1 of the French "bloc." I Soviet Russia, through Its spokes- 1 - ? ,A t\ ooont I n tr 1 mail, l cniiciienu, uiuu&u uv\.61?...e the "civilized nation test" of the Cannes agreement in order to obtain a sent In the conference, is still Insistent and almost obstreperous, being bolstered by the support of the Germans nnd certnin of the neutnil nations and by the universally admitted fact that. Europe cannot be restored economically until Russia Is again one of the family of nations. At the very outset Tchitcherin, after accepting the Cannes conditions, precipitated an angry debate with the French by Insisting that It was necessary to discuss disarmament. Lloyd George 3oon quieted the uproar by saying: "Gentlemen, we have agreed not to discuss disarmament, and therefore our French colleague is right, but we must not waste our time in argument We must get on. Nevertheless, In my opinion, the conference will naturally result in disarmament." Next dny the Russians protested the presence of the Japanese and the Rumanians, because Japan and Rumania are "unlawfully occupying Russian territories In Siberia and Bessarabia. Viscount Ishll replied that Japan would take part in the conference in spite of the Russian objections, and Bratiano, premier of Rumania, asserted that Bessarabia, which Is mainly populated by his countrymen, had been awarded to Rumania by the allies. Premier Facta of Italy, who had been elected permanent president of the conference, ruled that In any case the Invitations were Irrevocable, and the Bolshevik delegates hugged them- 1 selves with glee because the ruling means that they cannot be ousted 11 intpr renudiate the Cannes conditions. Organization of the committees brought more trouble. The first and chief one, to deal with Russian affairs, is made up of Great Britain, France. Italy, Germany, Russia, Relglum and Japan, and of Poland, Rumania, Sweden and Switzerland. eJect- ' ed by the little powers. Tchitcherin demanded that Russia be given two members on this committee because of her special position, but there was such strenuous objection that he subsided. Barthou for France and Theunys for Belgium wanted Russia and Germany excluded from this committee. to which Lloyd George replied that in that case the conference might as well he abandoned immediately. Russia, It was stated In Genoa, was ready to give all the financial guarantees demanded In the program which ovnnffc r\f thu nllips nronared last montli In London, but would not Accept the clause providing for mixed tribunals to fix responsibility, considering the latter an Infringement of Russian sovereignty. The soviet delegation had an alternate plan prepared. TO PREVENT SHIP'S ROLLING ! Gyro-Stabilizer, It Is Believed, Will Do Away With All Danger of Seasickness. Philadelphia. ? A large gyro-stabilizer, designed to eliminate seasickness by preventing the rolling of ships, Is to be tested at the plant of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company. Similar devices have been used on yachts and small ships, but the sta really have in mind action ugulns Jermany In case the reparations ar? not paid. The delegates from the lit tie entente, though not entirely satis tied with the form of this plnn. It h said will support It on two conditions That their right under existing treatlei to Invade Hungary In case of an at tempted Hapsburg restoration be In tegrally mulntalned, and that th< signatory nations agree to help on< mother by force of arms against an: me who breaks the pact. It was ex pected that both France and Grea Britain would support them In th< Urst condition but that the lattei would oppose the second, because sin wished to model the pact on the Wash ington treaty In order to pleas< \merica and because the British an aot willing to engage to send troopi to the continent. Up to this time the Germans haven' bad much to say In the conference 3ut in the first meeting of the com nittee on finance Herr Hennas, Ger nan minister of finance, started some thing of a row by alluding to th< -eparatlons. Picard of France angril: >bjected to even the mention of th< word. Of course, however, the Ger nans expect the subject will have t< ie handled by the conference ultl nately, and In this they are supportet jy Premier Branting of Sweden, whc really is spokesman for the neutra intlons. He declares flatly that th< ireatles of the entente with Its formei jnemles must be revised; and he als< approves of Tchltrherin's disarms nent proposals, asstrtlng that this h the biggest thing 1efore the confer Mice. Russia says lor budget Is cov ?red by the revenues and that hei irmy will soon be reduced frnn 5,000,000 to 1,000,000. Her representa ttve on the flnunce committee insistet m talking disarmament. SENATOR FRaNCE of Mary lam has Informed the statesmen h lienoa that he Is pressing in the sen ate a resolution for representation o the United States In the conference and asks them to renew their invito tlon to Washington. It Is stated It the capital that the attitude of th< administration on his matter has no changed. Among the unofficial Amer loan observers In Genoa is Frank Van tlerlip, and It Is likely his advice wil he sought by the committee 01 finance. He said In an Interview: "The question of the revision of thi German reparations is extremely vita to European reconstruction and there fore It is regrettable that the confer ence refuses to discuss It. In fact it Is doubtful whether the conferenci will result In much unless the repara tlons are discussed. It Is necessary t< reconstruct Germany as well as thi other nations on an economic basis and surely Germnny will remain in i had state unless her reparations mat ters are definitely settled here." JAPAN, while negotiating an agree ment with the Chita governmen of the Far Eust?an ugreeinent whlcl is reported to have been alread; signed?is ruthlessly supporting thi Vladivostok government, to the ex tent of fighting the Chita forces con tlnually. The latter have been drlvei out of the neutral zone between then and the Vladivostok territory and th Japanese nnd Vladivostok troops havi moved far to the north. The Japanesi press Is Insistent on evacuation o dlliorln hnf thp mlllfnrv nnrtv refuses As for Shantung, the ehnnces thn China will ever recover that provlnc from Japan are fading. The Chines are distracted with their civil war and those who know conditions cai see no way In which China can rals the price which Japan exacts for th return of the Shantung development and the KInu-Chau leased territory This will amount to about $300,000, blllzer at the Westlnghouse plani which weighs 120 tons. Is designed fo use In the largest ocean-going vessels The stabilizer, which will he lr stalled In the shipping hoard stenme Huwkeye state, operates on the prln clple of the common toy gvroscopt The theory of its operation Is thn when the ship rolls, the gyro-stabilize exerts force in the opposite dlrectioi equalizing the motion. The wheel of the stabilizer, whle! furnishes the power equalizing the ro] of the ship, has a revolution of 80 ' | ???i? ;3s??2 i H lOTlfll ,j ill I \?tvllla I"'I | iri i ? '-ki'v^' iT,,","* <""?Sr ?p|f 8 11 the Irish factional warfare. 2.?Room , first king of Egypt In two thousand r 000. General Yul, the Japanese milll tary commander, there, says Japan will f reninln until China fulfills every pledge s made in Washington. / T EADKItS of the Free State and . *-' republican factions of the Irish, r together with several neutral but ln tluentlal personages, began a conferl ence In Dublin Thursday which It was 1 hoped would result In the cessation i of the hostilities and an agreement on i the date of the elections. Arthur i Griffith had planned the election for June, but De Valera objects to Its bet Ing held on the existing register be1 cause it Is out of date. In the British 1 parliament the opposition bitterly att tacked the government because of the i Irish situation and the danger of a - coup d'etat by De Valera during the - Easter recess. Winston Churchill In 3 a brilliant speech defended the gov: ernment. - *TpHE senate finance committee's version of the revised turlff was ? reported on Tuesday, bearing the i signatures of all of the ten Republican 7 members except Senator La Follette of Wisconsin. In this measure, as t compared with the house bill, rates i of duty have been shifted and the r basis of ad valorem duties has been ? chunged from that of the American volno na nrnnnuiH hv thA hoilSA hnok i to the present foreign valuation i basis. This makes the ad valorem j rates higher, but the specific duties In many cases huve bpen lowered.' Agrit cultural products and some classes of manufactured goods are given In. creused rates. Senator McCuraber, . chairman of the committee, says the . bill has been written on the basis of ? both protection and revenue, no rate ; being so high us to cut off reasonable ? foreign competition or so low that . American manufacturers cannot hold > their full share of the American mar. ket. He gives assurance that there ] will be final enactment of tariff leg) Islution before congress adjourns. THERE Is not much to be said concerning the conl miners'strike. > President Lewis of the mine workers . estimates that during the week 25.000 ? nonunion men joined the strikers, . making a total of 75,000 recruits of . that class. In some Ohio fields strlkr ers In large bodies made demonstra! tlons at mines still operating, and the . owners appealed for protection. j Congressman Huddleston of Alabama Introduced a hill giving authority to judges of federal courts on the j application of the uttorney general ! to appoint receivers to operate closed mines. GROWING fiercer dally, the fight between the "little navy" men In } the house and those who support the a administration's Ideas on this matter j developed some fireworks last week. Pajty lines are broken, and Mr. Padgett of Tennessee, former chalrI man of the naval committee, led 1 many of his fellow Democruts to the support of the administration. The most effective arguments of the latter ? were in a letter from Secretary Hughes, read by Representative Rogers. He urged that the standard of the nnvnl treaty of Washington be maintained unless the prestige of the e United Stutes was to he Impaired and its security put In Jeopardy. "Jimmy" I Galllvnn of Massachusetts suggested e that the navy be turned over to the ' prohibition commissioners. ? TWO Republican ex-service men, Woodruff of Michigan and Johnson of South Dakota, united in threatenlng Attorney General Dougherty t with Impeachment and In demanding h wholesale courts-martial in the War Y department. They asked that a see lect committee of the house Investi gate the liquidation of war-time con tracts, charging fraud and corruption * In the sale of property at ridlculousII ly low prices to favored individuals, e Secretary of War Weeks Issued a e general denial and Invited Investigae tion. General semenoff. who calls himself ataman of all the Cose sacks, Is having his troubles in the e United States. Coming to raise fuhds \ to renew warfare on soviet9, he was i arrested In a civil suit resulting from e a theft of goods by his forces; and p then the government was asked to des port him, and American officers told a . senate committee of the outrages committed by his men in Siberia. t, turns a minute, and the force is such r that it is said to spin for eighteen ?. hours after the power Is shut off. i- It is said the stabilizer also can be r used to roll a ship, thus being effecfive in moving stranded vessels from shoals. The action is controlled by f small gyroscopes along the sides of ( the vessel. These register the direction of the roil and automatically start h the large stabilizer wheel revolving II In the direction necessary to counter0 act the motion of the ship, , % \ - ? ? i ? - - Mil NATURE GfiEpCTOR INTERNATIONAL 'TREATIES AND PACTS REALLY OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE. WORLD NEEDS QUIET SLEEP Only Lasting Cure for the Ills That Have Ever Followed in the Wake of War?Action of Congressional Ap- t propriation Committee Causes Alarm, i By tu?y?Hu a. oi-Mrtr\ Washington.?It seemingly can be taken for granted that tiie treaties proposed by tiie recent International conference In Washington will go into effect. Will the world, after the agreements formally have been sanctioned wherever It is necessary to sanction them, be the same old world? Washington officials are like other people, and though the endeavor is to do something to keep war forever from the doorstep, there are those of the officials who are saying that human nature still is human nature, and that dependence must be placed upon Its restraint as much as upon any treaties looking to "placidity, concord and peuce." The United States Is going to have agreements, treaties, alliances, or whatever you choose to call them, with other great nations, and war no longer Is to be feared, at least so some good folk seem to think. The people of the United States, and the people of other countries, too, for that matter, are willing apparently In masses of majorities to grasp at anything which will promise peace and which will prevent a repetition of the much worse than untoward things that happened between August 1, 1914, und November 11, 1918, Perhaps it ought not to be written at a time when the hopes of the people seem to be lirinly fixed that peace is to settle down for keeps upon the world, but nevertheless it must be said that there are plenty of seasoned ones In Washington who believe that human nature rather than four-power, five-power, or even ten-power pacts Is to determine affairs In the future, as It has determined them In the past. These skeptics, If you so choose to call them, say that you cannot legislate acrimonies out of the world affairs, nor can you legislate today against the human nature which will be the same tomorrow and the day after tomorrow as it Is this 'day and as it wus yesterday. There are government officials and members of congress of both parties who believe that the solving of the economic problems of the world will be a harder task than that of solving, or seemingly solving, its war problems. Washington recognizes the fact that there Is an Instability hmong the peoples which comes from something other than the economic disturbances which naturally have grown out of the war. Theje Is a restlessness everywhere, and it Is particularly evident among men who served In whatever army, but It Is also evident among the peoples who never saw the front line, and who never were found back of the front lines. The whole world seems to be nervous and unable properly to get to work. The diplomatic and legislative doctors say that the world i needs a natural sleep, one not pro- < duced by a sedative and which will 1 leave no headache In its wake. A senator said the other day that the world has been disturbed many times before, but that It always has i come back to Its poise. It reminds i one of the ancient story of the woman who asked If It was going to rain, and received the answer "It always has." Committee's Action Alarms. Recently an appropriation committee of congress made what was a seeming attempt to fix a policy for the government rather than simply to make a recommendation for an appropriation to carry out a policy already fixed by the government. It Is charged In Washington chat this act of the appropriation committee tukes that body far out of the field of Its rights, Its privileges and common sense. This charge Is made both by Democrats and by Republicans, who see danger In what the committee has done. The appropriation committee of the house virtually said It would recommend that only a small amount of money should be allowed for the array of the United States. It can be seen at once what this will mean If It shall he carried through to its conclusion. It means that the government, through the military committees of the hftuse and senate, can not fix the size of the army or of the navy in accordance with thoughts on safety for our institutions, but necessarily will be compelled to keep tl^e army forces down within the pay limits made possible by the sum allowed by the appropriations committee. Here Is the way that It has been put by some of the members who think that the appropriations committee's suggested plan is dangerous and wrong: if in n creat cltv a riot should hold | , Its sway for four or five months, but | ] finally after great destruction of prop- t erty the rioters should say, 'We will go good,' would It be wisdom for the t city, simply on the word of lifetime j agents of destruction, Instantly to cut Its police force below the limits of t ordinary safety?" j resurrection flower In Egypt is a plant called the resurrection flower. It Is seen as a little [ hall hanging on a frngile stem, re- < senibllng In color and shape a shrunk- \ en poppy-head. Sleeping, but not dead, e the flowers nre aroused by being iin- f mersed In water, and then supported J In an upright position. Soon the fibers c begin to stir. Slowly they unfold, un- t til, with petals thrown back, It be- f comes a beautiful starry flower, not v unlike an aster.?Brooklyn Eagle. e ?? ?v In the past we nave hud foreign enenles and of course we may have them n the future. There Is no doubt at ill that we have domestic enemies vith us at all times. Destruction still ins Its advocates and their preachings ire heurd and their writings ure read. The fight to cut down the urmy, In i way, has been as hard and as hot j is some of the lights In the Argonne 'prest. The administration seemingly )elleves that the men who hold the noney bags in congress are willing to jut their country In danger In order :o save a few dollars. There Is an)ther side than that of money to this natter, as It affects the regular army. Question to Be Considered. Can the United States, It Is asked, ifford to be wholly ungrateful to the nen who have given their country heir life's service? Today there Is inrest In the regular army because of he apparent willingness of congress ;o take away from the men of years ' ?maana r\t IIV?llhonit ;i seiviu; men ujcuuo v& ,?... Admittedly, If the good of the people ihall demand the dismissal of some of ts servants, well and good, but what >f a condition which Involves the dlsnlssal of the faithful and as a companion act 'he loss of safety for our nstltutlous? Your correspondent knows some- ' hlng personally about the conditions :oday In the regular array. He has 1 >een a regular and he has been aa ?mergency officer. Service men have ost heart. They do not know what s going to happen to them and their 'amllles. They are trained to serve :helr country along certain lines andlow they fear that their country Is | going to turn them adrift without so much as a straw of safety. * Today there Is an actual attempt pelng made to force willing and able men out of the army. Soldiers who J; physically and mentally are capable of pears of work are being ordered be- v--^ Tore examining boards of doctors, In t the hope?yes, In the hope?that the ' ' < examiners will be able to find some 'jM Ittle thing physically wrong with them $ which will give the government an ex- , :use for dismissing the faithful ones. \ Crowds Visit Lincoln Memorial. Visitors of the springtime are be-* ctlnulng to come to Washington In crowds. Almost the first place which they visit Is the Lincoln memorial, \ 'J .vithln which stately building Is the ' seated statue of the war-time Pre?* ' ' dent John Boyle O'Reilly once wrote a poem called "The Statues In the Block." In a sense It described the amotions of the man who was gazing upon a block of marble and thinking upon the possibilities In the way of lifelike Impersonations whlih could -5 be brought by the chisel of the sculptor from a cold stone. The statue of Lincoln is heroic in size. The face Is wonderful. This . 7 % masterpiece came from a block of stone. I made some little Inquiry as to the methods of sculptors who were to make statues of men whom they J bad never seen in life. The {ace, and Ln a way the figure, Is known to the sculptor from photographic or painting reproduction, but almost always It Is necessary to get some living man jf,tj to pose as the subject ln order to get the living effect. After looking at the statue of Lin- \ coin a day or two ago I went to Dupont circle, where recently there was a statue of Admiral Dupont, a status which was taken down because it Is uot thought to be a properly artistic rep&sentation of the sailor. Great Sculptor's Methods. By a curious coincidence, almost Immediately after looking on the Dupont circle fountain I met a man whom 1 .^fcj had known for some years, Arthur G. ,y8 Puller of Groton, Mass. Mr. Fuller had known the sculptor, French, virtually all his life. He told me some things concerning the labors of this man whose work Is known throughout the country which to me were interesting, and may not prove to be uninteresting to others. * It was French who did "The Minute ' fl Man," which stands at Concord bridge, V the rude bridge "which arched the '/]| flood where once the embattled farmer ! ? stood." The Minute Man Is a statue [ ' of extreme simplicity, but full of significance and of action. It represents a young farmer with one hand upon the plow while the other hand holds a rifle. He is looking far off and listening for the call to duty. Memorial hall, so canea, in tne cap* Itol. the old nail of representatives, aas In It many atrocities. Each state of the Union has the right to place [n this hall statues of two of Its great citizens. The states not always have chosen well. Sometimes legislatures nave been moved by political considerations or considerations even less ivorthy when choosing men to be represented by memorials In the capltol jf the United States. There are some statues in Memorial ball of men of 1 whom the average person never heard, and some of these statues are an abomination to the eye of any one who has the slightest knowledge of what art should be. One of South Carolina's memorial statues in the hall is that of John C. Jalhoun, a great man, no matter how lome people may view his political convictions. When the time came to anvell this statue the South Carolina epresentatlves asked Henry Cabot [^)dge of Massachusetts to deliver one >f the addresses. Mr. Lodge did so, md having In mind the general charicter of most of the other statues In . ?> Memorial hall, he framed In his speech i phrase which will live. Speaking of the greet Calhoun and of he emplacing of the statue in Memorial mil, the Massachusetts senator said: 'He will stand there elbowed by the emporarlly notorious and the lllus- I .nous uusturc. JUST COMMON HUMANITY The very serious trouble with most jeople Is that they are human, like >urselves. They react In ..the same vay under the same stresses. They ilso want sympathy, and are looking or a friend. Tliey, too, heartily enoy being appreciated or at least unleretood. Burdens that are heavy for is are heavy for them. It Is as easy or them to watch other people aC vork as It Is for us. They, likewise, tnjoy picnics and parades.?Fvphon??*.