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» e 10 80ILDIHME-=~E~- Hill Mil OOOP CO«»T»OC4.«II 09 ONI or TH| LIAOINO Lirr IKSUNANCC coMrANin makia orrtit FIFTY MILLIONS HIE LVtlLABLE A Limit of $10,000 Has Bten Set By the Company on Homes on Which It Wil Extend 4.oana. - - C Kansas Citx, Mo^Fifty million dol lars of the funde d a loading life in surance company Is available to pros pective small home owners. Walter G. Stabler, comptroller af tbs company told the convention of the national as sociation of real estate board here. The statement was greeted by a prolonged demonstration which was renewed when Mr. Stabler, announced that the company had elected to with draw from big real estate invest ments end would devote its available Investment funds to aiding in the so lution of the small home problem A limit of $10,000 has been set by the company on horaas on which It will extend loans. The plsn ss outlined, follows: Laans up to SO per cent oa land and improvements will be mede on home* to roet not more than tlO.OAO. Loans to run 1$ years with interest et els and one half per rent payable eecal ana sally Loaa* aasy be paid wtfhont pa a alt y af’ev three ft are O** Ta**n e* Me w a twee* ptne tar aa Aa*etraa mandate over Armenia waa rejected m the sea ate by a vote of more than two to ona. Thirteen democrats cast their votea with lha united republican member ship on the Anal roll call, and the resolution “respectfully declining to grant congressional authority for the mandate was adopted 2 to 23 In the form drafted by the republican lead ers. In the debate the democratic senate leader counselled delay, and tried in vain to put the decision over until the next session of Congress. Scarcely a voice was raised in out-and-out ad vocacy of accepting the mandate, and on a motion to amend the resolution so that the requested authority would be given, only 12 senators, all of them democrats, voted in the affirmative. CONDITIONS IN TMt SCVtAAL southern states range FROM ft^TO SO. NO ESTIMiTE OF PRODUCTION Average Condition May 25 This Vsar Was 62.4 Per Cent of Normal; Same Date Last Year 78.7. Catholic Rulers Are Now Free to Visit the King of Italy at Rome. Rome.—Pope Benedict has issued an encyclical letter, announcing that, while he maintains the claims of the Holy See to temporal powers, he re scinds the order forbidding Catholic ruler* to Istt the King of Italy la Rome Reyeolle of Textile Worker® Have Seen Inc reseed $1 000 000 Week Ip. ftobtcm — A geaerml i>er»wae at wage* at*'*flag epprwaimaiely SbAJtt (•Stile eperwiivew wewt Mite eWeet ta ITNflisbd tesitle re®*ere Apprwa iseslelf SI MAM »«U be added I* ib* areeSly payrwHe ed IS# m*^l* Washington. — Reporting the con dition of the cotton crop on May 25 i at 62.4 per cent of normal, the de partment of agriculture announced i that this was the lowest mark in its record of 50 years and that the recur- rfng statement “worst ever known” was confirmed. No forecast of produc tion was made. ' Revised figures of the area planted last year were announced as 35.133,000 acres, the area picked 33.566.000 acres, and the yield per acre 161.5 pounds The May 25 condition last year was 75 6 per cent of a normal and the ten-year average 7$ 7. ('onditlon by states: Virginia. 71; North CariUna. 70; South Carolina. CS; Georgia. 55; Florida. €2; Ala bama. 56; Mississippi- 65; Louisiana. 7*; Texas id. Arkansas 61; Tennes see. id; Mlssonn. 64; Oklahoma. 7d. California. M; Artsmaa. Id. and all other statee. 62 The season thfwaghovt the belt Is f.*wm tw« ta foar weess late ** C »#•*•«»«*»< a* M’S* M»lee TsN te Skaw® m Aeeswesed *• Ness Neva* \*• Nssea t s M Ideal avd Tel* •* s i—rr| jMMS-eS-l> I i # ■ I ■ A** a# LNA dl Washingt on - Repebllr an leader* dl the house and senate agreed tentative ly on a final adjournment of CongrtM. Many member* of both the senate and house, however, have Indicated that they prefer s recess for the po litical conventions to u sine die ad Inurnment and this may cause a change in the plans as tentatively agreed on. Final decision as between a recess or an adojumment, it was said might hang fire until the last moment. In a conference with the senate leaders, however, Reprsentatlve Mondell is un derstood to have 'been advised to go ahead with his adjournment resolu tion under the assumption ’that it probably would be found satisfactory to the senate majority. 1 ' Only the Armenian mandate resolu tion and conference reports are on the list of important measures slated for passage before Congress quits. M lEtlSUM TMg HOUSC GAVI PRACTICALLY UNANIMOUS APPROVAL TO PROPOSED RESOLUTION. LEVER 1CI 13 NOT INCLODED One Member “From Missouri” Raised Objection to Retention, it Being “Anti-Strike” Legislation. United States Loses Revenue on $10,000,000 in Bonded Liquors. New York—More than 1.200 per mils to remove liquor from bonded warehouses in New York and vicinity have been found to be forgeries which netted $10,000,000 profit in the la*t two months, according to tbo New York World War Nerves is Newest Thing In Lenden in th# Way at a •Jeg* e«t )*g I* wai pwilsimsT v at Washington.—All war laws, except ing the Lever food control act and the trading with the enemy act, would be repealed by a resolution adopted by the house, 323 to 3. House democrats predicted that President Wilson would - approve the measure, Representative Conally of Texas, asserting that the president was first to suggest the nul lification of the war acts. The retent on of the Lever act was explained by Representative Walsh, republican. Massachusetts, in charge of the repeal legislation, as necessary to give the government an effec|iv-» law for curbing profiteering In neces- sitiet. Including food and fuel. He added that the trading with the enemy bet ahould he Included to regulate trade with Germany. Representative Igoe. democrat. Ml* •ourt however questioned the repu** I leans' derision to continue the Lever •ct neserfint that “certain Interests* desired I# beep the* taw tn eff**v t be- r#nse It hnd prised “egectlve anti strike iegteiatiun * Ve"ns Me* P*#«e Ten#*® P ea**® In end A feed S® an OrwnetUle -The leastM I* the *J*l»f seitio* of Gr*bb» count; b; i <1 K*Ubt»»» «* Uu, '" ,, • Minn, wllb th» Mtrwm*®* ‘b»' i** owner of the land. Clarence M Wm*. •ball recehre » per cent ot the net prou In tbe event Ketchman drl.ll*. the Und end .trlkea oil. brimt* a P»»- sibiUty that drlllinK for oil n»ny be- gin here within a short while. Ketctypan is now in Duluth, having left Greenville after signing the lease, which runs for 50 years. Wing ia * 8 <> out of town. Au agreement was also signed giving Ketchman an option on the land .for one year, within which tim* he can purchase it for $1 <>0,000. A rock quarry lies on a part of this land, and Ketchman under the terms of the lease, can also quarry rock br" giving Wing 10 per cent of all stone and rock quarried and shipped. How ever, it is believed laat the Minnesota man is interested in the possibility of ■triking oil as the lease guarantees Wing a return of not less than 10 dol lars a day. The tract of land i* located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Columbia—The executive commits tee of the South Carolina Firemen's •••orlatlon will soon name^the date* and select the n**xt place of meeting for the I$2* rooveolljci A b4«‘aee* »•»sin* is ^rop»*#ed ubd pr>»' will be mede for * todf**3M»t*t thi# ys*r W (k*de p#**** •d mablud * fees re •f1*C * ewsNe* Tbe v#w*t® 4 t .« *1 UNI CMS # -e- > e* Rveen-Mwef led w«m# INwi Skb a Me es l e# •S Sima •ms Nee 4$N#<w* wsmeed ud SAAR Am fA# •ufANf# dl b * »*■•# f btaeeued #H<*qrA*NA le W#*# sb e Cb OMUMispeMS se*pl ••*■#•• wkke mm # b**wHu • • • sees# see fee* e Ne - —• ss C f—hw • ss we #—f*e AwwV*e 4 b» kke*we Ceew#*fNwu • e»e I *#*»*> Si eew-e# **#* • be SH* |N#s fees m e fsmudfRtaus •Ad# at Tee* S* *f#i sea Oue^ded A® G®*eeei< at Me « er< TW M »*<**«** ■ e»e*'* #*# tbe S#m at VNe nee * •. o b* tbe paMtue SWbSeevue# te b* ei * ssed eb#e4 at tOHb# b ee*'Ue » As tjin *|we#S S—S be ■«* ee- *• $*••* m# •** «#■»<*** eeed#* •smA aw *» i##ks»"i#> ARS SNW mw *e4 Af «#UMe • e*4 be### •xdANeeee SbNdA# |RldNMi ku efNNkd Am#* k# #ew#e Mke §a Me#® s* ki# awilN iidi tfmawt be «d®H#ddl A# sutpAf AnARS Annr SS# t « mat am weuSsqsR $RAt$ Sd #A$b eusedsi #w® aeNM*eed ed 1 ** 11 #*e ‘S#i ■Pt * edeu# e® S«dM a® Caw* %> •eebUkews FR * ®w# *»**-dW at MhNdfHdMs#* mt be * •e-'e* •###> tbee *## eedeebuei# tut SdNwSS### #%* ebbeuedf #A# beUAe at e*e lA TbNAASNb at «b#» sdR» SR§ *s *ke bus •%**•«#> w*wbe -d ®MNb Ak eSet® •uw# at #•' a#*e Re««WbMt SdWi “T # t-matat tmaatat^f aa Rswe-e# #•» SbNff» H tf * tbe bedN at %e#qf t«eWe*dNMi tm Ni## *A TbeUNAMidS *b» • *e SdAeR #SW| Sw# fMufbaik# ANv abar ‘ etAAiAMMS esm^ ## % • ### * ♦ RdNd Sped lb #e* b*®*®# AtM# dd *k •be #w» # abu# Re * ®ede df Alb# aa MiMR 4 e*4> N •#♦• SWu# R # A* # ed Rud u* beRWi# 1 ®* On a* #* ******» m ft>ft4MW#mB t «e v i <4kA eoseee #BkemRv®o#i mm* 1 a##*«®®m® at *Ap t pm** m®#® »#>*avi 1999 99B9tt99B wRM at Rw*s 11 f *# >|# be eSe-lNS p-w*v »edpt wAbub 4 s® g#® . ® •* «* i«a semi a newa 1 A# •d S e at *N *»#** «# Sa»- €••*• 9m a*#*** *ed - a e R*uWd t# id % • a» am #•# *•>•■« # * Oue'*dH W » * ■ s ■* ■ * •••• •seea ami #bed #*<•#«• be Ad# amdkeA lb# wbu#S 4S#ueS## #*ee e# Ss SwtebuNI «eeS®e *b# *Mda#*#ub a# tb® «## «## abus# A#s dPhMi eel Mw t-***# adtaNMSe* *es#M®# amafttai amBaat b# feuuiMSe "mm at fb®i>in#i#t W% .«di H * * • */ tbe *■ I ;si e*ai® D ^®e*®u I® b®e®*®«>* A<•#•#** bi>sap He *• * t pud Ibe ®^®rit amt w dl «*f ila -df® V’C® to t e*t %df •lav»r • to tf®4itM>u a®4 tvntur® tnt«* tbe rve.m of thing* n®« ®nd untried, de pvnd* the future •trength and ' fTiclen cy of the Anicr.t an navy. Secretary liar.teL told the graduating tlasa here in presenting diplomas to Its 2*9 mem , bers. Free and Uninterrupted Movement of Freight Must Prevail at Docks. Austin. Texas.—Gov. W. P. Hobby Informed city and county authorities at Galveston that they must insure “free and uninterrupted movement of freight” through the docks there, which are affected by a strike of union dock workers, or the state would “assume control.” Formation of “Green International” of Peasants’ Interests Announced Cologne.'—The impending formation of a “green international” of peasants’ Interests was announced by Dr. Helm, the widely-known leader of the Bava rian peasants party. Dr. Heim assert ed that agriculture was the rock upon which aocialsim would be wrecked and he declared the peasants’ parties of Germany. Austria. Hungary, liel- glum. llollNnd. 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I* provided Nr in the mer chant marine bill as flnarH agreed upon by senate and h«»u*® conferees Chicago^—Kqiinlliation of proposed freight rates between pas.-enger and freight services was urged at session of the executive committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation. It was decided that the farmers pay from 60 tq 65 per cent of the freight revenue received by the railroads and that the passenger service should hear an equal raise in rates. This opinion was expressed following a re port on the railroad hearing. News Print Paper Prices to Rise Sharply on July First in Canada. Montreal—An advance in the ex port price of news print paper from a ton to $110 for the three months beginning July 1 to be follow ed by an advance to $130 for the final three months of 1920 is shown in the schedule of the Canadian Export Paper Company, Ltd. The price will be increased one cent a pound July 1, to 5 -2 cents a pound at mill. Unprecedented Dividend Declared The President Wires Democratic on Spartanburg Cotton Mill Stock Members of Delaware Assembly. * *e- *«*e r ® **«®*ft M<m *??#•# SAt#b>M •** #* bbi# i# Abd *by **#• w its ••Hi. —&t irbd* t# edm. s *teff tb# p*Mli«b #*• AfTe^ted for b#*tibg a bor®# He was sentenced to pay a fib® of $2-* and frtetve twenty Ave la«he« with the name whip be* had *••4 on the h(»rse Our Largest and Most Formidable Battleship is In Commissior New York—Th»* supor-drcaanaught Tennessee, the largest and most form idable battleship afloat, goes into com mission at the Brooklen navy yard. Constructed here at a cost of $20,000.- 000, she represents the last word in battleship architecture. She Is 625 feet long, 98 feet abeam, and has a displacement of 32,500 tons. She is the next thing to a pleasure yacht in comfort of apartments. •• Ob#s r ns* am «*# Ri#e#t Ms*® CbHi#*di* Mae**— 1 It I* *#Inm*i n# Mar* *#4 (he Ar«f ®#owfali at IA«* a# The ptabet w«»® ®b*»*#*>» **1 I* a t®«**gfam received at Harvard College ob»*®waior> from !*r<»f**®'»r WlUiani H Plrkering,. who Is •talH#i* ed at Mand* vtUe. Jamaica Tb* telegram said tbe snowfall oc curred at Isidis. r». a Marshal Petsin Tells of Grateful \ Feeling of Frenchmen for America. - Bpartaiibuig, 3. C.—Alinoun<*6tti^tal 'Washington.—President Wilson has was made that the directors of Inman telegraphed three members of the Mills, tWs county, have decided on a . Delaware legislature urging that ev- stork dividend of 400 per <-pnt, 300 per err democrat in the Vsuture vote cent to he in common stink and 100 for the suffrage amendment, per cent in preferred stock. A stock "M-v I not. as a* de,neer.it ” the holders’ meeting has been call**d to prestJ »nt said, “express my de^p In- ratify the action of the director* Thl* terest in the suffrage amendment and is the large*! stock dividend yet de- my |*idsmcnt that i* wou'd he of the dared by any southern cotton mill greatest service to the party If every The present capdaHiattoa ^ the mill d*n«vt.'l in the l)*4wi v' is ftS# •*# tote far It M ^aris—Marshal Retain, command- cr-in-chief of the French army, stand- ing on the slopes of Mount Valerien The Congressional Record Will No Longer Be Scattered Broadcast. Washington.—Senator Smott. repub lican, Vtah. chairman of the Joint commission on printing, announced In the senate that, because of the short age of print paper, the circulation ot The Congressional Record for the present would be limited and only enough copies would he printed to | supply members of the senate and house. Resignation of Secretary Polk * is ^Accepted by The President —L. Washington.—Frank L. Polk has re signed as under secretary ot state and his resignation was accented^ the last stronghold of the French during the siege ot Paris in 1870, told 10.00^ persons assembled In the little cemetery of Suresnes Sunday of the gratitude of France for the sacrifice* ifiad** by the sons of America In th** cause of France on her soil during the great war Wont^n In black pre dominated In tbe assemblage r Spartanburg KxGov John Gary Evan*. Democratic national commit teeman. announced here that 26 S *uth Carolinian* have made applicat *n for rwsenation for the trip to San Fran- clsfo to the Democratic national con vention. The party will leave. South Carolina on June 19. There will be others In the party, it is understood. While the South Carolina delegation goes uninstnicted, there is a general belief in this part of the state that McAdoo will he supported for the Democratic nomination. A Rather Valuable Rock York —A 97 pound rock packed in side a hale of cotton brought Alexan der Wilson, negro of the White Hill section, about Mr. Polk’s resignation will take ef fect June 15 when he will leave Wash ington to take a rest before returning to the practice of law in New York When Secretary I^ansing returned from the Paris peace conference last summer, Mr. Polk was sent abroad to take bis place and he acted as head if th# Am*rseaa delegating to a York cotton buyer hut thie new method of converting useless granite Into coin of the realm had a disagree able aftermath. 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