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SHOWN or RAGES WHITES NUMBER 94,822,431, NE- > GROES 10,463,013 AND W- ! . v DIANS 242,959. JAPANESE RAPIDLY INCREASE The White Population Showed Only a 16 Per Cent Expansion and the Negro 6.5 During the Decade. WILLIAM SPRY • William Spry of Salt Lake City, Washington—The racial compos!-jcommlsslaner of the general land of- BY E HOPES VISIT TO IRELAND IS THE FIRST STEP LEADING TO THE END OF STRIFE. / WAS A BRILLIANT SPECTACLE Sinn Fein and Nationalist Members of Irish Parliament Did NetPartio- * ipate in the Ceremonies. lion of the population of the United States in 1920. as announced by the census bureau, shows the country to contain 94,822.431 white persons, 10,- 463.013 negroes, 242.959 Indians. 11?.- 025 Japanese. 61.688 Chinese and 9,- 485 others. The Japanese race ex ceeded by far the rate of growth in the last ten years of all other classes. Unofficial estimates of the increase In the number of Japanese in the United States, particularly on the Pa cific coast, were borne out in the offi cial tabulation, which revealed a rate of expansion of 53.9 per cent during the decade of 1910-20.* California ab sorbed 30.596 of the tptal growth of 38 868 Japanese in this period. .Tanu- ^ary 1. 1920, there wen* 71.952 Japanese in California. Belfast.—“I speak from a full heart” flee, Department of the Interior, was'said King George in his speech form- born in Berkshire, England, In 1864, : a iiy opening the Ulster parliament and came to America in 1875. He is a here, '‘when f pray that my coming Mormon. j t0 i re i an( j ma y prove to be the first '• !fctep towards an end of strife amongst DISAPPROVES DANIELS’ STANDT IT, 7 In that hope I appeal to all Irish men to pause, to stretch out the hand of forbearance and conciliation, to for give and to forget, and to join in mak ing for the land which they love a new era of peace, contentment and good-will.” The ceremony of the opening was Washington.—Secretary Denby has . a br »>‘ant spectacle and a distin- t , .. _ , , . guished assembly watched an event takeo a <'tion on Tecommondatlon °< refardod as marking an important Order Issued on the Michigan Provid ed, for-a Ship Morale Committee of Petty Officers and Men. LARGELY INCREASE CHECKING ACCOUNTS REDUCED SOMEWHAT DURING PERIOD OF INDUSTRIAL STRESS. ERNEST I. LEWIS Ernest I. Lewis of Indianapolis, one of the r two new members of the Inter state commerce commission, has been chairman of the Indiana state public service commission for four years. He formerly was a newspaper jjsn. SNAPPY TALK TO AMERICANS CONCLUSIONS SOUNDLY BASED Are Perhaps Fifteen Million Savings. Bank Depositors in United States and the Number is Growing. People of Europe Do Not Do Business As We Do, According to “Form 22” or “24,” As Case May Be. Riga, Letvia.—Millions of dollars in ready cash are going to English, Ger ’ W'ashingtoo. — America has not touched her savings bank accounts during the period of industrial stress, except to increase it. The busihess man’s bank balance is reduced some what from the fat figures of last year and the farmer can’t sign his check for what he used to, but, the man who has mone yin the savings bank has more there today than he ever had be fore. All of which goes to show, ac- 1 cording to the Federal Reserve Board's presentation of the facts, that, while w^’ve been tightening our belt and consuming less during the past six month’s we haven't drawn on our re serves but have strengthened them. The figures upon which this analysis is made are admittedly incomplete but J 1 04 * V* v-vx no lilt* i n i ixxx j^v/i icw* v - ^ v ” ^ ^ ‘ Admiral H. B. Wilson, commander-in- 'epoch in Irish -history. Sinn Fein and ; man and Dutch firms from the Baltic they form thesoundest sort of premise chief of the Atlentic fleet, to nip in nationalist members of the parliament because of the almost unbe- The white population showed only a t h e bud any tendency toward soviet- did not participate - in the ceremo- lievable unfamiliarity of even the larg- - 16 per rent expansion for the decade | , m j n the uavy. Captain Clark D. [nies. and the negro 6.5 per rent. Both the Stearns, of the battleship - Michigan From the moment their yacht Vic- Ir.dian and Chinese groups dwindled has been relieved for Having permit- toria and Albert dropped her escort at 8 6 per cent and 13 8 per rent. re-,t e( ] his crew to discuss with him dis- the entrance of Belfast Lough, the i spectlvely. The growtn of the white ( .|pj| nar y matters vested only in tha King and Queen were the objects | "opulation was considerably less than H hip'g commanding officer. of enthusiastic demonstrations by the the rate of the previous decade, which^ Captain Stearns issued the order loyalists of Ulster. ' 22 3 per cent. This decline, the brought about bis detachment ! . L_ est American firms with foreign trad ing conditions, and even geography, say Americans here. Dozens of big orders for which cash af $2,942,901,000 in savings was actually in the banks in New , There are perhaps fifteen upon which to base the above, cohclu- sions. The board's report shows that the eight hundred and seventeen banks had on deposit this week the huge sum million itatement said, was due principally to the marked reduction In Immlgra t.on during the world war. with the approval of former Secre tary Daniels, It is understood, but "Raiding Paraon” ia Dead. v Philadelphia—The Rev. Robert E Johnson, of the Methodist Eplacopal p*tabllsh a precedent church, who. as a Federal prohibition Jure discipline even to t^e point of agent In Pennsylvania, became known setting up ''soviet rule” in the navy, as the "raiding parson", died at his The order issued on the Michigan home here, the result, it was said, of provided for a "ship morale comrait- Farmera Pay High Intel at. 8«oreUry Drab, I, uld to bold tl»t i.d^hv'b,"nki’“t,7^nMr, t ofThe'c^n '‘ C, °' lD B “* WlU> 10 pl * rt! wh, le 1„,ended to Improve monrle £ h ’J .veLged ln I ^ ,n ,n<1 En * the enliated pr the department York have been Iqst to America be- savings banks depositors in the United cause of what American representa- States and the number is growing, lives in the Baltic States term abso lute stupidity. It is time,” said one'of these Amer Samuel Gompera ia Re-elected. Denver. — Samuel Gompera, labor's 71-year-old general, stands triumphant. The fortieth annual convention of p-rnonnel, npprov.l by i I^ when AmeLica conM nav. b.d the Fedor.tlon „l Labor he ir of lb. court, would'?;, Zceot i Zr «o end 776 ?*"• “T »* American ,„ r „ aJK)Urnln? crowMd hlra ,„ der recedenl thal ml.bt lb- ,„ 19 M . c "in, fo reran. comJled v™” wh.t the .ubordlnate. In the Amfrlc ,„ llbor m overaen. for a dxvdxn ♦ „f.!“ 19 . 13, a . cor(31n F to reports compiled c harge of their foreign trading de- t>w . P , charge of their foreign trading by the department of agriculture , partments are doing to them, based on figures received from coun-, .. Mogt of them 5rought up on so- try hanks. The report showed that called American efficiency systems hi* strenuous work in keeping after lee" to conaist of four petty officers ' that may work wel1 at home but are the fortieth time In the most sensational and bitter contest the federation h^s ever had, it re-elected him president. violaters of the liquor lai Canadian Lumbar for Egypt. Vancouver. B C —Egypt has Just and ten other enlisted men. erage. Fair Offar to Madiata. absolutely hopeless abroad, *try to do buaineas in Europe according to •form , 22’ or ‘form ‘24,’ or whatever Oldaat Georgian la Dead. Moultrie, Ga.—Moses Walker, negro, Paris—French. British and Italian America. Postmaster Will Not Rocigw* Newport News, Va.—Postmaster C. placed one of the largest orders for W Mugler, of this city, has been a**-'mlniater* to Greece sent a joint corn- manufactured lumber ever secured by ed by the postofflee department to re- munloatlon to the government in Ath- Britiah Colombia. Cablegrams have sign Immediately on the grounds that „„ extending an offer of mediation _ IU b COllltillllJI1 OI lUB been received by Vancouver banks he is a candidate for a municipal of on the ^ of the xllle . betW een the Fe deral Reserve Board’s regulation of cobflrmlng the purchase of 24.000.000 flee Mr. Mugler has flatly refused. Turk . aD4 0r ^ k|I The propow1 will redl(ICOUIlt wail 8Ugge * te d in the form they would apply to similar deal* be H eT © < l to have been the oldest rea- Denouncea Reserve Board. Washington. — Investigation of the ident of Georgia, died here.. Moses claimed to be 128 years old. He could recall incidents of the Creek Indian wars and other events of the first few ygars of the nineteenth century. SOLICITORS PUT ON. NOTICE Novel Scheme Devised by Mercent Bureau of Cbember of Comme of Wide-Awake City of Chester. Chester. — The mercantile bureau of the chamber of commerce has form ulated and put into operation a plan to investigate all appeals for dona- tlons and aA advertising propositions, with the exception of newspaper ad-» vertising. The plan was discussed and agreed upon some time ago, and last week the merchants signed up to put it into effect. Hereafter a solicitor must necessarily present the “blue card” from the merchantile bureau be fore a proposition Of this kind will be considered. The purpose is to de termine between the worthy and the unworthy. Each proposition as pre sented will be considered, by a commit tee on its merits and will be turned down, or a "blue card” issued, A “No tice Solictors” placard will be placed in every merchant’s store who is a member of the chamber of commerce. Deputy Sheriff James 6. Howze and Constable R. G. Smith visited the Wilkesburg section and captured a still on Turkey cre'ek. C. F. Wade and two negroes were found at the still and when they saw the officers they took leg bail, but Wade was captured and has arranged bond. The still had re cently been moved to the place where found and had not beea put in opera tion, but meal, etc., were on the ground. Greenville. — Without considering weevil damage, cotton production 1r- South Carolina this year should around 750,000 bales, or 43 per centlh^F last year’s production, according the estimate of W. W. Long, head the extension department of Clemso^^ college. • * Dr. Long’s estimate is based on re ports received by him of acreage re duction and reduction in fertilizers. Fairfax —A large barn, comparative- *v new, belonging to the eetate of the late C. H. Sanders, was set on fire by lightning and was destroyed with its contents, consisting of 2,000 bushels of corn In the ear and othed feed stuff. The fire from the barn w»* communicated to another outbuilding which was also destroyed. The loss was considerable. . Chsrlesthn—Marlon O’Neale. who fatally shot Police Sergeant Buck on the night of February 26. was in the court of general session, found guilty of manslaughter by the jury after a short deliberation. Tbe defendant fainted when the verdict was read. feet of railway ties Decrease In Foreign Trads. Washington^—Heavy decreases in the country * foreign trade with Eu rope and South America during May as claiming he is not negelcting his du- hf , pvo m |n»o1 hv the Oreek rnvern . u O . bubrcoicu u examined by the Greek govern- senate by Senator Smith, democrat, ties and Is not <ampa!gnlng during me nt upon the return to Athens of South Carolina. office hours. Premier Gounaris, who is at present in Smyrna. Australians Enter Protest. Melbourne, Australia.—At a confer- compared with the same month last ence of the Australian labor party a Not to Wait on Congress. Washington —Announcing that he ! the financial power of the year was shown In the monthly re^ resolution was adopted protesting would consider as soon as possible country in th « hands of seven mem- Child Awarded 824,000. New York. — Arthur L. Riley, four "The people of the country are go na< ^ a half years old, was awarded tag bankrupt and starving,” Senator damages of $24,000 because of injuries Smith asserted, "while we sit hero wb en struck by a truck. I calmly, knowing that we have placed — port issued by the department of com- against a renewal of the Anglojapan regulations permitting the use at beer mene eve treaty “or any purely military or for medical purposes Internal Rev- secret treaty containing the germs of enue Commissioner Blair said he did future warfare not believe the bureau should wait indefinitely on congressional • action To Unveil Custer Monument. ^ on anti-beer legislation. Hardin. Mont.^—The mounment in ■ — Debate on Soldiere’ Bonus. Washington.— Proposals to pay In cash, valuable services, or land, a bonus to former service men were ad- bers of the Federal Reserve Board. v oca ted in the senate by Senator Me- memory of General George A. Custer. Cumber, republican. North Dakota, to be unveiled on the forty fifth an- To Hold Tariff Congresses. Washington.—John H. Kirby, presi dent of th4 Southern Tariff Associa tion, issued a call for tariff congresses Four Burned to Death. Baltimore. — Two women and two children were burned to death when fire destroyed the home of Meyor Sandler. Vance.—The boll weevil has been prevalent in this section since April and has been doing much damage. Some of the farmers have been hav ing them picked off the young plants, but ^ow since the squares have been forming they have resorted to the poison. They are using calcium ar senate combined with syrup and sre well pleased with the results. Farmers Need 500,000. Washington,—The labor department to be held at New Orleans, July 2, and estimated that more than 500,000 at Greensboro, N. C„ July 17-18. Con men can be used on farms in the next Mild on Irish Question. Denver, Colo.—After a stormy de- gresses are also called for Jackson, three months to harvest crops. and made the subject of a savage on niversary of the battle of the Little bate, the American Federation of La- Miss., Richmond. Va., Columbia, S. G slnught by senator Borah. Idaho. Big Horn, has been completed in the hor convention disposed of the Irish and Montgomery, Ala., for dates to city park here. Village Smouldering Ruin. Quebec—The village of Ville Ray, Ix>thlnlere county, was a smoulder ing ruin Every one of its houses was demolished by a forest fire that swept down upon it. Blow for Port Royal. Washington—A report of army en gineers that improvement of Fort Royal sound in Beaufort river, South Carolina, up to Beaufort, is inudvis- Influenza in Argentina. Buenos Airs.—All schools through out Argentina have been closed until July 21. by government decree as a re sult of the spread of an epidemic of influenza, following the recent cold weather Many cases have developed. question by adopting a resolution— be announced later, trimmed of its most drastic provis ions—expressing sympathy for the Irish cause. ig sympathy To Probe Dismissal. Washington.—Congressional investi gation of the dismissal from the ma rine corps of Cfcpt. Edmund G. Gham- Will Marry Stepfather. New York.—In fulfillment of a Vow made at her mother's deathbed. Miss Isabelle Gordon, 21, will marry her stepfather. Six Drownings. Wilmington. Del. — Six drownings Japs and Bolshevik Clash. Tokio. .— Japanese and bolshevik aide, was transmitted to congress by f <>n ' PS have clashed near Nikolaievsk, Secretary Weeks and there have been several casual- ties, says an official report issued Southern Railway Repaying. Washington — The War Finance, berland of San Antonio. Texas, for corporation announces that the South- his alleged false claims in 1918, oH . ern Railway .has repaid to the War having shot down a number of Ger- n the paRt b °urs is Delawares Financ e corporation $5,000,000 of the man airplanes on the western battle recor( ^- six °f tb e deaths were due adduces of $7,400,000 made to the front, yvas recommended by the sen- to inability t0 8W >m- Southern Railway system In 1919. ate naval committee. SociaWats Not to Affiliate. French Demobilization. L Detr0it ; Mich.-The socialist party, Paris.—The cabinet authorized the in annual COTlvention rejected a Greenwood.—The fifth annual^ con ference of the upper South Carolina Epworth league was held at lender college. Greenwood for three and one- half days. This was the first session held at Lander college. Two hundred and eight registered delegates, includ ing leaders and speakers, were pres ent. Ambassador to Chile. Washington—William Miller Col lier, president of George Washington University, this city, was nominated here. English Discount Rate Cut. L and will enter private business. London.—The Bank of England re- r * George Livingston Resigns. Washington. — George Livingston, chief of bureau of markets, has pre-i war minister to begin demobilization sented his resignation to Secretary | of the entire class of 1919, June 25. of Agriculture Wallace, effective July by President Harding as American of discount from 6 1-2 Not in Her Confidence. ambassador to Chile. per cent to 6 per cent. Crown Prince to Blacksmith. Weeringen. — The former crown Washington. — Great Britain has failed to taka the United States into her confidence in the negotiations'go- The decision was reached on receipt of a report that the classes of 1920 had been trained adequately. motion to affiliate with the Third In ternationale, of Russia. League is Asked to Mediate. Geneva.—The council of the League j n g on a t London and Tokio with re- jected a proposal introduced by the . Blow to Radicals. Broghton, England.—The British la bor party, at its cpnference here, re prince of Germany has taken to black- Nations has been asked to mediate ppeet to the renewal of the AnglO- radical wing to allow the communist smithing to while away the idle hours, between Egypt and Great Britain. Rotarians Received by King. ' , Senate Votes to Recede. London—Officials of the Interna- Washington—Congressional action tlonal Association of Rotarv clubs f>n the army appropriation bill carry- .panese alliance.. Blew to Egyptian Exports.- Washington.—The high rate of ex : change of the Amferican dollar 'is se- were received at Buckingham Palace, tag a total of approximately $328,000.- riously Interferring with the favorable The King, the Queen, the Prince of MO was completed when the senate progress of American exports Wales and Princess Mary shook voted to recede from its. difference although it is aiding the Amer- hands with the visitors. with the house. lean purchases—of Fopl ian ~iroTTon party to affiliate with the labor party. Mine Tragedy in Germany. Berlin.—Sixty-eight men Were killed and 73 injured through the explosion due to fire damp which destroyed to i the greater part^of the Mon Cenfs mine, near Herne. JWestnhalia: Pueblo Loss is $17,000,000 Two Leading F&ers DrovVned. Egyptian Acreage Reduced. Pueblo, Colo—The financial loss re- Washington.—Two of the leading Washington.'—A reduction of 26 per suiting from the Pueblo flood amounts flyers of the army air service, Capt. cent in acreage planted will cut the to $16,784,638, according to a report Howard T. Douglass and Lieut. Marl) Egyptian cotton crop this year to ap- by the committee named to supply J- Plumb, were drowned in Chesapeake pf^jnjgteiy fl Te hundred million lbs., ! drift back to the mines Eleven Found Guilty. Toledo, Ohio.—Eleven of the 13 jnen and women tried on a charge of con spiracy in a million-dollar postoffice robbery here were found guilty. Grasshoppers Destructive. Colorado Springs, Colo.—Millions of grasshoppers are invading El Paso county, destroying vegetation. Greeks Reject Offer of ^ffllies. Londop.—Gf-eecp has reft/ted the of fer of the Allies to mediate for peace between Greece and Turlrey and the war in thft Near Font wilt-i r.ntiniip^ McCormick.—Herbert Quarles, a n<*- gro. charged with criminal assault on a white • woman of this county, was. lynched by a mob here. The negr was captured early in the afternoon Following identification by the vie tim he was forced to cltnb a tree and was then riddled with bullets. Chester.—At the regular monthly meeting of the city council the fife committee was authorized to purchase an additional 500 feet of hose, it be ing shown to the satisfaction of the council that the city has on hand con siderably less hose than needed and would .be required in event of two serious fires.at brief intervals. York.—The Lockmore cotton mills here will soon begin an addition to its plant that will cost approximately $40,000. The affairs of the mill are in a prosperous condition and there are no indications of inpending labor troubles. -M ■ v' data on damages to the United States ba y aiter a collision of their planes in provided normal conditions prevail Reclamation service. ^ Jhe course of a bombing raid. throughout the crop season. 1 *— ■ •.. i ■■ Ertle ia Choice for Referee. Postpone Trial of Catta. Dublin —Eamonn de Valera, the! Jersey City, N. J.—J. Harry Ertle. , Pensacola. FJa—Federal officials Irish republican leader, was arrested, of Jersey City, was formally selected have d^* iried, nrft*-to call a special near this city and later released, it by the New Jersey state boxing com- term of the United States district wars definitely established. There had mission as referee for the Dempsey- court here to try Sidney J. Catta, for- Chaotic Condition in Britain. London.—Although aome of the col' Meries have re-opened and a consider able number of miners have reported for work there has been no general Generally, said an Athens dispatch to the Daily Express. the industrial situation continues as chaotic as ever. Price of Gasoline Reduced. . New York.—The Standard Oil Cbm pany of New York-announced that th« 20 Killed; 30 Injured. London.—Twenty persons were kilL . , , . . . . ed and thirty injured when the Lille- wholesale prlc. of KasoUn. had been, Parl , MpfeM w>8 der>lled at Van . Ieen 'earlier denials from the Sinn Uarpentier bout to take place On Sat- Fein authorities. urday, July 3. Linney v Contest Heard. Washington.—Protests against the eoBflnnatlon of Frank A. Linney to be United States attorney for the western district of North Carolina were heard behind closed doors by a senate judl- subcommittee. Agree on Navy Reduction. Washington—An agreement upon 106,000 men for the navy enlisted per sonnel for the next fiscal year, s re duction of about 14,000 men, was reached by senate and house conferees on the navjr appropriation bill. mbr Governor of Florida, under in dictment for peonage. Ships -For the Paeiflc. Washington.—The battleships Ari zona. Nevada and Oklahoma were or dered transferred from the Atlantic to the Pacific fleet by Secretary Den by. The battleship Maryland will also be teat to tbe Pacific fleet cut to 24 cents a gallon, a reduction of one-half cent. New York Farmer Runs Amuck. Buffalo, N. —Three persons were wounded when Frank Fisher, a fanner, he’d the main street of Oakfleid. 3o miles east of here, for an hour, firing with a rifle at pedestrians and store keeper* He was captured after he had used all hla ammunition Bungalow Prices Dropping. Chicago. — Building-costs on small homes have, decreased 20 per cent in the last year, according tb Barton O’Toole, of the Chicago .Real Estate Board and head of “Own Your Home” movement. ^ court Hamel, says a Central News dis patch from Paris to news headquarters here. Hoover •plits With “Bloc.” Washington — Secretary of Com merce Hoover has split with the sen atorial "agricultural bloc” on tbe ba lk: principle of the so-called farmers' relief legislation. This , was admitted by those Identified with the coalition. . Garage and Contents Burn. Estill.—Fire caused from spontan eous combustion of gases in the ga- rage of Ellis Brothers canned a fire Tiere at irobn. completely destroying the large building together with sev eral automobiles and trucks. One largb three an done-half ton truck be longed to Ellis Brpthers while the au tomobiles belonged to customers who had left them for renalrg. In addition to the other losses Elite Brothers car ried a large stock of repair naxla.. tires, arToTwhich was ,a total loss there being no Insurance. Club Members at Charleston. Charleston.—A party of 75 ad club members,^mostly frofiT New York, paid a brief visit to Charleston en route from Atlanta and sailed on the’ S. S. Arapahoe, after coming to this city in two special cars. Miss Jane Marita, president of the New York Advertising club, was In the party and was oae of the speakers st s luncheon tendered tbe visitors aboard the steamer Aa yitomobile trip wsb ac corded them, and they got a bird’s eye ▼lew of Charleston from the roof of the Peoples' Bank building 'i * r .ia sw > *p* -- -ry ~ ■ a m