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OFFERS TO BUY THE NITRATE bf ■ . _j ’ PLANT, ITS EQUIPMENT AND LAND FOR $5,000,000. WOULD LEASE THE NO. 3 DAM Stipulates That Lease Shall Run 100 Years, For Which He, or Hie Estate Will Pay $1,500,000 Annual^. ENGLAND, FRANCE AND ITALY CORDIALLY EMBRACE THE OPPORTUNITY OFFERED. OTHER NATIONS SYMPATHETIC Administration Officials Are Confident of an Early Acceptance From the Government at Tokio. WashliiKton.—Secretary Weeks an nounced that he would ask congress MAJOR ROY A. HAYNES. Major Roy A. Haynes ia the new „„ national prohibition commissioner. He, A1 , for authority to accept a proposal by ! i» ■ newspaper man of Hillsboro £ 0 " Operat on , have reach f d ^ ash,ngton Heory Port for acquiring tHa govarn- Ohio. oT ‘'’Vu 1 ln «o mem nitrate plant at M».de Shoal., I President Harding e propoaal tor an in. Alabama. If the otter was found to he • |ternatlonal conference on limitation of “substantial.” The proposal, which STAMP TAX ON EVERYTHING * T ~ : dent’s invitation to participate were re- JOHN T. ADAMS. John T. Adams, of Iowa, who was ^unanimously elected-chairmfn of the Washington.—Additional pledges ot ^republican national committee to suc ceed Will Haye, resigned. Mr. Adams has been vice chairman of the com mittee. was transmitted by Secretary Hoover/ was on his desk, Mr. Weeks said. !. —ja- Mr. Ford offers to buy the nitrate plant, equipment and lands for f5,-1 “Business and industries of Country STRUGGLE FOR ADJUSTMENT 000,000, and lease for 100 years t>e Wilson and No. 3 dam, when complete, at an annual obligation of .$1,500,000. ; He proposes to convert the works into a fertilizer plant, the profits of which would be limited to-8 per cent and to 1 Are Carrying Bulk of Load Which Should be Shared Generally.” jceived at the state department during- the day from Great Britain and Italy, while informal advices came to official circles here that a favorable reply from China might be expected in the near future. At the same time It became known that much sympathetic Inter- Washington. Reduction of Our Internal Taxation, Adjustment of Our Loans and Re funding of Waf'Debts Essential. - T— /, c - y V • v. . Washington. — Enactme-t at the President Harding has est JxatL been manifested informally wouiu db nmn»*u io-n per ceni aim co - -v , . rv abiiiuxiuu. — anaemic keep it in readiness for the manufac! 11 i lear to republican leaders in by several governments who do not ex- pregent moment of adjU8ted compen8a . lure of explosives by the government Congress that he wants a tax program P«ct to hav e seats in the conference tion legi8lation for veterans of the 1b time of war. If acceptance of the adopted wbich will lift restraint from France having previously expressed worl( , war would “greatly imperil the —- - hw^.IHlQgh^. to take part, Ik* only BMncW , ubuUr , 0( „ untry .-. offer la found advisable. Mr. Weeks business initiative. said, he would ask congress for au- ^ hlle the tax Program is In embryo ‘Avlu4 power from which no sort Presideat Harding told the senate In thority to sell the plant and lease Titian, certain fundamentals are of an expression had been received was the 8econd addre88 he ha8 made t() the dams and for an appropriation to Poetically agreed upon. For Instance. Japan. Administration officials were that ^ dur1ag hig admiDlstr ^tion complete the electrical InstiUlatlon on ,mag,nln g that - wlth re P pal ot th ® 'l 0 ”" de “‘ of an from the them. This work is estimated to cost eX{ V™*'* tRX * ^ government Tokio gdvernment, however. $28,000,000 and on this sum Mr Ford would be obliged to increase materially proposes to pav interest at the rate corporation taxes The aim of the of 6 per cent and to amortize the en tire cost of both dams. Every obligation is to the disabled and dependent,, the President said, and . — ! the executive branch owed It to the Utilities Company Bankrupt country “frankly to state the dlffcut- Hanllng administration, however, Is to X.Utie Rock.—Suit was filed in the ties we dally are called upon to meet, avoid any increase of corporation United States district court here ask- and the added peril this measure taxes. If possible, and only to Impose | Dg f or t j,e appointment ofai receiver would bring ” Ml* ilight addition. If necessary. The f or t ij e Arkansas Light it Power Co., “This menscing effort to expend bll- „ . 0r ?, lf r ° U L . e , n , ** C °' . repeal of the excess profit tax is a a corporation operating public utllfttea Hons In gratuities will ImPtr.l our 7 >OP 1 r e fore * one fonduslon. and It is certain , n a acore or more of towBa of lbe capaciy to discharge our .»st oblga- . . pa ' !' " ** ‘ H ‘ " ‘* n ' ,hat next revpn u* bill will not at- Htate and citisens’i Ice A Utilities tions to those we must not fall to aid." nnlptas and San Ixmls Potoai to put ^mpt to make the business and Indus- Co of j unct , on CUyi Ark a nubHl . h c Ba id. down rebellious movements headed by tries of the country carry the bulk of dlary * l • .*( After a four toonthr survey of con- nanlelMartlne* Herrera. Oen Alejan the tend. Instead, the tax burden will dltlons “which would stagger all of us drt) Chao and l.ieut. Col Horatio Mu- be more evenly dlstribured by the use Investigate Ku Klux Klan. Pensacola. Fla — Both federal ana ®°* of every sort of stamp tax. The three- j — cent letter postage may come Imck. Passion Play to Be Revived. * nd 11 ««*«ured that revenue . . .. Oberammergau. Bavaria - Thirty *t*mps will be necessary on practical- ,Bto th * act 7* ^ were It not for our abUHng faith In America." the President said, he was DEBT TO Bll: BY D. 5. INDEBTEDNESS OF THAT COUN TRY TO US AT THIS TIME * IS $4,500,000,000. V’ CLAIM FOR TRANSPORTATION The Claim a Paid By Us Constitutes a Final Settlement of Transportation Charges of Both Countries. Qslayed Fourth of July Celebrsi Results in ftsvsre injury to ths Young Celsbrator. .* •** Washington. Despite Great Brit ain’s debt of $4,500,000 to this coun try, payment of $32,688,352. has been made by the American government to the British ministry of shipping in set tlement of a claim against the war de partment treasury officials said. The payment was made, officials added, pursuant to an opinion by Attorney General Daugherty. The British claim was for transport- tation service arising out of the war with Germany, and the payment, it was explained, constitutes a final set tlement between th€ war department and the British minister of shipping of alk claims of either party against the other for transportation sendees. Secretary Mellon asked Mr. Daug herty for a ruling as to whether the act of March 3, 1875, which requires the secretary to withhold payment of any ' judgment against the United States where th* claimant is indebted to this country in any manner, ap plied-to such a claim. .T Mr. Daugherty held trte act did not apply, as it was not the practice of sovereign nations to prosecute their claims against one another In the courts and obtain judgment, but ad- lust such matters through diplomatic channels. Anderson.-sAttorney General S. Wolfe has given his opinion conca ing thp pension money which was < posited in the Farmers ft Plant* bank shortly before the bank we into liquidation. The amount dep< Hed was $38,820, and the balance the bank is to the credit this account, Mn Wolfe,states th “where a bank^cepts a deposit this nature from a public official his official capacity, and with the ft knowledge of the deposit being publ money, it is impressed with a tmi and to this extent the law would pe mit of a collection of the fund in tu and not require that it be placed upo a parity of ordinary deposits. Feaster Tribble, a young boy, wa badly burned when he staged a delaj ed celebration of the Fourth. He am some of his friends got an old pow der horn which belonged to his gran.d father. Col. J. C. Stribling. and took i down in the woods near the home ant then struck a match and set to it tc see if It was dry. The powder flash ed into the face and eyes of the boy and he was severely burned about the head and arms and his eye lashes singed off. The-nomination of Ernest F. Coch ran as United States district attorney for the Western district was announc ed from Washington and was gratify ing news to the entire city. performances of the Paaxtoo Hay are >r •*«nr kind of bualneas KUn^he^^ru"the man T,,,on ’ ‘“ <,,udlB « reaction, of state officials are conducting an in ful, - jr P u ™» d «l '“at three things were essential to reatoration “There are,* he continued, “the re- our in- scheduled for 1922 by the committee of twenty-one which la directing the spectacle Plane Smaah Kills Four. Oakland,. Calif —An airplane from Jaacoasl Brothers’ airplane factory In Berkeley fell at Modeato. killing the who waa ordered to leav; town by ‘•* B “<> B . the refunding the alleged klansmen. has returned of our war debt, and the adjuetment of our foreign loans." Hun Lieutenants Convicted. Lelpslc. Germany —Lieutenant Di!t- mar and lieutenant Hold*, charged with murder in the. first depree tor firing on life boats after the Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle bad been torpedo-# In the summer of Iklk. were each sentenced to four years' im prisonment. Beaufort.—Through the suggestions of Miss Sallye Hamilton, home demon stration agent, and under the supe^ sion of the Woman’s County cot a market has been eatabllshed^ Beaufort county which is provini success and a benefit to all coucer The women have, fitted up a wan^ house with tables and attractive plac ards announcing their wares Thby have also been given the use of somn show rases and counters by progres sive merchants. inp^ ■ro^H Occupation to Contlnuo. ^ Canucks to Bulla School. Horxeley ten at Modeato, killing the Paris. — Franco has Informed Gor- Woonoorkot. R I —The French Ca- P ,,ot BB<1 thr ** passengers, according maBy t ^ at V |n continue tbo occu- idiana of this city have launched a to wonl received by the Oakland Trl- pation of Ike Rhino region until Gor Ura mon’hljr. tribute win bo paid to palgn for tho purpose of raistag buD * many has conspllpd with the conditions, the provincial authoiitloo of Hunan Coot I y Opium Conceeeion. Hankow. Chinn —Half a million dot- $$00,000 for tbs erection of a textile manual training school here of the Treaty of Veraalllee relative to province for n monopoly of the opfnm Uee Crude Oil and Cotton the panahment ef tkoee who violated traffic there, tt waa announced, m a Enid. Ok la — Crude oil and cotton the nilee of civilised warfare In the result of auction conducted by thp were substituted for the customary Ur world war. eUte government. Nino Killed In Alps. , . . . . . . Berne Rwltzerl.nd Nine mountain ,,nd f ~ ,h * r « b ’ r m * n who ^ moved Walter Billings, a wealthy killed la the eastern Greeks Forced to Retreat Seacocks ef Liner Opened. Parle.—A column of Ikirkisb Nation- Ran Francisco. Calif — The liner series of accidents ,rom ^ * u,n « nob ‘l« *° ^ vouatry and alista atUcked the Greeks west of Hawkeye State, of the Matson Navlgn- •limbers. Including Professor Schaeft fela. an Austrian are reported to have ow,M * r aDd Alps whipped him. Japan Accepts Suggestion. Urged to Pray For Rain. Washington —Japan's acceptance of Paris-Cardinal Duboia. an hbtshop presldsnt Harding s suggestion that a ot Paris, called upon the peoplt- to , enference be called to discuss Ilmlta- pray for rain because of the prolonged t| n n of armaments has been received. drought which has caused much dam- age and much suffering 5 qoo New Cases of Choltr.. j- Riga—More than 5.00o rases Provide Bible Reading. of cholera have been reported In Ru*- Atlaata. Ga. — 4/ter a considerable l*** l*" 1 fortnight, says the Moa- debate, the state senate passed the rr>w I* v cstla Fleming Bond bill providing for the reading of the Bible in the pubic Sheriff is Impeached, school* of Georgia Montgomery. Ala —George W. Mftcb- .ell. sheriff of Ixiuderdale coupty. waa Impeached and ordered removed from office by the Alabama supreme court. I Brnssa. Asia Minor, and the Greeks non company, was forced to put late were forced to retreat alter suffering Salinas Cruse. Mexico, when seacocks lossfe, says a dispatch from Angora. were found open and salt water flooded the fresh water tanks. Atlantic City Secures Elks. Ix>s Angeles. Calif.—The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In con vention here, selected Atlantic City. N. J., as the 1922 convention city. . . Horseback Riding for Harding. Washington — President Harding wants to take up horseback riding He has not ridden since he was a boy. however, and may back out at the last minute, some of his friends any. Woman SB. 13th Child. Bland. Mo —Mrs Amanda Martin. SI years old. has presented her hosband with n fine, healthy boy. The father la 70 years old. Neighbors havs pre sented Martin with a new suit of clothes The baby la Mra Martin's thirteenth Charleston—A decanter set that once belonged to Gen Francis Marion has been presented to the Charleston Museum by 8 D Ravenel of Valdosta. Oa. a member of the^farlon family, and this Interesting display has been plgced In the South Carolina culture exhibit. It consists of two large and three small decanters and glaaaes. or namented with gold, and of nr* workmanship This set M greatly prised by the museum authoiitlsd. Grsek Offensive Begins. Athens.—Official confirmation of ths beginning of the Greek offensive against the Turkish Nationalists was supplied in a government statement. This announced a preliminary move Australian Population. Sidney, N. S vV.—The census re turns fur Australia give u total popu lation of 5.419.702. an inc rease of 964,- ••7 since 1911 Hanged Wi thout Confessing. Griffin. Ga. —Jai k Kelloy was hang ed here for the murder of LeRoy Trex- ler, an Atlanta taxicab driver Kelloy ■ever confessed the crime Bank Presidents Rule Miami. Miami. Fla.—Five bank presidents ment. were elected commissioners of the city .... of Miami under the new city manager Population of Mexico City, form of government. The new govern- Mexico City. — The population of ment replaces the old council form. ; Mexico City has increased more than 7 100 per cent > during the past 10 years. Bandits Get Truck of Liquor. according to recent estimates based on Allentown. Pa—Four armed motor aumstics which fix the figures at an- : bandits held up David Llnderman. ot proximately 1.000,000. Turks Are Deporting Greeks. Egypt, Pa', and. after a lively fight. — Samuson. Asia.- The deportation of succeeded In escaping . with a truck Our Foreign Trade Falls Off. Greeks into thd interior by the Turk- load of whiskey and alcohol. Washington. America’s foreign ish Nationalists continued The de- . trade fell off more than three billions portees included hundreds of em- $50,000,000 Live Stock Pool. of dollars during thb fiscal year ended ployees of American tobacco firms. Chicago—The $50,000.00(1 live-^toek June 30. '’pool subscribed by bankers at recent | conferences here and in New York Fresh Outbreak of Pellagra. Washington —A new outbreak of 478 pounds net, by the bureau of mar- pellagra. particularly in the South, kets and crop estimates, is alarming the public health service. The World Cotton Crop. ; conferences here and in New York O’Callaghan at Home Again. Washington —The world cotton crop will be in operation July 18.-Everett C. London.—Daniel O’Callaghan, lord of the year 1920-21 is placed at 19.- Brown, president of the National Live- mayor- of Cork. Is reported by the 595.000 bales of 550 pounds gross, or stock Exchange, said. Must Have Warrants. Central News to have arrived in Cork from the United States. Lynchburg. Va.—A government rev enue agent or prohibition'agent not Five Burn to Death. Summit Miss.—The charred bodies ^ , Cotton Consumed During June. Womens Smoking Compartments. Washington. Cotton consumed dur- armed with a warrant for search or of Joseph James, his wife and thoir Montreal. — Smoking compartments ing June amounted to 461.656 running seizure is not an employe of the gov- three small children were found in tor women are to be provided on the bales of lint and 48,683 bales of linters, Canadian Pacific railroad trains. the census bureau announced Long-Lived Methodist Pastors. f Dial Stands by President. Chicago.—There are thirty ministers' Washington.—Senator Dial announc- •▼er 90 years of age in the Methodist ed that he would stand by the adminis- Bpiseopal church. There is one min- tralion in its position respecting the dent Harding idler over 98 years of age .one nearly postponement of adjusted soldiers’ The bill carries tapprbximately fpur 97 years, and three about 96 years. compensation bill. hundred and* ten million dollars. ernment at . the time, was the ruling; the embers of their home at Ryal’s in the district court here. 1 I Settleme»t.. Harding Signs Navy Bill. Washington —The annual naval ap propriation bill was signed by Presi- 1 Jusserand Cancel* Leave. ' ' Forest Experiment Station. Death of Harry Hawker. WashiAgton.—Probability of inter- New Orleans,—Southern timber and r^mtr.n —H^^HTjfHWlrerTheTam- zzatlonal conferences here on disarma- the—various uses to whijdvJi_-cam tre bus aviator. was killed on the Hendon ment and Pac ific (juesUons_iAnsed-HHiWtint-wttrT>^^ a staff of Flying Field. His machine burst into JulesJ. JtiaseraTnfrT^renchambassa- technical experts* working out. of a flames as it alighted on the field, dor, to make an eleventh-hour c hange_.forest experiment station to be estab- Hawker achieved fame when he at- In plans]for a leave of absence in iished here by the United States for- tempted a trans-Atlantic flight from France. ' est service. Ukase Against Silk Stockings. Chattanooga, Tenn—A ukase was issued by th^ department of education here recently tabooing silk stockings, peekaboo waists and high heels at the local high school. Hereafter the girls must wear more seemly if less riiodern appflrgl Including tnw-hp<Qpd shoes. the Canadian coast to Ireland. Italy Favors Disarmament Idea. Rome.—The foreign ministry offi- General Tariff Debate Closed. Disqualified by Advanced Age. Washington.—The house concluded Berlin,— Prof. Lujo Brentano, who general debate on the Fcmlney tanCt has been informally considered by .the (dally notified the American embassy bill after the longest session of the cabinet as German ambassador to .the that President Harding's plan for a aix days since unlimited discussion h»- United States, has notified the govern-iconference for the limitation of arma- **n ment that he is ndUAvailable because ments meets with the full approval ot of advanced years. ^ , tbe Italian government. Weathsr “ondPion* Vary. Washington.—Considerable rain Tell during the past week in most sections Sfyip BGilders Reduce Wages. Philadelphia.—Wage reductions ef fective August 1 or soon thereafter are planned in virtually, every ship build ing district along the Atlantic sea board and the Gulf of Mexico.^ Did Not Endorse Boldlor Bonus. Cleveland. O.—The Rainbow Divis ion Veterans’ association failed to en dorse an immediate rash bonus for furmer soldiers at the cloaing season vf their annual convention here. Charleston — An Informal “comvj** showed that there were 22 mere boat men of various kind* In port, tho Nrf- est fleet of rommerre bearers assem bled la tome time, aad^wtu. tailings Crowing fairly brisk and a number ot steamers ea routs for cargoes, ah ip- ping men are beginning to sight a resumption of normal rondltloav one* more along ths waterfront. Ths mark ed Increase In coal exporting Is on* factor making for Improved « ommerr*. % Tariff Rates on Dyes Stands. Washington—After refusing by a vote of 122 to 106 to eliminate the three-year dye embargo from the Ford- ney bill, the house jumped suddenly Into a partisan fight over oil. International Marriage. New York.—Another American wo man is soon to be married *into the British peerage, it was disclosed here when a license was issued to Lord Queensborough and Mi&s Edith Starr of New York. General McAndrew Very III, Washington.—Major General James W. McAndrew, president of the gen eral staff college and former chief-of- staff for General Pershing in France, was in a serious condition at the -Wai ter Reed array hospital. Brazilians Are Worried. Rio Janeiro—Dispatches from Wash ington that the tariff bill places a 15 per cent ad valorem duty on' bides caused consternation among Brazilian hide exporters. ‘ Preadent Wins a Victory. Washington. — The administration won its battle in Congress when the Senate, responding to President Hard ing’s recent request, recommitted the soldiers' bonus* bill DeValera Arrives in London. Trainman Meets Death. Tifton. Oa —S. F Webb of ValdosU. * London — Eamonn de Valera and of the cotton belt, although it con- Ga.. freight conductor of the Georgia the other Irish republican leaders who Unued dry in some localities, parttcu- Southern ft Florida railroad, was scald- ur* to participate in the conference Urly east or the Mississippi river, the ed to death and three trainmen in- with Prime Minister Lloyd George -weekly crop bulletin of the department Jured when a southbound freight train here, tas arrived'In London from Dab- x>f arrirultura aaid w»^rb<wl «*• Lloyd George May Visit Us. London. — Premier Lloyd George j may visit the United States to attend some of the meetings in connection with President Harding’s proposed i conference. Women Want Protection. Cleveland. — Protective legislation for women ia one of the principal subjects to he discussed by delegates to the third annual convention of the National Federation ot Business and Professional Women s Clubs, to be ■ t»i« it tn 21 Population Deserting Towns. Sidney, N. S. W.—Inactivity in the copper mlnifitg industry has caused the practical desertion' of the population from tlie .towns of Cobar and Broken Hilli>-^/\. At one time Cobar boasted of a popu lation of several thousand people. To Loan Liberia $5,OOO.QOO. Washington.—The state department having made its recommendation?, lbe application of Liberia for a $5,bo6.0w loan is now Congress for final decis ion.. .1 Heavy Duty on Hides. ~ Washington.—Hides, raw. green and pickled—were thrown Off the Fordney tariff free list by the House, which voted 152 to $?, to impose an ad va lorem duty of 15 per cent. U> be fol lowed by another amendment taxing all leather products, ia eluding shoes Gaffney.—The people -if OsSacy were very much surprised when they learned that Mrs. Edith Fort Sullivan was married to Attorney General Sam uel W Wolfe. The ceremony wis pep- formed by the Rev. W. A. Fairley, :a the presence of the family and Dr. rnd Mrs. R C. Garland. The happy coupla loft on the afternoon train for ? trip to the mountain* of North Carolina. York.—South Carolina authorltlea have not been able tosextredit* J. P Atkins of Virginia, wasted here on the charge of forgery. Governor Da* vis declining to honor the requislt on the ground of alleged irregular of the papers. Negotiation* are still In progress, however, and it Is believ ed -thaL Atkins will eventually ba brought here for trial. O Anderson.—All bids have been re jected by the highway commission on the’ Willlamston and Gluek-Starr roads. This was done as the commis sion has been unable to obtain the $100,000 loan which was-awthorized some time ago. Chester.—Arrangements are being perfected for a-ibig horae race in Chea ter on July 20, as well as a good game ef baseball. Commaaionera to ba Elected. Spartanburg.—Under tbe act of 191i , through the provision of which the city, of SpartanbdVg adopted the commis sion form of government, the city is entitled to only two commissioners or councllmen. City Attorney Georgb W. Nichols announced in a decision rendered to the city council <at the last meeting of that body. No increase in the present number of commissioners can be made until the electors of the city are afforded an opportunity to vote upon the propo- xitlOB. .Showing Newspaper Men. Greenville.—What the government Is doing here for the relief of disabled ex-service men was shown to the newspaper men of South Carolina last week when members of the South Car olina Press association were ally conducted through the United States public health hoepital at Camp Sevier by the com^ mending officer. Col. James E. Ded- man..and hig staff Tbe visit was a revelation to the journalists, maay of whom had not realised the extant of «he work. • m •• *“