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< ' • r riHH T. ft • * f . " • r. T’ ■* f < *■ Tt'T * ^ - .■ PAGE TWO THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL, 8. C. STATE TEACHERS TO MEET NEXT MONTH ASSOCIATION WILL PROBABLY BRING FIFTEEN HUNDRED TO COLUMBIA. OPENING SESSION MARCH 10 Glee Clubs of the University, Chicora College end Columbia College Are Invited to Take Part. Columbia.—Preparations for the an nual meeting of the State Teachers’ association are going ahead rapidly, the speakers having been secured, the department meetings arranged and the program having been placed in the h^nds of the printer. The open ing session will be held March 16. The meeting of the association will close March 1* The regular sessions of the asso ciation will be held In the high school building, in the Washington Street Methodist church and in the Sunday school building of the First Baptist £hurch. The evening meetings will be held in the Columbia theater. The glee clubs of the university, Chicora college and Columbia college have been Invited to take part on the gen eral programs, and two of these have already accepted. The attendance at this meeting will probably be 1,500 and in order to ac commodate these visitors it will be necessary to call on the people o. the city to open their homes, according to the members in charge of the meet ing. Families who are in position to fnrnish either rooms or table board or both have been Invited to notify the secretary of the chamber of com merce so that the rooms may be list ed Rates and the number of teach ers that can be accommodated will be dealred by the chamber, as the teach er* will make application direct to the secretary, and the secretary will assign the teachers to the different residences. Stats Sunday School Convention. Spartanburg -The preliminary • an nouncement of program for the an naal State Sunday School association convention was made by the program committee. Among those who have already accepted places on the pro gram are Dr. H K Trade of Philadel phia. head of the training work of the American Baptist Publication society. Dr. Trade will speak each day of the convention * Dr. Robert 8 Truesdale. pastor of Main Street Methodist church. Co- lumotn will speak on "Sunday School ■rangellsm '* Dr Truesdale Is sec rotary of the evangelism committee of the State Sunday School associa tlon. and Is widely known for his in terest In this phase of church work Dr. Watson B. Dungan. pastor of Cheraw Methodist church, and one of the most popular lecturers in the state, will speak on "The Discovery of a Little Child '' Dr. D. B. Johnson, president of Win throp college, will preside over the convention sessions as president. The convention sessions will be held at the University of South Carolina and the date has been set for June 20. 21 and 22. In accordance with thV wish of the university authorities, this be ing the week following commence ment. SEVEN THEATERS IN WASHINGTON CLOSE Washington.—Seven theaters, In cluding New National and Poll's, two of the principal playhouses in the national capital, were Ordered closed by the board of commission ers, the governing body of the Dis trict of Columbia. The order was issued after an in- appc.Uon of the playhouses In the district had been completed by a board or five engineers. The Inspection grew out of the recent collapse of the Knickerbock er theater, which cost the lives of 98 persons. Otbft theaters closed were the Methopolltan, Columbia. Maryland and Foraker, motion plceure houses and the Cosmos, vaudeville and motion pictures. The Metropoli tan and the Columbia ^are two of the larger downtown theaters. The former is owned by the Crandall company, which also owned the Knickerbocker. # The report of the engineers on which the order was issued was not made public, but members said that “in most cases” structural weak ness and Inadequate fire protection had been disclosed by their Inves tigation. NATIONAL BANNS ^ CONDITION OF BANKS IN DECEM BER DE8CR! BED AS "VERY SATISFACTORY." INCREASE OF $406,000,000 Shows the "Most Satisfactory Turn in “Financial Affalrs ,r of the Coun try Since 1919. OFFER FOR MOSGLE SHOALS v . PURCHASE AND LEASE OF MUS CLE SHOALS SOUGHT BY ALABAMA POWER CO. Properties Are Subject to Recapture by Government at the End of That Time. •i Washington.—Resources of the na tional banka of the country, exclusive of re-discounts amcanting to $19,420,- 000,000 at the last caii on December 31, showed an increase of $406,000,000 over the previous call iu September, according to an analysis issued by Comptroller of the Currency Crissin- ger. The condition of the national banks In December, he declared as “very satisfactory” and called atten tion to the fact that' until September their resources had more or less steadily declined from their peak of $22,711,000,000 in December, 1919. Conditions of the national banks, as reported by Mr. Crlasinger, were said )n a formal statement issued by the White House to show “the most satisfactory turn in the financial af fairs of the country that has been reg istered by a bank statement since the conclusion of ISIS.** "It demonstrates,” thV statement continued, "that the process of liqui dation has been proceeding at 'such an excellent rate that it may fairly CONSUMPTION OF , —^ COTTON GREATER Washington. — Cotton consumed during January amounted to 526,- 652 bales of lint and 40,499 of lint- ers, compared with 366,463 of lint **r '29,782 of Unters in January last year, the Census Bureau an nounced. \ Cotton on hand January 31 in con- sumlng establishments amounted to 1,676,033 bales of lint and 173,791 of linters, compared with 1,263,961 of lint and 238,312 of lintera so held a year ago, and in public storage and at compresses 4.618,226 bales of lint and 1^4,226 of linters, com pared with 5,645,482 of lint and 336,- 912 of linters sr hStd a year ago. Imports during January amounted to 42,093 bales compared with 24,- 024 in January last year. Exports during January totalled 475,910 bales. Including 17,042 bales of linters compared with 605,381 bales including 5,246 bales of linters in January last year. Cotton spindles active during January numbered 34,457,609 com pared with 31,539,431 in January last year HAVE AGREED ON FOR UPBUILDING AND MAINTE NANCE OF AMERICAN MER CHANT MARINE. ABOUT $30,000,000 ANNOALLY Merchant Marine Program Has Been Virtually Determined by Adminis tration Leaders. Washington—Both direct and ^di rect ship subsidies for the upbuilding | and maintenance of the American mer- I chant marine have been agreed upon BONOS^ARE IMPRACTICABLE by administration leaders, it was said in official quarters. The merchant marine program, it was added, has been virtually deter mined and was in the drafting stage with Chairman Lasker and experts of the shipping board engaged in the preparation of a tentative bill for in troduction in both branches of con gress late next week when President , Harding plans to submit the adminis- HARDING UNALTERABLY OPPOS- (ration recommendations. i A direct subsidy amounting to about $30,000,000 annually was said to have been agreed upon by the president. Chairman Lasker and other republican leaders. The basic rate, It was added, would be one-half of one per cenj per ton per hundred miles. Ths would be paid to operators of American ships to aid in their operation and the ex tension of their trade routes. The one half cent rate would be given to ves- ED TO SUGGESTED 8-POINT TAX PROGRAM. Government Must Refund Six and One-Half Billion Dollars in Next Fifteen Months. Washington. — President Harding thinks It is impracticable to raise by . ■, a bond issue at this time a large * nd a 8l ‘ d ‘ n ^ 8ca1 *- be said that we are well on the road to of money to flnance ^ goldiert . ^ |t was said, would increase the rate to Washington —Another offer for the 1 , e C ,™| d lt . I nus, it was stated at the White House, aB hl * h 88 one and three-quarters purchase and lease of the government . * , ’ f ’ h , and he is unalterably opposed to the cent8 P er ton P er hundred miles for properties at Muacle Shoals, Ala., waa ‘ n m th „ nhpitIM> suggested eight-point tax program Or th ® *“****“ ve _!!! * completed and arrangemehts made by ita sponsors, the Alabama Power Co., for Immediate tiling with Secretary i Weeks. that has been made since the phrase ‘frozen credits’ was Invented.’’ “It must be borne in mind,” statement said, “that the national to a return to any of the taxes that The direct subsidy. It was stated, would be the principal charge upon th . have been repealed. . . 1 The executive was represented as tb * treaeury. while more benefits of- eeu. ! . . r4>nrplu , nt ronBtdermb , e let8 -being favorably dl.po.ed toward the * c ‘ a ‘ 8 wo “ ,d ^ ^ The offer was tendered by Thqmas . . i.- n wi nK caD « c . | bonus legislation and it was empha- the merr h»nt m “ r ne rom e n Martin, acting for the Alabama Power nation It is therefore safe ,1,ed thal when he a P«P ared before ^ct subsidies. These wou nc u e co... . - w,u, t::- = . r 1 ™*^■ nm*?r Tb. w-r-jr «h. V... nrr>n«r»ii*« h *ve experienced the same turn in . . , . tlve administration bill now being pre- •CUlr^ p,o r ,,M j th( , (|de , h , t „ noted c ... ot .1-^ r-.r-d. »ou,d b. In CALOMEL IS A - DANGEROUS DRUG Next Dose May Salivate Y Loosen Teeth or Start Rheumatism. Calomel Is mercury; quicksilver. It crashes into sour bile like dynamite, cramping and sickening you. Calomel * attacks the bones and should never b*- put Into your system. If you feel bilious, headachy, consti pated and all knocked out, just go to your druggist and get a bottle of Dod son’s Liver Tone for a few cents which is a harmless vegetable substitute for dangerous calomel. Take a spoonful and If it doesn’t start your liver and straighten you up better and quicker than nasty calomel and without making you sick, you just go back and get your money.' Don’t take calomel! It makes you sick the next day; it loses you a day’s work. Dodson’s Liver Tone straighten* you right up and you feel great. No salts necessary. Give It To the children because It Is perfectly harmless and can not salivate.—Advertisement. In marriage he who hesitates is—♦ bossed. . „ y If You Neod a Yob Sltouhl Havo the Best its submission the total number of proposals received by the govern ment for IU war in Alabama wa. brought to four. Th* | new offer ta expected to be tranamitr ted soon by SecreUry Weeks to con- "We may, therefore, conclude that republican* in the 7920 primaries i’«*-•w •** th * h.d not b«r. loat .Ifht of. bo I II ... | ' onn o' '^ocod c.r,o r*M on Amorb pointed out tb.t bo .met tint, h.d c * n T — ,h ' n * hlp ''. r ’ nr..., .blob h.. boforo tt tbo olfor of ‘Of "'fro. for b.tlon.l b..b. m.r ^, n , Ied lh . «!.«. . r-duc.d onto r.U oo Am.rl Henry Ford. The Alabama Power Co. propose* f ~ "T 77 7" * Holding that there waa a question T~ --------- -- - / coin pie,Ion of th. Wtleo. d^ -.Ub- »«• f" *• « ‘Of/"'™ O.obto, v ... , h . -eeir I!"* 1 * b ' propo safely be doubled In order to get an 'approximate representation of the alt- justed compensation bill. Holding that there was a question ran vessels when shipping merrhan- dlae to an American port for export fleet corporation. Fires on Officer at Close Range. Rock Hill.—By striking down the pistol of Manlius Owens. Just as he was pulling the trigger S M. Willi ford, policeman, probably saved his own life. The officers hand was burned by the discharge while the bul let ripped through his coat, just miss ing the skin. Had his hand been a fraction of a second later the ball would have doubtless penetrated the body. Owens was arrested by Con stable Allen a minute later and gave bond in the sum of $500 for appear ance at the York court of general ses sions on the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. Death Claims Able Attorney. Florence.—Philip Allston Willcox. general solicitor of the legal depart ment of the Atlantic Coast Line rail road and recognired as one of the ablest lawyers of the South, dited here after an illness of three weeks. He 55 years old. Growers of Peanuts Organize. Clover.—The Clover Peanut Crrow- era’ association was organized at a meeting of leading farmers of the community in the onera house here. L. H. Jackson was elected president, Arthur Quinn, vice president and V. O. Hambright, secretary rnd treasurer. The association will undertake to en courage farmers of the community to plant at least 100 acres In peanuts this year. Interest in the growing of peanuts has been promoted largely through the efforts of the First Na tional bank. > More Marlon Trees. Marion—Manv new treec dot the public square and line the streets of Marion as a result of the workjjf the tree commission recantly created by the town council. Due to the urglngs of a committee from the Civic league, the council was moved to further beau tify the town of Marion by expending some money on trees. The comm il ls composed of th* following cit- J. W. Johnson, chairman; L. J». Byars. K. B Hamer. Mia. Hoary and Mins Mabel Montgomery. out further advances or expenditures tabllshment of the natto ^ determination at.this time that by the United States” and the out- "1 nder any analysis, the figures In* u, #r# wai during war’s responsibility right purchase of the Warrior power dubltably demonstrate that the peak when (h*, government could have Contracts for Otssn improvements, plant on the Gorgas river, which is sit* of liquidation and consequent depree- ralied any tum (j, a president! % Washington — Awards of contract# uated on ground already owned by "Ion waa passed somewhere between W4i Mld tQ doub( tha possibility of aggregating $360,000 lor work on the the company. 1 September 6. last, and December 31. Q b ( a jnj|jg now through a bond issue public health service hospital at Oteen. The properties would be leased by 1»«. and that the tendency has been th# ium re<iulrw1 for the soldiers’ N. C.. were announced by the treasury the power company 1 * for a period of steadily toward improving huslnesa bonua w j(hout an advance In Intereat department A contract for construc- flfty years under the plan and be sub- and less reliance of businesa upon rtt9§ and the d| a t ur bing of the finan- t* on work on lh * hospital, at a coat of jected to "recapture by the govern- the support of the banks. c , a , tranquUUy of tha coun try. $297,694. was awarded to Fanning ft ment” at the termination of that time “Of precisely like tenor are re* Ib thls t . onnect , on tUen tion again Quinn, of Norfolk. Va.. and a contract They also would be operated subject cent advice* from the war flnance called that In the next fifteen l° r mec-anlcal equipment at a coat to the provisions of the federal power corporation, which repewts a progrea- monthi the goveniroen t mu , t re fund of $63,500. to the Union Electric corn- act under an operating license. ^jal** liquidation of Its loan* and a >ome >tit aQd one ha , f billion dol- P 8 ®* 01 Orleana. Have you ever stopped to reason why it is that so many products that an ex* tensively advertised, all at once dropout of sight and are soon forgotten? reason it plain—the article did not the promises of the manufacture^ applies more particularly to a med* A medicinal preparation that has curative value almost sells itself, as an endless chain system the remedy recommended by those who have been benefited, to those who are in. need of K. A prominent druggist says "Take for example Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, • preparation I have sold for many year* and never hesitate to recommend, for m. almost every case it shows excellent re- sults, as many of my customers testify. I No other kidney remedy has so large a ■ale." According to sworn statements and verified testimony of thousands who havw used the preparation, the iaccess of Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root is due to tbs fact, so many people claim, that it fulfills al most every wish in overcoming kidney, liver end bladder ailments: corrects uri nary troubles and neutralises th* urio arid which causes rheumatism. You may receive a sample bottle of Swamp-Root by Parcels Poet. Address Dr. Kilmer ft Co., Binghamton, N. Y., and enclose ten cents; also mention thi* paper. Lara* and medium sue bottle* for sal* at all drug stores. Advsrtlaement Keep a mirrow seorrt. ASPIRIN INTRODUCED BY “BAYER” IN 1900 lmproT.in.nt ol condition. In |ar , 0( , h , p , v|c . Graduates May Not Washington—The hduse naval com mittee. In trying to discover some way of reducing appropriations for the na val establishment next year, was re ported to have agreed Informally to recommend that the first class at An napolis. to be graduated In June, would be turned back to civil Ufa without commissions In the navy Although members declined to dis cuss this proposal. It is understood edness. b. C.mml..l.n.d. ’k'«ric«l,’n‘rS , “ r!, ■® , * , *” d ««>»'»■•• »' staples have brought the farmers to the point where they gre able to realise something at least approxi mating costa of production, and can Business Conditions Imorove. Washington. — Business conditions throughout the country are better than Orders Nine Held for Theater Deaths, they were a year ago In the view of Washington.—Nine men were or- treasury officials, who declared, how- look forward hopefully to still farther j** 1 ™ 1 b *l d tor the grand Jury by the ever, that the Improvement has been Improvements In no very distant f u -1 c oroner ' 8 Jury which brought in a gradual and there wa. no Immediate i verdict in connection with the col- proapect of a sudden pick-up In bual- j lapse of the-Knickerbocker motion pic- ness activities Some, seasonable ac- ture theater January 28, resulting in' ILvlIy might be looked for in the the death of 98 persons. * spring, they asserted, but In general The nine men. all of Washington,' only gradual betterment was to be ture. Refute Extradition of Bullock. Hamilton, Ont.—Extradition of Mat- that such a recommendation probably thew Bullock, negro, to the United were: will be made, along with the further, Stated, to stand trial in Norllna. N.J3., j r q Qeare. the architect of the proposal that the number of men to be admitted to the academy each year to be reduced from five to two, for each member of congress. Secre tary Den by proposed that the reduc tion be cut on a congressional allot ment from five to three. looked for. on charges of attempted murder of Ra- building. - American Fore** on Rhine Reduced, bey Taylor during race riots there, j Ford, the engineer who desjg-j Washington.—An immediate further was refused by County Judge Snyder, a a ted the roof structure. reluction of 203 officers' and 3,000 men on the ground of Insufficient evidence, j Morris Hackler, building Inspector in the American fc”cea In Germany Judge Snyder decreed that witness-, when the theater was constructed, es must come here from Norlina to Frank L. Wagner, the builder, testify against the negro. Doxlald Wallace, general superin- Bullock recently won a 'fight against; tendent of construction, deportation to North Carolina chiefly R. o. Fletcher, superintendent of Asks Grand Jury to Investigate Fire. Richmond. Va. — Chief of Police through the intercession of the negro the Hammett Fire-Proofing company. Charles A. Sherry announced that, fol-^population of Toronto and the com-1 which built the walls. • lowing a week’s investigation Into the mission of immigration holding that fire which destroyed the Lexington the negro’s conduct had been good hotel here February 7 and cost 12 ] during his stay here. was announced by the war depart ment. There will be remaining in Germany after this reduction a total of 2,217 me*. known lives, he has recommended to Judge D. E. Richardson, of the Hus tings court, and Commonwealth’s At torney Dave Satterfield that result* of his inquiries “merit a grand jury Investigation.” Southern’s Record of On-Time Trains. Washington --During the year 1921 the Southern railway system operated 179,836 passenger trains, many of them being through trains operated in connection with oilier lines and '■ov- ering distances from 1,000 to 1,500 miles. Of this great number of trains 172,- 182. *r 95.1 per cent, ran on schedule, or made up time, while on the South ern 166.277, or 92.5 per cent, reached final terminal on time Vice Presi dent Henry W. Miller, In charge of operation, announced. — ■■■ Highly' Prize WilaofT* Old Shirt Albany. Ga.—Aprons made from the cast-off shirts of national nr* 7ucal ca- lehritles were auctioned off In the Bullock was re-arrested here on a United States extradition warrant. He John L. McDonald, the contractor who erected the steel. *• Thomas L. Costigan, engineer and Punish Newspapers for Assault New*. Richmond, Va.—A measure^ provid ing a fine not to exceed $1,000 and a jail term of not more than three years for any publisher found guilty ot computer for the District of Colum-1 printing the name or photograph of bia building department,- who passed any maid, woman or woman child was taken In custody as he was about on the plans upon whom a criminal attack has been to start to work for a contractor by j Julian R. Dowman. the assistant 'made, waa passed In the Virginia building inspector when the building house of delegates by a vote of 44 to whom he had been employed prior to his first arrest. 1 ere tfT' untfer the ‘ausplceS of '"the local Three Killed in Wreck. Chapel Hill,- N. C.—Three boys wer killed and three others injured when the automobile , .in which they were riding was struck by a switch engine at a crossing in the eastern part of this city, With the exception of the driver of the car, who was killed, all were students at the University of North Carolina. ^ f News of the fatal tragedy has was constructed. Twenty-two Killed In Belfast. throughout Tuesday in Belfast. Four persons 4 were killed and many were wounded^ The total casualties were 22 persons killed and more than 60 wounded. The wounded Hst does not embrace th<=t cases pf many persons suffering from minor injuries British troops were brought into brought sorrow to the university and BSlfaat to restore order. They had the entire community. The reports hardly assumed their duties before reached the village several hours after the accident occurred. Kidnaped Unionist* Returned «Hcwne. Belfast—Return to 'their homes of a large number of the kidnaped Un- one of the soldiers wounded.*- was shot and Women Police Added In Peking. Peking—Women police are the lat est- addition to the force of Peking which has the reputation of being ex name of sweet charity at a local theft- iOftM 8 ba8 ha ^ ^ stlmulatiDg . effect t cepttonally good and easily comparg- situation on the border continues to ;of foreign countries. It was^found that be one of danger owing to the pr«- in the Hatamen Octroi goods were be- 38. Troops Ready for Trouble. London.—Much shooting continued El -Paso, Texas. — Five thousand trobbs at Fort Bliss were being held ready for any emergency which might arise along the bbrder. They were mobilized whan rumors were scattered in Jurez and El Paso that 3,000 men were assembling In the hills dbuth of Juarez and: that the Juarez garrison was expected to “revolt.” Juarez mil itary and civilian officials strongly de nied each report bnt admitted they are aware That revolutionists arc trying to recruit men in Chihuahua. ^ Boaz Long Retires,. Washington.—Boat W. Long, Ameri can minister to Cuba since 1919^83 . . . tendered his resignation to President j . C Tl ue ^f d . use . Harding, to take effect at onCe. Mr. Long has been ft-thn United States for several months, having left Cuba soon, after Major General Lnbch H. Crowder went to the island as on public opftlon in Ulster, .but the ble with police forces In the cities D A. R chapter, and former President Wilson’s brought more than any bUt- .1 , _ era. There were aprons made from Imlty of rival forces at some points. ; n g smuggled past the police by wo-. , . , . Newa of the arrangement for liaaon men a nfi in order to cope with the sU- th ® t>^ona\ representative of Presi- commissions on each side of the fron- uatlon the ranks of the police In this dent 1 e * a e epar tier also wa* received with satlsfac- district were augmented by ten police- ment - Y**™—^* tlon aad the hope la widely expressed won en that they will become operative as sued as to old shirts contributed by Henry Ford Tack Dempsey, Thomas A. Edison. Ty 7ebb. Wallace Reid. Governor Thomas W. Hardwick and many others. The proceeds will go to 1ialp pay for the edhcatioa of as orphaa girt. ere augmented by ten police- „ , No report he.-yet been lei“<*““«« “ -*• “ 1,1 1 ,h * , , Mr „ L “‘‘* , tb. eorcoM of thte expert.! -o'** 1 * llu * 1 "“* •» Cenu * ! quickly as possible. Which mark* a aaw field of work. I Look for Nam* “Bayer" on th* Tab. lets. Thee You Neod Nover Worry. If you want the true, world-famoow Aspirin, as prescribed by physician* for over twenty-one years, you must ark for “Bayer Tablet* of Aspirin." The name “Bayer" Is siami>ed oa each tablet and ap|»ears on each pack* age for your protection agalust linitw* Clou a.—Ad v ertlaeuien L Success need not apologize. FIFTY YEARS AGO A young man who practiced medlclnw In Pennsylvania became famous and was called In consultation in maqy - towns and cities because of his suc cess In the treatment of disease. Tbi* was Dr. Pierce, who finally made ui> his mind to place some of his medi cines before the public, and moving to - Buffalo, N. Y„ put up what he catted his “Favorite Prescription,” and placed It with the druggists in every state. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription has Feng been recognized as a tonic for dis eases peculiar to womankind. After suf fering pain, feeling nervous, dizzy, weak and dragged-down by weaknesses of heb sex—a woman Is quickly restored to health by its use. Thousands of women testify that Dr. Pierce’s Favor ite Prescription has entirely eradicated their distressing ailments. More recently that wonderful discov ery of Dr. Pierce’s, called An-uric (for kidneys and backache), has been suc cessfully used by many thousands who- write Dr. Pierce of the benefits re ceived—that their backache, rheuma- - tism, and other symptoms of uric add deposits in Joints or muscles have beea Send 10c to Dr. Pierce. Buffalo, N. fbr trial pkg. of any of his remediev or write fof free medical advlce v ^. boo t treat r«. inflamed, •mart ini eras with _ ful drug* “drop- BS» ' pea in hr hand. hrs. eel* remcdjr u