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* ■ *- THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL. 8. C BEAUFORT STARES LETTUCE BEVERAL FIELDS OF THOUSAND ACRE CROPN^VlEyvED BY * VISITORS. FEAST AT BRAMLETT’S FARM Following Sight* of Great C r °P ^ Low Country Speeches Are Heard; May Be Annual Event. , Beaufort—Beaufort's two day let tuce, festival began when the visitors to the “lettuce city'' accompanied by a large crowd of Beaufort folks motor ed out to Bramlett’s farm where a bountiful feast consisting of barbecued pork, rice, potatoes, lettuce, mayon naise, relishes, bread and coffee was served. After dinner the cars lined up for a visit to several fields of Beaufort's thousand acre lettuce crop, stopping on the way to see an interesting old fort built before 1600 on Mr. Bram- lett's place and also at the Home Farm dairy where Mr.. Kinney served deli cious sweet milk and buttermilk. In the evening a play party, for which Beaufort has become famous, was held at the Community club. The next morning luncheon was served at the Community club hy the women. The luncheon consisted of chicken salad on lettuce, potato chips. Sand wiches. crackers, olives, ^ike and coffee. After dinner speeches were called for by the Rev. Mr Burns. Fred Christensen Judge Memmlngor and Harry Calhoun ro^bonded. It is sin cerely hoped thtt these festivals will be an annual event and that every county of South Carolina may he rep resented at ttao second lettuce festival tn IMS • EVEN BOYS DROWNED IN LAKE WHEN BOAT SINKS South Bend, Ind. — Joseph N. Taylor, erecutive of the Boy Scouts, and aiz boya, were drown ed in Magician lake, seven miles from Dowaglac, Mich. They drove to the Uke from here In aulomo- miles to prepare a Scout camp for the boys this summer. When they reached the lake they divided Into two groups, eight of them tak ing a steel boat proptelled by a de tachable motor,.to cross the lake. After they Tiad gone a short way a breeze struck the boat, causing it to ship water and.lt sank, throw ing the occupants into the lake. The dead: Joseph N. Taylor, scout execu tive. James Taylor, his son. William Borrough. William Kingsley. Verne Murphy. Judson Taylor. Xt Clinton Matthews. It was late In the day before the details of the drowning began to reach the city because of the con fusion among the survivors and the distance they were from home. TREATY IS RATIHED OPPONENTS MAKE SCORE OF UN SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO QUALIFY ACTION. ... - -v, • • . . V FINAL VOTE WAS 67 TO 27 — v > • r On Final Roll Call, Twelve Democrats Vote For Treaty, and Four Repub licans Against It. Washington.— The four-power Pa-[ ciflc treaty, the center of controversy lover accomplishments of the Washing ton arms conference, \yas ratified by I the senate with no reservation except i the “no alliance" declaration proposed by the foreign relations committee and accepted hy President Harding. The final vote of 67 to 27, represent ing a margin of four over the neces sary two-thirds, was recorded after the {opponents of ratification had made more thna 20 unsuccessful attempts to qualify senate action by reserva tions or amendments distasteful to the administration. On the deciding roll UNITED STATES CLAIMS RIGHT cal1 12 demotra t» voted for the treaty _ _ and only four republicans opposed it. TO COMPENSATION FOR ARMY COTTON CROP OF 1921 LESS THAN BUREAU FIGURES Washington.—Cotton production for 1921- was 7,976.666 running bales, or 7,952,539 equivalent 500- pound-bales, the census bureau an nounced in its final glnninfe report of the se&fcon. The 1920 produc tion w|t8 13,270,970 running bales, or 13,439,603 equivalent 500-pound bales. The crop was estimated by the Department of Agriculture last De cember in its final report at 8,340,- 000 I “ equivalent 500-pound bales. Round bales included in the crop for 1921 were 123,791 bales, com pared with 209,534 in 1920; Ameri* can-Egyptian cotton amounted to 37,094 bales, compared with 92,561, and sea island-cotton amounted to 3,316 bales compared with 1,868. Cotton remaining to be ginned after the March canvass, and which was Included- - in the total crop was estimated at 7,435 bales, compared with 211,893 bales ginned after the March canvass last year. PASSED BY HOUSE BILL IS GIVEN AN OVERWHELM ING MAJORITY IN THE , .HOUSE. OF THE BILL Members of“BSlb Parties Divided in General Debate and on Final Roll Call. ARMY OFFICERS CUT T011,000 NOTES SENT TO THE ALLIES IN RHINELAND. Dying hard, the irreconcilable ele ment, which had opposed the treaty on the ground that It establishes an alli- I I anra between the United States. Great rroops Were Sent Into Germany Upon Brlta{n Japan and France forced 33 HOUSE READY TO PLUNGE INTO FIGHT OVER ENLISTED STRENGTH. Basis of Right to Be Paid the 'Actual Cost." roll calls during a four and a half hours’ session set aside for final action Vote on Proposal to Slash Personnel From 133,000 to 115,000 is Expected Soon. Washington. — After approving a Washington. — The four billion-dol- lar soldieis’ bonus bill was passed by 1 the house by au overwhelming major- ■ ity. It now goes to the senate where ' its fate is regarded as uncertain, i The vote was 333 to 70, or 64 more than the two-thirds majority necessary for passage of the measure under the parliamentary procedure selected by republicans for the expressed purpose of preventing the democrats from of fering a motion to recommit. Party lines disappeared both in the general debate and on the final roll call. 242 republicans and 90 democrats and one socialist supporting the hill and 42 republicans and 28 democrats voting against it. As passed by the house, the bonus bill would provide for immediate cash payments to veterans whdhe adjusted service pay would not exceed $50, and would give the other veterans the op tion of these four plans: Adjusted service certificates, with EVEN CAREFUL . CALOMELUSERS ARE SALIVATED * 1 Next Dose of Treacherous Drug May Start Misery for You. Fail to Agee In Jones Case. Taincaster.—After being out 11 hours, the Jury which had been trying the rase of the state against ('harles D Jones, charged with brewrh of trvst and misappropriation of funds, report ed that they were unahle to agree and Judge Bowman ordered a mistrial The Jury railed for the Judge at S SO o'clock sad oacounred their Inability to agree but upoh requese of counsel of defendant, they were ordered to make one more effort They returned nt 4 o'clock and announrod a hope lens disagreement Aftnr ordering n mistrial, they were discharged by the court , It Is said that the vot* stood five for conviction and seven for acquittal This trail Is one of the flv« indictments returned by the grand Jury on the resolution of ratification. They clause in the army bill which pro-> provisions authorizing loans by hanks Washington. — The American army I made their best showing on a proposed v|de# that by July j the number of in the firs! three years* after next of occupation was sent into Germany reservation to Invite outside powers . : October 1. and by the government and was continued there upon the ba-,lnto Pacific "conferences'’ affecting ‘ y >tM **' thereafter; the certificates to run for sia of the right of the United States their Intereats. mustering 36 vote* for duced from approximately 13,000 to 20 years and to have a face value at to be paid its actual cost upon an the proposal to 55 tn opposition. 11.000. the house adjourned as it was maturity of the amount of the ad equal footing with the *11^*,’’and thla ! The committee reservation was ac- about to plunge into a fight over the Justed service credit at the rate of $1 government “la unable to conclude, In the end by a vote of 90 to 2. eD u Bt9d strength A vote on pro- * day for domestic service and $125 that the Justice of Ita claim la not ful- two attempt* to modify it failing by . . . . a day for foreign service, tnrreaaed ly recogniaed " according to identic overwhelming majorities. It declares 1 ' 1 8,ai ‘ D ‘•nllated personnel. ^ 25 ^ plu> | BlarM t at the rate communicationa delivered by dlplo- that “the United State* understand* h t* 0 * *PP r °P rt *tea 133.000. ezclu- ^ 12 per cent compounded annual- malic representatives to the govern- that under the statement In the pre-*ive of 7.000 Philippine acouta, to 115,- |y, ments of Belgium. Great Britain, amhle under the terms of this treaty or less, ta expected to be rnacbed Fra Of e and Japan tliere la no commitment to armed The notes were delivered undar In- force, no alliance, no obligation to structions from Secretary of State Join In any dafenae. Hughes and were occasioned by re cent Information from American ob servers In Kurope that the allied gov- bunding by the recommendations 1 of the sub-committee which drafted ] the bill, the house in quick succes sion rejected three amendment* Probably It Mmeria Killed. ( which eougbl to fix the officer Trinidad. Colo — tight miners are strength at different levels By a ® r *®**** apparently contemplated nr-1 known to have been killed and ten are j vote of 142 to CS. an amendment by Vocational training after January K 1923. at the rate of $1.75 a day. the total payments not to exceed how- ever. 140 per cent of the adjusted - — Farm and home aid under which veterans who purchase or improve Calomel Is dangerous: It may salivate you and make you suffer fearfully from soreness of gums, tenderness of jaws and teeth, swollen tongue awl exces sive salivp dribbling from the mouth. Don’t trust calomel. It is mercury; quicksilver. 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 tip better and quicker vhan nasty calomel and without making you sick, you Just go back and get your money. If you take calomel today you’ll be sick and nauseated thmorrow; besides, It may salivate’you, while If you take Dodspn’s Liver Tone you will wake up feeling great. No salts necessary. Give It to the children because it Is per fectly harmless and can not salivate. —Advertisement. Pickpockets in Hard Luck. A micinl worker re|M>rts that New York pick|MH-kets who used to slip a | finger into a vest pocket and get a ' watch, now get only a scratch from a pin u^-d to hold the watddcss chain | in place. DOES YOUR - HOUSEWORK SEEM HARD? Has Your Strength Left You? Gude’s Pepto-Mangan Will Restore It both for army and navy costa and i*" ^Colorado Fuel and Iron company near year, was defe* farms or home* would he paid after rangements which would ignore Amer mining na the result of an explosion Chairman Kahn of tha military com- ■* U,T *• ****• • • u,n *° ikelr i«an army coats, although estimates j< 0 p ni min# number two of the rattle*, to provide thw coming fiscal service credit Increased by 25 per cent I.and settlement*, order which land* would be reclaimed under the supervision of a ■pvMal board and farm units established for *ale to the veteran* at a rri*-e fit#-d hv the hoard leu* the amount of the adjust ed service credit duo the purchaser* pa rat ion a were being made on the ha ala of the emir* capnrlty of tb* Ger man government to pay. The amount of the claims of tka United States for Its army coat, tka notes declared, was understood to be free from any substantial dlsputa. but It was deemed to be appropriate, "In view of recent developments.'' to ac quaint the allied governments with the repeatedly reiterated alatements that the government of the United States Newberry College Wins Debate. Spartanburg — Newberry college won the triangle debate between (earn* from the Freebyterlan College <rf South Carolina. Wofford and New berry The question waa: “Kesolved. That a ayatem of compulaory arbttra . armistice agreement tion of strikes should be established 1 Fb | (w j j.,„ was in the United States " Newberry, uproldmg the negative aide here defeated the Presbyterian college team, and In debating the af firmative tn Clinton, won the decision over Wofford her*. Officer* of the mine said they An amendment by Repreaentntivo did not expect the death Hat to ex- Sisson, of Mississippi, a democratic «eed 19. Two of the bodies have member of tb* sab-committee In been identified The other two were , barge of the kill, to cut tke nure badly burned ber of officer* to 9.000 wa» snowed The explosion occurred Juat as the under. 160 to 40. while a proposal hN-n were changing shifts It Is be- b y Representative Hull. Iowa, a re llfved that only about 40 were In publican member of the military tke mine at the time. All of these affairs committee, to fix the maxi- with the exception of the If still mlaa- mum at 12.000. was voted down. 115 lag have been accounted for There was no fire in the mine and waa expecting full payment of the rme99 worWri h , ve able to go under ground to a considerable d.»pth No theory aa to the cause of the ex plosion has been advanced Paving Contracts Let. Greenwood —Contracts for street paving amounting to approximately $200,000 were let by the Greenwood paving commission Contract for atde walk paving was let to the Greenville Paving company for $1 38 per squre yard. Contract for concreb* street paving was let to the firm of Caae & Cothran of Atlanta for $1 98 per square yard. costs of Its army In the Rhineland Baals for the American claim, the note* pointed out was found In the to which the signatory and which provided for military occupa-j tion of Germany by the allied and 1 American forces Jointly. That agree-1 w * r « Pf®B*rty damage *s- U 65 When the house quit day it had before It rork for the n aeries of Exports of Corn Increased. Washington — American exports of corn during February Increased, na compared with the same month Inst year while exports of wheat and cot- amendments which would Increase ^ sharply allowance for the officer*' reseru* ’^ rom *®l>niary, 1921 If you have dy*f>*i»«ia and heed- ache* and feel "all In." don't take It for granted that there la no relief. Strength and ambition for your tasks will ruine when you build up your weakened tdood with tludea Pepto- Mangan. Take It with your meals a few weeks and see the permanent benent • It la just the thing to aid you to re«-«»«er full’health. Thla won derfully ettirteiit form of fond Iron quickly tmprovea the appetite, adda color tn cheeks anil lipa and Imparts strength In the Jaded muarles. Ite- memlter to ask for “Glide's Pepto- Mangan. 1 * Sold in both liquid and tnNef form.—Advertisement. corps. The bill carries $250,000 for salaries—an inadequate amount In the opinion of Representatives Hill. Mary- February exports of corn amounted to 22.052.216 bushels of a value of $14 020 090. compared with $.144,346 ary. 1921 Kxports of wheat in February were 5.476.489 bushels valued at $4,928,665, Bank Makes Change. Barnwell.—At a meeting of direc tors of the First National Rank of Barnwell the resignation of L. P. Wil son, cashier, was accepted atid Ralph Smith, assistant cashier, was electp4 to succeed him. Mr Wilson has re signed to accept a position with a bank in Ocala, Fla , at a flattering salary. A. M. Denbow of Bamberg was elect ed as an active vice president. Col. N. G. W. Walker, one of the organizers of the Institution, retains his former position of active vice-president. To Revise Board. Chester—From a communication received by A. W. Wise, clerk of the county Confederate pension board, it will not only be necessary for the county board to revise the pension roll for the current year, but the board Itself must undergo some changes. The attorney general has ruled that ho man Is eligible to the board who holds a public office, which will disqualify County Superintendent of Education W. D. Knox .and Magistrate jf. W. Wilks. All pensioners with a net in come of $1,000 will be taken off list. Four Killed by Cloudburst. Burlington. Kaa. — Four persona land; Crago. Pennsylvania, and Rog- b u*H®l»^valued at $6,916.86.1 in Febru cm. Massachusetts, all republican*. Cat. the note* melted expreaaly pro-! •* **•.••• done at Burllnvon who proposed Inrreaae# of the item vlded that the upkeep of the troops) 1 * » cloudburst which flooded Ko< k in vanring amount*. .,, h is ms-11 eat of occupation In the Rhine dlalricta' * nd *«■“» “ cooping down Once these amendments am d ‘®-U" ^ should be charged to the German gov- u P° n th * cU l f »Hhout warning. The posed of. the house will be ready for at ,3C SSf 02f ,n ,,,fbru * r y * ernment and it was expressed as the d,, * d * r * *'* r and Mr * 8 McGee, a skirmish over enlisted strength The , t view of the American government that Mrs. Henry Ramadeli and Mias Ole framer, of the bill have provided for t the armistice agreement “bad the tha Falling » reduction to 115,000 men. exclusive ** r * *••**•*'* pounds of a value of clear Import" that the power, aaao , ^\y the body' of Miss Failing had of the 7.000 Philippine scout. Mr i ciated In the Joint enterprise "should b ** en recovered. Nine persons report-^Kahn, who has declared his approval stand upon equal footing aa to the * d n>** B *n6 were found to -be uni.arm of the war department recommends payment of all actual coats of their ed tlons for .150.000 men. has Indicated armies of occupation.” * i, ° r •< >v ®ral blocks store front* * he will offer an amendment to provide ’German Marks Fall Off. ' caved in and about 25 homes were pay for a force of that size, while Mr. | New York.—All previous low rec- Active Spindle Hourt Decrease. swept away. Much damage was done Sisson has announced he will propose ords for German exchange at this cen- Washlngton. The New England alBO to and crops in this dstrlct that the enlisted personnel be cut to ter were shattered when the mark fell textile strike was reflected In the Streets here were plied high with de- 100.000 men. _ j to 30>4-one-hundredthB, or less than monthly report made public recently br * 8 - ■ three for one cent. Dealers attributed by the census bureau on the activity — Must Make Request Soon. j the further weakness to the changes of the cotton spinning Industry, which showed a decrease of more than 600,- 000 active spindles for the month of February as compared with January. Active spindle hours for February 7.119.576.600 as compared with 7,,929,- Levee System Will Withstand Flood. Washington. — Requests from near- in the German reparation payments Memphis. Tenn.—With the Missis- est relatives for the return of Ameri-j "nnounced in Paris recently and the sippi river rising rapidly at all points can dead overseas will not be favora-i firm attitude of the United States south of St. Louis and with all indi cations pointing to the highest water since the flood of 1916. government 358,136, also a decrease of more than and "tate engineers h|ere express con- eight hundred million. The figures Ade-nce that the levee system will made public were based on an activity withstand the flood without difficulty of 23 2-3 days, while the figures for and that the damage from high water January were based on an activity of W ^T be small and confined entirely to bly considered after March 31, the government for the payment of the war department announced. The gov- expenses of the army of occupation ernment. it was stated, had afforded { on - the Rhine, all- reasonable consideration to inter- 25 1-2 days. Sugar Rates Stand. Washington. Sugar rates In the , Gets Life Sentence. Florence—W. A. Quicb, convicted of the murder of D Hiram Munn and recommended to the mercy of the court, was sentenced to life imprison ment in the state penitentiary by Jffdge Thomas Sease. The Quick trial has attracted a great deal of Interest and was considered the most Import ant on the docket. The court has com plated a tremendous amount of work tBIa week finishing up all of the caaas randy for trial. The Judge snllAtor aad coart officials worked hard sad ftkat to cooplets tka number of Fordney tariff bill, on the basis of $1.60 per 100 pounds for Cuba raw, were approved by the republican members of the senate finance com mittee after a prolonged fight. The Fordney rates were accepted as a' .compromise. Senator Smoot, unprotected lands. Ford Adopts 40-Hour Weak. Detrolt^^ Adoption of the 40-hour weel^aa a permanent policy in all the plants of the Ford Motor company was announced by Edsel B. Ford, prfc- tdent of the plan the factories will be closed on Saturday and Sunday and about 3,000 ranking majority member, contended men will be added to the force. The M. Laucheur, former French min- for a rate of $2 per 100 on Cuban raw, 1 change will affect approximately 50;- the duty asked for by American beet Q00 employes, who will continue to sugar Interests. This was slightly less, however, than the tariff urged by the Louisiana cane Industry. Block fn Montezuma Burned. receive the minimum of $6 a day. New employes, however, will re ceive a minimum of $5 daily.. Nephew of Hoover Drowned. ested relatives in permitting them to have nearly four years in which to Submarine and All Hands Lost. London. The British submarine decide whether the bodies woul 1 be H-42 has been lost with all hands in returned to Frame. this country or rest in France to Pay Debt. Paris. — President Poincare author- Ized confirmation of the statement he made recently to the finance commit tee of the chamber-.pf deputies in ex ecutive sesion that France intends to pay her debt to the United States. M. Poincare’s statement presum ably was Impelled by the utterance the Mediterranean, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Gibraltar. Census For Pigs to be Taken. Washington, -—The department of ister of reconstruction, in a speech at Lyons last month when ho declared agriculture, through the help of rural mall carriers, will set up machinery early in May to obtain the *probable pig population of the 14 states lead ing in the production of swine. More than 24.000 carriers connected with the 9,500 postoffices will take the plf f*naiMB> ’ • As they start out with their pack of mail the carriers will distribute card that France would never bn able to 1 questionnaires on which will be qb- pa> a cent to the United States on the French war debt account Reduction in Naval Washington —Drastic Estimate. reduction tairied reports each route. from the farms on Present Evidence Against. Exchange. New York.—Assistant District At- Montitzuma, Ofi.—Fire of undvter- Palo Alto. Cal—Walter Large, five- , J ' -L . - ■ ' . navy department estimates for the tofney Jerome Simmons began the mined origin Vip^ut almost an en-><«jr-old nephew of Herbert Hoover. npxt fi3ral JgJ hftVe been madp ^ pro|Pnta1ion 3 evidence to the grand tire block.in the bilsiqess section of secreting, of commerce, was drowned house sub-committee on appro- jury agair^t officers and directors of Montezuma, causing a losff'q|^$75,fiOf> in a swimming pool at the Hoover priations in framing the navy bill. the A me r:-an rotton Exchange^whost. tq-9400.000. with llt'tle insurance 'honi> hei< during** farhlir reunfcift. ' Instead orprovidimT fim<!« for an ^ nefe recently cohdeffTned by The fire started in the Montezuma fir, Ray J4man WHbur. Resident of enlisted personnel of 96 000 as urged Chief Magistrate McAdoo after a Johg Steam Laundry and betides destroy- fftahfort} university, worked over him by Secretary D a nby. the committee, it Doe Inquiry into Jta affairs, ing that eatabllahment consumed Col- three hour* but hope finally was given fixed the total at 65 Ooq and Several witnesses hare been snm- berta' pressing dab. the Fields' gro- up. ^ authorized tfr* cpmmfssloning of about moned to testify against the ateged eery store. Joiner*' grorary ator*. Mor- Arrant* toned fbn child aacoe- l* 5 «be 541 member* of the June vioUtion of the statute prohibiting gae'a pressing dab. a barber shop, scions in tha swimming pool shortly i ; bucketing orders. Mr Simmon* said Jaka Powell a shoe shop aad Whit* before noon. It la not known how In nfund numb*"* the blH will cor that the Inqptry probably would con •tra'i moot market. tong L# had been in tha pooL ' -^FT something Ilka SSO0.OO9.OfiS. jaume three day*. Giving tha Old Man a Treat. G<aM|jtiiffer—| lull yuti. XI<^(el|>liM-h. I the whole town la talking alaiul your driving yam <dd fattier to tht^poor- ! house In your automobile. Nlrkeiptndi—| reckon they see tu»w | that 1 can do a giaal turn tuice In a while. I never charged the old man a 1 rent f«*r U Just oeht the hill to the | county. WOMEN NEED jWAMP-ROOT Thousands of women have kidney and bladder trouble and never suspect it. Women's complaints often prove to b* nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. ' If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition, they may caure the other or- gans to become diseased. Pain in the back, headache, loss ,of am bition, nervousness, are often times symp toms of kidney trouble. Don’t delay starting treatment. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, a physician’s pre scription. obtained at any drug store, may be just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions.—— Get a medium or large size bottle im mediately from any drug store. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer 4?- Co., Binghamton, 'N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper.—AdvertlsemenL Not Ever. Rnstus (to Sambo, in an under tone)-r-I »in’t the man I useter wuz. Time wuz when I could whip the or woman In a fair, stim-up fights The Old Woman (overhearing) You's a black liar. Rastus Johnslng. Time wiizn’t, time Hin’t, an’ time itln’T gwlne to wuz.—Nashville Tennesseean. NAME “BAYER” IS ON GENUINE ASPIRIN Take Tablets Without Fear, if You See the Safety "Bayer Croat." If you want the true, world-fatpoua Aspirin, as prescribed by physicians for over twenty-one years, you inust ask for “Bayer Tablets .of Aspirin." The “Bayer Cruns” fs stamped on each tablet and appears on each pack age for your, protection against Unit*- liona.-—Advertisement. Jud Tunkins. Jud Tunkiux say* he wishes ae could put um much patient endurance Into some of Ijl* later undertakings'aa he allowed as a bfty whoa be «vm learn ing to aonikc a pipe. o *UMH*S