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Vol. LXXII No. 1297 Union, S. C., Monday Afternoon^ January 16, 1922 3,. per Copy
STREET CAR MEN
OUT ON STRIKE
Richmond, Va., Jan. 16.?Street car
mo tor men, conductors and shopmen
are on a strike in .Richmond, Norfolk
and Portsmouth in protest against the
wagf cut. Only a few cars are operated
and jitneys are taking their
places. The labor lenders said they
would not seek another conference
with the traction officials. The employes
at Petersburg ignored the
strike order.
Four arrests were made in connection
with the strike, charged with disorderly
conduct. They shouted "scab"
nt the men.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 15.?Promptly
at midniirht tonlcht. memhoMi nt
local division of the Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electric Railway
Employees of America left their
cars in protest of what they declared
to be an uniust cut in their wages by
the Virginia Railway & Power Co.
Union men employed by the company
in Norfolk, Portsmouth and
Petersburg walked out at the same
time. In all 1,010 employees of the
company in Virginia left the employment
of the carrier pending a settlement
of the controversy.
That the fight between the men and (
the company will be a long one is '
indicated by refusal of either side to
grant any concessions. Officials of the
transportation company have declared
the determination to cut wages of the
men beginning tomorow is final and
have declined to consider arbitration
in any manner. The good offices of
Mayor George Ainslie looking to mediation
were tendered the company
and were declined. Representatives of '
the ear men announced late tonight
.that they will fight the wage cut to
the last ditch. |
Inauguration of jitney service -o
compete with the electric lines opcrated
by the Virginia Railway Ai
Power Co., is the weapon by which the
II1VII ilV^V V*/ ?> III. U IUICJ ovt Vltc UVC1
all lines operated by the company was
^.v . jnrtuguwated at midnight .tonight, traby
the-com|>jy^
<niployoes of the Virginia Railway &
Power Co., in Richmond, effective at
midnight tonight, were issued this afternoon
by the headquarters here of
the employees' union. Similar orders
' affecting Norfolk, Petersburg and
Portsmouth were expected to follow,
it was declared in labor circles.
The carmen employed in the Richmond
service were ordered to complete
their last run up to the strike
"zero hour" and then to take their
cars to the barns and cease work until
further notice. Power house employees
and watchmen were authoried to
continue at work in order that company
property might be protected.
Salvation Army Benefit
A musical will be given Friday, January
27. at the high school auditorium
for the benefit of the Salvation Army.
A delightful program is being prepared
by Mrs. W. T. Beaty and C. M.
Hawkins, chairmen, and the dates of
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runenrsais win uu uiuiuuni'tu miti.
Methodist Circles to Meet
The Circles of Grace Methodist will
meet Tuesday afternoon at the following
places:
No. 1?Mrs. W. H. Rasor at 4
o'clock.
No. 2?Mrs. J. W. Crawford at 3:30
o'clock.
No. 3?Mrs. Isabelle Foster at 3:30
o'clock.
No. 4?Mrs. L. L. Wagnon at 4
o'clock.
No. 5?Mrs. R. P. Sweeney at 3:30
o'clock. Mrs. C. T. Murphy,
President.
Bailey-Simms
The marriage of Miss Anna I^ee
Bailey to Ernest Simms on Saturday
afternoon, January 14, 1922, was a
surprise to their many friends
throughout the county.
Mrs. Simms is the oldest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Bailey, of Cross
Keys. The groom is a young farmer
* e Ik..* Li,.
unit ni'iiiun twin inn 11 it'iiun nitcongratulating
him upon hiR good'
fortune.
They were married at the home of
the officiating minister, Rev. J. P.
Simpson, of Whitmire, S. C. The
ceremony was witnessed by a few
intimate friends.
We unite in wishing this young
couple a long and happy life.
Canners in Convention
In Louisville
? _____
Louisville, Jan. 16.?Members of
the National Canners Asociation, who
are in convention, declared that they
have succeeded in eradicating botulinus,
especially from canned ripe
olives and often the food poisoning is
caused by improper diet and the careless
handling by consumers.
TWO CONSTABLES
ARE WOUNDEI
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. IB.?Lar
H. Black and Zachariah W. Taylo
troopers of the state constabular;
were shot and seriously wounded i
Dry Branch on Cabin creek toda
while atte npting to take into cu:
tody H. F. Alford on a writ of c:
pias from Logan county, issued i
connection with the armed marc
last August. The two troopers wei
brought to a hospitnl here for treat
ment.
Col. Jackson Arnold, superintem
ent of public safety, later gave 01
a statement tbat the troopers wei
fired upon by relatives of Alford, wh
after wounding the officers, succeec
ed in liberating the arrested mai
All three escaped but a detachmer
of 40 state troopers were immed
ately ordered to go in pursuit of A
ford and his kinsmen. Several bloot
hounds were likewise placed on th
scent.
Announcement was made that th
cViAAfmo fnrl o lr Woo + V? O (ircf o vmo
resistance encountered by officials i
making arrests in connection with th
demonstration, to suppress which fee
eral troops were ordered into th
state.
Subscriptions to
$5,000 Canner'
Lewis M. Rice . . . $ 60.0
C. K. Hughes 50.0
R. M. White 50.0
J. F. McLure 50.0
W. D. Wood 50.0
Dr. Russell Jeter 50.0
J. E. Minter 50.0
R. W. Beaty 50.0
T. B. Strange 50.0
F. H. Garner 50.0<
H. L. Davis 50.0<
J. R. Whitmire 50.0<
Roy Willeford 50.0
Sam Berelowitz 50.0
Sam Kassler 50.01
C. R. Lancaster 50.0
I. V. Askew 50.0i
S. Krass 50.0'
Macbeth Young ........ 50.0
E. M. Garner 50.0
Claude Wilburn 50.0
J. Mobley Jeter, Jr. . ... . . 50.0
Victor Smith 50.0'
Jno. W. Gregory 50.0
R. N. Sprouse 50.0
W. W. Johnson 50.0
C. B. Sparks 50.0
U. U. Ammons 50.0
T. B. Gault 50.0
Dr. A. P. McElroy 50.0
R. T. McMahon 50.0
George Willard 50.0
Gordon Bishop 50.0
R. T. McMehan 50.0
K. H. Harris 50.U
P. J. Parham 50.C
Dr. J. W. Buchanan 50.0
H. J. West 50.0
J. D. Hancock 50.0
Dr. W. N. Glymph 50.0
B. P. Kennedy 50.0
Boyan Austell 50.0
L. J. Browning ........ 50.(J
Found 46 ? wanted 54 more sul
scriptions. Who will be the next
Unless we can secure 100, no sul
scription will hold good. No solicitor
no sales promoters. 'Phone No.
and say ""Yes."
Body of Negro
Found In Ice Bo
Greenville, Jan. 14.?The body <
Otcar Hagood, 85 year old negro, w;
found late Friday night in an ice bo
at his pressing club on the Park<
road just beyond the city limits t<
ward the Monaghan mills. Hagoc
had a gash in the back of the hea<
He had been missing since Monda;
Four negroes have been placed ui
der arrest. Those taken into custod
are Roscoe Evans, Robert Byrd, Alrr
Anderson and Abraham Wakeftel
Officers are conducting an invcstigi
tion.
Npw C'n hinpt A xxnmp* Pnw#
Irish, Jan. 16.?The new cabin*
under Poincare has assumed powe
Senator Deschanel, the former pres
dent, has announced the demand <
the interpellation on foreign policy.
Four Prisoners Escape
Detroit, Jan. 16.?Four prisonei
escaped from tho house of detentic
by tearing away the bars and dodgin
the fusillade of bullets.
Commercial Airplane Arrive
Washington, Jan. 16.?A Commci
cial airplane that was reported lost o
the Florida coast has arrived j
If! 1^1 f_l 1 _ ! A At V f
mimini isiana, according 10 me i\av
Department.
Beds to be Standardized
Washington, Jan. 16.?The Con
merce Department has standardiz<
beds so that the bed and matt re:
manufacturers can cooperate.
Miss Lillian Turner, of Blacksburi
S. C., is spending several weeks wit
h?r sister, Mrs. L. H. Gault, on Ri<
avenue.
SEAMEN RESCUED
) NONE TOO SOON
ie New York, Jan. 15.?Without foo<
r, and water for two days and durinf
y, that time lashed to the eabin hatch o:
it their waterlogged craft to preven
iy them from being washed overhoan
s- by mountainous seas, Capt. V. M. Col
i- and seven members of the crew o:
n the American schooner, James M
h Hall, arrived here today on the steam
e ship West Canon, which rescued then
t- 250 miles southeast of Cape May, N. J
Virtually abandoning hope of evei
1- being picked up alive, the shipwreckec
it crew used its remaining dry mate!
'C Friday night to set fire to a dish pnr
io of gasoline in a last desperate attempt
1- to make known its plight. The result
ft- ant flare was seen from the West Can'
it on bound here from Java, which imi
mediately headed for it and took ofl
I- the men, who were suffering from colc
1- and hunger.
ie The schooner which left Charleston
S. C., for Boston, Jnnuary 5, with a
1(1 cargo of lumber, was abandoned. Sh<
? registered 491 tons and was owned ir
n Boston.
? Captain Cole said he encounterec
heavy gales and rough seas soon aftei
in leaving Charleston. They increased ir
force and became so violent that tht
vessel sprung a leuk and began to fill
with water. All hands were put t<
V work at the pumps, but they coulc
q make little headway because of the
q terrific pounding to which the craft
() was subjected. Finally conditions bey
came so bad that the captain ordered
0 all men to lash themselves to the
0 hatch of the cabin, which was the
0 onlv part of the deck structure to re0
main above the surface. Except for
0 brief intervals when a man would risk
jj the fury of the seas to send up disq
tress signals, they remained that way
0 for two days and nights with nothing
0 to eat or drink.
0
[J Notice
0
0 All members of Swannanoa Lodge
0 No. 99 will hereby take notice that
0 the meeting night has been changed
0 welcome to meet with us.
0 I. C. Price,
q Noble Grand.
Q R. L. Cromer,
0 Recording Secretary. 1297-3t
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u Subscriptions to $5,000
0 Potato Drying House
?0 H. Riley . .".... .... $500.0(
0 Thos. McNally 100.0C
i0 P. J. Parham lOO.Ot
10 Pr. J. W. Buchanan 100.0(
(0 Lewis M. Rice 100.0(
i0 J. P. Hancock 100.(X
0 L. J. Browning 100.0(
0 B. F. Kennedy 100.0(
i0 S. R. Garner 100.0(
i0 J. R. Charles 100.0(
i0
i0 Total $1400.0(
j. Unless $5,000 is raised, no subscrip
? tion will count. If you don't like i
). cannery, come on into a potato dn
g, house. We need both. Both will help
1 The potato dry house will pay quickei
dividends. Come on!
Phone No. 1 and say $500, $100 oi
$1,000.
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Lives of Two Taken by Negrc
>f
ls Swansea, Jan. 14.?Dilsey Livings
,x ton and Clemmie Jones, negroes
>r were shot to death Friday afternoon
5. about eight miles south of Swansea
,d Will Felder, another negro, is charg
d. ed with shooting and is now in th<
y. Ix;xington jail, suffering from wound:
i- inflicted by officers when they at
|y tempted to arrest him.
m The woman was shot twice, once ii
d. the back through the right shoulde:
blade and once in the left breast
The woman was killed on th<
Ebenezer church grounds. This tool
sr place about 4 o'clock in the after
noon.
et Jones was killed about two mile
r. from the church on the farm of Me<
li- Redd about an hour after the womai
>f had been killed. One bullet took ef
feet in the left breast of Jones an<
passed clear through the body. Th<
bullet came out under the righ
rs shoulder blade and was found ii
>n Jones' clohtting.
ig A posse scoured the woods until j
late hour last night in efforts to ap
prehend Felder. Felder was caugh
is today by Rural Police Asbill am
r_ Deputy Sheriff Oswald. When tb
fY negro saw the officers coming h
at opened fire, on them. The officers re
,v turned the fire, seriously woundini
Folder with buckshot.
An inquest was conducted this af
101 noon and the Verdict of the coro
ner's jury was that Dilsey Livingstoi
i- and Clcmmie Jones came to theii
'd death at the hands of Will Felder
The woman was about 25 years oli
and Jones about 22.
g, If he property holds out, the ship
h ping board is guaranteed an incom
?e from auctions if not from freightCincinnati
Enquirer.
WILSON TALE
I ABOUT LEAGUE
i Washington, Jan. 15. ? Declaring
C anew his confidence in tfce 'vitality of
f the league of nations," former presit
dent Wilson today warned an im1
promptu gathering at his home in S
e street that those who 'j opposed the
f league would have to *look out for
. themselves."
A motion made by a man in the
i audience at a meeting of^tho Woodrow
. Wilson foundation that fcbose nresent
r pay their respects to th% former t hief
i executive led to a spontaneous pili
grimage of several thousand admirers
and friends of Mr. Wilson through
slushy streets to his residence. There
the crowd was rapidly augmented and
swiftly resolved itself into an enthusiastic
demonstration. . J
Mr. Wilson's remarks V01'*-' in reply
to Samuel Gompera, president of the
American Federation Labor, who
acting as spokesman for the crowd,
had declared that its prwtnce offered
proof that the league or nations was
not dead. ?
"I need hardly tell yoc how such a
demonstration of friendship and confidence
makes me feel," Wilson replied.
*L
"There can be no dou|& of the vitality
of the league of nafifons. It will
take care of itself anctikhosc who do
not regard it will have to look out for
themselves. I have no gi'pciety for it.
My only anxiety is to Wo our great
people turn their faces in the right
direction and move all their
force.- I thank you fwf all this. I
don't deserve it, but X ?#5"y it. nevertheless."
The former president* Was assisted
to the door by Mrs. W$ft>u, who shared
with him the plaudihFof the crowd.
Mr. Wilson's voice,. "Wiiilc lacking
the volume of his moio^yigorous days,
was strong enough to ?rry to most
of those who jammt<l?lie street m
front of his homfcMjB! one point,
when tlie cheers Mftli especially
vociferoas, Mr. Wilsen I Ude a motion j
as though he i&ftaHHBj Walk down
[| the steps and shcSH with those
story window and wave?their hands.
The march from down jown was led
by Senators Walsh of Montana.
Fletcher of Florida and Harris of
Georgia. The motion which led to the
pilgrimage was adopted unanimously
, at the meeting which had been addressed
by Samuel Gompers, Dr. Sam)
uel T .Eliot of Boston, Hamilton Holt
) of New York, and others, in behalf of
j the foundation's program to collect a
) fund of $1,000,000 for scholarships in
) honor of Mr. Wilson.
| Shot Wife and Daughten
) And Commits Suicide
) Hackensack, N. J., Jan. 16.?Peter
) Pepe shot and killed Ms wife and
- seriously wounded his daughter and
) committed suicide in his home. His
- son was aroused by the shooting and
i saw his father chasing his mother,
/ who was bleeding from the bullet
i. wounds. The mother died in the snow.
r ' Studying
Far Eastern
r And Pacific Questions
Washington, Jan. 16.?The arms
conference is studying the Far East>
ern and the Pacific questions while
awaiting the Tokio instructions the
- Japanese delegation is reagring the
i, naval limitation treaty.
. Fighting Food
Profiteers in Tiffin
? Tiffin, Ohio, Jan. 16.?Fighting the
s food profiteers, Mayor Unger has es'
tablished three bread stores at the
tire station retailing: ttie pound loaf
I at six cents.
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Southern Furniture
Exposition Opens
High Point, N. C., Jan. 16.?With
delegates from every state the Southc
orn Furniture Exposition opened its
show here today.
Conferences Resumed
j Washington, Jan. 10.?Conferences
between the railroad executives and
t the unions were resumed under Secretary
Hoover to eliminate disagreeII
ments.
1 TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
t Open Close
A January 17.80 17.6f
e March 17.7f? 17.58
e May 17.33 17.22
- July 16.95 16.8C
x October 16.27 16.2(
. N. Y. Spots 17.??
rt I/Ocnl market 17.6(
Blanton-Plaxcio
Miss Lillian Blantop and Mr. Clarl
Plaxico were united in marriage Saturday
afternoon at Monarch.
>- Both these young people are pop
e ular and have a wide circle of friends
- who unite in wishing them great hap
piness.
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GUARD ON DUTY
TO INSURE TRIAL
Manchester, Ky., Jan. la.?Armed
with rifles and two mat hine nuns, r?0
state guards under command of Mai.
James K. Dillon. arrived here late today
and tomorrow morning will go
on duty at the Clay county court
house, where court will convene for
the trial of Steve Martin, aliened
feudist, charged with the murder of
Wood Burge.
Troops were ordered here by Governor
Morrow at the request, of Judge*
Hiram Johnson, whose first official act
after assuming his duties January I
was to discharge the petit and grand
juries in an effort, he said, to clean
up Clay county. The request was made
following the circulation of reports
that the Martins and TMiilpots, relatives
of the defendant, were planning
to march here 100 strong, to prevent
the conviction of Steve Martin "even
if they have to blow up the court
house." Members of the Burge clan
also arc planning to attend the trial
in large numbers, it is said.
The Martin-Burge feud was revived
on Christmas day when three men
were killed and several injured in a
battle in which it is said the bodies
of the slain were allowed to remain
lying: on the ground for hours because
their kinsmen were afraid to attempt
to remove them.
This is the sixth time in the past 1J
months that state troops have been
ordered out in Kentucky to protect
circuit courts.
Returns to Tennessee
Mr. II. T. Price, who has been conducting
a large farm on Broad river,
has accepted the position as assistant
superintendent of the Tennessee Industrial
School, at Nashville, Tenn.
Mr. Price has had years of experience
in this work, having resigned it to
come to the farm to recuperate his
health. Mrs. Price will not leave now,
but will follow her husband later. Mr.
Price leaves Wednesday to take up
his work at Nashville.
, The Beulah community will greatly
Cuba May Negotiate
Five Million Loan
Mexican, Jan. 16.?The. American
government is notified that Cuba may
negotiate the $5,000,000 loan, hut declined
to sanction the $50,000,000 loan
until the budget is reduced.
Turned Over To Irish
Provisional Government
Dublin, Jan. 16.? The British has
turned over to the governmental powers
for Ireland to the Irish ixrovisional
government under the treaty
provisions.
Revised Proposals Submitted
Sheffield, Ala., .Tan. Id.?The Newport
Building Company of Wilmington,
N. C., will submit the revised proposal
for the lease and the operation
of Muscle Shoals, according to President
Engstrumu.
Turkish Nationalist
Leader Reported Murdered
London. Jan. 14.?Mustapa Kemal
Pasha, Turkish Nationalist leader,
has been murdered says an exchange
telegraph agency dispatch from Constantinople,
quoting Anogra advices
Inventor of Repeating
[ Rifle Is Dead
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 14.? Christopher
Miner Spencer, invenor of tin
repeating rifle, is dead.
t Woman's Body Found
i Wilson, N. C., Jan. 14.?Following
instructions received in an unsigned
letter, q deputy sheriff last nigh;
found the body of Mrs. Miles Pearsa'
i in the backyard of her home fivf
I miles east of this eity, it was learner
. tnnicrht. Tho woman was sho!
through the heart about nine days
ago, according to the coroner.
Miles Pearsall, husband of the dea?
woman, and another man and woman
, who had lived with the Pearsalls, art
, missing. A horse and a mule, shut
, up in the barn, and a cow tied outside
, were nearly dead of starvation wher
J found. A pile of wearing apparel
^ meat, hay and corn was found in th
yard, according to the deputy. /
. search for Pearsall and the other mar
and woman has begun.
* Miss Gladys Carlisle spent the week
end in Spartanburg with Miss Rstelk
Cohen.
t
Miss Margaret Hall of New York 1
the guest of friends in Union for i
couple of days.
t H. F. Whitehead, of Mt. I.ehanoi
- community, was a business visitor ii
Union today.
MAN AND WOMAN
HELD FOR FORGERY
Aiken, .Jan. la. Three men and one
woman, alleged to be the parties who
duped the three leading hard s of
Aiken last Thursday by tendering
forced cheeks on a local cotton buyer
for nearly $800. were placed in Aiken
jail today, having been arrested at
the Terminal hotel in Augusta, after
their rooms had been guarded until
7 o'clock this morning by the police.
The men pave their names as J. C.
Westbury, Sam 11. Padgett and Melton
j Lyles. The woman claims to he the
wife of Padgett.
Detective M. S. Whitehead of Atlanta,
representing the Burns Detective
agency and in the employ of the
American Banking association, caused
ihe arrest. Last night he thought he
recognized a letter in the signatures
on the hotel register that struck him
i as bearing a marked sitttilariy tithe
writing of the Aiken bank forgers.
He telephoned for Cleveland Thoma.of
the Farmers and Merchants' bank.
I and William Schroder, cashier of tire
j Aiken First National bank, to come a<
, once to Augusta. The two cashiers
I with four officers and Mr. Whitehead
i took stands in the hallway leading ' >
i the two rooms occupied by the thremen
and one woman, and at 7 o'cloc.v
this morning knocked at the doors
their rooms and were admitted. Padgett
and his wife both arc alleged to
have had heavy revolvers uiitl r then
pillows, but were covered by the offi
! vers with guns and made no show of
I resistance. When brought to Aiki".
'and placed in jail, Lyles, who is the
youngest of the three men, was at
once identified, the officers claim, athe
man who passed the forged check
i for $182 on Cashier Parduc of vieBank
of Western Carolina, one fori
$204 on Cashier Thomas of the Farnf-J
i ers and Merchants, and one fo?
$294.30 on Cashier Schroder of the
First National bank.
When visited at jail Mrs. Padgett
taunted Cashier Thomas for being an
; easy mark, but denied any connection
) with the forgeries. She claims her
| home is in Chattanooga, Tenn., and
' gang has operated at Griffin, La-j
Grange, Waycross and Americus, Ga..|
.besides working Newberry, Spartanburg
and Aiken banks.
Two cars were seized by the arresting
officers.
Giants' tar To Wed
Childhood Sweetheart
New York, Jan. 16.?The engage
mi nt of Frank Fisch, the Giants' sta-'
and Miss Ada Lucy, his childhood's
playmate, has been announced.
American Rescue d
From Bandits
F.l Paso, Texas, Jan. 16.?A. C
Style, the American mine owner h:n
I been rescued from the Mexican ban
dits who demanded $10,000 ransom by
the Mexican soldiers. The bandits escaped.
To Furman Alumni
Union. S. C., Jan. 14. 1022.
Pear Friend:
There is to he held at the Hank <.f
Union, Thursday night, January loth
at 7 p. m., sharp, an important meeting
of the Furman Club of Union
County.
Your presence is earnestly requested,
as questions of vital importance
will be discussed.
I* 1*1 id I 11 (V VAtl UmH Ik., %1'ttll llw 1 * i 111
I I U.--IIIIS ,1 "l- ?? 'II "I " * ?? .
Sincerely yours,
D. N. Wilburn.
ltpd. Sec. Furman Club.
Farm House Destroyed by Fire
J. E. Johnson, a prosperous farmci
livinpr four miles above Jonesville, had
the misfortune to lose one of his ton|
ant houses by fire Friday night. Tin
house was totally destroyed. The ten
I ant also lost everything he had in the
. house.
Thousands to Visit
The Passion Play
Oberammergau, Germany. Jan. t">
" | ?One hundred thousand or more vis
, i itors already have applied for ticket?
! *iu? r? r?i
I iu nit" i n?niv;ii i tny w? ur nr>?
summer, from May to September.
As soon as it was definitely knowr
the play would be performed this yeai
prices here were advanced enormously
and there was apparent a tendency tc
11 hoard everything possible against th<
, day when the "rich foreigners" came
The Passion Play committee has taker
this situation in hand and will issu<
-! price lists and seek with all energy
I'j to avoid any "profiteering."
1 '
Bcrnice, the daughter of Mr. am
s; Mrs. J. A. Petty, of Monarch, is recov
a ering from an attack of pneumonia.
0 Mrs. Harrie Storm and children re
1 turner! yesterday afternoon from i
visit to relatives in Charleston.
TREASURY SHOWS
GREAT WAR COST
I , .
Washington, Jun. l.r?.?Government
financial operations since the country's
entrance into the World war in|
volved more than $200,000,000,000. ac1
cording to figures compiled today by
I the treasury on the basis of daily
' statements from April 0. 1917. to !)< cember
21. 1921. This stupenduous
sum consisted of receipts, both ordinary
and public, or more than $99.000,000,000
balanced against disbursements,
of both classes of a like total.
Starting on the eve of the war, April
! 5, 1917, with a net balance in the genI
eral fund of $92.000,OnO, receipts ex!
elusive of principal of public debt.
I from April <?, 1917, to December 21,
| 1921. totalled $24,01H.000.000, while
public debt receipts during the san .
period amounted to $75,043,000,000.
Disbursements, exclusive of pub.
debt, for the period aggregated $4 .
785,000,000, while public disbursements
totalled $52,481,000,000, and on
I December 21, 1921. the net balance in
1 the general fund was $488,000,000.
For the war period the excess of
disbursements, exclusive of nrineinai
of the public debt, over receipts of
! the same class was $2-1,000,000,0no.
: Over the same period the gross pubi
lie debt increased by $22,000,000,000,
and from $1,000,000,000 on April 5,
. 1917, to $23,000,000,000 on December
31, 1921. Exclusive of foreign loans of
j $9,597,000,000 ordinary disbursements
I of the government from April 0, 1917,
I to the end of the past year aggregated
I $36,187,000,000, these amounting to
j $330,000,000 from April 6, 1917, to
| June 30, 1917; $7,958,000,000 for the
| fiscal year of 1918, $15,035,000,000 for
I the fiscal year of 1919; $5,982,000,000
for the fiscal year of 1920; $5,042,000,000
for the fiscal year 1921 and $1,837,000.000
from July 1. 1921, to December
31, 1921.
Compulsory School Law
The following law will now be en- ...
forced in School District No. ..
teachers are required to report pupils
who do not attend school w.Jhin ^
son having charge of any child L*'
tween eight and 14 years of ag
elusive must send such child to a
public, private or pariclirl school or
i to a competent tutor, s bject to he
; approval of the county sup >rintendi
c ut of education, for f u * eonsecu ive
I months, or SO cons u re school
| days, during the scholastic year that
' the school attended is 111 *ev.L>.i: Provided
that in case the t r i of ary
school is less than four mon.ha or 80
school days, attendance for the full
term of such school shall be sufficient
j to meet the requirements of this act
j except as hereinafter provided.
Penalty for Violation of Act. That
any parent, guardian, or other per|
son having charge of any child subj
ject to the provisions of this aet who
wilfully neglects or refuses to comj
ply with these provisions, 01* any per!
son, firm or corporation who shall induce
such child to violate same shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction thereof before
any magistrate, be fined not less than
five, nor more than tin dollars, or he
imprisoned not less than five n<>
mule than ten days. All fines col
looted under this Act arc to ho naid
into the school fund for such district
in which said offense was committed
By or?lcr of
School Board,
School District N<> li
Cotton Consumed
During December
\\"i?>hin^i.Ian. 1 1. ? Cotlon en
sunu'd during December amounted !<
511.800 bales of lint and 41.698 of
linters, comparcMl with 295.292 of lint
and 27,287 of linters consumed in Doleinbei
a year ago, the census bureau
announced today.
Cotton on hand December 91 in
' consuming establishments was 1,7117,771
bales of lint and 167,862 of
linters, compared with 1,251,122 of
'lint and 28.1,311 of linters in public
storage and compresses, 5,177.266
bales of lint and 171,303 of linters,
, compared with 5,623 of lint and 337,I
198 of ilnters.
! Imports for December were 60,996
bales compared with 25,890 a year
ago.
Exports in December amounted to
639,825 bales, including 4,394 of linters,
compared with 788,578 bales, including
3,199 of linters in December
h year ago.
Spindles active during December
numbered 34,488,610, compared with
f 29,914.614 in December a year ago.
Statistics for cotton growing
states follows:
1 Consumed during Dcemb0'*. 3^1
- 285 bales compnred wi'h 193.305
On hand December 3* in consu
ing establsihmrn's, 922 991 b^'
- compared with 622.071 an 1 in mih,; *
storage and at compresses 4.807,823
bales, compared with 5,266,147.