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VOLUME XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1922 NUMBER 29 HEAD Of FARM BUR[ AGRICUTURAL C HAVE MOST Washington, Jan. 28.-The Nation al Agricultural Conference whibh closed its session last night after adopting re'ommendations ecs igned to alleviate present farim deprcsion and prevent reoccurrence of suelt a condition was hailed as "the most far reaching conference of farmers ever held" .in a statement issued tonight 4hy J. R. Howard, president of the American !Farm Bureau Fe'deration, one of the largest farmers' organiza tions. - The recommendations of the confer ence were endorsed by Mr. IHoward tonibit and during the day .were made the basis of study by Secretary Val lace and other oflicials upon whom will devolve the task of naking them effective. Referring to President larding's suggestion in opening the conference that the farmers of the Nation seek to unite in cooperative. organizations, 'Mr. 1Howard in his statement said: "The Iarin Bureau will undertake to organize all'the farmers of the na tion, and unite them into strong com modity marketing associations which will immediately 'prove the distribu ition. of food to the lasting benefit of both consumer and iroducer. We want to bring the eater and the grow er closer together." . "The national agricultural confer ence will go down into history as the most far reaching conference of farm ers ever held,"' the statement said. "The topmost feature, of course was the address of the President of the United States and the commitments 'w-hich it contained of the administra tion's attitude toward agriculture. Probably no chief executve of the na tion has previously i(uteted so deep - And intelligent intereist in the farmers' affairs. 'President Harding recog nized.-the bad state of agriculture at the present time; showed that the farmer must have a credit system adapted to his needs; asserted that lasting Improvement is to come only RAILROADS REQUIRED TO GIVE HALF OF EXCESS EARNINGS Government Claims All Above Six Per -Cent Mftde Upon Value otfPro. perty Used in Transportation fron Sept. 0i, 1920 to Jan. 1, 1921. - Washingtton, Jan. 28.-Railroad2 which earned more- than six 'per cent -upon the value of their property used in transportation. during the perloe from September 1, 1920 to January 1 1921, are required under an order Is sued today by the Interstate Com merce Commission to turn half of th excess so earned over to the govern ment. The order as 'issued by the commie sioni makes effective sections of - th transportation act of 1920 and pre scgibes rules for 'tihe apiplication ec those sections. -'tltlroads' 4lhfrigg the tour month *p4!od spqeified- irt the order are ur do'isted4ti'p. have searned a considei e1rft44a(#inreserled 'by congreE 'but i~~4lthitb4 AI8 having 'giv's e e .it idual lines til ho 11ts annot fet 'he calculated. Thi t~hpe~ttf act,: in addition to pre l'March 1, 1922; rate 4 iad.jy 'the interstate coni el n stfficient to- gi th& viir6 s'least 651-2 per cent c their -properties -provided for the *r coge'ry by the goverrunent of half. ; aI the~atn~pumit earned-by any road o * eta6 per -9ent, * &he icoiitision in-fixing .the r~at found sa tentative value for railro 'propertye by -g'rojaps -throughout ti United. States, .but did not segrega *this to individual roads,.. General increases -'were 'granted rat'ss in 1920 and during ,the last fo months of the year while traffic .vd ames wvere large railroad earnin were reported in .exdess of thg six 1 *cent clause but for all of the* mont of: 1921 and so far in 1922 the. retur havre not -indicated . th'at .any ' Biu: couki be collect~ed by .the gov'ernrh * uder the taw. * . 'The .statute also provides that case excess earnings were recaijtl Sby the gevernmient sthe money sho1 *be pa i*~ gspecial fund for 1 urpse o ingto rathiloads il I CONFIDENT ON[[[RNC[ WILL [AR-R[MCUING [Ff[ to the development of cooperative mar keting; favored a scientifle linita- h tion of production and pointed out the i1 dignity of the profession. a ''The cooperative marketing move- h mient as fostered by the American t Farm Bureau Federation is a 'protest expressed in action agaiust excessive i margins and distributive cwats. It is 0 no new thing. It has been carried on c successfully in Europe for hundreds b of years. Within less than 50 years t Denimark through cooperative market- I ing has reduced distribu..on costs so that the producers receive 72 cents of the consumer's dollar. "More than twice as much as we get here and through cooperative mar keting has rebuilded her entire na tional prosperity." Secretary Wallace s comes out of the national agriculture I conference with his hands greatly I strengthened to perform a read and' definite service for agriculture and the nation. Particularly notable in the endorsements of the conference is the farmer's demad for early completion of the St. Lawrence deep water way, the development of Muscle Shoals by Henry Fprd, the building of a credit maching adapted to a farm turnovei at reasonable rates of interest and the farmers' demand that both capital i and labor niust share alike in the read- 1 justments which have already hit ag riculture. "The endorsement by the conference of tile agricultural block is sufficient. "The -conference would probably never have been possible except for I tile 'w-ork of the congressional 'joint commission of agricultural Inquiry un der the progressive leadership of Olairmag Sidney Anderson. To Presi dent .1Harding, Secretary Wallace and Chairnian 'Axcrson the farmers of America are today rendering a sin core vote of th-anks for this oppor tunity to present their case to the na tion and to seek a just and lasting remedy for the benefit of both agricul Iture and the nation." * * * e e. S *e * * * * * * e S e LA ORD NEWS * * * * * * * 5*5** * *5* * iLanford, Jan. 30.--We have been having a little snow but the sunshine has come again. The teachers ana school children sure did enjoy snow balling and the langer boys built a sleigh, hitched themselves to it and took the .teacher *on a merry sleigh ride Friday afternooi. It seemed to be very much enjoyed by them all. The sick of our community is on the road to recovery. Misses 'Pauline and Margaret Waldrep and 'Lillie May Cox spent Sunday- afternoon with their lit tie friend,' Mary IfDrummond,' who. seems to be very much better the last t few days. 'Dr. Graves L. Knight preached an s- excellent sermon Sunday morning to .a ver'y large congregation considering the muddy weather. 1We was the guest r at the hospitable home of M1r. and Mrs. e T. M. Burnett and enjoyEdon'e of their jfamous *'possum nd tat*i" tea'ta. e that day. e Mrs. J. S. JHiggins has rettirned home .after a weeks visit to her. son in-Dk1f a fald. . Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Drummond, Mr. e and Mrs. C. L. Waldrop and Mr. and *n Mrs. J, W. Johtison were 'entertained 3. by Mrs. and 'Mru'. H. C. Garrett in a >f joint. birthday celebration, all four ol r. the latlies havig the 29th of January as their birthday. s lMr. and Mrs. Carl Garrett and Mism al 'Haripwd Garrett speat Sunday with to theit brother, Mr. Clarence Garett. te Mrsl'. 'leary Lou Hlunsinger and chil dron, it hastoriip, are spending 50om1 in time nVith Mr. apd 'Mrs. M. G. Harlan ur iMiss ~Inora Patterson was th< ,1- guest Of '?disses! Nannie and 'Lucili gs Harlan, -last Suidday. or Mr. J. 1W. Jobison spent the week ha end with homefdlks. r'p~,y -are begin ning a fontract iwith tihe'Walhailibill its thisintt -week. .tit % PhT~ D. 3hnsbi&wLe not ver welld~ast Sun. y,. and all decidedi in nissedgei voicew of oin f ~hftlaage1 ed Mr. J.:1).,John n, i the 4Qird tid a he repaying advances made by the gos nd ernent, to railroads. HUNTERS FIND FOUR WOGLES oy Hunters Find Wolf Den About a Mile from Marietta; One Killed and Three Got Away. Marietta, Jan. 28.-A nunmber of >ung hunters here yesterday ran cross four large iwolves while out unting for sialler game. One was illed and three got away. Yesterday the weather was fine for tintin-g and the snow was abcut three iches deep; so that the hunt was rranged. Several boys fixed trp their uning e(iuilpinent and started oil leir hunt. The first part of the day luck ran igh and a number of rabbits an( ther small game was killed. In the trly afternoon iiJ1uff Strand, a men or of the party, strayed away from ie rest and began following some eculiar tracks that he was unable t< xplain. At the end of the traIl, how. ver, he came to a considerably largo ole iin a bank and so, he put his ri le against a tree, picked up a long trek and poked it (own the hole. A! oon as the stick entered the apertur omething ran out of it and jumped or he boy, and, then off, but/withou mitlng him. -0 'quietly got his rib Lnd shot at the fleeing animal, th irst shot was a miss but the secom stered the .body and the animal drop )ed dead instantly'. The boy approach d the dead beast but did not knov vhat it was; -he picked u-p the carea tad started to join the others. H, ooked -back and saw three more of th ninals, much larger than the deai me, so he decided that it was bes or him to join his comipanions. Drop >Ing the game lie ran back to the re nainder of the -party. Strand returned to the rest of th, kunting party and told of his experi mee. They immediately went to th, cone where he said that he had drop )ed the twolf -but found neither dea lor living wolves there however, ther vas a quantity of blood on the groun I. and tracks; leading from the blood they tracked' -these and found a partli devoured wolf and heard the other running away. The beast turned out to be a ful grown wolf and those that got away the boys said, were as large as th one killed. -ow WE Answer Tt - Swimming, fish gives you a ra wiches made frc The best of al t bursting throug Ask your grocer. Mahaf OonsEl anni a substant in the price! effective Ji Easterhy Phone 200 The den was found about one iie from Marietta. Decidedly In Favor of It. 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