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. r, r j g pc punt? Afford. ?g t VOL 35. > /KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1919. NO, 14 'senate fight on league treaty GIVES NOTICE THAT PEACE TREATY IN PRESENT POEM IS i NACCEPTABLE Washington, June 10.?The Senate fight over the league of nations was brought to a more direct issue today with tibe introduction of a resolution by Senator Knox, Republican, of Pennsylvania, proposing that the Senate give formal notice to the i ^ peace conference of opposition to the expected should the peace treaty be suomittea ior rauucuiiuii m ju> pic-cent form. Snator Kntx, a member of the foreign relation.? committee, and a former Secretary of State. ^Jfafted the resolution after conference with other league opponents, and presented it with the apparent support of those who have haul in criticism of the league covenant He expected to crystallize opposition sentiment, as did Senator Lodge, chairman of the foreign relations committee with the circulation of the round robin in the cloning hours of the last Senate. While declaring for immediate i?dusion of a treaty dealing with direct issue of the war only, the resolution contains a far-reaching proposal which wonld lay it down as a policy of the American Government that whenever the freedom and peace of Europe is threatened the United States wil] co nsider it obligatory to assist in the removal of that menace. Decision as to acceptance of membership in the league of nations should be left without prejudice to each nation the resolution declares, for future separate consideration. It also asserts the lack of authority by the treaty making power of the government to make a treaty which in effect amends the American Constitution. v At Mr. Knox's request the resolution was referred without debate to the foreign relations committee. He will attempt to get the committee acV _ tion tomorrow or Thursday and > ^ hopes to bring up in the Senate for | consideration ly the end of the week. 1 The resolution is due to open a new L chapter in the league of nation fight and to develop a debate which may be even more bitter than that over the publication of the treaty text. Except for the reading of the Knox resolution the treaty controversy came to the surface only once during the day m the Senate. That was when Senator Pittman, Democrat, of 1 Nevada, asked unanimous consent to print in the record without reading a speech by former President Taft advocating the league. , Senator Smoot, Republican of Utah, interpos- j Led an objection and Senator Pittman then put in the speech by reading it. Meantime, however, there were many conferences among Senators over provisions of the treaty, published in full in today's Congressional Record, and the foreign relations committee made plans to resume tomorrow its investigation of how treaty copies reached private hands in New York: Of the six financiers aahimMm Viari Riimmoned three J. P. Morgan, Henry P. Davidson iand Frank A Vanderlip, sent word they would be ready to appear tomorrow. The committee arranged for a larger room for the hearing which is to be open to the public. The committee's expected to agree tomorrow on other witnesses to be called later in the week. Thomas W. Lamout, one of the financiers summoned, is said to be ir France, and it is considered unlike- j If that the committee will make a further effort at this time to have him come to Washington. Another, Jacob Schiff, asked to be excused beer use of ill health, and Paul War. jrg had left New York for Detroit when the summons arrived and had not replied ton*ght *? * ? *1?? ??fyofTT tort nnt I UD in romjiiwiv i>u u? wv?v , , BB into the record after a long fight yesterday by Senator Borah, Republican of Idaho, there were three HP topics about which interest centered. H r. They were the provisions affecting H Shantung and the Saar Valley and I fte section providing for an interna J Jgfral labor control. Several Sena / 4ors opposing the treaty said the / text revealed that the right of selff determination in Shantung and the I Saar bad been more closely curtailed ftan had been apparent heretofore, * and that the in ternational labor sec-1 I tion went much further than theyj I had expected. FATAL SHOOTING AFFAIR L. D. Fairey Shat On Public Road By J. P. Browning A news dispatch from Branchville to the Charleston News and Courier say: "Mr. L. D. Fairey, of Branchville, was shot Mondoy afternoon about four o'clock by a Mr. J. P. Browning. He was rushed to Charleston for treatment but died soon after reaching the hospital. There were no eye witnesses to the affair, but just before leaving Branchville Mr. Fairey gave a statement in substance as follows: Monday morning, he said, he was operating a road machine on the public road leading from Branchville to Orangeburg. He was working the road in slips of about 150 to 200 yards, and in working one from the Southern Railway track to a point in front of Mr. Browning's place the negro driver drove too close, and the single tree of the lead mule knocked two or three pickets out of Mr. Browning's fence. The latter, Mr. Fairey said, became angry and abused the negro. Mr. Fairey turned the machine around and after going about 150 yards a bolt broke, Mr. Fairey sent the negro back to town for another bolt and a wrench. In the meantime, he said, Fairey, had come down from the machine and was working on the old bolt, being kind of under the machine. Browning, Mr. Fairey said, had a shotgun and fired at him, Mr. Fairey falling and the ? n; -.or ?v. , JUU16B puujiig Vil 9 iviuu^ lti i*i iv vmv side of the road. The affair occurred very near Mr. J. A. Watson'? house, members of whose family were the first to reach Mr. Fairey's side. He was ^hurried to Charleston and was operated on at once in the faint hope of saving his life. Mr. Browning was placed under arrest by the mayor of Branchville and carried to Orangeburg yesterday j afternoon. o Topping *n<) Suck*ring Tobacco Clemson College, June 10.?Tobacco, says Superintendent R. E. Currin of the Pee Dee Experiment Station, in Extension Bulletin 43 on Tobacco Culture, grows very rapidly under proper conditions and soon forms seed-pods that have to be pirched out. This is called "topping." As uniform maturity is desired, it is well to allow a large portion f the seed-buds to form, perhaps now and then allowing one to bloom, before commencing to pinch them out. Experience is the only teacher in this case. Taking everything into consideration, it is advisable to top "too high" rather than "too low." In other words, it is best to leave too many leaves on the plant to mature than too few. On ordinary land, with ordinary fertilizer, from twelve to sixteen leaves may be left. On richer or more highly fertilized land, more leaves should be left to mature. Alter topping mx!> tuuuucuvn, should be continued .until all of the plants are topped; and, as the aim of topping is to get the tobacco to mature uniformly, the small, yellow and late plants should be topped lower than the early and more vigorous ones. As soon as topping is begun, "suckers" will form in the axils of tjhe leaves. These suckers must not be allowed to develop, and must be pulled off as fast as they get large enough, or else the tobacco plants will be retarded in their full development of leaves. It is surprising to | the "novice" to see how fast these) suckers will grow. Generally from two to three suckers will have to be ??? *?? " +Vi/-> avil /vf tTPPFl ' icuuuvcu iivrn vuc oaii v* Mv?r i them off. o A HINT WHERE YOU CAN BUY GOODS CHEAP S. S. Aronson, of Lanes, has gone to the Northern markets to purchase his fall merchandise, and in the mean time he has reduced all his summer goods to ridiculously low prices, so if you need anything take the hint and try "ARONSON'S", the only 2 story store at Lanes. 6-12-3tp. o Union leaders at Chicago declared last night that the first day's response to the call for a nation wide strike of commercial telegraph operators promises that the tie up will be complete in three days. BIG TIME FOR FARMERS Cleiason College Preparing For Special Course in Agriculture Clemson College. June 10.?The agricultural authorities of Clemson College are preparing a "big time" for South Carolina farmers in July, when farmers' week will be held July 21 to 26 inclusive as a climax to the agricultural summer school which will run from June 30 to August 1. There will be three main sections of the program of farmers' week, j One will be lectures and discussions, arranged by houre from 8 a. m. to 1 p. m., another will be demonstrations from 2 to 4 p. m., a third will ... - i i be addresses in tne evenings oy agri-1 cultural authorities of no(te. All phases of agriculture will en-1 ter into ;the lecture work and time will be given in each subject for discussions by farmers. Demonstrations of tractors, the use of dynamite, stump pulling, etc., have already been arranged. A stock judging contest will also be held in which farmers will compete for prizes in the judging of beef and dairy cattle, hogs and chickens. Among those already secured for evening addresses are Commissioner B. Harris, Editor Clarence Poe of the Progressive Farmers, Dr. W. D. Huriter, boll weevil specialist; Dr. E. F. Phillips, bee specialist; and Dr. D. W. Daniel. o Harvin Farmer's Reported Finan cially Rained A dispatch to the News and Courier from Harvin last Sunday night reported that "The most destructive hail and rain storm that frias ever visited this section of the Statf came that afternoon about 4 o'clock from the west. For 32 minutes rain and hail fell in torrents, doing great damage to all crops. It extended from Boots branch in Sumter County near Brogdon Station to Black river near Manning, in length about 12 miles and in breadth about 5 miles. The most conservative estimates place the damage to cotton at 80 per cent total loss, corn about 60 per cent total loss, tobacco 100 per cent total loss, anc i.< other growing crops and fruit, truck and gardens about 90 per cent total loss. Visitors to this ?-r C+ito frnm Wactorn ' | DC^UVil WlV ?jvww **VM? ; Carolina stated two weeks ago tjiat the best c ops they had seen in a 190-mile trip from the western sec- j j tior of the State to Manning, S. C.,, were the best they had seen in their; entire route. Damage in and around lAlcolu and Harvin was particularly j great. This is an extensive tobacco growing sedtion and that crop is a total loss. Half 'grown chickens were beaten to death in droves where they 5iad gathered in fence corners and other places of refuge Fruit trees in many places were deiimbed in en- ( Mo?v formafc QM financial!v i tllCiJT, 1UOJIJ 101IUV1O ui v | ruined. The heaviest sufferers were A. M. Brogdon, J. B. Brogdon, Mrs. Maggie Britton, J. C. Brogdon, A. M. Davis, W M. Davis, Paul S. Harvin. E. D. Hodge, A.% M. Keels, Carlisle Bradham, Joseph D. McFaddin, D. W. Alderman & Sons Company, Ben H. Harvin and W. P. Emanuel. At Trinity and on toward Manning the hail and rain was lighter. This correspondent was informed that no hail fell in Manning beyond the west prong of Black river. o The Growing Swine Industry ______ Hog cholera is perhaps a more costly disease in South Carolina than was cattle fever?and the value to industry of the eradication of the cattle tick can scarcely be overestimated. . To our people more is to be gained from the raising of hogs than of cat UC. IlUg rttJSillg 10 WUipoiuvi ?v*jr simple and it requires less capital than does the production of cattle. The negro farm laborers produce cotton, having been trained to it for generations, but the approach of the boll weevil presents a problem with which the unskilled or the crudely trained agriculturiest will be well nigh hopeless to deal. If there be anything besides cotton that the untaught farmer can raise, it is the hog and, so it occurs to The State, the shortest and easiest way to solid ground from the destruction which the boll weevil threatens to the tens of'thousands of farmers relatively backward in husbandry is the promotion of the hog industry. The principal enemy to swine is cholera and, fortunately, science has discovered /a serum with which its .. : v.-.v. ;. -U - ravages can be allayed. At this mo-1 ment, when, owing to the war de- j mand for food, the number 'of head | of hogs in the State has been greatly i enlarged, when considerable numbers of blooded stock have been imported, when the boys' clubs, the banking companies and many well informed farmers are showing an active and intelligent interest in the establishment of herds of hogs, it would be the height of folly to allow anything I preventable to interfere with the | I progress that is being so recorded. For these reasons, what Mr. L. L. Baker has said about the necessity that there be co-operation between the State and federal agricultural agencies to stamp hog cholera from the territory of South Carolina is most timely. It would be calamitous were the hogs raising industry, at the moment when its outlook is more encouraging than it has been since the War Between the States, when it has won the initial impetus that should in a few years make it an immense factor in the prosperity of the farming people, to suffer discouragement or backset.?Columbia State. o Bill To Release Wires Washington, June 10.?On the eve of the nationwide telegraphers strike both bodies of congress today acted to end quickly government control of the country's wire system. The senate passed unanimous the bill for repeal "forthwith" of the law authorizing federal jurisdiction over telegraph, telephone, cable and radio lines, while the bouse interstate commerce committee agreed to report legislation ending government wire control June 30 next . No move was made today by the postoffice department touching the situation, and officials said that none would be made, the return of wire operations having left the situation to the handling of private managements, at the same time, officials lately responsible for the conduct of the telegraph systems were inclined '.o discount the possibility that corner, anicat ion would be seriously hampered by the strike of telegraph operations. The threatened walkout of electrical workers was said to have more serious possibilities. The -enate, in adopting the repeal bill, approved an amendment to contiimo nrpspnt. telpDhone rates 90 days, or until the tariff's can be ad- j justed by State commissions. Democratic and Republican sena-: tors joined in support of the repeal j bill, of which Senator Kellogg, Republican, of Minnesota, is the author, and also in critism of the taking Qver of the wires and the results of government operation. Debate in the senate was brief and the bill was passed without a record vote. It now goes to the house, the interstate commerce committee of which will meet again Thursday with a view to prompt action. In addition to the amendment continuing existing toll and local exchange telephones rates for 90 days, the senate also adoptee! an amendment by Senator Sheppard, DemoAVftf /v/ I'ovO c nw^vmrr fViof" flrnvom. I VXOVf VI XVAOO) f/i VT 11*0 vii m v 0V> ment control should not be a defense by the wire companies in private damage suits. Many senators in today's debate declared that no necessity required taking over the wires and that government operation had been unsatisfactory. "I think a very great mistake was made when the wires were taken over," said Senator Pomerene, Democrat, of Ohio, "no good came from it and much harm came. The more quickly they can be turned back the better. There was no necessity for taking them over. Government operation, to some extent, at least, has served to destroy morale of the companies." Chairman Cummins ol tne interstate commerce committee, and Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, also declared that no valid reason had been assigned for federal resumption of the wire systems, while Senator Watson. Republican, of Indiana, declared federal operation had been a "failure." "I trust out of it will come a lesson to the American people," said Mr. Watson, "that we shall never again attempet operation of public utilities, much less government ownership." o A general tie up of all telegraph wires Is predicted within the next few days, due to strike by operators, j GOVERNOR REMINDS OF TASKS TO FACE Illiteracy Should B4 Impossible In Few Years / Governor Cooper haa directed letters to all the attendance officers under the compulsory school attendance act, reminding these officers of the importance of the tasks they are called upon to executh. "South Carolina is pledged to protect and train her future citizenship," the governor says. " The act il _ J i* - ? lve campaign ior me reaucuon 01 i adult illiteracy already under way ought to help many unlettered men and women. ^\.n illiterate child ought to be an impossibility in the years just ahead," the governor's letter concludes. The letter follows: "Under the school attendance act of 1919, the county board of education of your county has appointed your attendance officer for the s&ools under its jurisdiction. This appointment takes effect June 1, 1919. Your duties and your salary begin from that date. "The fundamental importance of this work, together with my deep and abiding interest in the schools, is my reason for writing you as you enter upon your task. You shall have my personal and official support in your efforts to bring every child into school, and to keep every pupil in rwnilar attendance. "The enactment of this Statewide compulsory attendance law marks an epoch in our educational progress. This policy makes new demands on every citizen and every taxpayer. It also imposes new duties on school officials, trustees, and teachers. But while the problem must be worked out through the cooperation of all, its solution defends primarily upon the attendance officers. "Your duties are clearly and explicitly stated in the law. During the montih of June, the State board of education expects you to study school district lines and boundries, school enrollment for 1918-19, the location at school houses and the organization of school communities. Diligent preparation should be made for the required census of all children between the ages of six and 14 years, which must be taken by School districts during the calendar months of July and August. Cards for this census will be furnished before the end of June. "The work will require a house io ( house visitation throughout your territory. The cooperation of interested citizens, and especially of school trusttees, must be secured, if i the census is to be reliable and usa- j < ble. "Additional regulations have not , been deemed advisable by the State i board of education. The sole recom- ; raendation offered is that the period of compulsory attendance begin with the opening day of the school term. "South Carolina is pledged to protect and to train her future citizenship. The active campaign for the re duction of adult illiteracy already ;' under way ought to help many un-1' lettered men and women. An illiter- j 1 ate child ought to be an impossibili- j1 tv in the vears just ahead." I o So Long School! , ] Good-by, good-byf to the stupid pi, 1 And tedious conjugations! 1 Adieu, adieu! we have waded ; through ! I Our last examinations! Farewell, farewell to the chalky I i smell Of cube root and quadratics! !j Well trade our books for running 1 brooks 1 And revel in aquatics! i Yes, au revoir to the desk?bon 1 soir!? < DeeD-scarred by our abuses, i Upon your face we learned to trace h And square hypothenuses! The slate is clean? and though I ween ] We never shall remember The half we learn, still well return? n Good-by, then, till September! ] 0 1 Mr. R. J. Kirk, has received a let- 1 ter from his son, Capt. R. J. Kirk, ' Jr., stating that his division, the 7th., had been ordered to return to < the United States. The division is now stationed at Le Mans, and will < propably sail from St Navairre. Capt. I^irk was recently ordered to Coblenz but it is evident from his letter that these orders have been j revoked.?Florence Times. NAY BE LET INTO M THE BIG LEAGUE ( ALLIES LIKELY TO ADMIT GSfe* - J MANY IF SHE SIGNS THE , V*W PEACE TREATY Germany, if she signs the peaee * treaty and gives satisfactory guar- 4 i antee that she will establish a stable " $ government and loyally carry oat the :^~v igg provisions of the treaty, doubtless ' will be permitted to become a member of the league of nations. The council of four at present has this momentous subject under con- ' sideration and from unofficial reports thus far received there seejp- ' ; ingly is no strong objection to Ger- . many becoming associated with the other nations in the league, if by contriteness she proves her worthiness to - membership. By permitting membership to Germany the feeling prevails in peace conference circles that there will be no likelihood of a coalition between ;Js that country and Russia, which in the future might be the somfee of trouble and that with Germany lbside the league she could be kept more tractable than outside it ^ The council of four also is'busily engaged in going over the reports of the commissions which have been examining into the counter proposals . ' Germany offered to the peace treaty. ^ While all the commissions have not Jjjgj yet reported to the council, it is frit in Paris that late in the present , Q week the entire situation will have been so whipped into shape that it . will be possible to hand the Germans ' .>3 at Varsailles the final word of the Allied and associated powers constir J3 , tutional and irreducible minimum of mk concessions. It said that five days after the presentation of the reply of the Al lies me uermans muse jjivc ouuee mm to whether they propose to sign tike tWJI treaty. Considerable fighting continues ^ between the factions in Russia, ap- parent!y with varying results. Hostilities also are in progress between- p| the Hungarians and Czecho-Slovaka, ^ but these are likely soon to end under a threat by Premier Clemenefceu to use Allied troops against the Hubgarians if they do not cease their yIMj. activities. A court has been formed in Germany to bring to the bar of justice persons accused of having fermented the war, lengthened its period and of being the cause of Germany's defeat . Official advices from Russia arete the effect that Jewish pogroms have occurred in fifty different places in that country. Many thousands of Jews are said to have been slaughtered. o WHEAT CROP RECORD / Expected to Be Largest Ever Grown In North America Washington, June 9.?Bumper , crops are growing throughout the country, but plant diseases already have done some damage and threaten to curtail jyoduction somewhat rhe largest wheat crop, ever gprown, aggregating 1,236,000,000 bushels of winter and spring wheat combined, was forecast in today's monthly report of the department of agriculture. That represents practically onethird of the world's wheat crop this year. In previous years the United States has grown about one-fifth. Big crops of oats, barley, hay, apples and peaches also are in prospect. Red rust made its appearance dur' " nniuinol nrint#f A I Jig If lay 1U CIIC |/I UlVlJk/Ul FTMavwo fvheat producing sections and the infection is spreading. It caused damage to the extent of about 7,000,000 bushels of winter, wheat and experts are unable to determine how extensive the damage will be by the time that crop is harvested. o One of the big real estate deals made this week was the sale of the Andrews Theatre building to Mr. Melvin Hoiniek, of Charleston. nr. Hornick was one of the men who helped make this modern structure possible for Andrews and held a large amount of this stock. On Monday of this week he purchased the entire interests in this building from Messrs. R. Isreal and W. H. Andrews.?Andrews News. o Hope is expressed in Paris that the reply of the Allied and associated governments to the German counter proposals of the peace treaty will be presented to the Germans tomorrow. *