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STATE COTTON Great Rally of Farmers to Be Held in Columbia, |>" ; April 3rd. ? - ______ CAMP AIGN BE7NG PUSHED WITH GREAT VIGOR Plans Being Formulated to Change The System of Hand .-,1** -*;. -. ... . ;. . Mng Cotton Crop. . . (By Harold Book?-) , Columbia, March 14.?A mam ? mjtth public rally meeting: of the cot ton farmers of the State will be held hh -in. the hall of the house of represen tatives in the State house o# Thurs : -day, April 3 at 12 o'clock noon at Kwhich there will be addresses by some of the leading, experts and speakers on cotton in the country. This pub ~~ ho meeting will last from 12 o'clock until 2, From 3 to 4 there will be B&held a special meeting- of the com mitteemen for the purpose of re ceiving and tabulating final reports. At this big rally meeting will be discussed not only the work already Bf-touched by the association but also Bppians for permanently changing the . handling of cotton. It is realized by . farmers not only from one end of belt ? to the other, but by leading friends of the South in the great business cen K?-ters of the world that it is absolute ly necessary to form plans for es tablishing and stabilizing a price for cotton. It is the concensus of opin ion that a minimum price, probably 33 1-3 per cent above the cost of ... production should be set on cotton each season. In addition to this it is ? realized that it is absolutely essential and necessary that the South form a plan for financing cc m that will enable it to properly finance the crop Hpand stabiilze the price, plans to be along the line suggested to the- gen eraly assembly by J. Skottowe Wan *. narcaker, chairman of the cotton as sociation, or similar plans. "At the meeting on April 3 twelve delegates will be, elected for the pur pose of representing South Carolina ^ at some ; central point where each State in the belt will be represented by twelve delegates, it being the pur . ,.pose of .this . central meeting to not ^ / only , receive .'reports of the work done irT.each''Statein the.cotton belt, but in addition to discuss and formulate plans'for proper financing and. bank ing,'and stabi?zing the price of cot nto_ throughout* the. belt, also'plan? for the exporting'and marketing of cotton. ';. . ..... j At the-meeting.of the central com mittee^y^erday..the. time for taking of pledges was extended to April 1. Special follow-up committees in each 9f- the counties. will be earnestly re quested., to give special reports up to May 15, giving all the names ol ; pledge, signers who fail to live abso lutely up to their pledges. . . -At the meeting of representatives from all States, the question of the exporting and marketing of cottor will unquestionably be given carefu - consideration. . It is now receiving tht most careful thought of the best bus iness men and beyond question plans Will be formulated and adopted a1 this meeting that will revolutionize the financing, marketing and in fact ?will entirely revolutionize the cottor industry in every phase, and will re sult in an absolute and complete ehange in The handling of cottor which has existed for some 60-odd years. This course is being adopted as a result of the work of most thoughtful, influential men in the South, it being well stated by onr> o< them that no one will ever know thf price of cotton, the quantity of cot ton, the world needs, or in fact the possibilities of the South, until a proper banking and marketing sys tem and the stabilizing of the cottor price has been arranged, and the South today realizes the absolute ne cessity of arranging this matter her self. As a business man of long ex perience in the manufacture of cot ton goods, and in fact in various line? connected with cotton from the grow ing to the manufacturing and export ing, I unhesitatingly state that it is my firm conviction that the proper solution of this matter will result in the saving of millions to the South, and in fact will comoletelv revolution ize the entire business fabric of the South.**. Confidential reports from every section of the cottoi* belt were receiv ed and tabulated at the meeting yes terday. Cotton will be reduced 33 1-3 per cent; regardless of the claim by the* bears that the rise in price will cause every farmer who has signed the pledge to forget his pledge. It is the unanimous opinion of the organization throughout the cotton belt that the farmers are so thoroughly organized and posted that no price regardless of how high it was would induce them to violate their solemn obligations and that they' fully realize what the winning of this fight means. After the meeting yesterday Chair man Wannamaker gave out this state ipentr "Letters of a confidential nature from men of great wealth in the ?North received the careful attention <of members of the committee, it be ing the firm conviction of these men that cotton is selling today far below anything like its intrinsic vcalue. It is also their firm conviction that the campaign now in operation through out the cotton belt is bound to result successfully for the South. This campaign is being viewed with great uneasiness by the bear speculators who plainly show "that they realize that the campaign, as now managed, is entirely different to anv campaign in the past; that the South can plant food crops and dispose of the same at record-breaking prices which will afford them a golden opportunity to COLUMBIA NEWS .IN BRIEF FORM Capital City Making Plans for Elaborate Reception for ? Men of 30th Division. EXTRA SESSION PROPA GANDA IN FULL SWING Gov. Cooper Has Signed Nearly All Legislative Acts?Exten sion of Time for Filing Income Tax Returns. (By Harold Booker) * Columbia, March 15.?Columbia is decorating for the boys of 1 the Thirtieth Division. American flags and banners are flying from many of the city's business houses and in a few days Main street is expected to be a riot of color. The men are going to receive a great welcome home. Elaborate plans for their reception are already under way. May Mow to Greenville. The Greenville News of Friday car ries an interesting item to the effect that an effort is being made to have D. W. Alderman, now a citizen of Alcolu, in Clarendon county, move to Greenville ami moke that city his permanent residence in the "future. Mr. Alderman is a large lumber manufacturer and one of the State's most prominent citizens. Extra Session T.xlk. Extra session talk persists in Co lumbia and throughout the State. Petitions are being circulated m Hor ry county asking for the special ses sion and it is understood that both of the Ilorry members of the house have agreed to vote foy the good roads bill if the special session is called. Both voted against it at the regular session. . The impassable roads all over the State has caused a wave of indignation to sweep over the State at the failure of the general assem bly to take action and Governor Cooper is being bombarded with let ters urging him to call the special session. A Columbian who is interest ed in the matter says that if the ses sion were called that the passage of the bill would be accomplished with very little opposition. Some of the members who voted against the measure now are asking for the ex tra session. 'Nearly All Acts Signed, p Governor Cooper has signed prae ticallj' all of the acts passed at the recent session of the general assem . bly. The telephone company has asked for a hearing on the bill re quiring them to transmit messages by the shortest possible route and the governor is withholding his signature to this bill pending this hearing. The governor has not vetoed a measure yet. Income Tax Returns. v . Collector Heyward yesterday stat ed that in view of the delay in the final passage of the Revenue Act of 1918 and of the preparation of the forms required thereunder, an exten sion of time to include May 15, 1919, is hereby granted for the fding of re turns of information (forms 1099 and 1096). fiduciary retu.ns (form 1041) annual withholding returns (form 1042, accompanied by form 1096, and form 1013), returns of partnerships 1 which are required to file returns on the calendar year basis, and all oth er returns which are not the basis for the assessment of the tax. This decision shall not, be con strued as relieving taxpayers from filing returns which serve as a basis for assessment, even though the per son making the return is not taxable thereon, nor as relieving beneficiaries, partners and stockholders of person al service corporations from including in their personal returns their dis tributive share of the income accru ing to the trust or estate or the part nership or personal service corpor ation, whether distributed or not. Partnerships and corporations having a fiscal year ending in 191$ 'which have secured extensions oC time which have not expired are hereby granted an extension of time to March 15, 1919, for the filing of such returns. "When the returns are filed, two forms should be used and two computations made, one show ing on the return form used for 1917 the tax calculated on the whole in come for the entire period under the provisions and at the rates prescrib ed by the act of October 3, 1917, the ,other showing on the form for 19IS. The tax due will be" the sum of so many twelfts of the first amount as there are months in 1917 covered by the return and of the second as there are months in 1918. Turks Ignore Armistice! Greeks in Asia Minor Terrorized by Turkish Troops. Saloniki, March 14.?Turkish troops in Southern Asia Minor are ignoring the armistice and terroriz ing the Greeks in that region, says a Reuter dispatch from Berlin. I Basel. March 15.?The Bavarian | j diet convening Monday, will be ask ! ed to elect a new premier to succeed 'Kurt Eisner, who was assassinated inj I February. j snap the chains which have bound , them to commercial slavery for the' last 60 years; that they feel convinc ed that with a small crop of cotton { around 10.000,000 hales that the price j of cotton would be higher than at J any previous time in the history of. America. They, however, warned the committee that a full crop or! even an average crop would result in j extremely low prices for cotton, as bear speculators would not give up without a desperate struggle, and with 11 the great advantage of being furnish-M ed with a fabulous rnaount of mon-M HEP WITHDRAWN FROM SOLDIERS Employment Service Discon tinued for Lack of Funds To Maintain It. REPUBLICANS RESPON SIBLE FOR SITUATION Government Plans to Aid Dis charged Soldiers to Obtain Employment Defeated. Washington, March 13.?Reduction of 80 per cent, in the force of the United States employment service, ef fective March 22, was announced to day by Director General Densmore. This was made necessary, it w;js ex plained, by the faiiure of congress to provide funds to continue the work. Mr. Densmore said the number of employment offices would be reduced from 750 to r>6, but that none of the work .in direct connection with the return of soldiers and sailors to civil ian employment would be discontin ued. "The reduction of the employment service cuts it-to the bone," said Mr. Densmore. "The special work of placing engineers and other highly trained persons handicapped by old age and physical disability, vocational guidance for juveniles, the trade tests for skilled workers and the training of employment examiners must all cease March 22. "The maintenance of a, skeleton administrative organization in Wash ington and the States and the con tinuance of camp representatives, sol diers* bureaus and the clearance sys tem together with 5G branch offices in industrial centers, will, however, permit the directing of national em ployment work by the employment service and enable it to resume full operation when congress appro priates funds." Secretary Wiison. in a statement tonight explaining the plan for re taining a skeleton organization c> the service, disclosed that the ser vice could not draw on President Wil son's $100,000,000 war emergcno> fund because practically all of it ha.c been spent or pledged. After the urgent deficiency bill wa killed in the filibuster in the closing hours-of the last session of the sen ate, Secretary Wilson appealed to thf president. He received 'this reply b> radio from the presidential shi] George Washington at sea: "Regret nothing so much as th< discontinuance of the work of th" employment service bureau, but the fact is that including pledges mad' my fund is practically exhausted What remains would not suffice tc I maintain the bureau and to my greal I grief I see no escape from disband ment. I hope that it will be possible to k^ep a skeleton organization." Secretary Wilson announced tha* the employment service would be re organized on a basis that would en able it to Utilize the voluntary 'serv ices of individuals and organizations to continue the work of finding place' i for returned soldiers and sailors. "Fortunately," said Secretary Wil son, "the employment service, in car rying out the work entrusted to it? eharge had organized 1,575 commun ity boards, nearly 2.<">00 bureaus for returning soldiers without expense to the government and had secured the eooperat'on of the council of nationo.1 defense, the State and municipal em ployment agencies, th<? five great \v<-! fare associations engaged in war work, and many other church and welfare organizations in locating work for demobilized soldiers and war workers. The hearty cooperaiion of *heso agencies has been assured in tiding over th^ interim until the re convening of congress. "We shall maintain our representa tives in the demobilization camps and ehall k^ep right on getting the rec I ords- of soldiers returning on the transports and forwarding them to I the bureau for returning soldiers, and will maintain an administrative organization in Washington, and each of the States to direct the work, and about r.O employment offices in the principal industrial centers. - "Inasmuch as the deficiency it^m passed the house unanimously and was unanimously reported by the ap propriation committee in the senate we are confident that as soon as con gress meets sufficient funds will be made available to continue the work which is being done in finding posi tions for returning soldiers and civil ian workers." While Dr. Densmore was sending orders today to federal directors of the service for the States, reports reaching headquarters here showed there had br a heavy increase in unemployment during the past five days. 09 per cent of. the reporting in dustrial centers having large labor surpluses. This fact together with the fact that the work of the 2,000 bureaus for returning soldiers is closely allied with that of the service' led the director general to predict that most of the 7f>0 employment bu reaus would be maintained by the communities in which they are locat ed. Mr. Densmore announced today the arrival in France of Harold Stone.; national superintendent of trie bu reau for returning soldiers, and sail- j crs, who has been commissioned to arrange for putting soldiers on the j transports and in the embarkation! points in touch with the job finding facilities of the employment service! in this country. _ ! Paris, March 11.?The supreme council of the peace conference has 1 virtually decided to include in the ' preliminary peace treaty the requir??- i : men! that Germany shall relinquish t the lease of Tsingtao and all proper- 1 lies and concessions on the Shant?kfg ' peninsula. ? A REMEDY FOR RACE PREJUDICE Viscount Ishii Calls for Action by the Peace Con ference. ANTAGONISM BETWEEN RACES CAUSES TROUBLE An Impossible Task Assigned Treaty Makers?Best That Can be Done is to Decrease Friction. _-s ? New York, March 14.?Action by the peace conference to eliminate prejudice, which he termed "a fruit ful source of discontent and uneasi ness among nations in the past," was ! urged by Viscount Ishii, Japanese am [ bassador to the tinted States, speak ing before the Japan Society here to night. Nothing would contribute more ef fectively to the foundation of perma nent peace, he declared, th^n applica tion of a proper remedy "at this op portune moment" to 4 3 cause of international discord." The consti tution of a league of nations, he add ed, would not be worthy of the con ference if it omitted a provision to right the "conscious injustice" aris ing out of prejudice between the races." The ambassador indicated if this were done, Japan would not take ad vantage cf such a provision but would adhere to her 'gentlemen's agree ment" in the matter of emigration oi Japanese labor to the United State? and await the time when^ by "grad ual evolution" the problem would be settled to the mutual satisfaction ol ; ..,cth countries. The restriction of immigration to America, Viscount ? Ishii cited as Ja pan's "fixed policy," despite the treats I right of nationals to free entrance and residence in the United States and said he hoped this policy, as "abund : antly attested by her past record" . would "disarm any alarmist and un warranted view pointing to the prob ? ability of Japan's taking advantage . of the coveted article in the league ' constitution. ; JCothing would be "farther fron* Japan's thought." h? continued ; "than hastily to force the issue of the labor question In the event of the . league covenant being modfied in ac . cordance with her desire, that is, up ? on a new article being inserted in th i covenant against racial discrimina tion." ? Viscount. Ishii urged the right OJ -1 the" Asiatics "who fought side by sicU >,with the Anft;0-Saxons, Latins anc w Slavs against the common foe," u equal consideration among the alliec > peoples. "The single minded object of th< ? war," said the ambassador, "was th< > maintenance of international justice and the establishment of durabh peace. No consideration of racia . feeling entered into the supreme de . cision for the sacrifice of blood an? . j treasure on the part of any of th< ; allied or associated powers. ; 'And now. when this war for inter national justice is about to come tc its happy termination and when the world league for permanent peace i; i being contrived, why should this question of race prejudice, race dis ' crimination and race humiliation alone be left unremedied ? When restriction or prohibition of discrimi natory treatment of chattels and commodities is being adequately pro vided for, why should this unjust and unjustifiable discrimination against persons be allowed to remain untouched? An idea, however good, loses most of its value if only half executed. The constitution of a league of nations. for which the eminent representatives of internat ional juatice and peace are now work ing in Paris with their untiring ener gy, would not be worthy of the great world conference if it*omitted th* necessary provision for the remedy of this conspicuous injustice arising out of race, prejudice. "It may be added, in order to avoid possible misunderstanding that ihis question of straightening out the existing injustice of racial discrimi nation should be considered inde pendently of the questions of labor and immigration. The one is pr n cipally economical in its nature; the other essentially a question of senti ment, of legitimate pride and self | respect. If any one is afraid that a .stipulation introduced in the league covenant for the prohibition of any I discriminate treatment on account of i racial difference: will necessarily bring about labor difficulties or eco nomic troubles, that man has singu larly overlooked the actual facts of international intercourse. "The existing treaty between Japa.r and the United States guarantees to the- people of Japan the right, of free ly entering and residing in this coun try. In spito of this express treaty stipulation, my government invariab ly adheres to a policy of strict re striction upon the emigration of its' countrymen into the United 5?tntes Why? The Japanese government and people understand that the labor question in America constitutes an exceptional circumstance which a solemn treaty can not stipulate away in a sweeping manner. While, there fore, they must not be expected to b? contented with the situation, you car depend upon the wise patience of th? Japanese nation. which calmly thcugh anxiously waits the time when bv gradual evolution, this difficulty ? will be settled to the mutual satis faction of the two countries. "In the meantime. Japan in hei faithful adherence to the spirit of what is called a gentleman's agree ment, will continue in her policy o' strict, self Imposed restriction ir ' his delicate matter of labor emlgra lion, notwithstanding her trea^ a.ehts." The ambassador in conclusion ap-* e THEfROOF OF AGES ^^^^^^ | RED CEDAR SHINGLES and all Other Material Needed in Your Building BOOTH & McLEOD, he :: SUa I Peace Conference Commission Reports That Criminal Prosecution is Unnec essary. DECISION WILL SHOCK AND DISAPPOINT HUMANITY I Suggests That Peace Conference Might Adopt Special Measures to Deal With Those Who Plan i ned Wrar. * ? i i - ' Paris. Friday. March 14.?A sub i commission of the commission on j fixing the responsibility for the war reported that strictly and technical ly the criminal prosecution of those 1 who brought about the struggle were \ "anomalous and unnecessary," ac cording to the offieal communique The report added that the peace con 1 ference "might adopt special measures \ and- even create special machinery tc deal with those who planned the war." Destructive Rains in Florida ' Lross May Reach Six Million Dol lars?Winter Tomato Crop Wiped Out. Miami. Fla.. March 14.?Damage estimated at between $5,000.000 and f $6,000,000 was caused by heavy rains J in Dade and Brevard counties today ! which practically wiped out the entire ) winter tomato crop. J The rainfall shattered all local rec ords. During the 2} hours ending at 5 10.15 o'clock tonight eight and two ? tenths inches fell. The precipitatior ; between ft.30 and 10 o'clock was 2.2: ? inches. The business district of Mr 1 imi was converted into a lake ant - many lower floors and basements o; 1 --.tores were flooded. The wood bloc! % pavement buckled and floated away. Marines and sailors oil duty her< . were called to aid in bailing watei > out of basements and otherwise pre v venting damage. ; In Dade und Brevard counties alonr j the acreage in tomatoes was 7.200. . and the crop was estimated to yield i 1.600.000 crates. It is estimated that the destruction is equal to 75 per . cent. Heavy movements of tomatoes : would have begun in a few days. The market prieo f. o. b. to the grower has been -S! per era'te. Less than 10 per cent of the crop had been shipped. Food For Germans Delegates Accept Terms Laid Down by Allies. Brussels, Friday. March 11.?Ger man delegates to the conference here regarding the alies taking over the j ? erman mercantile fleet and provis ioning Germany, today definitely ac cepted conditions imposed by the al lies. A monthly ration of three hundred and seventy thousand tons of food stuffs was fixed by the allies. pealed, for common action against I Bolshevism. ; "In the course of the last 25 cen turies," he said, "we have passed through various stages of war; wars 'veen tribes: wars between races, wars of religion, wars of interests and tmbition. The present world war has been the first instance in the history >f mankind in which men and women >f different nationalities, creeds and ?ac?s have combined in support of a 'loblc principle and lofty ideals for the maintenance of liberty and humanity, for the' promotion of justice and civilization. This world war has don' i.way, forever, let us hope, with the cars of domination and oppression md the only wars we may yet have "o fight in future will be the wars of tnti-anarehism. and anti-Bolshevism. "In this forthcoming struggle peo de of every nationality and every' rac< ;hcuk1 act in unison against the com non foe. and all consideration of dif- - 'erent creeds or different races should V eliminated for afl time and in all 'ountries." George W. Wickersham, former at orney general, who presided at the linner. pointed om that 65 years ago ho United States brought Japan from h<- isolation which had kept it from 1 he outside world for 2".o years. "The American president." he con inued. "with at least the tacit ap- 1 ?roval of the American people, form- ^ ?'atcd the terms and conditions of ^ he peace which was to follow our h nilitary efforts. These terms and coll isions have been Accepted substan ially by allies and enemies alike as he bns;s of the peace. They are mpossible of perfomarice without o he active continued participation of h he American nation in the continued nr nforcement of their provisions." i vi ARMES ATTACK JAP CONSUL Serious Clash Between Ameri cans and Japs at Tien Tsin, China. - \ AFFAIR MAY LEAD TO SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS Marines on Leave Were Ro'T?hly Handled by Japanese S? Jiers and They Then Went cn Ram page. Poking, Thursday, March 13.? American marines have raided the Japanese concession at Tien-Tsiri, forcing their way into the Japanese consulate and assaulting the consul, according to dispatches received here. The trouble is said to have been caused by rough treatment given American soldiers who became dis orderly in the Japanese quarters. These Japanese soldiers drove out the Americans with fixed bayonets, it is said, wounding two seriously. Next lay two hundred angry marines, off luty, paraded through the 2 panese concession. It is alleged they attacked wery Japanese encountered. When :he marines reached the consulate they forcibly entered, it is reported, and assaulted the consul, whose in uries are understood to be serious. The consular authorities delibera ting on measures to be taken to re vere normal conditions, declared ;hat feeling is running high at Tien Tsin. ??? r; A Official Report Received American Minister at Pekin ? Cables Report of Tien Tsin Trouble j Washington, March 14.?A clash J between American troops, a Japa ! nese policeman and some civilians at Tien-Tsin was reported to the State department today by Minister Reinsen at Peking. The minister's message was brief and gave no details. j Death Sentence Imposed jMan Who Attacked Clemenceau Convicted. Paris. March 14.?Emile Cottin, the anarchist who recently made an at tempt upon the life of Premier George Clemenceau. was sentenced to death today by the eourtmartial which was trying him. The verdict of the eourtmartial was Unanimous. Cottin first conceived the idea of shooting the premier in May, 1918, according to an official record read at the eourtmartial which opened today. In May, 191S, the employees ">f aviation factories were on strike. Cottin practiced shooting after That, t was said. When the eourtmartial opened the olerk read the report describing the attempt on the premier. The report showed that Cottin fired twice with out moving and then fired five times while running behind the automobile to which he was so close that one witness believed he had jumped on fhe rear of the car. It was shown that Cottin aimed at the seat in vhich Premier Clemenceau was sit ting and fired so accurately that two bullets almost touched it. "Rarely has crime," said the re port, "been accomplished with more mstained premeditation, more design ind more implicable tenacity with a 'ertainty of method which it seemed would infallibly lead to a. fatal- re ?ult." ?Cottin is described in the report as primitive, vain and conceited and be ieving himself omniscient. He was ? ble to earn 37 francs a day easily, et. finding society badly organized, vas desirous of destroying everything, rhe document gives expert medical ?pinion unreservedly holding Cottin "sponsiblo for his action. Willing to Serve Hen of Army of Occupation Will Stay in Germany as Long as Needed. Coblenz. Friday, March 14.?Gen. Vrshing. who inspected the first and econd divisions here today, present d mere than eighty decorations, and ilked with the soldiers, all of whom xpressod a willingness to remain as >ng as it is necessary for the United tat'^s to keop an army in Europe, bhoush they are eager to return ome. To improve Postal Service. Washington. March 15.?The post-' Tlce department called a conference ?re for April 1st to discuss improve ent and extension of the postal ser ce.