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TOR STJMTEK WATCHMAX, Es tab i Consolidated Aug:. 2,1 ?MVERSITY ROW ! BREAKS OUT Students Practically Demand Re moval of President Cur reil. ALLEGE THAT HE IS UN SUITED TO WORK Trustees Have Taken No Action and No Statement Was Made Public. / \ } ?/ (By Harold Booker.) Columbia, March 1 y.?The row which has been brewing at ihc Uni-' .j-A'ersity of South Carolina for some time broke with all of the fury imag inable -yesterday when a petition -signed by a very large majority of ggEthe students cf the institution was presented to the ooard of trustees asking for the " dismissal of Dr. \V. j S. Curreli as president. The petition,, which was quite a lengthy one, con-' tained a number of charges against ; Dr. Curreil. ?"The trustees received the petition: \ as information. No statement was; given out by the board after the ad- ? joumment of the meeting. It has been rumored for some time that Dr. j Curreil intended retiring from the presidency of the institution probab-: iy at the commencement in June. Just what effect today's action on! the part of the students or the insti tution will have cannot be forecasted j now.-' The doctor went before the. board and made a vigorous defense | cf himself, it is said. 1 Two Causes oi* Dissension. There are $w.id to be two very big causes for th<> dissension which now; exists; on the University campus.' They are the Reserve Officers' Train- -; ing Corps an il the existence, or al-' leged ; existenc e, or alleged existence of fratenities'on the campus. ^Th<?re is a State law against fra ternities in State institutions but not- 1 withstanding this it is alleged that fraternities do exist at the University and it has been claimed by some of |he boys that the president of the University was; aware of the fact. :? -^At^tkfr reeetrt: session-^>f^?e^g^?ent5r assembly a resolution was introduced' in the" house by Representative Mann of Fickens calling for an investigation .j of reports that these fraternities ex isted at State* institutions but for1 some reason or othei' the resolution .' never got through. ? Oppose the R. O. T. C. Many of the students are said to ?^^J?^e^been bitterly opposed to the es tablishment of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and it is claimed thai this is another factor in the tight on .Dr. Curreil. The opposition to the R. O. T. C. j on the part of some students has been so strong that recently bricks were thrown, through the window of the room occupied by Major A. W. Chairsell commandant of the R. O. T. C. It is said that several shots were fired as a result of this episode and one student was expelled. The Charges. The students in their petition state' that they have no charges to make against the character, personal integ rity and zeal in laboring for the uni versity's interests. They do charge, however ,that he has a lack of in spirational power, a tactlessness in dealing with men, a coldness in asso ciation with students and a lack of qualities of imagination- and ideal ism. The students claim that the doctor is incompetent to preside over chapel exercises, incapable of energizing any organization on which' he serves, in capable of impressing the value of the University's services on the peo ple of the State, incapable of welding the alumni into an active agency for University betterment and that he is reactionary. - ; Largely Signed. The petition was very largely sign ed. There are 246 students at the University. One hundred and forty six of them signed the petition. Public Service Commission. The first hearing to be held by the new public service commission will be on the gas rates charged by the local public ( utility company. The finst official act of the new commission was to summon Edwin TV. Robertson, president of the Columbia Railway. Gas and Electric Company to ap pear before rhe commission to an swer complaints against the rates charged in- Columbia for gas and electricity. For The; Thirtieth. Preparations for the entertainment of the Thirtieth Division are goimc ahead. The people of Columbia are planning to give the boysa big wel come. Labor Agreement Reached Each Country Will Settle Its Own Labor Troubles Without Appealing to League Paris, March 19.?The romnv.w^" on international labor legislation i held probably its last meeting today ; when an agreement was reached on ' all points. The American contention that each country shonm settle terrtational labor problems? without invoking the power of the league of nations, prevailed. t gfed April, 1S50. *-Bft Sim a 881. TEXAS FARMERS RED?CEACREAGE Great Cotton State Aroused to Necessity of Curtailing Crop to Ten Million Bales RESOLUTIONS AS TO PLAN OF ACTION The Path of Self-Preservation is Reduction of Cotton Acreage and More Food Jrops. Columbia, S. C. March 19?The South Carolina Cotton Association is just in receipt of letters from the vari ous state associations. The reduction campaign has made remarkable suc cess. Each State Association is kept in daily touch with the other associ ations. The Texas Association is ex tremely active, and urge that the fol lowing reslutions be passed and en forced by each of the state associa te ?ns: "In view of the fact thai the South at the present time is b-dding more than 5,000,000 bales of cotton, the fur ther fact that there is but a limited demand for cotton at this time, and with the present favorable season it is possible, with th<- full acreage for the South to produce fifteen million bales of cotton, we earnestly urge the farm ers, bankers and business men of the State, as a matter of self-preservation, to lend their influence and their time to further the reduction of the cotton acreage at least 33 1-3 per cent. We desire to especially impress up on them the fact that a 9 or 10 mil lior-bale crop for 1919. rather then a fifteen or sixteen million-bale crop will return much more .money than the larser crop with a great deal less j labor and expense and will leave ai surplus of land for other crops which j would be so greatly needed at this j time. The high price of food products i and the shortage of it in our State j gives the farmers an opportunity to! substitute these crops for cotton, and j at the same time to-receive more mon- j ey from the cotton crop itself than we will receive if the acreage is not ma fegjaflis ^Yfoifrtti.. ,, .- . j The experience of the last few years j should convince any sane .??an of ihej great need for planting food crops, f Such crops will almost surely bring a j good price it* 1 return a handsome profit to the farmer. Statistics will show that we ho.ve paid out. and usu- ' ally beyond tho limits of the State j tens of millions of dollars in last fewj years for feed for our live stock, and we are today spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for feed which ! should be produced in Texas. The path of self-preservation is j plain. In our opinion, the reduction i of the acreage of cotton will stabi-j lize the value of the cotton yet unsold j and will give us a reasonable oppor- > tunity to secure a fair price for th'4 i crop of 1919. The campaign is not confined to ' Texas, but is being carried on by in telligent men and women throughout ? all the Southern States, and the re- I ports coming from this campaign j from several cotton producing States j lead us to believe that we can reason- j ably expect a reduction of cotton acre- [ age of not less, than 33 1-3 per cent." j The South Carolina Cotton Associa-j tion will probably pass these resolu- ' tions at the next meeting of the Asso- i ciation. j \ ?????? Only Hope of Peace -7- j League of Nations May Make: War Impossible. I New York, March 19.?Because! "there is some hope of making war impossible through a league of na- > tions, but iio hope of doing it in any; other way," Maj. Gen. Sir Frederick i Maurice, former director of military I operations of the British genoral I staff, declared here tonight that he! favored the project. The general, j who held his military portfolio from 1915 to the early pan of 191S. acid-; ed his opinion that a "great majority'" of the British people were enthusias-1 tic for the league plan. Arriving in this country for a stay ! of several months. General Maurice told interviewers that for the first time in history the British people had been at war. "and they don't like it." Previous conflicts involving the empire, he said, had been fought: <-with the fleet, gold and a propor tionately small army," but this time th*? whole nation had been engaged. For every American mother wild had lost a son. he added, 15 British and 20 Fr<"*ncH mothers were in mourning for the same cause. A Big Family More Than Four Hundred Get ! Share of Hetty Green's Estate New Bedford. Mass.. March IS.? William M. Emory of rhis city, a ' genealogist employed by the trustees of the million-dollar estate of Sylvia ' Ann Rowland, mint of Mrs. Hetty Green, has prepared a list of 2.200 descendants of Gideon Rowland, it is < announced. From this list he traced ] the 439 heirs to the trust estate % which was released for distribution 1 by the death of Mrs. Green in July. I 19)*i. The heirs live in different part* ; of the United Suite.:. Canada. Hawaii, j England and France. . ] st? Fe?r not?JLet all the ends Thon AI) SUMTER, S. 0., S?.TUI NAVY PLANS OCEAN FLIGHT Lieut. Commander Bellinger j Charged With Preparation for Hydro-Plane Trip to Europe FLIGHT PROBABLY ATTEMPTED IN MAY j ._ j j No Orders Have Yet Been Issued j For Trip Nor Has Pilot Been Selected. S Washingtor March 19.?Lieut, j I Commander Bellinger has been order- ( !ed from Norfolk to Washington for j jVork in connection with preparation ? of plans for a trans-Atlantic tiight j ! by a navy seaplane in the spring, j j The navy department said today no j orders had been issued for the Jligjit i j itself and in all probability the plane ! would not start until sometime in j ?May. The pilot has not been select-{ j ed. - I j Tokio, March 18.?The Korean] i demonstrations continued Saturday j ?and Sunday, according to dispatches^ j printed in newspapers here and it isj j indicated that the national independ ence movement is remarkably exten-j \ sive and well organized. BENEFITS SOUTH Chief of United States Bureau of j Markets Makes Ruling as to Seed Contracts i BEAR SPECULATORS CAUGHT BY OWN TRAP I . - t Those Who Bought Cotton for; October Delivery Can Hold! Contracts and Force Delivery! Columbia, March 13.?The South; Carolina Cotton Association today i made the following announcement: The South Carolin;!. Cotton Associa--) tion. has had quite a lengthy cor-: respohdence with the United States! Bureau of Markets concerning con-1 strnctions placed on old contracts by brokers on the New York Exchange j The following decision has been ren-1 dercd by Charles J. Brand, chief of the bureau: i Washington. D. C., March 13. 1919. It is. therefore clear that no one; cans legally alter or abridge such out standing contracts except by mutual: consent of the parties thereto. Tin- announcement made by this; department after conference with the Treasury Department relates to a to tally different matter, namely, the. practice of liquidating old style con-; tracts by making additional olti style1 contracts after March ?!. it was held that under provisions of the amend ment as passed there is serious doubt! as to the legality of permitting exe- ] cution of any old style contracts whatsoever after March 4, even. though such contracts be for the;; purpose of liquidating existing old : style contracts. However, after con- , ference with the Treasury Depart- 1 ment, it was agreed in view of the ; situation brought about by the unex- ; pected passage and immediate effect- ? iveness of the amendment to make no < objection to old style contracts made ' in good faith after March 4 for the sole purpose of such liquidation up to j and including April 30. < This puts an entirely different con struction on cotton bought for the 1 October deliveries from the ihterpre- i tation placed upon it by New York 1 brokers, which interpretation the ^ brokers insisted, was upon the au thority of Mr. Brand. The bears on t the New York marke; made every el- 1 fort to force purchasers to turn loose ; October cotton as a result of this al leged ruling by Brand. As shown above, an entirely und absolutely dif ferent construction is placed unon o!c cotton purchased for October-delivery c from the construction pm on it by th. bears. This means that people wh? have purchased October cotton be cause they could buy it cheaper tha: they could make it. can hold thee contracts for October cotror. unti: no?;! fall and force settlements. As : result the bears have caught them selves in the second trap, and wi! doubtless realize for the first tan< ^ in sixty years that they must "tea': (> what they sow." ii is reported that ,, the bears are making a desperate ef fort to have this ruling reversed. The above decision is final and closes the . matter to great advantage to th" . South: ?,- <, London. March 18.?A Paris tele gram says that Lieut. Fontan, who rdans a flight from Oupe Dakar. Sene- tl rambia to Peraambuco, Brazil, left for Dakar Sunday, but was compelled to rr *nd southeast of Blois on account of ir i cracked cylinder. He is now in Paris and intends to start again for v. Dakar in a few days. .s< ant*! At be iHy unnutrft* 1'faj fcto?'? I tDAY, MARCH 22, 1911 S PEACE TREATY Indefinite Control of German Armament Objected to By Admiral Betfson OBJECTIONABLE CLAUSE IS ELIMINATED American Delegate Opposed To Indefinite Occupation of Ger man Territory. Paris. March 1$.?The military terms of the peace treaty have been amended by the elimination of the clause providing for the control of Germany's armament for an indefinite period. Admiral Benson, of the Unit ed States navy pointed out that the original terms committed the United States to a virtual indefinite occupa tion cf Germany and chiefly on his in sistence the terms wore modified. American delegates also pointed out that the control of^ any portion of Germany for such a period would de lay the return home of American troops and amount to annulling the sovereignty of Germany. As amend ed the terms provide for control through the time fixed for the deliv ery cf materials of war. CHANCE TO TALK Will Explain Their Views and Propose Amendments to League of Nations SUPREME COUNCIL INVITES ALL NEUTRALS Meeting .Will Be Held To-day and Continued Through To-mor row. Paris, March 20.?Neutral coun tries of* Europe, Asia and South America will be given an opportunity today to express their views and propose amendemnts to the league of nations plan. Nearby neutrals have sent delegates in response to the supreme council's invitation, while more distant countries will be repre sented by their ambassadors and ministers residing in Paris. It is pro-: posed to continue the session through out the afternoon and evening, and.; if necessary, through tomorrow^ in order to complete ail neutral pro-, posals and prepare them for submis- i sion to the commission on the league! of nations. i Will Suspend Improvements Washington, March 19?Instruc- ' tions issued today by the railroad ad ministration will result in the tempo- j rary suspension of postponement of j millions of dollars of railroad im- j provement work, because of the f - j nancial predicament caused by fail-: ure of Congress to pass appropriation of the administration's revolving fund. The suspension of work applies to! many new stations under erectioi or ? planned, spur tracks, road be? im-' provement. elevated track:- ui .? con struction of bridges and buildings Railroad administration officials said, comparatively few men would be thrown out of work as a result of^the j orders, but admitted that the railroad, improvement program planned for :his year partly as a means of employ ing large numbers of laborers during he readjustment period, probably vould not be carried out. The program called for the expend!- ?, ;ure of more than a half billion do!- j ars for additions and betterments j ilone. Must Collect Tax Washington, Mar- l? ?Retailers ! oiling taxable socallcv. tuxuries, such is expensive clothing, may not in- ? l?de the tax in the selling price but oust specify the amour.; of tax' in t ollecting it from the customer. An louncing this today following a con erence with merchants, the internal 1 evenue bureau explained the rule rould prevent the raising of prices ?ore than the amount of" the tax. Th? ?called luxury taxes will go into ffect May l and be collected month- 1 Taxes on toilet articles will be col let od by sale of stamps to be bought y retailers and affixed to each arti le sold. The cost of these stamps lay be included in th<- selling price f the article. Washington, March IS.?Units of 1 le Thirtieth Division comprising a trge part of more than ten thousand ten. were announced today as hav- o iK sailed from France and due at I'1 :ewport News March 29th. They ill be demobilized at Camp Jack- o >n. i A J Bad Itottfc's." THE TRXSl 3,_ OF OFFICE j _ ???- ? i Office of County Supervisor is Abolished by Act of Legislature. ?SUPVR. WHITE RETAINS PO SITION TO END OF TERM j But He Will Work Under Orders of the County Commissioners ! ?Road Engineer to Be Em | ployed. i -? : Tne following lav/ was enacted at ?' he recent session of the legislature: i An Act: To abolish the office of 'County Supervisor for Sumter county j and devolve the duties of said office ; on the County Board of Commission : ers. \ Be It Enacted by the general as !'sem.>ly of the State of South Caro i Una: ! Section 1. That the office of coun ; ty supervisor for the county of Sum i tcr be. and the same is hereby abol jished, but that the supervisor now in j office shall hold office until the expir 1 ation of the term and perform such : duties as may be required of him by ?the County Board of Commissioners, i Section 2. That, upon the approval !of this act the County Board of Com | missioners shall appoint a competent j civil engineer for the county, provide ! the terms,, of his employment, fix. I his compensation and pay same out i of the funds provided for roads and j j bridges or the maintenance of the j county chain gang. Section Z. That from and after the j expiration of the term cf office of ithe present supervisor, the County j Board of Commissioners shall ap . point and authorize such person or i persons to sign all warrants on the i county treasury for the payment of : claims against the county, which shall : be approved by a majority of the j County Board of Commissioners, and I who shall also be authorized and ! empowered to sign all notes, to se cure loans, if any. made to the county, j that; may. be authorized by the Coun J ty Board of Commissioners, or a ma jority thereof: and in the meantime, i during his- term of office, the--present ; su]>vrvisor shall perform the duties j aforesaid; that is to say, shall sign iall warrants and notes or other in istruments that the County Board of I Commissioners, or a majority thereof, j shall direct him to do. ^?'?ction 4. That upon the expira-' tier, of the term of office of the pres- j eni supervisor for Sumter county or: . other end of the term of said office, j County Board of Commissioners shall, j : from time to time, appoint such per-j ! son or persons to perform such du-1 , ties and have such powers and re- I sponsibilities as are now or may j hereafter be provided by law,, for a! j county supervisor to perform, and he i shall discharge his duties subject to] such rules and regulations, and under] such directions as the O' mty Bo&rd : of Commissioners may viirect. and | shall perform ;uch duties as n^ay bei required of him by said Board, and j the said person or persons shall be j employed for such time and upon i such terms ar 3 conditions and at such ! compensation as may he fixed from I time to time by. the said County! Board of Commissioners. j Section 5. That The person or per-11 sons that may hereafter be appointed i under Section :'. and A of this act, if j; the Clerk of the Board he shall be so! ? designated, if the County Engineer he! ! shall be so designated, if other per- i j son he shall be designated as the j; "Fiscal Agent." m jj Section 6. That the Clerk of thejl Board. County Engineer and Fiscal j j Agent, (if one be appointed") shall !< each furnish to the county a' *heirl own expense a bond in the su: en \ ( thousand dollars signed by sc ae i surety company authorized to do bus-; i iness in this State for the faithful\\ performance of his duties. 'c Section 7. The County Board of i Commissioners of Sumter County: are hereby invested with all and sin- -j gular the powers and rights as may J be necessary to fully administer the ! affairs of Sumter county, as may in! their discretion appear just and prop- j er. anything in this-act contrary not-jl withstanding. Section S. That all acts and parts; i>f acts inconsistent with the provis ions of this act are hereby repealed. 1 Section .'?. That this act shall go into effect immediately upon its ap- s proval by the governor. n Approved the ISth dav of March.!? A. D.. 1.015). ? - c! rown of Mitau Captured p Lettish Army Drive Bolsheviki a pick on Entire Front cl d Copenhagen, March 20.?The im- _( >ortan* railroad junction town of ?fitau, southwest of Riga, has been aptured by Lettish troops, the Let ish official statement issued Wedncs ny announces. The Bolsheviki, the y\ tatement adds, are retiring along he whole front. Studjing Air Currents ? -?- to St. John. N\ F., March 20.?A party li( f airmen and meteorological experts pi font England have arrived here to to onduct observations on air conditions n onnected with the plans for a trans- te .tlantic .flight. , pc S SOUTHRON. Established *wnz< M?fc Vol. XLVIII. No. 11. IpershIng j A CANDIDATE I Visit of Republican * Machine Politician to Coblenz Causes Speculation ! IS HITCHCOCK TRYING TO FRAME-UP DEAL j Only Hope of Republican Party j is to Secure Popular Hero as Leader. \ Washington, March 20.?Republi j can leaders are speculating today on ! a Cobl$nz, Germany, dispatch an j nouncing that Frank Hitchcock, form I er postmaster general and previously : manager of the successful Taft pres I idential campaign, was a spectator^ j at Gen. Pershing's review of troops; j Ke is quoted as saying he "was mere ly on a sight-seeing trip." The State I department has announced that pass i ports are not being issued to sight 1 seers. -,, ' j Korea's Fight Most Wonderful ????? j American Missionary Says every ! Korean, Christian and Nori I Christian, in Movement for Independence of The i Country j Peking, March 18?(By the Asao jciated Press).?An American mission i ary, who has just returned from I Korea, describes the independence, I movement there as the most won j derful passive resistance movement i in history. x 1 The missionaries were taken by sur I prise when the movement begann, but j after realizing that . their churches j had been closed by order of the Pg i lice and that most of their pastors j were in jail, they concluded - that j time had come to Ureak silence 0 re | garding the brutalities witnessed In the last decade. They had seen chil dren beaten, old men - ejected ? from ? their houses and women strtwk. jMth swords, and they could not keVp Q?fet ; for humanity's sake, whatever the j cost to their missionary work atid ! themselves. They determined, said this mission ary during the course of an inter view with the Associated Press, that the truth should be known. Tfcey ap pointed a committee to proceed to Sen! and confer with the American, consul and present signed documents to the effect that two American wo men missionaries had been beaten by Japanese soldiers with guns, and that other American missionaries had been subjected to indignities. The American consul is declared to have said that if an apology was not forthcoming within a week's time something would happen. The American consul himself, the missionary said, had been arrested by Japanese soldiers at Seul, but an in teresting development was spoiled by his companion?also an American ?who asked the Japanese if they knew this man and informed them that he was the American consul. The consul was immediately released. The Japanese charge the mission* iries with teaching t!*e Koreans doc trines of liberty and personal right. Every Christian Korean was associ ated in the movement, the missionary added, because every Korean was in it Korean Christians and non-Chris iians, being equally prepared to suf fer to advance the cause of their country. The visit of John J. Abbott, of the Continental and Commercial Trust md Savings Bank of Chicago, to Ko rea led Koreans to believe that he vas the representative of the peace conference, and this accelerated the ndependence movement. Elevising League Covenant >ord Robert Cecil and Attorney General Working on Monroe Doctrine Proviso. Paris. March 20.?President Wil on will act as chairman of the leeting of the league of nations ommission Saturday morning, when II proposed amendemnts and banges will be considered and the lan put in definite form. Lord Robert Cecil and former Uni ?d States Attorney General Gregory re among those who have sought to raft a proviso relative to the Monroe octrine in such form that it will leet the approval of the legal ex erts. Funds for Railroads far Finance Corporation Con siders Big Bond Issue Washington. March 20.?The war tance corporation is considering >ating a large bond issue, probably the amount of two hundred mil jm doUais. within a few weeks to ?cvide funds for the railroads and meet any other demands on the r w^t 'or. Th^ interest rate con mplated is four and three-quarter sr cent.