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DiaPs Private Secretary -*? Popular Newspaper Man Ac cepts Washington Appoint ment. Back from France Columbia. May 13.?Capt. McDavid Horton of Columbia will s be private secretary to United States Senator N. ?B. Dial, according- to an announce ment made by the senator in Colum bia yesterday. The new secretary will loin his chief in Washington Satur day. Captain Horton was commanding -a battery of heavy field artillery in France when offered tue appointment ?and he has preceded his regiment home in time to enter upon its duties with the beginning of the special ses sion of congress opening May 19. He has been in military service two years and for the last nine months has been overseas. His home will'be as heretofore, in Columbia, where he has been resting some days, with his wife and little daughter. He has also found time for a brief visit to his father, E. R. Horton, in Anderson. His three brothers were in military serv ice and his two younger sisters have recently welcomed home ir hus bands from front line duty in France. Captain Horton has had 15 years of experience in newspaper work. He has been with The State, Columbia, i since 1912. serving at various times as staff correspondent, city editor and editorial writer. Senator Dial will reach Washington in time to attend the Democratic caucus called for Saturday, which will be more than ordinarily interesting and important in view of the pending reorganization of congress* Senator Dial returned to Laurens last Even ing. Senator Dial has also named Miss Margaret Clark' as stenographer. Fight for Negroes Association Plans to Wage Campaign New York. May 12.?Announcement of a country-wide campaign to enroll 100,000 persons "*.o defend the consti tutional and legal rights now denied more than four-fifths o. the negro race in America" was made tonight by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People." The . organization having . 50.0-00 members, hopes to double the num ber before June 21. when it* will hold & -national conference in Cleveland. To make America safe for Ameri cans the. association has adopted the following program: A vote for every negro man and woman on the same terms as white men and women. An equal chance to acquire the kind j of an education that will enable the; negro everywhere wisely to use this vote. A fair trial in the courts for all crimes oil ..which he. is accused, by Judges hi whose election he has par ticipated without discrimination of race. A right to sit on the jury which passes judgment upon him. \ Defense against, lynching and burn ing at the hands of mobs. -Equal service on.railroad and other! public carriers, including sleeping.j dining and Pullman cars. Equal rights to us?i of public parks., Ubraries and other community sor-i -vices for which he is taxed. An equal chance for a livelihood in i public and private employment. Safe in Senate 1 ! McColl, May 13.?Arriving early in: the afternoon Tuesday from Char- j lotte. Vice President and Mrs. Mar- j shall were met by President J. E. j Parker and members of the Chamber i of Commerce and welcomed to McColl j and Marlboro county. Later in thej afternoon 20 prominent citizens of the community and of this section, in cluding Congressmati Stevenson, call ed on the vice president at the resi dence of Dr. W. .J. Moore and from there automobiled to Bennettsville. Clio and over the best farming sec tions of the county. A large and enthusiastic audience greeted Vice President Marshall at the opera house in the evening. Prominent citizens from every section of the county were present. . Congressman Stevenson of the Fifth District, aft^r telling of the part In diana had played in supplying vice presidential candidates, introduced the speaker of the evening. The vice president spoke on the 'Tendencies of the Times." advocating restricted im migration, strict naturalization laws and th<* real Americanization of all incoming foreigners. He argued with great force and earnestness for the league of nations?ridiculing the ad vocates of America's returning to h? r isolated position previous to the great war?arguing that such a condition was now an impossibility. He pre dicted that after much oratorical dis play the senate would vote by a big majority for the league of nations. He predicted that nationwide wo man's suffrage was very near at hand but urged the people to see that the State's right io control its election law shall not in any way be abridged. . The dry wit. the homely phiToso:>y and the piain unassuming personality of the vice president greatly pleased the people of this section. Additional Xainros of Delegates to The Woman's Auxiliary Convention. Aiken. Miss Clare Seilung. Mrs. A. G. Tanant. Pino|*>1is. Misses Charlotte Stonoy, Caroline Cain. Mi. Pleasant. Mrs. Seabrook. Charleston. Miss Planche Causey. Mrs. W. G. Albrech:. Columbia Mrs. TV 1). Tuber. Rev. Parnwell Bennett. Mrs. John McCaw; Misse? Cora Barflcki. Mary Kirk land. (Large Railway Losses Net Income in March in E:g Figures I Washington, May 13.?Railroad learnings for March as tabulated by i the railroad administration show a ;net income for the federal controlled : roads for the month of Ma: ?Ch Of J ^i.i,Ob5,l>09, although the average* ? monthly compensation amounts to ap j proximately $74*6*7,000. making the ; net loss to the government for the ?month about $u9.:952,0.00. Figures re ; cently made public based on statis tics gathered by the interstate com j mcrce commission covering the fed ? era! controlled roads and a small ! mileage of non-federal lines gave the jnet income for March as $10,8-12.000. Operating revenues for the month /of'March held by railroad administra tion statistician amounted to $371, I 330,000 or $103.465."00 more than j during March, 1918. Operating ox ipenses last March were $342,1 .".2.00U lor ?63,104,000 more than in March, j 1918. The net operating expenses ithus are shown to be $29,368,000, a ! decrease of $52,639,0^0 from March ! of a year ago. ; The railroad administration explain i ed thai as present rates are about 25 j per cent, higher than a year ago. the ! increase in operating revenues shows i that the total traffic has fallen off j approximately 18 per cent, in com I parison with a year ago. Freight traffic has decreased more than IS j per cent, over a year ago, but due to j a demobilization of troops the rail | road administration estimates that j passenger revenues have increased I slightly. i "The freight business shows a slight increase over last month." the railroad administation review said, ; "but this is not as large as is visual at this time of the year under normal ! industrial- conditions." State Crop Reports Field Agent Hare Issues Crop ' Estimate Saluda, May 10.?The government report issued today through B. B.{ [Hare. South Carolina Field Agent ofj ! the Bureau of Crop Estimates. Unit- j >ed States Department of Agriculture, j I indicates that a record-breaking j wheat crop will be harvested in the j ?United States within the next few] months, the estimated yield for South Carolina being one of the largest in j the history of the State. Of the 205.- j 000 acres sown last f?Hv-2?4.o0 0 re- j main to be harvested. Condition on May 1, was XX per cent of normal or 4 per cent above the ten-year aver age, the estimated yield being 2,351,-j 000 bushels. The condition for the! entire United States is lft0.5 per cent! or 15.1 per cent above the ten-year j average, the indicated yield being! 899.915.000 bushels as compared with i 53x.4 49.00o bushels of last year. The1 latter estimates refer to winter wheat; .only and do not include estimated.! yields of spring sowing. The acreage of rye In South Caro Una to be harvested for grain is 5 ner cent less than last year, though the acreage used as a cover crop would show a slight increase. Condi tion is reported at 90 per cent of nor mal, or 1 per cent below last year. While plowing and spring planting; began from ten days to three weeks late work progressed remarkably well < during a greater part of Apil. Corn is late and shows the effects of the cool weather during the last week of April. It is estimated that X5 per cent of '? ->ring plowing and 8 per cent of spring planting was done by May 1. j Of the last year's hay crop 15 per | cent is still on farms. The report on; the corresponding date of last year: showed 18 per cent of the previous j crop remaining on farms. The death rate among live stock j for the past twelve months is shown j to be lower than usual, due largely j to the mild winter and ability of the j extension department, through quar antine regulations and the use ofj serums, to prevent the spreading of epidemics, it is estimated that 2." mules and horses of all ages. 26 eat tie. 22 sheep and 49 hogs out of every] 1.000 have died from disease during.* the year ending April 30, 1919. Market Agent for the Extension Sor- I vice. Clemson College. May l".? jjr. y j L. Harkey has been appointed fielt! j agent in marketing for the Extension) [Service of Clemson College. He takes j ;he place which has been vacant; I since the resignation a year ago of J Mr. Fred Hoffman, who resigned to "enter the military services. Mr. Harkey is a North Carolinian. 1 who has been with the Bureau of ; Markets of the Department of Agri ! culture for the past several years j with special attention to the market j ing of fruits and vegetables, is work with the Extension Service of Clem i son College will be the drecting of i all the marke ting ? activities of thi I Extension Service. His appointment {becomes effective May 15, with head quarters at Clemson College, j With the greater attention being ! given 'o crops other than cotton. ; there is a wide held for service to tin farmers in marketing surplus pro i ducts profitably, and the Extension ? Service as well as the farmers of the State are fortunate in securing a .y:<?o<i . man who has had wide experience in ' marketing problems. The Price of Wool London. .March 20?The official is sue prices of wool and tops '<.<> the w<>ol trade have been reduced in average 7 1-2 per cent from April I These prices are to remain in force for eight months with a veiw to stablizing values. Sales are to be held May 6 to L*:'; June 17 to July !. .July 1 ?'? to S' pt. 11> 11). October ~ to 24 and De cember 1' to 19. According to official returns, iim s*o,-k of wool held in the l'm'e.1 Kingdom on December '?> 1 las! amounted to 3-0 J .". pounds in the raw state, or 193.802.746 pounds it; clean Scoured terms. The government-owned wool in the eo.lotvies on the same date was 1. $90,0.00 bale--. Coming Home Soon Mannmgs To Sail from Europe May 17 j Former Governor and Mrs. Man j nine, who are now in France, where [the ex-governor is a delegate of the ! League to Enforce Peace, will sail for ! home Saturday, May 17, on the ! Aquirania after visiting the grave of 'their falien son. Maj. William S. Man ;nin;r. who was killed in action in the f Argonne offensive on November Ui The governor and Mrs .Manning also i visited their four sons, who are at ; tached to the "Wild Cat Division" near ! the German border, i Of Mr. and Mrs. Manning's visit to j the battlefields, where their son was killed and where they have four oth | ers now stationed, the New York j Times in a special cable of May 9 has jthe following to say: i - j Paris. May 9.?Governor and Mrs. .Manning have returned to Paris after I visiting the grave of their son. Major j Manning. Three Hundred and Thir j teenth Infantry, who was killed in jthe Argonne offensive on November 6. j They saw four of their sons, who are ! attached to the "Wildcat Division.' j The governor and Mrs. Manning lo cated the spot "where Major Manning j fell, and learned from officers of his I regiment an intimate story of how he j met his death. The accounts given them showed that Major Manning's battalion suf fered severely from heavy artillery tand machine gun fire. He rallied his j men and led them or until they reach ed their objective on the top of a hill, j Here Major Manning fell. The governor and Mrs. Manning vis i ited the Argonne and St. Mihiel sec tors, and also went to the British ar-'-i to see places where the Thirtieth re vision, composed of National Guard :roops from North Carolina. South j Carolina and Tennessee broke the I Hindenburg line in combination with i the Twenty-seventh (New York Xat I ion.ni Guard) Division. This exploit j was performed at Beljicourt Tunnel, ion the St. .Quentin-Cambi-a i line no; far from Peronne Canal. The govern lor was told that 25,000 Germans were concealed in the tunnel, and that these swarmed out after the two American divisions had crossed tin top of the tunnel and subjected them 'to severe machine gun fire, j The governor today expressed great I pride in the "achievements of the American troops in France. After seeing with his own eyes tlm country! through which they fought, and hav ing obtained some idea of the tre-j mendous obstacles they were oblig ed to overcome, he realized what a j wonderful recordi the doughboys and gunners had acjii/*ved. President Wilson's work in - tin peace conference has been extremely j ['pleasing to Governor Manning. He' : showed fron: what he said that h" j believed the president's presence in ;the interallied councils had a marked j effect in the successful outcome of thei [negotiations between the allied states { men and caused adherence to pri' - ?ciples which accorded with tie- Amer ' ican ideas. He spoke of the manner j i in which the peacemakers had provid ed in the treaty for dealing severelj .With Germ.--.ny. j The governor'and Mrs. Manning are! j sailing from Southampton on the j i Aquitania on May 17. Germans Not Broke I Report of the Reichsbank of | ; Berlin Makes Good Showing j I i ? I London. April 1 (Correspondence of; ! the Associated Press)?The military land political collapse of Germany! was not a costly experience for th< Iteichsbank of Berlin, according K copies of the annual report which have just reached London. There was an unexampled increase in mon ey requirements, while the siock c: j gold decreased. The total turnover was 3.345.00O;. 000,000 marks, being 1:313.200.000. ? 000 marks more than the enormouf figures of the previous year.. Gob! stocks showed a total decline of 14 4. j 000.000 against 1 14.000.0.00 .in 1017. Money requirements found expres j sion in a great increase in note cir culation, the end of the year seeing 22,187,000.00 marks in outstanding notes as compared with 10.270.000.030 ! at the close of the year before. In addition to this market loan bills amounted to 10.212,000.000 as com | pared with 3.97S.000.000 in 1017. j The bank had at its disposal for eign money to 'he vain.- of 13.21S. ' 000.000 marks an increase of 5.230, ? ?00.000 during the period covered by the report. Total profits show the record sum I a" S14.000;000 murks against 364.000. 000 in the previous year. Of this amount 330.000.000 was reserved for war losses. The net profit is given as 111.000.000 marks from which the stockholders received 15.000,000 mark rn the form of ;i dividend of ^J>s percent as compared with 8.72 percent the year bet?re. The imperial treas ury received in al! from the bank. 390.500.Ooo marks as compared with 207,000.000 in 1917. Disturbance at Trinity ?ls n in. May l A serious race riot was narrowly averted Sunday af ternoon in the Trinity section, in u:iiter county, about twelve miles no rib west of ulan: a. ii seems that yo.unfc Bradley! the son of Mr. John Bradley, rural policeman, met a ne uro boy in the road who refused to give him room to pass. Bradley gave tlie hoy a thrashing with his hugs?y whip. Tie- lutter went on his way a.ad Mr. Bradley went !?.< services at Trinity church. The negro in tie :neantime notified his father of the trouble. 1*tter some ten or iwHve armed negroes came up in a body to :i;<- church and demanded yo:?VK Bradley. A bom ihi^ time Policeman ' rad!'- arrived and after arresting lie bunch of ncgroe;.' a t ried them !>;?. trtick to Snmter where he placed thorn in jail. No further trouble is antici pated. "Ready to Start j _ Encouraging Reports Come from Guard Ships Stretched Along Ocean Course i I Trepassey. X. F., May 13.?While Comndr. John H. Towers, in command j of the CJnited States navy's trans Atlantic Ih-h;. declined to state ; whether the big seaplanes would I-ho}> off* tomorrow on the leg of their j voyngr- to the Azores, reports today from the guard ships stretched along the ocean course indicated that fa vorable weather conditions would pre vail Flight offieers ha v.- warned news i 1>aper correspondents here ihai when ! the decision to start is reached the j machines may get under way wi-o ! tie notice, but it was learned that one ;' indication of an impending start would be the mooring of the XC-1 to ; he stern of the supply ship jr.;in land the XC-3 to that of the mine layer Aroostook in order that steam from the vessels may be run through the oil supply tanks of the planes to heat their lubricants. It was found on the 'trip here from Rockaway Beach, X. Yv, that the oil used is in clined to congeal and if the motors j were started when the oil was cold the bearings would burn out. i It will not be known here until the planes start where they actually will take the air. If the water is rough in the outor bay they will take the harbor as the waves outside might I stave in their hulls A fairly stiff wind ! is needed, however, to lift the heavily j laden craft. ; The planes will carry regulation j ships logs and the flight is expected j to contribute important dat.. o aero ! nautics. The guardship's flotilla commander [ here has received orders from Wash i ington to keep tl.c destroyers station ed along the coast legs of the flight ' in position for the XC-1. which is [awaiting favorable weather at Chat j ham. Mass. to join the other planes j there. j Capt. Arthur Hrenshaw. command I or of tlte Trepassey base, today gave ;;. dinner to the American correspond ents here who recently entertained him aboard the railroad ear serving as their hotel, and which they Slave christened .the XC-r,. The destroyer Kdwards is due tomorrow with a doz en seaplane propellers. It is under stood she will continue to St. Johns with a dirigible balloon engine pre sumably fo rtlie big "blimp" C5'. Lieutenant Commander Bellinger, commanding the XC-1. expects a young fox tomorrow from St. Johns, which he plans 1o take with him on j-.th'e- trans-Atlantic flight as a mascot. [ Moritaulc. X. Y.. May 13?After a i successful test flight to New ; London. I Cohn., and back this afte oon the ! navy's big dirigible balloon Cr? was j declared ready tonight to start for j St. Johns, X'. F.. on her long coastal Lair trip. Whether the flight will start I tomorrow naval officers declined to ! slate. j - j Washington. May 13.?Weather- re [ norts received tonight at the navy de I partment in connection with prepara-J i lion for the proposal trans-Atlantic iflight show, it was learjied, that : storms are probable during the next I 24 hours over the route from""r.-epa< ?sey Bay, X. F.. where the seaplanes XC-1 and NC-3 ar-^ awaiting the sig nal to "hop off" to the Azores, the end of the first leg of the real cross-ocean trip. The weathor along the Xorrh i Atlantic coast, it was said, probably j would be favorable tomorrow. , The weather conditions, in the opin >r)n et*-v:ii ofltc?-vs. rhsiTde it appear tmlikely thai the iwo seaplanes would start on?the lon.sr.* flight tomorrow. Favorable weather along the coast, it was believed, would enable the XC-4. which has !;<"?!! laid no for repairs at Chatham-. Mass.. since hist Friday, to resume her High*:. It was learned from an authoritative source thai should the XC-4 be able to get under way early tomorrow, the seaplane would attempt to go direct to Tropassey Bay to join the other two flying boa's and the stop over at Halifax would be omitted. Weather conditions also were con sidered favorable for the navy's new dirigible :'-."? leaving Montauk Point. W V.. tomorrow for the test Might to :Newfoundland, upon which it has be?m announced would depend the possi bility of an attmep! to cross the At lantic by use of a dirigible. England Covets Ships Proposition That Siezed Ger man Ships be Pooled and Divided St. Johns, May 15.?Hary Hawker Paris May 14.?Renewed efforts [are being made by the British dele gation to secure an agreement calling I for the pooling of the former Ger man merchant vessels and their dis tribution on the basis of the tonnage I loss during the war instead of the I ]>:an of the United States for retaih ; ing those ships interned in America [prior to that country entering the Poland is laying claim to some of [ the warships.surrendered by Germany. She presented these claims to the council of foreign ministers this after : noon. a n<: < :? pi. Frede ish aviators who more than h Rayni ave l>e. tonth V 1*1. I ?1*31 - : waiting ?nake a Against Free Ireland London. March 20?The executive committee of the Navy League has adopted a resolution calling attention to what it describes as "the necessity of preserving in imperial and allied interests, both in peace and war, ab Addhiona! Xsunrs oS Delegates to Wo-j solute cont.ol over Irish ports, har nian's Auxiliary Convei.iioji. ? bors and < h*angeburg. trans-Atlantic flight, announced to night that weather indications were such that they probably would not oc table to make their start h? ' end of the week ?fore th< Mesdames .John Cart. il. L. Gelzer Sum merv rile. Mr. Thomas i:. Waring. Columbia. Miss V. T. Singleton. Charleston. Miss Helen Lee. Rock Hill. Misses .Louise ilul!. Josie Hull. communications and for maintaining inviolate the 'freedom of the seas' m the British sense of the term." A preamble to the resolution shows that it was prompted by the fact that the United States House of Represen tatives had adopted a resolution sug gesting that the Peace Conference give-favorable consideration to Ire land's plea of self-government. II IS * ! It . v I.* ;* LI >? 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