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CONDITIONS AT STATE HOSPITAL S?ys Improvement Has Been Made in Handling Violent Cases?Employ Women Norses, Columbia, Jan. 7.?That the experi ment of employing women nurses in the male wards at the State hospital j for the insane has proven a success ? is brouhgt out in the report on the j inspection of the institution made by j GL Croft Williams, secretary of the! State board of charities and correc- j tions. The report of the visit to the in- | stitution is'as follows: "Oh November 1-2 we inspected the ! State.^ Hospital for the Insane. At this; hospital we found many improvements! finished and many more under way. j This enormous and most important in- j stifution is well managed, and de- j serves the cordial and generous sup- j port of your taxpayers. On account Of the inability to employ male nurses ? during the world war. the experiment of using women nurses in male wards became necessary. We tind -this ex periment a success and com^nends it self a\s an excellent permanent policy. ? These good women command the re-; spect of the men patients and indeed! arouse a chivalry among them that is j admirable. It is gratifying indeed to! find in these unfortunate mental de linquents an inherent chivalry towards women. "We feel sure this board will be pleased to learn that wonderful im-' provement has been made at the hos- j pital in managing violent cases. The j use of mechanical restraints is great- J ly diminished and soothing methodsj substituted. This we heartily com mend for it helps the patient and se- j cures his or her cooperation. Certain j other improvements are needed at the! hospital, but the officers are endeav- j oring to make these as soon as pos- ' sible." ?_ WEDDING AT M'CLELLANVILLE! _- i Horace G. Leland, Jr.j and Miss l i Lu Legare Kirkley McClellanviUe, Jan. 3.?On 'the j evening of December 31, 193 9. at S by the clock, the marriage of Miss Lu i Legare Kirkley 'to Mr. Horace Girar- j (Teau Leland. Jr.. was solemnized at i New Wappetaw Presbyterian church, j by their pastor, the Rev. I). P. Junkin.i This was a peculiarly interesting event, j owing to the youthfulness of the'bride and groom, and "of the majority ofj the bridal party yet in th-ir teens. j The church was beautifully and ar- j' tistically decorated in smilax and! palms against a'background of white. Potted palms, in white receptacles, [ were placed in an ascending and de scending scale on the choir railing, j j above the smilax decorations, with 11 candies similarly spaced. ? j1 GOV. LOWDEN FOR LEAGUE; Illinois Governor Replies to Bo-j rah's Letter j Chicago, Jan. 5.?"While the j league of nations, even as modified by j the reservations adopted, does not] lake the term which. I believe, itj should, namely, judicial rather than j political, I think it is the part ofj wisdom now to ratify it with such res-V ervations as adopted by the senate." j said Oov. Frank O. Lowden in a let-! ter today replying to United States! Senator W. E.s Borah, of Idaho, who j had requested Governor Lowden s po- j sifion on the league of nations. i UNITED STATES i PLAYS HANDS OFF j America Will Not Take Part ini ! Treaty Ratification ? Paris. Jan. 7.?It has been decided ' that American representatives will ] not attend the exchange of ratifica*! tions of the peace treaty January : DJth. The signing of the peace pro- \ tocoi wil preced the exchange by a j few minutes. ENDORSEMENT FOR WILSON! Resolution to Be Laid Before: i National Committee Washington. Jan. 7.?A resolution j endorsing the president's stand, on the peace treaty and commending his; efforts to establish a league of peace! will be laid before the Democratic na tional committee at a meeting here, tomorrow with the hacking of commit- ; tee officials. Announcement of formal! action by the committee would be i sought and taken Ss enhancing the] prospect that the treaty would be- j come an active campaign issue. BERGER FORCED TO LEAVE TOWN; Jersey pity, N. J-, -Jan. <i.?Victor j L. Berger. representative-elect from ? the fifth Wisconsin district was es carted out of Jersey City tonight by ! Chief of Police Richard T. Battersby. I His departure followed promptly 'nisi arrival in jhe scheduled role of px?n- ; cipaJ orator at u widely advertised: mass meeting under the auspices ofj thfe Socialist Educational Ciub. The police refused to permit :1c meeting to be held, announcing that those who desired to pay dins, or transact business with the officers of the (dub could do so, bin that speeli- j es would be barred. Washington. Jan. 7.?Gabriel Por-i ter. an American, was Rilled by Sfecd'- j can -federal army officer ;it Tux pun*. December 2)s'. the State department was advised today by the American cousul at Tampico. STATE BOLL WEE VIL CONFERENCE Gov. Cooper Calls Meeting on January 15th j Columbia, Jan. 7.?Legislators from tile 30 or more counties in South Car olina where the boll weevil has ap peared in menacing numbers and ev ery interested individual in these counties have been galled to meet in the State House on January 15 to further discuss plans for lighting the. pest. Governor Cooper yesterday af-i temoon issued the call for the con-! ference. which will be held.at four o'clock in the afternoon. In issuing the call for the meeting! the governor says: "A" series of boll weevil conferences was begun yester day in 30 or moie counties of the/ State under the direction of the ex tension department of Ckxmson Col lege, hey are being held for the purpose of giving information as (b what may be expected of the boll wee- j vil in 1920 as well as to confer with j the best thought in each county and ! as to the best methods of combatting the weevil in that county. "The boll weevil has pla.ced upon | the people of South Carolina a serious) problem. It is an old story, but has; already come into the State as a-newj problem and will become more and more serious in its nature unless we \ exert all our energy to eradicate the; pest. The problem is one that con- j cerns all classes of business in South j Carolina and every individual citizen, i We must meet the problem with cour- ! age and patience and in order to do ! this we must resort to a more divcrsi- j fied farming. We must employ addi- \ tional crop experts to teach the farm- j ers how to tight the weevil in every > section where the pest appears. 'This 'will necessitate extra. ex- ? penses and additional revenue from' the Stat*-- at large. For considering; the whole -boll weevil problem I most; * , j respectfully invite all legislators from ; the following counties to attend 1 a] general meeting in interest of fight ing the pest here on the afternoon of January 15. at 4 o'clock: Beaufort. Williamsburg. Georgetown, Conway, Charleston. Florence. Bamberg. Dil lon. Allendale. Clarendon. Barnweli, Sumter. Orangeburg, Lee. Calhoun, Darlington. A ikon. Marlboro, Edge field. Chesterfield. Saluda. Kershaw. j Xewberry. Lexington, McCormick.; Fairfield, Greenwood and Riehland." j The Anti-Boll Weevil "association . composed of various business interests j of the State, is also taking an active) interest in the campaign to put the: weevil from the bounds of South Car- j olir.n and the meeting called by the: governor yesterday is to be held under! the auspices of the association. Representatives of the American; Cotton association, B.^ Harris. W. W. j Long of Clemson college and other I well known agricultural experts are! expected to attend the conference. Mr. j Long will state his plan for fighting j the pest and will take a keen interest) in any scheme devised to eradicate j the weevil. LARGE BEQUEST TO ORPHANAGE Epworth Orphanage Gets Estate Valued at S200,000 _ I Columbia. Jan. 7.?The board ofj managers of the Epwortli orphanage; met yesterday and Monday at the Je- | rorne hotel for the purpose of settling; the estate of the late W. V. dill of Al-! lendale. who by his will left the fsiatej to the orphanage at the death of his^ wife; which occurred December 20.1 The estate consisted of several nj?e plantations in Allentfaie county .and j some lots in the town of Allendale. j The entire property is valued at $200.000. which amount will, become an endowment fund the interest of which will be used for the maiinten- \ ance of the orphanage. This property will be put on sale j by auction on the L'7. 1"^ and 2'-? of; January by Hamer and Darby and the j Aaiend?le Realty Company of > Allen- | dale, it will be divided into small ' farms find sold to the highest bidder. I Some years after the death of Mr.} Gill, his widow married M. L. Middle-i t<>n and the estate has been operated j by him until the recent death of his; wife. HALT IN WORK- | AT CHARLESTON - I Work on Navy Project May Wa:' | Two Wefcs Washington. .Ian. 6.?P< nding in- ! vestigation of necessity for a naval j dry dock at Charleston. S. C, navy | yard. Secretary Daniels was asked to suspend work on the project for a ! period of two weeks in a resolution I adopted by the Senate naval com- j mittee today. Authority for the con struction of the dock was embodied ] in the 1;j>t naval bill. THE PROBLEM OF ! WHISKEY IS UP - Cincinnati Distiller Seeks Solu tion in Washington i Cincinnati, Jan. fi.?George F. Dei-j terle, Cincinnati distiller, has be n authorized to appoint a committee to go to Washington and discuss with j the federal officials the problem of j 'disposing of the bonded whiskey in tin- United States. This was announc ed the close of a meeting of 10o dis- ? tillers from all sections Of the coun-j try here today. Mr. Dortcrle pre sided at the conference. Of the torn! of i;0.0!?0.00y gallons of !>oad?d whiskey in the United States. :;.-,,(mi;> ihmi gallons are in warehous ?s <>i Kentucky. .\'<< v.m\ of disposingi of 'l'.is immense quantity of liquor, valued at hundreds of millions of dol lars-, has been provided by congress] except by exportation, and even thatJ will be prohibited after January 1 *? j when the federal dry amtfndmeni | goes into effect. EARTHQUAKE KILLS MANY THOUSANDS Disaster in Mexico More Wide spread Than First Reports i Indicated . j Mexico City. Jan. 7.?Hundreds and j possibly thousands of lives were lost. as the result of the earthquake which shook Vera Cruz State Saturday I night. The damage is so widespread; and so wild are some <>f the sections! that it is probable the number of cas-j ualties will never be known. Vera Cruzc and Jalapa dispatches declare! that one thousand persons were killed j at C??tzland alone. Thirty lives were; lost at Tcocelo. Chamber of Commerce Notes. The agricultural bulletin service oL": the Sumter County Chamber of Com merce is proving to be quite popular. Many farmers are calling for these j bulletins on tobacco culture and cur-j ing, peanut culture and harvesting..1 boll weev. history and the best meth-1 ods to prepare for the weevil condi-! tions, and other valuable agricultural bulletins. A! free to those who call for them. . . ; One of the gratifying features of the Chamber of Commerce boll wee vil preparation propaganda is the, number of colored farmers who are | so much interested and who are call- j ing for agriucltural bulletins and seek- j ing such information as can be given them. ? The colored farmers appear to real ize that tobacco, peanuts, livestock, grain, velvet beans, and plenty of poultry, vegetables, etc, are the crops and products to produce from v this time on in agricultural activities in this county. Any merchant, banker, farmer, lawyyer. doctor, or other business man who thinks that the big to do about thev boll weevil is all ,-hot air" and' unnecessary is a mighty poor business man when it comes to looking out for his future business interests. The bankers' assocfation, automo-! bile associations, commercial organi zations, and other business bodies of: this State, and the Clemson College! experts are not putting up and spend- j i(pg many thousands of dollars, hold ing dozens of boll weevil conferences! in Infested counties, and doing other good preparatoiw work for nothing. I These business men and experts are j not fools to waste good time and mon-j ey conducting a get-ready for the: boll weevil campaign. e\ Every wideawake Chamber of Com-j merce in the South is putting in most ? of their time _ getting ready to or- j ganizc or are organizing for the bolt weevil conditions of the immediate, future. Even in sections where there | are ho boll weevils and mighty little I cotton prodced they are helping to solve the future agricultural and f commercial conditions of the weevil, infested sections which affect every! section of this State and of the South. 1 The chambers of commerce of Char- ' leston. Columbia. Sumter. Manning, j Florence. Darlington. Spartanburg. j Greenville, Rock Hill und other South j Carolina places are sure not sleeping over future wee vil contingencies. Some j of these counties are putting on ex- < tra farm demonstration agents and home demonstration agents. Others j are arranging for'weovil conferences,! and for educational diversification ; cam" igns. The merchant, banker, j and (he farmer and the professional j men are organizing to make their j counties independent of the boll j weevil. About the fall of 1921 will! show the wisdom of their foresighted- j ness in preparing away ahead of; time. Money spent now. time devoted j to organizing for threatened adver- j sity is money and time well spent by Chambers of Commerce and individ- i uals also. Twenty farmers in Saluda county i had a representative call at the Sum- j ter Chamber of Commerce last Tues- j dayN.to secure some tobacco seed. Thisj representative said that this twenty j farmers, every one of them very well to do, large acreage farmers, and some of them wealthy planters had agreed that tobacco is one Of tfre' very best crops they can plant this! year to got ready for the boll weevil. A letter has been received from : another farmer in Aiken county say ing that he read in an Augusta paper! that the Sumter Chamber of Com-j merce was furnishing tobacco seed. I lie asked that a supply be sent him if j the Chamber of Commerce would j guarantee good prices for tobacco this coming summer. Hundreds of progressive '"live at home" farmers are securing tobacco seed to produce a ? ash producing crop for this summer. I Production and marketing of tobac co, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and live stock are featured by the Clemson College experts as questions for dis-j cussion during the big boll weevil con ference in Sumter next week, Thurs day, January- l.'.th. Tobacco is. being given a prominent 1 place for boll weevil preparation by United States Department of Agricul-j lure experts in nearly all of their J speeches, boll weevil literature, and newspaper interviews. If the Sumter county farmers all produce tobacco this year they will have some extra cash to meet 1921 boll weevil hard time conditions.! There will be a good market for to-; baco for years to come. France.' Germany. Turkey, and oth< r European and Asiatic and oriental countries that formerly produced tobacco arc live years behind in production. Tobacco in North Carolina is today] bringing unheard of prices duo t-.; the sric.-i(.-.vt world shortage of tobacco.! ever experienced. Sumter county farmers will do well to get into the tobacco business for big prices ibis summer. A movement is on footrto organize a. marketing association or company (>? sell grain, livestock, and other .arm products. It will noi be composed of many stockholders, just a few business men and farmers are alleged to bei forming the company. Tins company) will buy direct from the farmers f>rj sell for the farmers if .the plans for! the organization of this enterprise ma terialize, its place of business will l>e in Sumter, of course. ARMENIAN TROOPS jlN FIERCE BATTLE | Defeat Forces of Tartars, Kurds and Turks After Struggle of Four Days New York, Jan. 0.?Armenian! troops after four days of lighting1 ending November S. defeated forces] of Tartars. Kurds and Turks and in- I flicted heavy casualties in the region i of Zangazur, according to an official ' statement issued at Erivan. the Ar- \ mcnian capital, and made p?blic here : today by the American committee for ; the independence of Armenia. A regular Tartar force of 10.000 j infantry and cavalry, assisted by bands of Tartar and Kurd irregulars, j attacked us on the morning of No- ; vember 4. in the regiort' of Zangazur, on a front of . 20 yersts while the '? Turkish Colonel. Halil Bey, attacked] us in the region of Nachitchevan."; the statement said. "After four days j of continuous fighting we defeated i the enemy, who fled beyond his fron- I tiers leaving on the field of battle ? 500 killed, several .hundred wounded. ! 14 machine guns, two pieces of light j artillery, ot.ker munitions, horses and ; provisions.^ I REFORMS WANT ED FOR KOREA j _ Christian Missionaries in Japan ) I Pledge Their Support i ! Tokio. Dec. 5.?The Christian mis- ; j sionaries of Japan, through Dr. Ar-.j ! thur Berry, of the American Mctho tdist Episcopal Mission, have pledged I ? their strpport to a program of admin- i i istrative reforms in Korea. These '. plans were announced by Dr. Mizuno, 1 [director of Civil Affairs in the new! 't government-general of Korea, at a | I meeting of 200 missionaries and other, I foreigners held'' in the Imperial Hotel j ; the other day. i The missionaries also promised to j I furnish criticism whenever it was be-1 ' lieved to be necessary. This criti- j j Cism. Dr. Berry explain edc is to be j friendly, constructive, optimistic and intended to help. Baron Sakatani, | who presided, said the new watch word in Korea today is "justice and sympathy"in which, he said, the mis sionaries could render aid. Dr. Mizuno told the missionaries what he hoped to accomplish in Ko rea in providing equal treatment for Koreans and Japanese and in edu cational and prison reforms. He an nounced that the punishment of Ko reans by flogging would be abolished. He said it was an old Korean custom but that Japan recognized it was at variance with modern ideas. SHOULD PRODUCE MORE TOBACCO Columbia. S. C. Jan. 3?B. Ihjnis, in his annual report to the general assembly, calls attention to the great increase of tobacco production in South Carolina last year and the de creased returns from the crop. Al though the State produced in excess of S0.000.00? pounds, which was 20. 000,000 pounds more than the erop of 19 IS, the returns to the growers were reduced by $800.000.. The loss was] in the very low price paid for the I cheaper grades of tobacco. Mr. JIar- j ris suggests to the legislature that growers might be stimulated to pro- j duce a better grade of tobacco, if \ suitable prizes were offered. Farm- ; ers must depend to a large extent on | tobacco as a substitute for coiton, j particularly in the Pee Dee, and the commissioner of agriculture reminds that such procedure would be both timely and appropriate. His sug gestion follows: '/Is it a coincidence, is it the per- ; versity of fate, or is it the result of a J well worked out plan that South Car olina in 191D produced 20,000.000 pounds more of tobacco than she pro duced in l'M\ and yet received there for $8*00.0G0 less? Just at this time when it is so uecessary to have conr vincing facts and experiences with which to appeal to our farmers in or der to get them to avoid hell weevil disasters I find that one of the sub stitute crops from which we. have a right to expect money was in a meas ure a disappointment in 1919. "The average price paid for tobac co last year in South Carolina mar kets was but 2". 10 cents per pound, while for the year preceding?tt was 31.06.? The average for ten years was 15.18 cents, and the price during that time had gone as low as 7.28, 8.52 and 9.S3. I submit that the farmers oi j South Carolina did not get enough for | their tobacco last year, and that they] must take steps to protect .themselves this year?for they must plant tobac-1 co. , There is more reason for it than ! ever, the world is calling for tobacco, and the South must not be satisfied j with a "good' price, but must have a j fair value. | "The 1917 crop brought an average! of 24.0!? cents, which was in excess ; >>f the 1919 crop. The unconvincing plea of the tobacco buyers was that ! there was no demand this year for the cheaper grades, and that this is where the loss was fell. 1 heard of some! tobacco selling for as high as 85 cents j and some other as high as 75 in quan- i tity. but it was the ehenpeer grades! that caught the descending jyrices. It appears to be in common sense j that*"ihere should be a demand for; the cheaper grades. Since the Euro pean embargo 1ms been lifted the cheaper grades; it would appear, should h;ive a greater demand than; they did the year before. I am will-j ing to admit thai tin- sand lugs and; other cheap grades brought an uuus-j ually good price in I'.'IS, but that is' no reason why we should be satis lied with the prices of l !* 1J am1 bringing this matter to the attention of the general assembly with the hope that si.me methods can be taken to i-ijentirage farmers to make better to bacco and greater yields, some sys- J tem\ of prices that will encourage ' them." .. . Dublin. Jan. 7.?Sinn Fein head nqarters today were raided by the po lice and soldiers. CUTTING OUT THE MEXICANS Imperial Valley Plans All Amer ican Irrigation Canal Washington. Jan. 4.?Construction of an all-Ameriean canal along, the California border to remove from Mexico control over, the system of the Imperial Valley, the largest irrigation project in the United States, is con templated in a bill Representative Kettner of California plans to intro duce in the house. It will make pro vision for opening to purchase or set tlement by honorably discharged sol diers, sailors and marines with war service of 200.000 acres of public lands on the east mesa of the Valley, which iWill be irrigable from the^proposed canal. The bill is a redraft worked out dur ing the holiday recess by a subcom mittee of the house committee on ir rigation of arid lands, which has had several measures designed, to relieve the Situation existing in imperial Val ley under consideration, hearings be | fore the committee brought out that i the crops of the Imperial Valley, which residents said reach a value of "&0,O??.?UO annually, are dependent j upon the uninterrupted How of the I main Canal-of the irrigation system which, from the. diversion point on ; the Colorado river, swings through j Mexican territory for 40 miles before j distribution is made to the-American i ranchers. The water users on the Mexican side, where over 100.000 i acres are being irrigated, do not wish ! to join in the maintenance of the main J canal and the protective works in I Mexico, according to testimony pre j seined to the congressional commit tee. I Relief is sought through tlie build j ing of a highlinc canal entirely oh I American soil, "making necessary a cut j through a low range of sandhills, ! which the present main canal avoids [by the detour into Mexico- .Approxi mately 4?O.?0O acres of withdrawn ! public lands, similar in quality to that j of Imperial Valley but lying aboveythe I present Imperial canal system, will come under the proposed all-Ameri can canal.' a ccording to Reclamation Serivce estimates. Under the Kettner bill 200.000 acres would be opened to purchase by war veterans at ?1.23 ? an acre or. at the discretion of the j Secretary of the Interior, be reserved I for opening under such soldier settte | ment legislation as the congress 'may ! enact. .. . ; - :. I ANARCHY SEETH ING IN BULGARIA i j Socialists Overthrow Regular Government j Copenhagen, Jan. 7.?The Bulgar ian government has resigned and So cialists are trying to form a cabinet acording to Sofia advices. -;-; INCOME TAX FACTS Y?U SHOULD IvNOW j In making but his income tax re I turn the taxpayer is required to show j both gross and net income. Gross in j come includes practically every dollar i the taxpayer received during the year 11919. In arriving at net mcome: upon which the tax is assessed, he is allowed certain deductions, which-will be explained later, plus the amount ! of his exemption. Incomes below $5.000 are exempt from surtax. The single man with no dependents and an income for 1919 of $2,000 will pay a tax of $40 instead of $60 as for 19US, and a married man with an income of $2.500. and no de pendents except his wife will pay $zQ instead of $30. Surtax Rates The surtax rale is 1 'per cent on the net income in excess of $5^0*00 and^ not over $0.000, and increases* by steps of 1 per cent for each $2.000. of net income up to and including. 4S per j cent on net'income in excess of $98.-j 000 and not over $100,00o:. From this | point the rates run as follows: Fifty two per cent on net income over $100. 000 and not over $150,000, 56 per cent on net income over $150,000 and not over $200.000. GO per cent on net in- , come over $200.000 and not over $300.000, 6-3 per cent 6n\riet income over $300,000 and not over $"?00.000. 04 per cent on net income, over $500. 000 and not over $1,000.000, and 60 per>cent on' net income over $1,000, 000* How to Compute Taxes. The following illustration will show i the average taxpayer whose net in- j come was more than $5,000 how to j compute his tax: I A single man had a net income for! 1M!? of $6.000. First he, deducts his personal exemption of $-1.000, leav ing a balance of .$5.000. On the first] $4,000 he pays at the normal rate ofj 4 per cent. $100. On the remaining i $i,000 he pays at the normal rate of. 8 per cent. $.S0. In addition he pays a surtax of $10. 1 per cent on the! amount his net income' between j $5:000 and $6.000. His-total tax is $25'*, as compared with $370 for 191$. I Rate for Married Men. A married man with' two depend ents had a net income for 1919 for $7.500. From this he deducts his per- j sonal exemption of $2.000, plus $200 for each dependent. On the first $1. OOo of the balance of $5.100 he pays, at the normal rate of 4 per cent. \ $1*0. On the remaining $1,100 he will pay, at the normal rate of S per cent, $SS. On the amount of his in- ] come between $5,000 and $6.000 he; pays a surtax of 1 per cent, or ?10. | On the amount of his income between j $6.000 and $7.5'0n he pays a surtax) of 2 per cent. The total, normal and surtax, is $l\ss as compared with $412! for 1918. j Husband and wife whose combined j net. income for 101!? equalled or ex-1 ceeded $2.000 must file a return., ! either separate or joint as desired. A widow, a woman living apart from her husband, or a maid must file a return if her net income equaled or exceeded $1.000. A minor whose in come for 191!? was ?1.000 or more, must make a return. If the- minor's income was less than $1.000. it must be included in the return of the pa rent. W. W. LONG THANKS Appreciates Publicity Giv? ricuitural Work Clemson College, Jan. 5.?til W. W. Long, of the extension^ ice, who has recently returned work from an enforced sends the following New Year to the South Carolina :newsi men. . , ;^ To the Tress of South Carolina-:' All who are interested in the fare of our State have noted, , I sure, the '".ne mariner in which yawiv have worked to prosper our greatest, industry, agriculture. Without you cooperation neither agricultural ex-** tension work nor an$- other a? or movement can really succeed, the thanks of the whole people-" therefore due you. Though much agricultural progrt has been made in South Carolina? recent years, much is stilL to he.dot and the new year finds us facing^ very grave problem, namely, si farming in the presence* Of the" weevil, but it is hoped that tHe-'ser&fe.' of county conferences on" safe?:fai ing under boll weevil conditjons;1 result in a safe and sane ptroj^jna3_ each county. The extension 'sert^e in its efforts to" work with , the people of all classes towards solution-of complex problem will need and solicits the continuation of your faUfc-i ful cooperation for tht$ ye?r jUst be ginning. Let ns all join hands to stimulate agricultural and," therefore, general progress in every part of our State. Very truly yours, W. W. LOrrgY Director, Extension Service. .-?? ? ??; i ' KLECTRICAIj ' MACJIIXERY DE MANDED ABROAD. Fuoi Shortage Forces Europe? to ' Vse "White Coal." . The great increase in the price of coal throughout the world-has made fuel economy a most pressing prob lem. Reports reaching the NTation?J Foreign Trade Council denote a ;fre mendous and continued oppor?mity for the American Electrical^,Manu facturing Industry in supplying, the needs of these countries whidiT.aYe j now forced' to develop their eiecfcrTc?l i power to the utmost. . i Large railroad electrification proj ects are soon to be carried .out am I Italy and South Africa." DY .ffife | former country-. eight hundreof-inill&m I lire will be spent'for e?e^lficati?z?;of I 6000 kilometers of railroads.^ojri^ I gal will probably follow,.. in-Italics footsteps^ Many of the .^?uth. XuierT eari countries are studying5 this'pSroljk lern, and Bolivia has just declaredrite 'public domain the . watersheds, o^the/ j rivers having sufficient. power, for I that purpose. Throughout' OHil^, many power plants are befog i&m!'* In France a bill recently passed both- houses and has become? fo^ t?t canalization of the .Rhone ,.%rfro|u Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean. I The swiftness of the 'ciirrenf of- tftis' river will be modified" liy rae^nsi ?T.a series of locks and dams;, the^laiter; j being utilized to generatc^elec^ic-en^ ergy and for irrigating purposes... ' Nineteen large generating statforis;'aS& i to be provided which will- furnish electric energy rendering fronril&0OO to over 70,000 h. p. per station. < It . is estimated that the river is capahle^^^ generating energy equivalent to 7t>0, 000 h. p. or 4.S1S.000 kitowatf hours annually, which is equal to a. saevmg of nearly 500 million tons.,-of. coal. Two hundred thousand k. w.. of the energy generated is reserved' fdf.^tfte use of consumers in Paris al tf&e price of 2 cents per k. w. (locally generated energy now , costs.-10 cents). The balance of 560,000 & p\ will be utilized by metaliujrgjgsal, electro-chemical and other indiistriea in the Rhone valley, for electric^ tr?c>. tion of the Rhone, for the.electrifica tion of a portion of the Paris, jJyon^ and Mediterranean Railway,. pumi5m? irrigation water and etc. The cost is estimated at 2 billion .500 thousand francs. Paris. Jan. 7.?Prince August ana Prince Joachim, sons of Fonner. Em peror Wiliam. have brought suit -for divorces, according to Berlin "^"ad* THOUSANDS PRQUMft THE MERITS OF *2 PE-RO . Mrs. Martha C. Daie^ MM Cannon, Del, writes: "I altt-e!^ tireiy cured of chronic :catatrh\,o? the stomach and bowels by > PE? ru-na/v 2% f ;"v Mr. J. Bayer, Glendalei (m?foi "There is^ nO-m???cine HkePE^K? na for catarrhal deafness." .. . Mrs. Kate Marquis, Mitfo^burgv Ohio: "PE-r?-NA cure* mc /of catarrh of the head and throajk" Mr. J. H, Collins, Wesson, Mis sissippi: "PE-r?-NA Biases:- nie feel, vigorous and able to work without that tired, weak feeHm|. 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