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itlCE MISSED ipany Is Es Offices In Improve pi.?New telegraph opened at many Carolina, according Shing the offices of JR?ilrOad Com te Western Union announcement of JEpl>y the commission to rc?znmission reports that fices have been opened in which heretofore used offices at the railroad office was opened at Estill :15'thV In February the Union Company opened a ^fee .at Wkiter1>oro. During ^n'ew i?tices are being opened at Conway _ and Lake City, ^offices are soon to' be opened at fi?s?. Clinton and McColl. as soon j ><fesirable locations can be secured.! addition to the opening of in- \ lent offices in these towns, ] ire there, were formerly "joint of- i there are a nuhiber of new j to be opened in some of the i tq^ns of the State. These in new offices, .with new modern \ tent, at Anderson, Sumter, ! Greenfwood. Rock Hill,; - Orangeburg and Darlington, j main office in Columbia is being! too, and a new office in ] ibia's wholesale district has re- I been opened. :vr?'*-r * ?- . l AS 1 Y FOR WAR Admiral Fletcher Says Sims' i <$&r?es Are Witnotft Foliation Washington, April 9.?Two years :prior.(to the time .the United States entered "the war the navy general board -prepared a comprehensive war glan,, If?ar1 Admiral F'etcher told the seirerte ifeyesrigatiiig committee, in re paying to Admiral Sims' criticisms of the , navy- The plan covered even' ^hasje -of -naval . citations, he said. Her also' said that -Admiral Sims' dirges regarding loss of life and the p^iongatkm of the war had no foun l^tioh m fact. MORE PAY FOR WORKMEN ick Coke Company Grants In-; crease to twenty Thousand .UnTontown, ? Pa.. April 9.?Wage in-! creases were recently granted 20.000 j employees' of the Frick- Coke Cjompa '^r of. ten-to twenty per cent,, according! to notices ^posted in the works. AT .. . . . ( ROCKY MOUNT! . . i i m?Workers Walk Out On Ac-] count of Transfer -Vsltocfcy'Mount. N. (".. April 9.?Overt fhYee hundred mill workers have i ^faSk on account of the transfer of ? a^? 'employee-td' another- department, i INOETH CAROLINA I FOR SUFFRAGE Democratic Convention Calls on j General Assembly to Rati j fy Anthony Amend- i ment j' ;?; !' j Raleigh, N. C, April S.?By a vote \ I of 585 to "428 1-L'. the Democratic statoj ! convention here today adopted a plank; ! in the platform recommending that! ,the Democratic members of the spe-: tcial session of the general'assembly,; I which meets in July, vote in favor of | i ratification of the constitutional worn-' !an suffrage amendment j The plank adopted was a substitute' j offered for the platform committee's j :proposal that the legislatuie be asked! !to vote down the Susan B Anthony ? ! amendment and vote/to submit aj ! State constitutional amendment sub Jmitting suffrage to the voters of the j State. - ? i The suffrage fight was the only con i test in the convention. It developed j lin the afternoon session after Repre I sentative Clyde Hoey had delivered! [the keynote speech on State issues ad-j j vocating ratification of the amend- j [ment, and after Senator Overman had) ! delivered an address on r*-.i-nal is- j I sues in which he opposed suffrage, es-1 pecially by federal amendment. The platform committee reported in the afternoon presented a plank; calling upon the general assembly to j reject the Anthony amendment and to! submit to the voters of North Carolina j in the November elections an amend ment to the state constitution giving i the women of North Carolina the right to vote. v A minority report brought in by in- I struction of the Fifth North Carolina) district convention threw the question i to the fi?or, where it was fought over for several hours until ;a substitute for the platform plank and the minor ity report, presented by F. H. Hob good, of Greensboro, was put to a roll call vote. The result of- the vote was seen early in the count and the suf frages accoo'mpanied the roll call with a rising tide of applause. It end ed with the announcement that the j suffrage plank had carried by a vote i 01 585 to 42S 1 -2. MONTGOMERY COT- i TON MEETING! Between Five and Six Thousand' ? Farmers Booked to Attend Cotton Association Convention I Columbia. April 8.-?Between 5.000 and 6.000 farmers of the South are expected to attend the convention of the American Cotton . Association inj Montgomery next week. A large delegation from South Carolina will] attend. Special train accommoda-j tions will take the South Carolina j delegates- j MINE OFFICIALS ARE JABLED is ????? President Howat of Kansas Held In Contempt of Court Pittsburgh. April 9. ? President Howat jind three associates of the Kansas Miner's ijnlon were jailed for. , contempt of court until they agree io testify in -tife industrial relations court. LOUISE STALUNGS 7. ? . . i Lyric Mezzo-Soprano THIRD NIGHT REDPATH CHA?TA?Q?A , Louise Stallings is a notable artist who has Won the hearts of Chautauqua audiences. ?A^D? ^ MENDELSSOHN TRIO One of America's Strong Musical Companies Afternoon and Night Third Day REDPATH CHAUTAUQUA SEVEN BIG DAYS I Season Tickets, $2.75 Plus 10 War Tax Chautauqua Week HereAprfl 27 to May 4 BIGGER PAY >, FOR THE NAVY Admiral Washington Tells Sen ate That Navy Is Threat ened With Disaster Washington. April 9. ? Congross must increase the pay of both officers and enlisted men to save the navy from disaster. Rear Admiral Washing ton, chief of the bureau of navigation, told the senate investigation commit tee. He said failure to act had result ed in wholesale desertions of enlisted men and the resignation of hundreds of officers. ASK FOR BETT" TER SERVICE Virginia Business Men Complain Against Steamship Company Baltimore. April 9.?Virginia busi ness men and congressmen have re Quested President Stebbins, of the Merchants and Miners Steampship Co. to take over the business of the Old Domion Steampship Company, of Nor folk and New York. They promised to submit' the matter to the board of directors. TREATY KILLED BY MONEY Attorney General Palmer Makes Vigorous Att?Ck on Republicans Macon, Ga., April 8.?"Three-quar tors of a million dollars killed the treaty of peace and the league of- na tions covenant,*' charged Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer here to -night in his address in behalf of his own candidacy for presidential nomi nation in Georgia. Cfty hall audito rium was packed with what ?was said to have been the largest crowd ever assembled there. "With the majority vote purchased in Michigan," he continued. "Senator LiOdgte organized the foreign relations committee and refused to report the treaty. If the Democrats had carried Michigan?if the Republican party had spent, say, only a couple of hun dred thousand dollars?the Demo erats would have organized the senate ?tad the foreign relations conrmittco would have reported the treaty and it would have been passed. It took months of struggle to get these Dem ocrats to desert the party." The attorney general defended the administration of President Wilson. He read a letter from Senator Hpkc Smith, who .a few nights ago criticised the attorney general from the same platform. The letter was.dated No vember 11. 1?19. being written after the deportation of the "Reds," as fol lows: "I am just sending this one of many appreciative editorials appear ing in Georgia apers. May I add my own sincere congratulations to you and the country. If at any time I can be of assistance to you in the senate, be assured I will appreciate your call ing-on me," He declared that the purpose of Hoke Smith and Senator Peed and others was to repudiate Wilson -and embarrass tlie present administration and to change the Democratic poli cies. . < / . ? "They say I cannot carry Pennsyl vania," said the attorney general. "If the puny will nominate some man who can carry Pennsylvania, I'll be for him. But he must be a belter Democrat than has yet announced." Mr. Palmer referred to criticisms of his Quakerism and statements that he had refused the post of secretary of war in 1916 and could not, therefore, be the Commander? of the army and nan- as president. "Far be it rrom me to deny the faith of my fathers,; said Mr. Palmer. "I couldn't accept a post in the piping days of peace where 1 should have to spend four of the best years of my life in preparation for war that I be lieve is impossible." declared the speakei*. "But I was for this world war. Ev ery boy in nry family and every boy in my wife's family, all Quakers, were in the war from ihr first to the last." "If you want references as to my fighting ability. I refer you to several battle-scarred Republicans. "When T saw biro attacked and vil lificcl and ho one willing to defend bim. 1 determined to carry the flag of Woo throw Wilson to the people." declared Palmer, and the audience cheered. Mr. Palmer has so fully recovered from his illness in Gainesville, which has kept him out of the Georgia pre sidential preference primary campaign for two days, that he announced to night that he wculd go, to Waycross, following his meeting here tonight, speaking there tomorrow night, and in Savannah Saturday night. STORM DAMAGE IN MISSISSIPPI Wind Destroys Many Thousand Dollars Worth of Prop erty Jackson. .Miss.. April ?Property damagO of thousands of dollars was paused by a terrific windstorm lavt night. North Mississippi also reports much damage. TWO DIE AT TAMPA Health Officers Report Sleeping Sickness Tampa. \pril 9.- Two persons have died here of sleeping sickness, accord ing to the local 'health authorities. BUILDING THE NEW CITADEL Work to be Immediately Resum ed on New College Plant at Charleston Columbia. April S.?Work on the new Citadel plant will be resumed at ! once, according to announcement j made by the building committee of i the board of visitors today, following ? meeting of the board of visitors held in Columbia Wednesday after I noon. The work on the new plant, i it was stated. Has been held up for a whiic, because of the death of Mr. Walker, of the firm of Walker & Co., of Atlanta, who are building the new Citadel, but the company has an nounced that it will continue the job under the contract made with Mr. Walker before his death. The building committee of the board of visitors was authorized to : immediately borrow $400,000 for i pressing the work' on the new Citadel I plant. .The legislature of 1920 au i thorized the borrowing of $600,000, but it has been found that all of this will not be needed at this time. An interpretation by the attorney general's office of the Citadel appro priations made to the board at the1 Wednesday meeting, showed that the Citadel has available this year . the sum of '.$900.000, counting loans and appropriations. RAILROADS E^RN MORE MONEY Reports Show Larger Receipts Than Last Year Columbia, April 9.?That the rail roads of South Carolina are earning more money in 1920 than they did in 1.919 is. indicated by the reports for earnings and expenditures as filed with the South Carolina. Railroad Commission by the roads operating in j South Carolina, for the month of 'January, 1920. Earnings for January, according \ to these reports, increased over January. 1919, but at the same time operating costs increased also. The Railroad Commission is in re ceipt of reports from many of the smaller lines and from two of the trunk lines, the Seaboard and the At lantic Coast Line. The Southern's re port for January is expected within a few days. The Seaboard's net earn ings in January increased over the earnings for January of 1910 by $140. 813. The Coast Line's net earnings increased by $1G,20S. The Coast Line earned in January this year $J.45S,700; the Seaboard earned $932,252. It cost the Coast Line $1.. 142.300 to operate in January 1920; it fost the Seaboard $748,056. The Coast Line's operating expense increased in January over the same month last year "by $107,704; the Seaboard's increased January cost was $118,814. The Coast Line earned nearly, nine ; and a half millions from its freight business in January and about three millions from passenger business. The j Seaboard's freight earnings, gross, j were $524,590; the passenger earn j ings. gross, $182.377. Eoth roads show an increase in freight earnings, whereas both show decreases in pas senger earning;?.. The Coast Line in January hauled 395,571 tons of interstate fir ight and 113,591 of intra-state fre^ht, both showing increases. The Seaboard hauled 318,620 tolls of* interstate and 18,860 tons of .irira-state freight, both } showing increases. The greatest expense items the roads have to meet is transportation expenses. These have heavily increas ed. The Coast Line spent $600.000 for this item in January and the Seaboard spnet S 3 4 2.0'?S. Maintcnanace of equipment shows increased costs for both roads. The Coast Line spent less in January for maintenance of way and structures than for the same month last year, the Seaboard spent i more. The ('oast Line paid into county I treasuries in January. 1 20. taxes to the amount of $39,247. as compared j with $30,633 taxes for 1919; the Sca j board paid taxes this year in January 'to the amount eg $33.135. as compar ed with $29.821 for 1919. ! OVERALL CLUB j ORGANIZATION ! Birmingham Business Men En list in Campaign Against , High Prices - ! Birmingham. Ala.. April 9.? Two thounsad men joined the Overall Club against the high cost of living at a mass meeting held Monday night to discuss the proposition to don overalls I until living cost tunibless. ! HUNTING FOR PO LICE GRAFTERS Bis Scandal Brewing In New York Department New York. April 9.?Investigation >f vhe bank accounts and tsoc specu lations of five police officials has been l>o^run by Assistant District Attorney Smith, who is said, to he alter bigger game. FOOD SHORTAGE IN NEW YORK Strike Threatens to Result In Suffering In Big City New York. April 9.- The strikes .?' marine workers. switchmen and freight yard employees threaten a food shortage here, according to .i. .(. Mantel, head of the railroad mana^ era' association, =0. Wonders of Burbank, Plant Wizard, Theme of Chautauqua Lecture The marvelous achievements of Luther Burbank, the plant wizard, will be related to Redpath Chautau qua audiences this season. Mr. Burbank is so bujsy with his plants that he is unable to leave them to tell about the things he has accomplished, but his co-worker'and m HENRY A. ADRIAN. friend, Henry A. Adrian, educator and lecturer, has consented to do sol Mr. Adrian will carry with him and show to his audiences specimens of the new plants and improved vari eties that Mr. Burbank has produced and will tell of the wonders accom plished and to be accomplished. Mr. Adrian uses the .development of plant life as a plea for the devel opment of child life as w"ell. ALLIES CONDEMN FRENCH ACTION Occupation of German Territory Was Without Consent of Other Powers London, April 5.?After a long con rerence which the French ambassador Paul Cambori. had with Premier Lloyd George today, and a i 'U dis cussion of the French-German inci [ dent by the cabinet council, at which the French view was fully explained to the British ministers, an authori tative statement was issued to the of-, feet that France acted entirely on her own initiative in deciding to occupy German towns: that Great Britain, the United States. Italy and Belgium were all oppose:! to the plan, and that France's action has caused a delicate situation. The matter is .under discussion of the British apd French governments, and the hope is expressed that the sit uation may b?? eased. The statement recites various ex pedients suggested for dealing with the Ruhr situation, among others, the sending of Allied officers with we German troops to supervise the Ger man withdrawal. Another alternative was that the decision should be left with the German government, with, the stipulation that unless the status quo was sufficiently restored the Astes themselves would occupy German points to enforce their demands. THE CONFEDER ATE REUNION Sponsor and Matron of Honor Appointed ^ Columbia; April 8.?The annual re union of the South Carolina division of the United Confederate veterans will be held in Sumter, May 5 and 6, according to general orders No. 1 is sued by David Cardwell by order of Maj. Gen. W. A. Clark, commanding the South Carolina division. The iirst session of the convention will open in the Sumter court house at 10 o'clock the morning of May 5, each camp being entitled to one delegate for each 12 active members. The prinicpTe speaker of the convention will be Thomas G. McLeod, former lieutenant governor of the state, who will address the convention at noon on the filirst day of the reunion. The sponsor of the division is Miss Henrietta Boykin. of Sumter. \vbilc the morton of honor is Mrs. Walter C. White, also of Sumter. The program of social event will be announced by the.Sumter committee in charge of ar rangements for the convention while the schedule of business meetings wiil be announced by the commander as* soon as arranged. The annual parade of the veterans will take place at t>'b. ck on the af I ternoon of the second dav. SCHOOL FOR i AVIATORS j j Civilian Students May Enter Army Air Service Washington. April y.-?Civilians de ; siring aviation training will be accept ! ed as students in tin- army service. They will be paid *7.~ a month. Stu dents will be accepted between the! liig.-s of twenty and tweirty-se>venj yea i s. STRIKERS RE TURN TO WORK Puffalo. April Towermen were the t'"*sl members of the new yard men's association to return to work, railroad officials said. Desertions are reported, "l other strikers,_ Keep Your Liver Active, Your System Purified and Free ttcm Colds by Taking Calotabs, the Nausealess Calomel Tablets, that are De lightful, Safe and Sure. Physicians and Druggists are advis ing their friends to keep their systems purified and their organs iu perfect working order as a protection against the refurn of influenza. They know that a clogged up system and a lazy liver favor colds, influenza and serious complications."" To cut short a cold overnight and to prevent serious complications, take one Calotab at 'bedtime with a. swallow of water?that all. Ko salts, no nausea, no griping, no sickening after effects. Next morning your cold lias vanished, your liver is active, your system is puri fied and refreshed and you are feeling fine with a hearty appetite for break fast. Eat what you please?no danger. Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages, price thirty-five cents. Every druggist is authorized to refund your money if you are not perfectly delighted with Calotabs.?(Adv.) ENTENT POWERS DISCUSS ACTION OF THE FRENCH Paris, April '('.?The British atti tude regarding French occupation of Frankfort will cause the opening of diplomatic conversations between the Entente powers on the whole subject, according to reports current in offi cial circles. NEW YORK BURG LARS ARE BUSY New York. April 9.?Detectives who are searching for bank burglars say they invaded the same block three times and stole $125,000 worth of merchandise. . \ ? ? - * ? - v t OHIO COLLEGE IS BURNED Urbana, Ohio. April 9?Barkley haU of Urbana University, the only Sweii en-Borgian institution in this country, was bruned last night. The loss ffftS *50,0O0. N r . ANNUAL COUNCIL MEE^TIXG Episcopalians of State to Discuss'Im portant Matters. Cheraw, April 8.?Owing to conflict with the date of the meeting of the State Democratic convention on May 19, Bishop W. A. Guerry has changed the date of the meeting of the annual council of the Episcopal Church frcup. May IS to May 11. The meeting will be held in the Church of the Advent, Spartanburg, the Rev. Yv". H. K. Pen dleton, rector. It is expected that this will be one of the most important meetings held in recent years. The matter of either dividing the diocese or giving the bishop ah assistant "will come up for decision. Also. important matters in connection with the reor ganization of the .work of the church along progressive lines necessitated by the nation-wide campaign of the church which was recently brought to a successful conclusion in this State. . HAIL DEFICIT IXCBEASES. Government Income Far Below Ex penses * Washington, April 8.?Railroad op erating revenues for February, tho last month of federal control, fell $.8. 654,000 below operating expenses and thereby increased the government's deficit in operation, the Interstate Commerce Commission reported today Sumtcr Builders' Exchange. Last Monday evening at the Sum ter Chamber of Commerce twenty five of Suinter's building contractors and dealers in building supplies, plumbers,, and building supply manu facturers mfet and organized a local builders' exchange. A repre. Native of the National As sociation of Builders' Exchanges, Mr. Craig. of Atlanta, was present and as sisted in the organization by a very interesting discussion of the objects and advantages of such an associa tion, not only to its members hue al so to owners of buildings and the community generally. The following officers and board of directors were elected to serve for one year: j. M. Harby. president: W. K. Moore, vice-president; R. L. MeLeod. treasurer. (Secretary to be elected by the hoard of directors later.) Board of directors: The four officers above named with Messrs. T. H. Sid dall, G. P. KnowJes, YV. F. Carr. J. W. McKiever. L. M. King, S. S. Leonard and Mr. Cash ion. Among the objects of the Associa tion are the following: The promo tion and protection of the general in terests of the building industry of the United States: to secure the highest standard of efficiency; a more uniform! system and harmonius relation with those connected with the building in dustry, whether they be engaged in ihr manufacture, or sale of appliances supplies, materials, or in the installa tion of appliances, the use of materials or the erection and maintenance of buildings; to secure a more equitable system of dealing between architect, owner and contractor, to the end that the interests =>f all parties concerned tnay bv- fully protected,_.,