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"THE SLMTER WATCK5IAX, Egftablis Ckmsolfiiated Aug. 2,1 IN THE CHURCH They Shall Be Allowed to Act as Elders and Fill thePufeit Will Be %jtf Considered Philadelphia, May i2-r:\*rhether wo- ! men" sh?H be- allowed to "fill the pul- I pits of Pre*yterian churches or to act its^efders, will be one ot the important questions considered at 132nd annual meeting of the General Assembly of] the Presbyterian church, beginning! May 20. At the last genfer?ly assembly a special comrmittee * w? appointed to determine the views of the constituen on whether women' should hold of 1: position in the 6hurch organi ?nt * Dr. S; Hal! Yovfchgf chairman, is withholding all irif?fm???n on the , A serious discussion is anti cipated % the measure of the con tinued partfcipation of the church in -the B?e?h?rcn^W -The New Era Movement, the Inter church World Movement ah orgari ? ized- union: *>* ' Christianity, the rela tion, of Church to industry and the killing of Christians by the Turks are the most important subjects to be. dis closed*; The 100th an^rversary of the Pres byterian. Board of Education, which ? ..b*ow-,ia combined with; the college bp?j-rf.m ^e general, Board of Ediica ?c^p and the fiftieth anniversary of ti?^^omen^s boards of foreignf.mls siona' will be observed in. conection with the meeting. -:j?V"- James Gray Bolton, chairman of Vae publicity committee, points out in conection with the new era and fnterbhurch movements that from ifcjF?'&v 191.9 the Presbyterian church tltas proyrn from ten ministers, eight lien churches and 1,000 communicants to 9,S18 ministers. 9,805 churches and 1; $03,033 members. The , communi C^i^i, who are those on the roll in gix>d standing, represent a Presbyter t3? constituency of 6,000,000, includ ing tapttted Children and adncrents J?fejsare not members, ? * ^':f^89>the year in which appears ^he. first. record of benevolence - for! 'outsider the. Presbytery or the j i^^^thialvehurch/ there was $.852 de vot?^ to*'this/ purpose:' In 1919; the ?lirii: confributed' "for benevolence f*Hll,<85.327: ? - . r, John McDowell*secretary of the board of home-missions, and director of .the" department * of social'service fji *tto> !Kew; Era Movement, * will suh ~|iJe^Uis^,-e report, on.'the.reIaT. SPSiS r<mnrc*h ? to*-industry. -: This. ^?corsL-with directions 'rgiyen at ^seeding generalassembly, r.s McDowell- has ''conferred with e^p!oy>rs 'and employes.. His; effort has been; to reconcile differences along Christian ? lines. ' Establishment of schools for foremen is one "? sugges tion ho"makes, , in the belief that fore men itre frequently the cause of Clashes:. * " " '"* AS TO MEASURES Columbia, .May 11? Commissioner Harris wishes to' direct the attention of the public, and especially of house Wives. to the practice, more or less C^ferai, by which the public is im posed upon in-the use* of liquid meas ures for dry measures. The quickest fcnd correct way to put a istop to thid practice, says Mr. Harris, is for the public to resent it and to require the use of proper measures for dry com , Ifltodities. ? - ?' "First,'* said Mr. Harris,' "1;wish to ?notify merchants,, peddlers, etc.'. ? ?f>t "to practice, or ta. continue to practice, this substitut&n. ..Then J would like for the housewives, to.' demand, of sales-, i men the use of dry'!^ measures for all*] dry commodities, such as peas, beans, potatoes, rice, etc., and- not to acceptj them when measured in liquid meas-- 1 ures. "I have just received a report from Inspectors Gibert and Itenheriy, who fiav? been operating in 'OTeenVille for a week. They cendemned and confis cated 25 per cent of tire 133 liquid measures that they found.* I doubt Snot that the ?same per <%niage of con- j ditions obtain over ail the State. The' public can and should help' us to stop it" MEXICAN REVOLU TION SUCCEEDS Mexican revolutionists seem to *~3iave obtained virtually all of their ob jectives with the possible exception-of the capture of President- Carranza. The rebels claim that Carranza has been taken, but Vera Cruz ' reported that CEirranzfa is making a stand with loyal forces at San Macos, standing twenty-iive m?es away. Life Insurance Business Prospers Washington, May 12?If .life insur ance business is any indeXt certainly no panic is in sight. Job. E.. Hedges. New York, toid the convention of life insurance lawyers. He said the peo ple are buying twice as much life in surance as in 3 918. Constantinople, May 12?Fifty-six American relief workers have been brought here by the cruiser Pitts burgh. Washington. May 12?President Carranza. and cabinet left Mexico City las* Friday by train, apparently going In'the'direction of Vera Cruz, accord lug to a message to the State Depart ement from the American embassy at Hexicx> JKiy, ^_ hed April, 1S50. "Be Jost \ 881. k gongress ^ to cut cost Farm Organizations Ask for Re duction in Cost of Naval and Military Estab lishments Chicago, May 12?Resolutions ask iirig Congress for . legislation to reduce the cost of naval and military estab lishments are up for consideration at l^the conference of representatives of ; farm: organizations of the United States meeting here. trial of gosnell State Introduces Three Wit nesses During Pirat Day. Eye Witness on Stand :?- Greenville,. May. ,U?Charged with :th?. murder of Sheriff Hendrix .Rector, on 4ijly; 4, 1919, Jake; Gosnell, federal r^i^ue agent, was . placed on trial this; morning in the court of general sessions which convened yesterday;. The Jury was secured by noon, and the afternoon session, of .the court was devoted to the beginning of State tes-* timony. It is generally expected that the case wiU last until the latter part of-the. week. . - ... The following , jury was. selected in* ithe case: C. B. Martin, foreman; P. W. Shockley, Herman McManaway, E. ~E. Gary;. A.- H'. Weils, Frances j. Beatty, Sloan Black, T. D.. Davis, J AL . Hughes, Robert Bailey, Charles Manly, l?fayette Talley. The State at the outset introduced as witnesses W. BU Kell?r, friend of Gosnell and eye witness of the killing; and Dr. Vt. C. Black,, who performed ttro. autopsiss upon. Rector's bod>v Dr. Black testified that in his opin ion, the bullet which entered Rector's body two and one-half inches poster-' cr, to the rear of the auxiliary lino between the sixth and seventh ribs was the first shot fired by Gosnell. The State is endeavoring to prove that the bullet was fired when Recor had his back" partially turned toward Gos nelL .. .KeUar related, simply the ^details of the tragedy, which . occurred in Bris coe's garage oncourt^sfcreeti" His. testi mony, was virtually,the^'sajne as. tha* given by/him" at the inquest. He as serted t^iat while Gosneil's car was ber ing- repaired,; Rector walked, in and passing <3k?nen, .'greeted, him. /? .Gosnell"did-not reutrn the * ting. Rector told him he did not care whether iie^spoke x*r sjot.. - Gosnell re plied that he did npt care to have any words with Rector,; and .Rector then, according -io> the * witness cursed Gos nell. making an unmentionable reflec tion upon Gosneil's.Jmother. Gosnell j rose from a sitting posture behind hist automobile' and began firing, at Rec tor. ~J.' H. Allison, coroner for Greenville county, tsetified that he and Rector were members of a small group of men who were clebefating the holiday by drinking: blockade beverages in the | garage office on the morning of the killing. The sheriff, he said, stepped out of the office door into the main j ibuilding where he ran upon Gosnell. j He said Rector had taken one drink with him an dthe others. chic0ra college j commencement; The annual, commencement exercis-j ep,of C-Mcora Collec tor Women Kill ?take placg May 23 to^SS/ The college has becff fortunate ih securing leading n?rtistcrsi^awdU e^hciitors for the pub lic addressesjDf thte ocbasion. Rev. F. :"W\. Gregff^ i^^^wiii; deliver the bac-! calaurea-te sermon.. Dr. Gregg is a j graduate of Columbia Theological] Seminary and for a number of years j has been pastor .of the First Presby-| j terian church of Rock Hill. Rev. "Wade H. Boggs will preach; j the TJ^W: C.:? serjnon. Mr. Boggs is I the successful pastor of the Arsenal Hill :Pi^byterian church, of Colum bia. . x ? The li*KT8rry -address in connection with the graduating! exercises will be i delivered by Supt. S. H. Edmunds, j LJJ.D., of Sumter, S. C. Dr. Edmunds is a recognized leader in the field of! j education. ! There are 19 members of the grad uating class and the enrollment of the college for the session is the largest I in its career. church council closed to women - ! Spartanburg. May 11?A resolution j whereby women would be given equal j privilege -with men; in the council of j I the church was lost tonight by one i vote in the diocesan council of the j ' Episcopal church of South Carolina, j in session hore. A resolution \ras passed establish ? tng diocesan headquarters, which will j probably be located in Columbia, j A reslution was passed this mom i ing favoring the appointment of com* jmittees to prevent interracial clashes. |The important question of an assist ant to tho bishop comes up tomorrow. ; There are 13?? delegates attending ! the convention. Bishop William A. jGuerry is presiding. Birmingham. Ala. May 12?Re | turns gathered by the Age-Herald in j the Alabama primary yesterday indi cated that Senator Underwood is nom inated to succeed himself and Rellin. ! White and O'Neil are in a close three ! corned race for the seat of the late [Senator-Bankhead. The Age-Herald estimates Underwood's majority at 20.000 votes. I and Fear Not-?Let a]] the ends Thon 1 SUMTER, 8. C , SATE j lin,,J,gBB-g-gB-?-MjgBB( 'i^lMANTS ' FINANCES ? ? ? ? ,The Printing of Paper Money the Only Flourishing Industry Eerlin, May 1.?Germany's paper money now in circulation amounts to 6(7,000,000,000 marks, and isJncreasing| by. 1,000.000,000 marks a weejC de clares August Mueller, "formerMtaisterj of . Economics. , ? v . . The printing of bank notes is > the only flourishing industry in . Germany j today, he writes in an article in the Abendblatt. He attributes this activ ity in. printing of money, to govern ment subsidies, undertaken in a vain effort to veduce the prices of food and also to ih* continual increasing of sal aries ' V an absurdly growing .official dom who find next day they are no better off, owing to the .overnight de>; cline-.of Ahe -buying? power or the- pi- j ? per i-ia." j . , .Germany's indebtedness, says He*r Mueller, is'now about 23v.qao,000;#& marks, This, he adds, is, perhaps, deanaable at the present low value at. the-imark but never* if it recover ev^j' half of its.former value,| Herr Mueller is-unable, tor ssee;;R; rtraedy except in. increasing produc t'ony.-which, he says,, seems . to. pre occupy the present nale.rs . of Germany less- -than the anxiety to keep in: office, SUNDAY SCHOOL A The 43rd Annual Convention Is Held at Greenville May 4/5 and 6 Spartanburg, May ^?-Th e ' - forty'* third annual State Sunday ^nodlcon-: vention, held in Greenv-ill* an. Mar-^, 5 and ?..was pronounced, by tiwj.del^r gates, in'attendance the* greatest? ron^ vention yet held by the South'Carof lina Sunday School. Association. : T%4 progranv has never been excelled, the quality of work .done, waj [tnost .et* celleht,j. and ; the 1 interest intense throughout '.the con^ehtiph./; A'^fajrt com?eiitfd. uponV wa?^ that all era 'oh'"the program 'were:. on, Tfand, wit bout/.ah_.' exception, and.* the'^pr.v; gram'm?yed.t. .upder/the le?dershio- ?t the President, Hof?cje Ii lfom*r,^. osf Sparta^burg/1ike clock,worrkv v ' ?.. : - ?etwe>n'l?wei.vV^?^^ counties..were, represented. < ATf?e . gen> eral sessions -and*, conferences ..were full of addresses of ih* highest b.wtll ty., and the -greatest power ' 'The pag eant, "The Right of the Child,!'whu-h was presented in the opera house, was fe. great success, and other"spe^'ai fea tures, were splendidtv received^ The Association officers' break;'aii confer ence "wasj pronounced the. best ever attended by a/.lumber of tho out-Of Stat?j.'speakers. " .' . .' -4, The. financial report or the, tre&s I urer indicated ..hat t.'te butiset for ^he I "*-nr will, be more than raised by the ! 15th of May, when. the treasurer's j books will close. At least $7,000 $nore was received during tue. past year than ever before The A??ocia tion is grateful for ti e .hearty sup port which has come from the Sun day Schools and fro-c individuals' in the State who are having so large a part in the Sunday School work of the State. The resignation Oi II. \\ "Webb, as general secretary of t-te Stale Asso ciation, was received with deep re gret. In speaking of Mr. Webb's work in the Statj, the executive (oni mittee chairman, the Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton, stated that Mr. Webb had made for himself a. large place in the hearts of the people, of the State by the thoroughness of his work, and his consecration to the cause of religious education for all the people, and that he numbered his friends by the thou sands. A significant statement made by Mr; Pendleton was tbaJ. if Mr. Webb" had any enemies in the State it was" an honor to have them as en emies, and would be dishonor to have tlrem as his frineds. Under Mr. I Webb's leadership the Associa tion has become more efficient iii every respect and is an important factor in. the educational life of the State. . . To carry forward the work in South South Carolina. Leon C. Palmer, of Montgomery. Ala., general secretary of the Alabama Sunday School Asso ciation, was elected by the executive ! committee. Mr. Palmer is well equip j ped for the work in this State, and j great achievements may be expected [ under his direction. The Association ; is fortunate in being able to secure Mr. Palmer as a successor to Mr. Webb. The present employed force. ! Miss Cora Holland, children's division superintendent: Miss Tone Alverson (?and Miss Susie Bender, office assist ants, will be retained. Mr. Webb will remain in South Carolina until the ! 15th of June, at which time Mr. (Palmer will actively assume the work 'as general secretary. j New Bern, N. C May 12?John A. \ Park, of Raleigh, has purchased the ! New Bern Sun-Journal. j Washington. May 12?Secretary j Daniels appearirg before the senate j investigating committee today read 4 i confidential telegram sent by Presl ? dent "Wilson to Admiral Sims in Lon j don during the war in which the President expressed surprise 'that the British admiralty had I failed to use Great Britain's great nav | al. superiority effectively against sub* j marines, and ealled on Sims for com ' mmts and suggestions. Urns't at be thy. Country's, Thy God's a r&dat, May i6.1920T JU ? 1' f 1 .?J_ MEXICftl? QUIET TODAY Water, Light and Power Serv ices In Operation With Tre viri 0 in Command . 'M-- ??' , . Mexico City,-May 10.?Via El-Paso Junction and Dallas.^-Mexico City to day was quiet/ with water, light and power services in full operation. Gen-| era! Jacintd T/reyino, to whom Gen. Itotunato?-, ?ua Jfcua surrendered the j : national capital, has been named mil-j itary. commander of the city. Gen-1 era! Oregon ... told. American guests j that be ;could have taken Mexico! City a week parlier but preferred to I wait r and . give ..President Carranza a chance to resign, and avoid all disor-j der ahd, bloodaned. Throughout the entire rebel movement,' he said, there had b?en virtually no bloodshed and disorder lih any'part of, the country. ;;^*ftU - reports received here bear out General pbl*igpri*s contention that the jtoeiaT of the liberal revolution has been 'to ?tvold fighting and bring; about a peaceful change" in government and to j 'jBCter hold free Elections. The most eti^ed iP.oiht; of the revolutionary I leaders was that the revolution was/a moral one against imposition by Car ranza of a regime under his own presiden^l^eandidate., I?IRY TAXES Amount Pafti for Luxury Taxes Indicates That the Coun try Js Oh the Peck of Extravagance ?New York, May lS-^iunury buying fn'.New4 J4mM -now going oh at the :rate of $li2d0,Q?0,00O'a year judged j by the amount of luxury^tastes, aggre-1 gating. ilOtSoOfO?O a month?which j are being collected by William. H. Edr | ^wards, United States Colcctor of In- j fcernai Itevenhe . for Manhattan. In Pebrd'ary. according to the: Collector,! the government received from his of fice ^2,000,1)00 more m . luxury taxes than was paid ih any previous month in the history cixt the department. The month of April probably will" exceed thVm all. '/?n?; receipts^ he .sa?s', have ?been' 'mounting- Higher and higher:for j "?ix *mo'n?hs.-'. * j [ " V: . >-'"' '? "What some people call the 'org? iqf spe'naing'-'n?? hot exhausted itseirr sai'dJtfr. Edwardfe today, i.'b'ut piy. men,? . ? 'ih'eir ? talks with -merchants-and ot? . ers who.T?ay the,great bulk - of the tax-. ^^Tk^^b?^im?. ij??\?^%e^ of " 'extrayag?ncV 'seems ? to \ have; bpen reached jind. thai a "period Of "retrench ment 4s etose at hand.:> t. . . ?-, ?<'?"We hear; a lot about the.iucome and excess' profits' tax. that f a.l!s;.du*?. i?. t he sprin'g of eVery year and. ?hotit the hardships of meeting it but. the fact is that the steadiest tax, and one.which is least felt'by the public andof which we hear vefjj little is mel'hixury. im post. The poorer chap who, buys bis girl an Ice cream soda docsiTt grum ' mV at the gently or two tax' any more -than does the rich youth who presents his fiance With a i diamond tiara cr a touring car. Neither misses it as the item is so small as compared with j the expenditure. j "A king's [ransom was spent for; candy last "December but the biggest revenue came from dealers in jewelry, furs and automobiles." The theatres Showed that in January they did an unsually prosperous business. When persons star; to Economize they us ually cuit o?t-amusements but in Jan uary', in the jjotough of Manhattan alone, $788,981.43 was paid-in taxes. Multiply that.by ten and you will get some idea of how much Father Knick erbocker and hi j guests are paying to bo entertained at just the theaters. There are no indications of any panic in these figures. The man who said: 'Always be a bull on the great U. S. A.' seems to be vindicated. "An Interesting thing about the lux ury- tax is that more revenue is beftfe derived from ice cream sodas and oth er snail sales Which carry a penny or two of tax than ihere is from the sale of motpr cars,'diamonds and other, luxuries. Druggists paid a large sum on expensive perfumes and cosmetics. t Every manufacturer, producer or im porter is required to make such re turns as. will clearly show each tax? able transaction in the sale of certain J goods and these are verified by rev-; jenue officers. Section 904 of the Rev-; jenue Act of 1918, provides that 'oni and after May! 1, 1919' the tax of 10 per cent shall be levied and collected J on luxuries, including many kinds of expensive articles in daily use. In the j sale of these articles the dealer acts as j ja collection a?ent for the government, j Other taxes are.paid in the form of| 1 stamps. j "One of the reasons for ti:_ falling! j off in the receipts of income and cx- j cess profits taxes this year was ihe deduction which the taxpayer made! for sums which he paid to the govern- ! ment for luxury, proprietary and oth-1 er taxes. Here is an illustration. Let ? I us say that a man takes his wife to j (the theater twice a week. He pays : j ?6 each time he goes for two tickets. \ j The tax on each of the seats is 30 : jcenta On four seats a week he pays! j $1.20 and in one year J6-M0. He is | I privileged to deduct that from his net i ! income before computing his income j i tax. The same rule would apply to j any other tax he may have paid to) |the government during the y?ar. Aj j person, however. Is required to prove that he actually expended the money I for luxuries if any question is raised j on his return. There have been com- j 'paratively few attempts at evasion. In; i fact, the amodnt received by this of Jifici? in luxury, and other taaes. is a : monument to the honesty of the maj i ority of the people of this great city." nd Truth's.*' THE TRUE S( HARDWARE MEN REP0R?G00D YEAR Most Prosperous Twelve Months' Enjoyed In North and South Carolina Greenville, May 11?The .past 12 j months constituted the most prosper ous year ever experienced . by the' hardware merchants of North and South Carolina, according to reports submitted at the opening session of the sixteenth annual convention of the Hardware Association of the Caro linas. No failures were reported and many new concerns, opened to share in the prosperity enjoyed by all, President J. M. Anderson, of Columbia, reported. A hundred leading manufacturing concerns throughout the country have comprehensive displays, at the South ern exposition, whichr is being held in connection with .the convention. More than 300 acfiv^.dealers are in attend ance. NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL San Francisco, May 12?More than 2.000 delegates are asembled here for ;tbe convention of the National - For eign Trade Council. Sa^' Francisco, May 12r-American rcoreign traders, from many States a^? j ?rom "far shores of several seas, mej j at the>;ational Foreign. Trade conve^ : tion here today to discuss, probten? j in their fight for American trade su premacy and to plan for improvement of America's new merchant marine and the increase of the nation's ex ports and imports. "Effect of Being a Creditor Nation," :s the convention theme and problems encountered on the Pacific probably are to predominate in the discussions. Session topics include, "Fundamentals of Our Foreign . Trades," 1 "Foreign Trade Policies." "The Merchant Ma rine," and "National Program for Foreign Trade." One group "session will consider, Russian trade problems. Others will take up financing and ad vertising foreign trade,-, transportation anil communication and Imports and exports. . ... ' : Delegates .have' been arriving for days by. boats and special trains. Near ly every delegation has a program to present. .. The: Chinese representatives wiH urge passage, of a .bill, now be fore Congress S&ttlt? .tloh "<3T TOihpanies in America for Tbr elgn trade.' 'The'meh from *the Philiji pines are to urge creation of a govV ernment agency with power to-control American -shipping in the- Far East. Both thesev :measures; delegates said, would help Americans in'their trade struggles with British and: Japanese. James A. Farrell, New York, presi dent of the United States Steel Corp oration and chairman of the National Foreign ' Trade 'Council is com*ention chairman. Sjteaikers are to include W. C. Redfield. Torroer Secretary of Com merce, Dr. David P. Barrows, presi dent of the University of California; William Sproule; : president of the. 3euthern Pacific. Railway Co.; and W. L. Saunders, New York, president of the American Manufacturers' Export Association. The convention, the seventh of its kind, was called by the National For eign Trade Council. The meeting will continue until Saturday. Conven tion officials estimated the total reg istration would reach aprroximately 2,500. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION Indianapolis, May 12?The Indiana i Republican State convention is meet ing here today to elect delegates to the Chicago convention. Endorse ment of State ticket to oppose non partisan league candidates in the June primary was. the principal busi ness before the Republican State con vention. Foreign Diplomats Re ceived by President Washington, May 12?President Wilson today began receiving foreign diplomats, who have been-waiting ah I improvement in his health to present j their credentials. Farmers Won't Plant. j Vienna. May 11?Complaint that i farmers refuse to plant food crops for i sale to Vienna and other cities is fre ! quently heard here. At a meeting of the Vienna Medical Association it was charged that the Alpine farmers are confining their planting to just what they will need themselves and that even less produce than last fall will be available for Vi enna at the next harvest. One speak er said that while Austria had more milch cows than Switzerland, children] were dying here for the lack of milk.! In the provinces it was being fed to pigs. I Washington, May 42?Joseph M. Nye, chief special agent of the State Department, has resigned Iiis position. Washington, May 12?Existing:sec- j ond-class mail rates woufdlpe eentin- j ued until July 1. 1921. aider a., bill! favorably reported by the trfcnse post- | office committee. ! Eagle Pass. Texas, May 12?Piedras! Negras, commander of the Mexican: garrison in the town opposite here,-! surrendered to the revolutionists with- j out firing a shot, ' -;- mm )UTHROX, Established June- i, iit*. Vol. L. Sou WORKING FOR SOUTH CAROLINA Members of the Press and Prom inent Citizens Confer at y Luncheon ; * Columbia, May 12r?G;o vernor Rob ert A. Cooper,- A. B. Jordan, president; of the South Carolina-Press Assot^i tion, and Charles H. Barron, of tjjfe umbia,' acted as hosts .on behaljf^&r' the South Carolina DevelopmSftT Board at a luncheon in. this city yej&r. terday to representatives of .the news papers of the state. .The, newspaper men were asked to meet.in order.that they might be given nrst-hand, iuidjv onation of the purposes of tbe^deye|-.' opment board and of the plans for^tho State-wide campaign for' Which rpit"r parations are being made. * Governor Cooper sounded the key note of the movement represented \$ the ? South Carolina Development Board when he said that "every; State should Have a definite "iprograra; De velopment means not alone the^weaUfr but the comfort, the rheafth and tjje happiriess of the people; in', shnrfc "a better civilization and all that term means. The people of Sp?ttf ;Ca^-' iina are now prepared to toiow.:^)Sp; truth about themselves,; to kndw^ff actly where they stand, ,j What $u?jr' have and what they laclf^and then--^>. unitedly about- the ta?r efc securing those things they, need to' attaiu&S fuller life.": Among , those present a^ ^h?"7i * cheon .were: E. ?; Aull; (jW. W. Ball, Columbia;. R-.N?? ,Georgetpwrt; Harold C; Booker,. ?#t-; umbia; G. P. Brown, Anderson Cormack, Columbia;; H: V/R Eldrtdge, Columbia; J. T, rFajny Rock. JSfij&&, Irby Koon, Columbia; Fit? Hugh' ';&<s Master, ColumbiaY W M. Otner, ville; TV*. D. PoWell,Bam berg; -I'YTO-.V Sea well, Winnsboro*; ' J:oe) S?ari*3,j?$k umbia; Wi TT Telley, ^mg^reej Vd?jJ; Williams, Rock Mit;', W. ? Wi Lexington; W. H.. Wallaec, 'Kewfii Jack Xoung, Columbia. Governor Cooper, presided. . IjjS introductory remarks he anno 1 that he had aceep'ted tfie ctialrm#j of. the State'.;executive cot which has bejeh;formed to. have, ait charge of. the. campaign. chairman of .this . cdinfSffeee is'Xor) I Governor' Ric^i^X7|i^^i^;j^ j Governor, .t?td'wliy.'fce'^^tee^i^ terested in. the ? S?uth~ OaVpj&a r Ifei op'ment.'B^ajxl.' -He ,b^vbeehimp$ ed.. he said, by.-tjnV^ character; and> ceritv of ? purpose' ot^e'jnep jri hr&^ai thc-or ! where.- its..0^. ac^dnip! urging it- to hip^ef^s^a^t^?fii \i It was 'poi^t^Out'JU^;:.^e^ eneet -of sbm'b of th^ newspaper menhad'.been arr?ng? the whole" pi?p:m^^'b;e^?i4v j them for their; e:<Ui^ the firm conyiet^",^',th^...pr'e^nf.?" cers of the .de^elojJth-gmt noa*4** I the editors of tne'.St^e xepre&n^J^ reflect public se^na.ent'jigiiere rately than; any other:^rftup. . out the deveibprteni of the pr^JraS and plans of the-board, it wapr""3"* the officers h'oped;to h?ye the ai and counsel of: all' citiaenS' of if Carolina who have constructive regarding the. iSta*e*s5^.pro^ienits^ future. . Bejc??se ;the ,Seti*l*. Car^}^ Development Board .totehdarrto. deal 3j' specific . prepesitiprjrsj , ohly,. J.t .i?V^fl feeling that the editors ea4 and "wilt be of great assistance m. th^e pafri^tib undertaking of making South CarOlirfa: known all over th^country as the; est State in the: Union. ^ . ; V ' Clement S. Ucker. of Baltimprei made an analysis;.of.the condittoijp^n, the South generally'and in South J?& rolina in particular, which he'sjaid was the result of'fteven years, study. He recalled the marvelous progres$4t the State- in the last few .years ja^d ! expressed the ^belief that this h44 awakened the people to such an'e^;^ tent that there was now ample groupd ?. for a campaign of '^wake up, clean.t|j> and then advertise.". He declared that from.an. iptimate personal kn6m edge of. California he coul4 assert, without fear tof contradictloft that X$kt j State in its best days did not have.one half the basic qualities which South Carolina has.- ITe. attributed Caji-'' I fornia's remarkable success , to* the [spirit of determination ,to do which ' the present Californians inhejrited from the pioneers and he hoped for .-a like spirit in South Carotina. . Charles H. Barron. speaking frb'ra the .standpoint of a Columbia . meft. told of his early interest in the South Carolina Development Board as'an.uri .sclffsh' endeavor to promote the best interests of the State and capitalize::^ potential possibilities. He -said ^ titat his more intimate acq.uaintan6e w? the movement had rna?e him nl$^ . certain of its fundamental soundnei?." , The last speaker was Mr. Jefda^r. who said he had gladly united, f?th the Governor in asking the neWsp? per men to come to Columbia to Ol eome familar with the raovemeni He had seen in it something every., think ;ng citizen of South Carolina had been4 hoping for, and he unreservedly com mended the Development Board and its purposes, WILSON WILL CALL MEETING First Meeting of League of Na tions to Be Called By President Wilson Washington. May 12?The first meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations probably will be called by President Wilson. It is esr timated that four months should elapse between the call and the ac tual meeting. _J