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? t Forty Weeks] June Tenth ITC WILL I I THIRTY DOLLARS ling Nicely on Washington School He ganounced, tha school* ifpf the full session on Sep Hi nr dsy* curlier than ur ?vdfool* thin year 'Pill ev? il, period of forty week*, he tenth of June This >een folly explained. The \egejth*iong the ^s*ton I? do more work e|id to do oughly. without unnsora ?ltd hurry. The psychology I wdl he euch es to ma We the the pupil* leas of a nervous ?over, the teacher* can mere for the pupils und Ire*s l* the sole reason for ,; the benefit of the MUlreO*! ?I* uf the South hive been r.entag* in compart* ii with the North. In thut the school* run for *t least forty 'h year and have two sessions if The Southern schools have compete with the Northern although thr school* of the >* been running thirty six erdy ort? session a day schools have long 1*eOw| >p under which they The only Advantage* have had have been the Mr pupils are wisely pre? nt entering echool until ?t la* at ats) year a of age. pre and the winter climate to tar snore conducive attendance. The > or log to lcngtheii becauea the Southern Increasing their require ' Owtteg* entrance and thoae gag go to collage are grven advantages in school. Stice is to or a prosperous mothers are selecting is that can be found in Moreover, the better schools become, the better OOr Southern institutions. But factor la that In Sum to do everything within Kr. consistent with wisdom, welfare of ear boya aod girls, ironta, we know, will back us Isaak Promt PS end mot ? on announced last spring, t he feeo for Igte pupil* below the win be thirty dolars for In the high school thero ftt.dtton fees: for both high sjre) Slate high school*, ft nan by the State of South , fad for that reason there are . feeo in the htgh school The ?ducalIon has found it nee tgfCrea** the tuition feea for he below the high sc ho. I. be icrease In the cost of ed ^?t BSSbUc expenae. A ay tax lew* not live In the city, to send a child to the t] r any elan? below the htgh wtil pay ISt.SO a year for auch If. however, he owns prop ttfto city his account for tul? les credited for th* tasea that as the elty for educational / ? 0 0 as progre?elng nlcelv on th* Ion School bulking- The of Education has atudled his whh coosidarable care. The centre w*a to move this build on a line wit! the other on the school square. While huHdlng could he mooed without to the building, still It waa Investigation thjat the coot g it would bo very great and this plan was abandoned, ting la an old one, having use for nearly thb t> It St to* valuable a building n |SWats and modernise. The build Originally *U ooo 00 and to. It I.* taaured for $'o? a.o. 'VJ^ a > leftnkt* Idea of wnat^*^>ul<l to nahwild this h^mtnT preaent The Board fs nov. having the hldgrtg *oo*nUd. an additional ^??sn r'+m*'*. and ? new heating riant iltejn The purpoae of the Board add four additional room* next Wham thla bulging Is finally .id It will he on* of the beat .a in the Oity. Even for this it session it will be very greatly d In many partlc jatra. owe |n th* Palhoun School if room Is he add ?d In th* basement for the de Ifejagoet of Setencs It 1* unfortu Ik at rooms in the basement of Calhoun School aid the Olrlf SV.hool have to bo used for reel purpose*; hut we are crowded tl*> limit and relief will come only w* have been able to add the er room* propo*ed to the Washing Ion a*, h ?ol building. /see With one exception all of the teach ng plaiee have been arranged foi It ? hoped that this may be done thla geek sad then the list of the teach Srs w.lI b* pUhllahed. We co fidently it to best yssr'a work next Tnwi* has nsver b*en greater among the pupila of the ysar. Already they are es? lg wishes that school might be The Inaplrotlon of the pupils for week comes to a great extent the fourth year of tt* High ?I and ws ars expecting excellent If from the class of this year. f .jii, Aug. 19.?Ar< hbiabop ihx arrived in London toduy. On few reporter* *nd a hadful of Is were at the station and there sjo untoward lltefclenta. Only a ew/e*ne knew that he was com FOREIGN TRADE FIRM INDORSED American Banker's Association Organize Corporation JOHN McHUGH CHOSEN AS CHAIRMAN Will Maintain and Develop For? eign ' Markets For American Goods New York, Aug. 8?The organiza? tion of a foreign trade financing corporation on linen Indorsed by the American Hunker's Association and (he selection of John McHugh, Newj York banker, as chairman of the board of directors of the corpora? tion, are urged by the Administra? tiv Committee of the American Bankers Association in a resolution made public today. The purpose of this corporation will be to maintain and develop for elgn markets for American pro? ducts, according to a statement is. sued h' *e by William F. Collins, sec? retary o? the Association's Commerce and Marine' committee. of which Mr. McHugh is chairman. With "amply sufficient" resources and an efficient personnel, the state? ment continued, it is planned to en? list cooperation on a "wide and ef? fective scale' by banks of the coun? try, exporters and importers, man? ufacturers and* producers generally. The capitalisation of the proposed coporatlon may bA $100.000.000, It was said and the tentative date for its organisation is January 1 ,1921. Representation on the board of di? rectors, the statement added, will reflect stocks subscriptions In various sections of the country, and the cor? poration win give the foreign trade Interests of the different sections at? tention proportionate to their absorp? tion of the corporathVs debenture*. The personnel of the board of di? rectors and officers of Die corpora, tin will not he announced until Mr. McHugh returns from Europe. Cotton Manufacturers Make Protest Against Greatly Increased As sessments Against Them By Commission ? ' ' . I ' u?C I Columbia. Aug. 11? F. Barron drier of Oreenwood. attorney for the South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' Association, ami a delegation of about 20 cotton manufacturers from the Piedmont section a'e appearing be? fore tie South ('aroima tax commis? sion this moti leg to urge reductions [ In the ass**snr ents sgainst cotton I mills. The cotton mill assessments have been Increased about $l?,Ci)0.000. a greater Increase than in any other line of business in the state. No de cislon will he announced by the taxi commission but following a previous hearing It wrs announced that no adjustment would be made. ? ? ? Express Company Em? ployees Receive Raise Company Will Be Allowed To Raise Rates, to Meet Added Expenses Chicago. August 10?The Cnlted States railway labor board handed down a decision Increasing wages of th*? employees of the American Hall? way Express company l-lO.OOO.OOn yearly. Eight thousand men not Pro? vider for by the recent f?On.ooo.OOO wage award are affected by the raise. The increase in sixteen cents per hour retroactrive to May 1st. Coder the terms of the Esch Cum? mins act the express company will be permitted to raise their rates sufli ptteentjly to meet the increased labor ooet. ' Interstate Comission Grants Permission For Railroads to File Blanket Schedules Washington. Aug. 11.?Tlu? inter? state commerce commission has granted the railroads special permis? sion to file blanket schedules that make effective the new passenger Pullman rates. Similar permission was previously granted as to the freight rates and the roads are pre? paring to put all new rates into effect August :<> Russians Want Peace Leave To Go To Moscow To Consult with Soviets Two members of the Itusslan mis sion hay* departed on a British de? stroyer en route to Moscow to urge the Soviet acceptance of the British terms regarding Poland, says the Times today. Bandits Rob Store Hold Up Cleveland Jewelry Shop and Make Big Haul Cleveland. O., Aug. 10.?Three ban dlts held up a downtown Jewelry store ami shot and seriously wounded two employs ,,,?1 looted the ?afe of 120.000 worth of Jewelry. They es? caped in an automobile. YO?MAN STILL ACTING CRAZY To Face Trial For Murdering Brother-in-Law HELD PENDING ORDERS OF THE COURT Physicians of State Hospital Hav<? Him Under Close Ob? servation % Columbia, Aug. 11?Dick Yomans, tho Allendalc county man charged with killing his brother-in-law, John Dun bur, about the first part of Ju? ly, is still acting the part of a harm? less crazy man at the State hospital, according to advices from that insti? tution today. You mans is yet to face trial on the charge of murder? ing his brotber-in-law, announce? ment of the trial date having as yet been made. Advices from the Hos? pital are to the effect that Youmaris spends his time singng and talking loud and making other noises and performing funny unties; the bear? ing he assumed about two weeks ago. before being brought from the Allend.ill- county Jail to Columbia. Physicians of the State Hospital have the man under close observa? tion, with a view to determining his exact mental condition. After killing his brother-in-law, You mans was kept for several weeks in the Allendalc Jail. He was very quiet. All of a sudden about ten days or two weeks ago he began to act strangely, singing and dancing and Imagining all sorts of peculiar things. He was brought to Columbia, for the purpose of bcipg placed* either in the ?tate penitentiary or in the State Hospital. He was refused at both idaces, on the ground that he did not come with a court order for his admission into either Institution, st week he was again brought to lumbla, without court order, and ie was again rejected. He was tak? en to Charleston, where Judge Mon minger Issued the order for his con? finement in the State Hospital. He entered that institution last Saurday and is now under observdlon and treatment. He will be held pending orders of the court . Frierson and Aycok Ready Sumtejr Men in Carolina Law Department Expect a Great Year Columbia, Aug. 11?Announcement is made by J. Nelson Frierson, the newly elected dean of the law school at tho University, that ho will have the same classes this year that he taught last year as' a member of the Jaw faculty and that Prof. W. T. Ay 2ook. newly elected as a member of the law faculty, will have the classes taught by Prof. Thomas in years by. The' new dean of the law school Is making plans for the open? ing of the law school and the term which begins Sept. 15 promises to unusually successful. This is true of. the entire university. The law school faculty will make another appeal to the trustees and through them tq .the legislature of 1921 for appropria? tions sufficient to warant a Ihre? je?r Jaw course beginning in the Fall of 1921 .it is stated today. France Recognizes Wrangle Russian Gives Promise of De? feating the Bolsheviki Warsaw, Aug. 11.?Concentration and regrouping of the Polish forces for an extensive counter-strike on the Warsaw front is reported In to? day's newspapers. Paris. Aug. 11.?The French gov? ernment has decided lo recognize General Peter Wrangel of the defac to government in South Russia. In making the announcement, the minis? ter of foreign affairs said the recog? nition Implied the rendering to Gen? eral Wrangel of all possible military assistance. A large Russian foroc is pushing across the Danzig border to cut the railing of the Warsaw-Danzig rail? road, the French foreign office an? nounced today. The Poles plan to begin a counter mov'? In u few days and military men believe this is a propitious time to strikt* back in an effort to drive off the Soviet forces that are endeavoring to encircle the capital. The reason for France's recogni? tion of Wrangle were given as his promise to recognize Russia's' foreign debts and to wt up a Democratic government. France believes that Wrangle shows more promise of ove r? turning the Dolsbeviki than did the Poles, Dsaiktfie or Kolcbak, and they DOtnl out his success in turning all the Cossack tribes ugainst the Bolsheviki. Carraway Maintains Lead McCrea is Leading Terrell For Governor of Arkansas Little Hook, Aug. 11. ? RepiN?senta tive Caraway maintained his lead of 9.000 votes lodhy over Senattor Klr by for the Democratic senatorial nomination, acucrding Uf the Arkan? sas Demorrat, and T. C. McRea is still fi.Ooo ahead of Tom J. Terrall fur go\ernor. MAYFIELD HFAR 1NGT?EIDAY (Governor Will Consider Extra? dition Proceedings CHARGED WITjrF IMPERSO? NATING OFFICERS X ________ Bamberg Farmer Chaiged with Kidnapping Two Negroes Columbia, Aug. 10?Governor Cooper will probably next Tuesday or Wednesday honor the extradition warrant from Governor Rickett, of North Carolina, for the return to Anson county, of W. I). Mayfleld, Jim Breedin and Henry B. Sanditer, the three Bamberg county planters charged with having kidnapped two negro farm hands from Anson coun? ty. The governor will do this un? less attorneys for Mr. M-aytield and the two associates with him in the alleged kidnapping, can submit court authorities to show that Gov? ernor Cooper must go into the ques? tion of the sufficiency of the affida? vits supporting the extradition war? rant. Governor Cooper stated at the hearing before him lad Saturday that he would consider only this one point and that he would allow the defendant ten da>s in which to quote their authorities. Previous court rulings, it is stated, have held that the sufficiency of the affidavits supporting the extradition does not have to be considered in this connection, the truthfulness of 'the affidavits being a matter for the Jury. However, Mr. Mayfield's coun? sel stated to the governor that they could submit authorities to the con rary and the governor deferred hie decision in the case for ten days. Messrs. Mayfleld, Breedin and Sandifer submitted affidavits at the hearing before the governor Satur? day to refute the charges made by the two farm hands that they were kidnapped. The affidavits of the defendents were to the effect that the negroes had willingly left the farm of If, K. Zorn, near Wadesboro where they were employed, to come back to South Carolina, despite the fact that they were wanted en a criminal charge in South Carolina, preferring, it was stated, to face these charges and have their minds eased* ? Mr. Mayfleld is a prominent plant? er of the Denmark section and is well thought of in his community A large number of affidavits as to his stand? ing were submitted by his attorneys before Governor Cooper last Satur? day. In their affidavit* last Saturday the two farm hands charged that Mr. Mayfleld and his associates had eome. to their homes near Wades? boro and had, impersonating offi? cers, taken them into custody, hand? cuffed them and brought them by automobile, against their will, back to Bamberg county. .T. A. Lockhart, representing the North Carolina side, of the case, in the absence of Solicitor Brock, of the 11th North Carolina circuit stated to Governor Cooper Saturday that hi had evi? dence sufficient to convict the Bam? berg planters of impersonating offi? cers and of entering a duelling house forcibly, the last offense, he said, being capitul in North Carolina, though he did not propose to push the case to this extent. Mr. Lockhart dated that it was the desire of his solicitor to have the case against Messrs. Mayfleld. Breed in arid San lifer come up at the next term of court at Wadesboro. starting the first week in September. A prelimi? nary hearing of the caiv-1 had been set for Friday, of this week, but this will have have to be postponed, due to th dlay In the extradition pro? ceedings. Postponement Fails Tennessee Legislature Tables Motion Putting Off Vote Nashville, Aug. 11.?The attempt in the lower house of the legislature to delay the consideration of the ratifi? cation of the federal suffrage amend? ment until August 21? when tt was proposed that the citizens of the state should gather in mass meetings to express their views, was tabled by a vote of 50 to 37. TWO STATES CON-' SIDER SUFFRAGE m North Carolina and Tennessee : Bodies Gather 1 _ ROBERTS AND BICKETT \ ADVOCATE RATIFICATION Suffrage Leader Received Tele? gram From Cox Wishing Them Success Raleigh, Aug. 10.?The North COT- j olina legislature met in a special sea siorf to consider taxation and woman suffrage. The question of suffrage, it is believed, will come up Thursday. Governor Riekett has recommended a reduction of the tax limitation for state and county purposes from 6*> 2-3 on the hundred dollars to 15 eents. not Including the school tax It has been announced that h?- gov? ernor will submit the suffrage amend? ment with a special inessagt urging its ratification. I Nashville, Aug. 10.?Suffragists were encouraged to?\ay by the mes? sage from Mr. Cox to Miss Charl Wil? liam?, Democratic national committee vice chairman, saying that be hoped the legislature* would ratify suffrage at once. Roth bouses of th<i legisla? ture mef at L0 o'clock to take up the measure. Resolutions were introduced and all business went over until tomorow. Woman Identified Wealthy Lady Found im River Was Wife of Automobile Manufacturer Dertoijt. Aug. 10?The expensively gowned woman with $2000 worth of diamonds on her fingers found in Jhe Detroit river yesterday was identified as Mrs. Margaret Callle, former wife of a Detroi: motor manufacturer. The police says she was placed in the river after her deatfy and they haye no clue. Latimer Succeeds; Decker In Command cf the Seventh Naval District Washington, Aug. 10?J. L. Latl rr.^r of the Naval War College at New Port R. I., was appointed com? mandant of the seventh naval dis? trict at Key West to succeed Rear Admiral Decker. Daniels said that Desker's removal was a matter of routine. No Troops Sent to Poland jRussians Cut Warsaw Off From Railway Connections Paris, August 10?The foreign office has announced that the Hythe confer? ence has decided that it in impracti? cable and unnecessary to nend troops to Poland. The integrity of Poland's west frontier will be guarded "meaning any effort on the part of Germany to use the present crisis to regain former territory will be negatived and that lot iVmeasures against Russia will pos sibly^be taken later. Paris, August 10?The Russians have captured Ciechanow thus cut tjng Warsaw off from the Danzig railway according to reports from the French military mission 1.0* Warsaw. i Warsaw, Aug. 10.?A Polish official statement indicates that the Soviets I were driven back after the capture of Grese. They are now 35 miles from I Warsaw. There are no significant changes in the remainder of the battle front. Lloyd George told the House of j Commons today that ha was still I hopeful for peace. The tension was I high in the crowded house gathered I to hear the premiers peace or war j statement. It w as declaied that the I Polish attack was not justified and . was delivered despite the allied I warnings._ MUNITION SHIP Crew Had to Fight Day ar.1 Night for Lives EXPLOSIONS TOOK PLACE CONSTANTLY Boat Reaches Honolulu Safely After Eight Days of Struggle Honolulu, T. July 27?For eight days and nights Captain Eugene Mc? Carthy and the crew of the nlm United States army transport If&rica fought and finaaly conquered a fire in the ship's cargo of munitions, while small arm, ammunition, shrap? nel, grenades and bombs burst, it was learned here recently ony -the transport's return from Manila,. Smoke was seen first issuing from one of the forward hatches at ten I o'clock at night during the ship's last voyage to the Philippines. 'The I officer of the watch sounded a gen leral fire alarm and water was turn? ed into the hold, where 4.000 tons of ammunition of all sizes were stored. . "Explosions of munitions in /hoe hatch were taking place every little while," said Captain McCarthy. ."The cargo there included sharpnel shells, hand grenades, detonating, fuses, bombs and small arm ammunition. My men carried case after case of munitions likely to explore st any moment from hold and tnrew them overboard. The boxes were too hot to handle with bare hands, so the men wore gloves. Lieutenant Bow? man, transport quartermaster, was overcome by powder fumes and was confined to his room for several days. "I, bvi to maneuver the Marlca hc'ite the wind to ke. p the fire from spreading. (in tr? ? ighth ? night it got so bad wc hr. t to leave We fjooded the hold with wftter nnd the hold, batten down the hatches and turn on the smothering pipes, two nights later the blaze was extin? guished. Captain McCarthy said thd explo* sives weio loaded at Hoboken In March and he declared it Sa bis be* lief that spontaneous combustion started the fire. ? ? ?> Greenville Leads The State In Automobile Licenses Col? lected for the Year ' Columbia, Aug. II?Greenville county leads the state, in the amount of money collected In automobile licensing. Anderson is second, Rich land third, and Spartan burg fourth, Charleston is fifth and Orangeburg sixth. A statement of the automobile It cense fees to be used for road con? struction has been prepared by the state highway department covering the first six months of the year. Eighty per cent of the license fees on automobiles collected in a coun? ty goes back to that county for road construction jandj maintenance. Green villas' eighty per cent is $27, 972. Anderson's eighty per osnt is $25,780; Ricland's $23.994; Hpurtan burg's $23,014. Charleston4? eighty per cent totals $18.705. The share for Qrangeburg is $17,777. Flor? ence in next, with $14,060. York county's eighty per cent totaled; $1? 000. Sumter's was $10,455. m Harding Sees Hays Discusses Subject of Campaign Speeches Marion, Aug. 10.?Williams H. Hftys, national chairman, conferred With Harding on the major questions of political strategy today. It is understood that the subject oi his speeches away from Marion wore discussed at length. ' Cox Casts Ballot Dayton, Aug. 10.?Mr. Cox cast pie ballot in the Democratic primaries at Carrimonte, a village near-his Trails end home. The booth was in combi? nation with a barber shop, printing office and stationery store. 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