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T1IK 81'MTU 11 WATCHMAN. KstablNI CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, 18 CROP HGURES NOT CORRECT New York Editor Questions Ac? curacy of the Census Eiureau's Estimate of Cotton Crop OPINION ON PERSONAL OBSERVATION Says That Government Estim. tors Have Made No Allowance For the Thousands of Acres of Cotton That Will Never Be' Picked Columbia. Daft IS.--Waltor EL Drown, editor ot tin- New York Com - mercial. who spent several days in South Carolina last week. havlrtl aim)' to Columbia* for the purpose of addressing the annual meetings' of (he South Carolin.i AtttOBSjOttVI trads ind the South Carolina, Cotton as-.o-< clattons, declares in a telegram?aent la h? paper from Washington that ( t 1 i it uoat. ot* to. Aon: u i u < 'ot on sssonutliin that the total <r- p of cot ton arop this year will be lt.ftl.Otf bales is probably correct. He tele? graphed bis paper on Wednesday from Washington as follows: "As between the final estimate of , the Cotton crop. Just issued by tree depar nmnt of agriculture, placing the total it 12.900.000 Bales, and the es t mate of the American Cotton asso? ciation, of 12.250,000 bales, 1 am more im Im. d to be] v e that the hitter Is correct. "I have Jnst returned from a ten day's nip through the Carolines and Georgia. I have motored through the cotton growing districts and have seen with my own eye? thousands of u"rej, of cotton that will never be picked. The present price or cotton will not pay the fertiliser bills, and simply to pick cotton, gin it and carry u to Dit?d would Involve a loss t.? the farmer. In oth- r words, he is actual- I ly better off leaving it unpicked, liest of the . I l now In the Heids will grade only good ordin?r;, and h> low. "Tho department of agriculture's eettmate was arrived at by following , Its usual formula, and failing to take 1 into ooaaldnratlon the effect produ sd by the drop la price, it is also 'rue that the government report mike; no; prorbdon for hollies and snaps, as tlnamed by u?e cotton association, which lsst year amour d to HI, tos) bates. There ran he no doubt, howev, a.it a \ ? ry large quant it of tho i -tton now In the flVld . ^?^ 1? ?\ ? r I . i ? use of. I. Mkottowo Wann imnker. prSOtdenl of tho American (*otton asso iit ?-i. Issued the following statement tin Bg further information on the arop es? timate-. "Ths American Cmton a ., -i ::on estimates the production o; h. : ?. ? cotton crop t.. be I-.mt.ojo bales, ex? clusive of Usltera, The estimate of ? he United Siatcs gov>n m nt WM if.fgT.ttt Be lee, sieKsstvi af lasts re. "ThTf will retrain In the todds. on- I harvt st?>d. from Iks present crop, n large propor*i'M\ of the BOUtSS and snaps which will amoont to around ; 571.000 bales, based upon the prodio-. th?n of hollies .mil ansjps from prt vious clops of tins si/.o. In addition to this, much of the cotton now unhorvcated in the he , oin not b?j gathered! as on both bol lies and BMpS and Bfl low-grade cot? ton, the opei*? if gathering same at In excess or the price for whu h the BOtton and the so* d can he sold. Uc yond (|iie*ti -n. more cotton will re? main unharvestcd from the present erop than from gnf previous crop in1 the last twenty-live years. "Kxrn aside from this, anted upon ginning to December 1st. in compar? ison with previous year*', tin* estimate of the government would st em ti be excessive and the estimate of the Amern au Cot tr n BSeoelatlon would wem to be correct. "The sinning of la.ill ltd biles of cotton up to December 1st, doss not imp'y a log - crop In 111] thero were 10,14 LOSS, bales ginning Hp to rVosinh, I' f. ,md tin total crop, ex? clusive of iintern, was only ll,ttf,tt| bales |n l 17 the glgnhsg to I Nj comber Ut was It,II2,tot baJes and the total lint was only 11 ,';<. I(ftt boles.- While Ige grand tot .I. in. bid tiur hut, rs, in lull. was only 11.1??'..;,. >eo and in 111?, Il.tfS.tOI when BJai llntrr production w?;. the ur-il.-si on record A* ? m.vt?r of f.. ?. . \. iu slve of liiiters. there has never I n two million bales of cotton ginned af? ter the 1st of Dt ? od), r, asc pi In 191?. Not even tin yenrs of tho Idg It,ttt,t0| hales Ot more crops of 1912 and Itll. The following hi ?hr nur.'hor of bnWs of lint sinned alfer Pseesaber lot: ioio. total 1,111,. boles; 1911, total t.4|l,de| hol 1914. Mai 1 s:?r,.ooo b? es, lilt, to? tal I.If 4.tot; CJ17. total 1.01n.' 00 hales; 191?. total 1.'3 1.000; lilt, to? ts I ' V MOO. "I have n<>t the ginning of I ? I and t9va tun the ginning of the I. two . irs \? i-i backward tint 1 the . ??? Of th?? y?sr BOOB OS*1 gl the c?ndui ??II the \.es.( ri i.) i.ler. preventing rtp Mexiaens from uoiiof Into Texas ir.d Oklahoma to pick the cotton - ' ? r th" picking md ginning s. . i h.is b. e? rei K uood. We ? .? ? InvMlf t. . total crop ihla > so i is t - atT.Boo im!? ? ??f rourse, this is ex e.trsiN" ol Untere Mike ., no ? tins and ta w < 'o ? we 4, :, In i,ig Corres t." Miss Muni left foi her homo Ig QreetivUle cdiy. M .1 \pill, TK' dust r IL kV-.Vai QUAKE. CAUSES BIG LOSS OF LIFE Property Damage Will Also Be Great in Argentina HOT WATER GUSHES I ORTH IN SPOUTS Severest Shocks Experienced in Argentina Since Catastrophe of 1869?People Panic Strick en Buenoa Aires, i>?-e 10. Earthquake shocks which on Friday sftsmoon fle itroyed several town; slong the Ar? gentine ilops of the Andei mountains nsire the most ssvero experienced in] this country since 1000, when half the C ty of MendOSS was laid in ruins. Reports from the area where the j shock was heaviest indicate great Ions of life and property, upwardi of loo bodies having been already tak tn from the wreoke of buildings, At Trsaportenae mors than 100 per ished. aad at Costa de Arauja thirty more Were killed, it Ii feared that more victims still are burled Under the ruins in each town. < Inly S few hoUSOfl remain at Trsoportonaa, La Valle and ia Central, and they are in a badly damaged condition. No eetimate of the n. miser Of persona injured has yet been made, Minor shOOkl continue throughout Ike district, one particularly strong tremor being ti It yesterday afternoon at c: a o o'clock In the towns of Ban Martm and Rlvadavia, The people are reported o* being panic stricken. The city of stendosa was shaken but did not rafter any extensive damage. In the town Of Costs de Araujo the PS s.aic convulsion opened great erev- ] i ? s out of Whieh hot water is spout? ing. The w .er from one of theee . ei s reaoned s height of about fif? teen fool and formed s pool In which two persons were drowned. A Red Crocs ambulance has reached the vil? lage and set to work to rescue any sufferers who still may he ahve In thu rums. More than 10,000 persons Inhabit little villagas along the Eastern An? dean llope and as reports continue t" ' add to the long list Of CSSUaltica ap? prehension is felt that the tinal flglirSf vviii be vary high. Reseus parties have been sent from Mendsss but details' from the scene of the disaster gre Beggar, as telephone ?md telegraph UneS are badly disorganized. The earth movement during the . tremor was from northwest to south- ; ast and a number of small shocks followed the principal concussion, ivhlch laated thirty seconds Tlie latest repeats from Mcndosa, ranting In tonight, said that the shock \t Tr sportenaa had assumed the pro? portions of a .catastrophe, Three relief trains have been rushed to the town, from whieh thirty dead and as many] ilyd-g have been brought OUt At L'OStS de Araujo. which was virtually' Isolated, another shock of the most rlolcnt character continued at s o'clock this morn 11 g, The death list v as Increased by these reports to eighty-one so far counted In Coats de araujo, trtiu eighty seriously injured. At La Vails lerrii le scenea were arltneased. The relief work was most HfHvult owing i" Ihe'condition of the road a, which had been broken up and overed e/lth water. The church at La Valle was Is id In ruins and the municipal building*! walla were ?racked and Ihe structure was likely 0 fall at any mom* nt. The seismograph at ihe Mendosa Institut! recorded three shock! on ?i-iday. the RrSt beginning at | p, m. t was a !Udden and violent one. rlthoul the slight movements usually > receding, This lasted dfteen seconds. rhe .?' niov men! laated hve sea mds and ihe third Ion seconds. Thi flbratlons, with leaser shocks, con? tained for thirty minutes afterwards BACK IN ATHENS Konstantine Returns to Rule Over the Greeks Athena Dae, I0.-^onst*ntlne of Ireece entered Athens amid tlw hunder of cannon, hunt of circling eroplanei and roaring ? heen Of a hrnng who wept with Joy, There ero mt foreign minist? ra present dur? ing the eeremonlea Constantine at snded cathedral service and rode to he pnluue ,n real carriage. XIAL RECORDS SUBPOENAED Washington. !>eo. |0.i?The records i the national coal association's head* uarteni hare, h iva b.i subpoena! ? y the senate committee on recon 1 ruction ami will be brought before he commit?.-o tomorrow, the chair in i! nounced todai. m \ in sir, J, i;. gpetict r of Columbia diod ? Bostoi. Meat . o i last Hatnrday lornlng after . i . a ret y short III* ess. Hn ?? -?? aaa I rough! to Sum!er ' ?? ? the funeral sei vlc< ?< will *' bvl I at ttv i It) cem< 1.1 y tomoi row mi nlng it 11 u*< lock. Mr. Si>. i er was In hli 701 h yeai nd had bo< n n 1 ? ad ni of < 'olll mbia ?r a number of yeurs, |i iving riany lends in that c.i it.? le ives only a vei y amn II 1 ? mil) i.nm ctlOH, Mrs. .1 R. ijh 1, irdnon ol ils < It] being] a ni>.. ? md Tear Not?Let ?II the ends Thou / SUMTBR, S. C, WEDNESD GERMAN TARRED AND FEATHERED Jacksonville Real Estate Dealer Expressed Pro Hun Sympathy Jacksonville, Doc, i'0.?John D. Blscoff, the real-estate dealer, who was tarred, feathered and pushed out of an automobile on a crowded street last night with a placard reading. "Herr .John Blscoff, Hun," will m>t leave Jacksonville, as ordered by the masked men, bul t mi report at his Office t<>d;.y. his wife announced. The . itack followed the printing of a let? ter In the newspapers from BischonT, objecting to referring to Germans a3 'Huna' and threatening to withdraw his advertising, unless stopped. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONER Washington, Dec. 20,?The nomi? nation of John V. Nugent, or' Idaho, as a member ot the federal trade com? mission has been confirmed by the* : enate. LEAGUE OF NATIONS ASSEMBLY CLOSES Geneva, Dec. 18.?The first meeting Of the assembly of the league of nations Closed this evening in a burst 6f eloqU< nee after passing through one of the fullest day.-; of its existence in a rather agitated and not always clear debate. In farewell Speeches, Caul llymans, president of the assembly, and Dr. Gulscppe Motta, president of Bwitser land, tOld the delegates the first 00 < tol ly had proved the league was a. living organism and a success. The opinion express",l by the delegates .? ho haVe participated mosi actively in the work of the assembly is that 't has done all that Could be expected Of it. i'" not m'?re. A number of pet projects have met with disaster; yd there are few, if any, delegates who remained for the tntlro assembly that will leave uis atiSflod With the work of that body. Tin- !":nal day was marked by an? other encounter between the English lelt i u.ieS and h< reprosehtatlvoa of ?iv British Doiiinlons. Lord Hoben Cecil, acting for South Africa and C. T. Hohei t \ . for Canada pr-woked an ggrosslve and Significant declaration Arthur J. Balfour to the effect that If the assembly adopted any rec? ommendations concerning mandates he and his successor on tho league council would pay no attention to them, Lord Robert Cecil and Mr. Doherty criticised the council for holding back information about mandates ami sup? ported the recommendations ot the mandate committee, the most 1m : orient of which w >rc thai the assem? bly express the opinion that the re? sources Of the terrltoriaes under man? date should not be exploited by the mandatories tor their own profit or for the profit of the allies and that the recruiting of troops should not be a""\v<d in such territories. Tim recommendations were adopt? ed unanimously, Mr. Balfour content ng himself by saying they would have no effect Instead of voting . i, ? a111 ; them, The activities of the assembly re? specting typhus, President Hymens' declared to be a magnificent demon? stration of human solidarity. When the assembly spoke ot disarmament, M, Hymens said, the members of ihat body displayed keen anxiety to lift the weight of armaments from the shoulders of tin- world, hut at the ramc time realised that in the pros- i ?nt unsettled conditions of Burope othing bctb r con! I be done than had en. ! He appealed to the youth of the i .vrmi. the men ot tomorrow, those ,\im fought In the great war to con t:del a moral world indispensable to j he future of mankind, and conclud? ed: "i,et us continue our ascending narch towards the stars." ROUND UP OF CROOKS New York, Dec. 20.- An extensive oum'up of crooks m New York W? I >egun by the police In an effort to t? m ti.? crime wave, Citlsenu are onstdcrlng arming themselves, BIG cut InTw?GES New Vork, Dec. ?0.?Wage reduc* Ions averaging thirty per cent under ho union scale In I he men's clothing idtuMry h;>\e boon annouc d by tin lothing manufacturers1 association. VITNESSES FOR the irish Washington, Dec. 20.? Miss -.. Annie lid Sus hi Walsh, sisters-in law of the le Lord Mayor MncSwiney, of Cork, im witnessed his killing are due to rrlve tomorrow to testify before its 'i.?h Investigating committee of one undred. iardTng SEES progress da i ion, I >ee. ge s. t ot I larding Xpresses eontldence In Ihr progress i the formation oi an international iMociution as ?lo result of his con? ?fences with notable men. lie con MTS With Coroai IVesldonl Tall on hursday, lints't at be thy Country's, Thy God's a AY, DECEMBER 22, 1920 WAR FINANCE BOARD REVIVED I House Passes Senate Resolution After Striking Out One Section - i Washington, Dec. 1*.?The senate , resolution to revive the war finance I corporation as a measure of relief for farmers was adopted by the house late today In amended form and by I a vote of inn to 61. it now goes to conference for adjustment with the senate measure. j The house struck out Section 2 of the senate resolutions stating the opinion of congress that federal re? ceive banks should allow liberal cred? its to farmers. The vote was 132 in tavor to 20 against on the motion to strike out. I The final vote came after live hours , of debate, Chairman McFadden of the hank ling* committee onaracterised it a:-> class bank legislation which would I lead to inflation. "The farmers have been deceived," Mr. McFadden said, "they have been told this resolution will he p them. No advance to farmers has been made by the corporation t\ r more than a year and could not be authorize,-, un aer the measure. Instead, the corpo? ration ha3 made loans to such insti? tutions as the International Harves? ter, the Bethlehem Steel and the I5ald :win Locomotive works." Representative Mann, Republican. Illinois, supporting the bill, said he diil not see how it would do harm . nd probably would do some good. Representative Mondelt, w. oming, majority leader, said the botton had fallen out <n business because pri? vate institutions bad not been able ; to extend the .required relief. Re? vival of the finance corporation (would help the situation and could I not under any circumstances, have a harmful effect, he said Representative Stevenson, Demo? crat, South Carolina, denied that the 1 measure was class legislation. "The banks have gone the limit," he said, "and tiny can not extend i credits further. We must do it by 1 sidling stock of the corporation to the investing public. Representative McFadden said the project was "nothing elee than put 1 t.ir.g the hand in the nubile treasury ? t'or the benefit ??f special Interests." "1 don't believe honest y it is go | lr,g to help the farmer In the way Ik* I expects," he mid. "You will be called upon to revive tho grain corporation 'and other government war ag< inns. "Until the consuming public gets the full benefit of those declining rices, i Trink nothing should be done to int? rfere." j Representative Madden, Republi? can, Illinois, said the measure would, ill another billion dollar burden to lm back i i the p- ople. "Already Europe owes $12,000,000, OOa," he said. "This would add anoth? er billion to that d< i>t. it moreover sustains high prices and does not iid the working people whose wages j are being reduced all over the COUn ; try." Other speakers supporting the res? olution were Representatives Strong. Republican, Kansas; StcagaM, Demo? trat. Alabama; Tincher, Republican, Kansas ami Wingo, Democrat, or A i kansas. HAITI CHARGES WERE FALSE Washington Dec. 18.- The naval "?ant of Inquiry, which Investigated the conduct of marines hi Haiti, re? ported to Secretary Daniels today that .here "had been no proper grounds" for the statement by Brig. Gen. George Dar nett, former commandant of the marine corps, that the American oc? cupation forces had been guilty of "practically indiscriminate killing" ot Haitians. After careful survey of conditions Lhe court, presided over by Rear Ad? miral Henry T. Mayo, found that Gen. Harriett's charges were "it I-considered regrettable and thoroughly unwar? ranted reflections" on the work of the marine corps in Haiti, adding thai the corps had performed difficult, danger gerous and delicate duty worthy of the highest commendation. Tin- marines vitrually wore given s ?-ban bill by the court, which de? clined to recommend trial by court martial <>( Freeman bang, of Los Angeles, and Doras Williams, of Bir? mingham, Ala., charged by native wit nesses at Ihe Port au Prince hearing with the murder of Haitians. Indeed, the Lang and William cases were not mentioned and naval officials ex plained that this meant that evidence tgninsl them was not deemed sufil lenl to demand criminal prosecution In ??!! "isolated" eases of unjustifia? ble conduct by marines the court found that disciplinary action already had been taken. Tho finding, as made public, were ipproved by Secretary Daniels and Major Gen. John A. Lejetine, com aandanl of lhe marine corps. CRIME IN PENNSYLVANIA Kayette City, Pen., Dec. 80.-?The lie bugs who have been operating in ?'ayotte und Westmoreland counties or two months, fired b hir, burn and wo residences last night, The bura vuh destroyed with a loss ol sixty housand dollars, The losses uttrih ilcd to lire bt|gs already exceed half million dellu?a MARTIAL LAW , IN AMERICA Williamson, West Vir? ginia Has Been Under j Military Occupation Since July ; Williamson, VV. Va., Dec. 19.?Tills' thriving little city ot soms 7.u(m per* sons, the political and buaineas con ter of the great Mingo county coal J [Held where a strike of miners has been In progress since last July, pre-1 genta, under military occupation, an' appearance similar to that of many another town during the war. Khaki, fast becoming a novelty in moat places, is mi common In the i Williamson district thai miners and mountaineers no longer tarn to look I af the passing sol lier. or stund to gase Son the sentry before Colonel Herman Hall's headquarters in the county I [court house. Hero in Williamson, when- tlute has been tu? violence, the soldier carrios his bayonet at his hip. bul in ttie region around chat Iteroy and Matewah, mining towns 'nearby, every sentry paces his beul l With bayonet fixed. j Military occupation and modified , martial law, made necessary by the ! disorders of the past few months, have little effect on Williamson. The peOple go about their ordinary tasks las usual, viewing the soldiers with Indifference, except at guard mount which never falls to attract an up preciative audience, willing and anx? ious to express its approval o: the nation's fighting men. Mercantile and banking interests I unite In the expression that the use j of federal troops at this time is a mighty good thing, if for no other rea? son than that they give a sense of [security for every side of the indus ) trial controversy. I immediately upon their arrival. I the provisional battalion from Camp Sherman took up the task of clean - j ing the city of its physical and mor? al defects. First they gave the court I house a thorough overhauling, and l tin n turne.1 their attention to the J buildings taken over for quarters. Then they went after the streets, and ibout the same ;'me took up the mor? al question. Undesirables were noti? ced thai thoy could no longer re , main in the city, both tasks being done directly by the civil authorities but under C.u directing eye of. the oldters, In the outlying mining districts where there has been more or less lisorder since the strike vv as called, amdilions arc also reportcu as much improved, strong detachments of toldiers lava- been sent to s number Of points, and their presence ha.?* I boen marked by almost perfect order. An Interesting feature of the situa? tion which the military was compell ?d to aee was the disarming ot those residents who Insisted on carrying pis? tols In violation of tho West Virginia pistol "totin1 " law. This was solved by sending deputy sheriffs Into the UstrictS where it was known large numbers of men were armed, each leputy being accompanied by a sol? dier. The deputy confiscated the .'.?< a| ons, but the soldier was right with him to sec the surrender was peacefully mal". Hundreds of pis? tols, rifles ani shotguns were oJ JaiiK d. WHEELER AGAINST OPINION ON CIDER Washington, Dec. 19?T'.~ Anti Saloon league will ask Attorney Gen? eral Palmer to reconsider his ruling that the use of cider in the home by its manufacturers even after it has been becoming of an Intoxicating quality by fermentation is lawful, Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the league, announced today. Keithc the letter nor the implied purpose of the prohibition act justified such a rul? ing. Mr. Wheeler asserted. The Attorney General's ruling, he asserted, would not affect the 58 ?dat< s which have laws prohibiting the making of cider which becomes in? toxicating but In the other ten states it will make enforcement more dif? ficult if it |a upheld by the courts." "The ruling made encourages and ncreases the use of intoxicating Cid? :r," Mr. Wheeler asserted. RAILROAD COMMIS? SION HEARING Columbia, l> v. 20.?The South Carolina Railroad commission will lave a hearing In Columbia Tuesday 'egarding the proposal to take off :crtaln mixed trairs on the Blue Drive Railway, between Anderson and Walhalla. Official- of the Blue Etldge lall rood Will attend, as will also r- ;? esentatlves of the Anderson Chamber >f Commerce, which Is opposing the in posed act ion. iVATCH OUT FOR FIRE Columbia, lv?. State Insur nee Commissioner W. A. MeHwaln, of 'olumbla, to la ksAUOd warning to l,e prop:. .I, South Carolins against nrelefcanefis In handling tlreworks and hristmas decorations, with randies, in- eotnmirsioner reports thai main res ate caused ever> Christ.mat sea ?n by 11-. careless handling ol d? 'o itioiiH and IIreworks. He Is nnxiou , r< due. t In lost? t'- t he ; ,t,- fi on i!h cause, )l TI111< )X. EMablished VOL. LL BIG BANK F0RS0?T1 Subscribed Stock of Seven Mil? lion Dollars Reported DIRECTORS NAMED; WILL BE CONFIRMED Subscriptions From South Caro-, lina Total Two Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars Now Orleans. Dec. 17.?The Fed cra! International Hanking com? pany, with subscribed stock of $7, 00*0,000, ?ras formally launched here today at a meeeting of the campaign Committee. Ftfteen members of the board of directors were nominated at tonight's conference and will be pre? sented to a meeting of the stock? holders to be held here January 7 for confirmation. Following the confirmation of the b< ard of directors by the stockhold? ers, officers Of tli" new institution will be elected by the board and the bank will begin to function under the provisions of the Edge act and under a charter from the federal re servo board. The conference held here today was attended by bankers from nine {Southern states, the banks of which have participated In the preliminary organisation and subscribed tho capital stock. A canvass of the stock subscriptions today showed that a [total of 17,000,000 has been sub [scribed, making it possible for the corporation to begin with a capital of $1,000,000 in excess of the amount originally agreed upon. ' Stock in the corporation will be divided into 70.00 ) shares at a par value of $100 each and in view of the oversubscription, it was decided to hold the stock subscription books open and instruct the campaign com-, mittee to soiieit subscriptions with a view to increasing the capital stock to $10,000,000. At tin- meeting of the stockholders j in this city on January 7 the banks making subscriptions to the capital slock will actually pay in the treas j ury 25 per cent, of their subscrlp I tions, making it possible for the or? ganisation to .begin to function im? mediately. Subscription* by suites so fa. ac I taKy recorded, as announced today, are as follows: Arkansas, $427,000; Alabama. .S r> 4. 7; Florida, $112.000; Georgia, $1,400,000; Louisiana. $1. 710.725; Mississippi. $390,900; South [Carolina, $226,000; Tennessee. $622, 500; Teva--. $i,550.000-r-total $7,000. I C-00. Among these named on the board of directors arc: Mills B. Lane, pres? ident Cittsens and Southern bank of Savannah; Hubert F. Maddox. presi? dent Atlanta National bank 6t At? lanta: John K. Ottley, president I Fourth National bank of Atlanta; J. Pope Matthews, preeid* nt Palmetto/ National bank of Columbia, S. C. and Arthur K. Perry, president Florida National hank of Jacksonville. Under the plan of organization the bank will assist Southern pro? ducers in mark ding their surplus products abroad by furnishing the means of extending credit to thoset countries de: Iring it for the pur* has< of Southern supplies. XMAS HOLIDAYS FOR COLLEGES Columbia. Dec. 20.?College students male and femsle, are moving home? ward on South Carolina trains this week to the number of several thou? sand. The Columbia Union station is a busy place, With many passing through .en their way home. The tirst college in the state to let out its stu? dents was Chicora college. Tim young 'adies "f this Columbia school went home Saturday. Tho Winthrop College homeward movement starts Thins.lay. with l>e tween "diu and 1,000 girls off to spend the yuletlde with home folks, a tan? Coa? li special tram leaves Hock Hill at 2 a. m Thursday, for Colutnlba, bringing S00. This will teach Colum? bia at 5 a. m., making connection with outgoing trains to various parte o< lhe state. Clemson students statt home Wed? nesday. A special train will leave ?alhoun at 2:S0 p. m. Two cam will zo to Greenville anil Spar tan burg, lhe orin r coaches Will come to Co? lumbia, the cadets t tkti >: trains here or various parts of the state. The Clemson holidays, as others, i.?st until lannary- 3. The University of South Carolina vill broak up houskeeptng on the ?3rd, Thursday. Columbia College ? indents Will leave the capital Tues i and Wednesday. Many other < 1!. ^? s wall also release their students luring the week )LD GRAVE-YARD OF THE HUNS StsiT.ard. West Prussia, Dec. 1$.? i prehistoric graveyard behoved to e at least 2,000 yesrs old has been nearthed here German investiere as uo.hr the direction ot Professor ukrhzew ?kl. i n one <u the craves ? ti.'is found siv black urns nd one r< I urn with white stripes I it v, in claj nud ashes. Among n remalni w< ?? some glittering tun lanees which Ihe investigators be <\o once had beea adornments of i ehistoi ic iitvu and \v nu u.