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ED ilia How Or fully Fought Fuel Ad Prices Mounted t b Dec. 22?How the Na ?SSKitlajtlon. an organisu operatore, dealt with the and coped with the itiel ?Ummer were fields in Ite Investigating commit ?pent ten hours, Lfl*JrTOW * vlce president iblatlon, tola how the ss dmrftcd ordere for the Inter lenc commission to issuo tadon rrtatter*. paid the jgf the Ualted States Oeolog re.V in collecting official flf ''reel production, kept Jos. r. secretars to President Wil formeu of all strps, and sue fought proposals to reestab fuel admlnldtration, although continued to mount K Wcnut, the association's pres? umed to purchasing for the mrtment St the height of the 110.000 tons of coal, for ? government paid 111.60 a another corporation which ?trolled waa mining and selling coal for 93 20 sifd $3.17 a dslaminatlon of the two offl datlon waa enlivened to time ae senators produc fleVSe from the organise durlng an unannounced ofllces In Washington late Sunday, and questioned ie purposes And public Inter Stops taken by the aasocla mment agencies alike, declared that his pur tt'Ot eoal for the war depart ^Hsdl been made over protest, to a suggestion of Sena Republlcan. of New *it was bad business for in* and increased the the public.'* said ho received com mis - 11* to $75,000 on the printer Colder, producing that "milIlona of tons'* js&ed for the army by iseeing September end ranging from $9.90 report, from the dug that bunker ?ton Roads during the C?l had coot the ship. If .10 in quant it lea. Mr. I. by stating that It "waa an example of govern ?y as I ever saw. eaajsunation touched the to ooal shortage tak sjesrei am eat agencies, pre? llt the Interest of consumers Ranntet Keayon, Republi \.lesjre; armed, with minutes of mi executive committee ma**, a resolution which au "draftlna of an inter? nes **?mmission order to mined Imiiuiv from' dam {halting to fjftll! eontrants to eeaL? ?a*. ? *. MoetoMfte Be LOXt M tsjvei t Itvata d the fb?l ttstms Dec. lt.?i> Martoff and R. rh, leaders in the Russian party opposed to Bolshe are sojourning (n Berlin, ? Issajid an oppcal here to the of their party calling on' the parties and- trade unione of to make a common effort the recognition of soviet to have the blockade raised relations with the outside imed etat?* that the defeat if General Wramrel in not the victory \l Boiahwvtstn hut the victory or the ia revolution und the whole people. The .Mensaevtkl manifesto declares that the Russian peasant who Is tlght InsT osiiuaunUee In his own hamlet ffumlakedthe government troops to repulse Wrange! aa did ?sat the Russisn Social democratic proletariat both of Whom are deter mined to have "Rneaftan soil cleared of International and Russian reac? tionaries. ' The mnnlfettfo then goes on to say; The time has now arrived wh?n tiir r?ueMion of putting an end to furth.- intervention in Russia Is a s?at?er ut honor with the nations of ?.Uropa aa well us the I'nited States." The call assort* ;hat the quickest a ay to accomplish the downfab of the present aovlet regime u to permit It tb> have unlntei i uptod sway, aa It will thsn ooltapar (mm within am a result OST Its anti-aocUPstie end l'toplun pol trtee Slid that th. redemption of Una BSa la only possible utter the nevl tebls and automatic self-defeat of the Lenlne snd Tvotsky government. MARRIAGE LICENSKS Maratge He* nses have been Issued t?? the follow I OS couples: Mr. Kihmrt Tovner or Pine wood and V.lea VioHu Hudson of Tlndal. fir. Henry |: Strange and MUs Ha Hie Kenned) of Homier. fnl? red: thur I ?ennl? and Elisabeth Boyd at Hemhert. Jewell .Hammond and Mary hi. Baket .f Tlndal. Jfred 1 Rivers and Thwrue Wil? liam- "f Tlndal ?lohn ?I Belcher und Itoithu ( . sens i>l Sumt? ? tdilham lit lekford ol Dew ego and >ion*e Sawlcr* i f liemttert. l-tarry IHnkln* an I ItUth Curry of Robert Klemming and Hella I u vtt of Homier. HISTBftl. t'OK M(K \ltNSTIIV Washington. f>... ;t. The Jury in the ease of Inlen \s \leky" Arn e'etn f-illed to *?r> ? snd a mlstrl.il Osae ordered. Uralni' its**,, Me, 1 i \ thief ???H#Kt all the tov>, m*,'I decorations off the scbool children'* <*hrl?tma* Wrsa in tn? sciiooi bouse here. i-: EMIGRATION MUST BE RESTRICTED Says Former Mayor Ole Hansen of Seattle After Visit lo Europe ( Manufacturers lleeord). In one of a aerie* of articles pub? lished through the IfoCTure Newspa? per Snydicate, Ole Hanson, the form? er mayor of Seattle, has written on Industrial conditions as investigated by him during hin recent visit to (Ireat Britain. He states that the govcrirtueut and trades unions of Q i ?t Britain are both trying to bring ?boat better conditions, but he bo- j lows these efforts must fail because that country, with worn-out resources I can not compete with younger, richer nations, and the only hope of the workers lies in emigration. He states that no comment is nec? essary on the wage scale of English workers as outlined in the following. Mid that he eannot tind adjectives to describe the housing conditions in the country: Ordinary, agricultural labor, he says, at the time of his visit in Octob? er was receiving from $8.05 to $9.10 per week, la the textile trades, Which are carried on principally by women and children, the average la? bor at the mills received about 31 cents on hour, while the highest paid spinner* made about $17.50 a week und Weavers about $14 pOr week. English teamsters received about $2 a day; carpenters about 41 cents an hour, building labor about 36 cents por hour; and tho best traveling sales? men that he met averaged about $77 a month?not a week, but $77 for a month's work! He points out that living conditions 4?ro not 50 per cent of ours and that wages in the main are less than 50 per cent of what is received in this country for practically the same character of work. After visiting Manchester, the great textile center, he said he left it with a feeling that It would be a great thing for our employers of labor as well as for workers to visit England and see for themselves what the es? tablishment of a government within a government means to the people. He asserts there Is no question about It that labor stands on one side and the government and the middle class on the other. Every peace is but an armed truce, and both sides are try? ing to do the impossitno. and make a country rich which is normally poor In resources, and establish living con? ditions for twice as many millions a>; ought to live there. Because there is not enough work to go abound, the workers look upon labor-saving ,ma? chinery as an enemy to labor. \ A worker among the poor of Liv? erpool for many years told him than tew people realise the poverty of the people. He said that "most of the homes In my district are unfit for hu? man habitation, and there are so many people out of work, and out of work menus starvation and freering. I find men steeping in underground prl\ ie < covered with their only coat. I have been here 27 years, but this win? ter will be our worst." One wonders why these conditions can prevail among 50,000,000 free? dom-loving people, especially in Eng land, which la one of the most thor? oughly (unionized) working countries in the world, ard Mr. Hanson proceed* to answer his question by sta.ing that: "It b? not because of bad laws or becaussl of wrong divisions of the product of the Joint endeavored of cup ital, labor and manngemert. It Is not because of bad unions or bad govern? ment or bad employers. It is because Britain Is poor In natural resources, because goods have to be hauled in and hauled out. It is because the only way trade can be carried on at ail is to meet foreign competition, ard if the foreign competitor Is rich in natural resources, has a great mar? ket right near raw materials, the workers then will receive more than where great extra expense Is added in hauling, etc. "England, Scotland and Wales ha- e had an easier time In the past because the great new countries could not make enough to supply their own needs; today we have passed that point in the economic life of our na? tion where production is greater than home consumption, therefore we are fast becoming very great exporters. Other countries are In tho same po? sition, and are competing with ol ! established, worn-out countries. "As time goes on, our country ami other countries Will produce still greater percentsges of excess over th'dr needs .and these goods will l < bold where Britain now sells her goods. The only escape from bad condi? tions lor the peoplo of the British Isles Is emigration. The only hope of maintaining industry on its pres nst giant scab? here is for the work? ers to sink back to the pre-war level, ard even this can last but a short lltee.? *'l-hisjland's great skill in shipping commerce, finance and manufacturing cannot long offset economic advan? tages possesses b| newer a ad rlchei countries. No man-made law of id u can put coal and steel und oil and cotton into Britain so the soil of other parts of Europe where nature did not perform the task. Therefore, what will the people of Euiojm> do? ?They will crowd tho passport ot ACOS be hundreds ol thousand and try 'o escape to on- land, and even I foully, unless rheeked, bring about * ? some scale of ant-hill existence that exists throughout Burope. Anil this is exactly what is going on. ' This great reek ol humankind now taking place. There is but one rem . .p weittl .talking about, and that l?? the passage of laws for n real Beloc It a Immigration and scientific dis? tribution of immigrants In our own land. ? Mv last at" ich? of thU series will deal with Ihn* law. stOISje SUOh lUW mian i?e paaead If we are to save uui children's birthright. "Every man who lias Visited any part of the r>hi World knows 1 am' right." FERTILIZER PL?NT VS. NITRATE" PLANT Determined Effort to Destroy Great Government Work at Muscle Shoals Wushii.- .1, Dee, IS. ?The- subcom? mittee of <av appropriations commit? tee of the house this afternoon re? jected the petition of the hoard of engineers that $10,000,000 be appro? priated for the completion of the $100,000,00 project at Muscle shoals III northern Alabama. Last night the .subcommittee tentatively agreed to recommend tho appropriation, but during tlie day Republican leaders interfered with the result that the tentative agreement was hurled into tho discard. I'nless the house acts favorably despie the action of the subcommittee, it is feared that the nitrate bill in chargY of Senator Smith of South Carolina? under the provisions of which the Muscle Shoals plants would be operated for the production of fertilizer, will be seriously Jeopardized. The fertilizer trust has entered actively on the warpath against the nitrate bill with the plea that its en? actment would destroy its business. Senators and representatives from all states were inundated today by tele? grams from constituents engaged in retailing fertilizer, urging that they vote against the bill. The tide was j especially strong from Georgia and South Carolna. the four senators from which states are committed iu favor of the bill. Senator Dial of South Carolina promptly answered his telegram I with the explanation that while he objected as a rule to the government ' engaging in any business, the Muscle shoals proposition meant such per? manent benefits to the agricultural classes of the country that he felt impelled to support necessary legis? lation in its favor. The Republicans, in desiring that the stupendous construction be stop? ped before completion and after a sum as great as $y0,000,000 has been ' spent, entertain the idea that the government should dispose of the plants to private corporations. In- ! usmuch, however, as consumers would | not profit from fertilizer sold by pri- i vate corporations, farmers oppose the Republican suggestions. The plight of the project is indicated by ab? sentees being recalled to Washington prior ?b the conclusion of the holi? day period. At Muscle shoals, on the Tennessee river tho government, during the war, undertook to construct plants for the tillrat ion of atmospheric ni? trogen to form the basis Of explo? sives and thus make this country in? dependent, in the eveat of another war, of the Chilean nitrate beds. It was a part of the general scheme to construct a dam across the shoals capable of generating more water power than can be generated at any ether point wholh within the United States. That which put the necessary legislation through congress was the knowledge that in time of peace these plans would be capable of pro? ducing the highest grade of fertilizer which could be obtained by farmers at most reasonable charges. The plants are constructed. The dam Is nearing completion. The cost has approximated $100,000.000. And now the Republicans would abandon the project because its completion will entail additional expenditure of D\oney. The board of engineers asked for an appropriation of $10.000,000 with which to complete the dam. The do nartmeat of agriculture has asked for authority to operate the nitrate plants. The secretary of war has asked for the enactment of legisla? tion forming a corporation (with the government holding all shares oC . i< ck ) for the manufacture of fer? tiliser. Experts have presented lig ures > ? prove that this corporation after a reasonable time would be tell .sustaining. Tho farmers of the country, whose assistance secured the original legislation, are up in arms. t'.nt the Republicans are adamant. They have considered closing down the plants permanently and stopping the work on the dam, their argument being that by protecting the machin- I trs it could be put to work duickly if ever war developed. liut to guard and otherwise protect the property wo?ld tatst lis.OOO per mouth or a third sum of $360,000 per annum. The Republicans, it is Indicated, would lease the property to private enterprise or dispose of it perma? nently. This plan Is keenly resented by the fanners and the consumers j generally because of the knowledge that any saving In the production of fertiliser would benefit the private corporation rather than the farmers, and electric current would scarcely* be s'dd cheaper than current is sold in the south by other private cor porattag, It is computed that the Wilson dam COUld be made to pro? duce enough current to light /tie entire south. "I?ig business' has constantly been at the throat of Muscle shoals. It has be* n charged repeatedly on the 'Doom nt the houses of congress that the gunpowder trust, the fertilizer trust, the Water power trust und others of the predatory class have ever be. n on the alert to prevent the development. On the other hand, a majority in preceding congresses, the Democratic adinmietration and the farmers of the United States. from whatever Section liny come, have fought for the stupendous development, s. lent 1sts have declared that It tho plants on the Tennessee river are op? erated In good faith, enough high grade food producing fertilizer can be retailed to the southern farmer in make htm independent ol the world and bis country as rich the bat in of the Mile, Daitlmtre, Dee, - > - Cardinal Gib? bons spent i reatlesi night but was better today. Cobtens, Dec*, -i. ?An old fashion Chr/iStmas dinner, with light wines, will be Served American soldiers on ibe Rhine, CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY FIXED Allies Have Arrived at Decision Respecting Ability of Ger? many to Pay I Brussels, Dec. 22 (By 111?- Asaoclat 1 ed Press).?At the conclusion of the ' first phase Of the sec ond financial [conference to discuss Gfiman repara? tions, the delegates apparently have I a good idea Of Germanys ability to j pay and of the assistance the allies tuust give ti Germany to meet their J demands. Informal discussions bo I tween the delegates "w ill continue until the congress meets again on j January 10. The German delegates left Brus? sels early this afternoon for Berlin. The allied delegation meets again In I the afternoon With tlie object of bringing about an agreement in their reports to their respective govern? ments They will leave here today or tomorrow. The Germans seem satisfied that the allies Will act favorably with re? spect to the assistance roqulrtd by Germany, Tin y took With them the allied suggestions regarding reforms, such as decreasing the budget, re? duction of the number of government employees, increase in indirect taxes, and other measures to put Germany on her feet. There Is a feeling among ! the allied delegates that Germany should bo allowed to retain some shipping and hope is expressed in some quarters that German property i j in the United States may be avaiU able for credits. The Gorman re? quest, however, admittedly exceed the probable allied concessions, but it la felt In well informed circles that Satisfactory ground for a settlement is In sight. All the delegates voiced their con Odence that the January session will prepare the case lor a speedy deci? sion by the Geneva meeting of rep? resentatives of the German and al? lied governments respecting the pos? sibility of modifying the treaty of Versailles In order to enable Ger- I many to pay the minimum repara- j tlons acceptable to the allies. Italiau Victory Celebrated by Insur? gents Flume, Dee. 22.?The anniversary of the Italian victory on the Piave Was Celebrated here by a great dem? onstration, In which the whole pop ulain n of Flume, both military and civilian, participated. It began at the "Monument of the Anchor," a marble base, ike an altar, support? ing the anchor which belonged to the first Italian warship to pul into poii of Flume after the war. All Flume's manlfostatione center there, as In ancient Home they centered at j the capttol and In modern Rome at j the altar on the monument to Victor En otaniM i. Bvery man. woman and child In Flume seemed to be gathered around the monument, which was soon com- | pletely covered in flowers, while of-| fleers, Soldiers, sailors, nrtie climbed up all over it. waving their" caps and I singing. There are any number of these songs written for the volun? teers of d'Annunzio's expedition, such as "Nol Biamo i dlSertori, ma non di j CaporottO*" ("We are the deserters, but not the ones of Caporetto," re? ferring to Nitti's speech In the Cham? ber when the news of the expedition to Klunn- reached Rome, on which occasion he branded all d'Annunslo's men as deartera.) Hundreds of flags were grouped artistically round the monument and about them gathered In a pictures? que spectacle the different battalions of the artiti. wearing their red. blue and black fexscs, the officers with caps tilted at a rakish angle, reminiscent In their appearance of the "musque tcors" of ih times of "D'Artagnan." Aiier several persons had spoken amid constantly growing enthusiasm. , a procession was formed, which, with Hags and banners at the load, de? filed through the main thoroughfares of the city. Arriving at a bridge ob? structed by thick barbed wire en? tanglements, the artiti delivered a .sham attack upon it and on the run. the possession entered Busak, the Slav suburb of Flume which lies at the other side of the bridge, and rush? ed through its streets, shouting and singing, waving their Hags, caps and We;: ports. D'Annunslo's men are all young and self-confident, strong and lit. en? thusiastic and patriotic. devoted to their leaders, proud of Flume, ot' Italy, of d'Annunzio, ready to fi^ht and. if need be, to die for their cause. The majority are seasoned war vet? erans, having fought throughout the wind- of the world war and among their leaders are some of the most [brilliant generals and officers of the Italian army. K.MMK. HANTS I/TAVING BEL? GIUM AND POLAND Antwerp, Belgium, Doc. l?More, than 13.000 emigrants left Antwerp during the months of July, August land September. The greatest num ber? 3120 wero emigrating to the I United States, 2.764 went to Canada, the balance beim; distributed between South American republics, Australia, ami Great Rtitatn, Sonn* went to ' Mexico and quite a large number to the Belgian Congo. Poland was ih<- nation supplying the largest number of these emigrant* with 4,808, Belgium nexl with 2, WILL WITHDRAW FROM HAITI Washington, Dec, 24.?-A proclama? tion announcing thai the government of the United states believes that tie time had arrived wdnn it may In? augurate simple processes of Its .Mo? id ndhdrawsl from the responslbill h i assumed in Connection with th?minlean affairs, was issued at San I ? ?> by hie direction of 1 'r. si ?hm Wilson, ii presaged the with drawn' Of American control over tin affairs of the West Indian republic, beginuing four \sai i u$a. COTTON ACREAGE MUST BE REDUCED North and East Beginning to See Truth Columbia, Dec. 24.?The following editorial appearing in the New York Commercial under date of Novem iIj.t L':;, 1920 covers the cotton sii Uation In a splendid manner and should be read with deep interest and reprinted in the leading southern press, says J. S. Wannamaker, pres? ident of the American Cotton asso? ciation. It, he Continue*, clearly in? dicates that the north and the east are beginning t?> realise tin- serious? ness of the situation now facing not only the south but the entire com? mercial and agricultural life of the nat Ion: Every element of the community is* feeling the effects of deflaUon In some degree, it would be difficult to say just which is suffering the most. .There Reed no longer be any failure to appreciate tin- fact that tlie south I has been placed in a most serious (situation through the collapse of cotton Values. From in cents down to 1 a cents a pound Is far too great a reduction to be logical or natural. I Cotton could not expect to escape a certain amount of deflation along with all other commodities, but there is no reason why it should undergo a reduction of 62 1-:; per cent., In price against but L'n to 30 per cent. i in other commodities* it means that the pendulum has swung too far in ; the other direction, and that in the course of time there must be a come? back before the true balance is de? termined. During the period of this low valu? ation those, having bills against the south must for their own sake, if not for any less sellish motive, grant all the celemency to their southern debt? ors that can possibly be extended. Thousands of persons Who were per? fectly solvent in the spring are now bankrupt so far as the relationship of assets and liabilities is concerned, I and WOUld l>e bankrupt in fact If called upon to pay their debts at this time. So far as these people aro concerned, something resembling a moratorium should be put Into effect The cotton people of the south are in the position where, in a great many Instances, they are face to face with ruin if outstanding financial obliga? tions arc- enforced.. If, on the other hand, they can be treated with the Utmost leniency, there is a strong probability that cotton will recover sufficiently to enable them to come through with a minimum of loss. As a matter cd" fact, some of them have already gone Into bankruptcy and others are likely to follow- I'ri vate reports from the south indicate * cry clearly that the north hat no conception of what the conditions really are below the Ma-am and I 'ixon line. These reports now state that the present price of cotton does not even pay the fertilizer bills, and that in some instances the cotton can not be picked because it is not pos? sible to get enough mom y to pay the pickers. If Conditions are as bad as these1 reports state, and there is no rea? son to doubt their veracity, it will mean that some special action will have to be taken to meet the situa? tion. The pleas that these cotton farmers made in Washington recent? ly met with scant sympathy, because theoretically there seemed to be no reason why the cotton farmer should be singled OUt for spec ial assistance any more than .any of the other agri? cultural interests. Yet If disaster threatens such a large part of the country territorially, in such an lm tiortant Inndustry as cotton it is to to adopt whatever special? meaa the interest of the rest of the country in h may be necessary to minimize its effec ts. Some of these private reports em? phasize the seriousness of the situa? tion as it has already developed. Negroes are leaving the ftleds In largo numbers because there is no money to pay them. Young people who thought they at last hod an op? portunity to realize their ambitions for college careers are being called homo from college because the money has given out, in some ,,f the rural communities schools are being (dosed and children sent home because there is no money to pay the teachers. The collapse in cotton values is not because they were unduly in Mated. On the most conservative i basis this crop has cost approximate? ly 30 cents tO make. The govern? ment estimates the cost much higher, placing it at 2S cents In 10 IS. and the expectation that it would be one third higher In 1919, making it 57 cents. The cost of everything the I i farmer has had to pay for that enters into the cost of making cotton. in? creased along With the price of cot? ton itself, so that even at its maxi? mum price it did not leave a very large mnrgin. Its collapse to a \-> cent basis tor middling, therefore, leaves him unable to pay his bills [contracted earlier la the season. I Based noon the a'orld's require? ments, if the world were able to pay for iis cotton, the price mighl even reach BO c ents a pound. Haseo upon j the requirements of thai portlcn of the world which is still able to pay1 COttOn could easip reach "0 cents.! Based upon domestic requirements ahme, cotton is worth considerably more than its present valuation. As matters now stand the public has stopped buying cotton goods lie !cause it could not afford io pay the , ! high prices asked, and laterlj be [cause it has believed prices were go? ing lower. This is a pe riod of lead j I juBtment. it is a transition pei iod. full of inequalities and abnormalities. |Tf iho south can manage to h >u\ fsst , j for a little while longer, there will j j probabh come ? 11 rovei v that evlll avert much of the threatened disas i i t? r. ? .1 tanburg. 1 '"?'? L>:! ~ J ndge Thom.'i* >' Pens?? ol the circuit bench I i-,, this afternoon granted iJoorge i \V. Putnam held on the cburge of I killing I', i. Buckhclstor, former sn Iperintendent ol the local street raii I v> uy lines, bail ?:> tht sum of 11 000, ENGLAND MEDDLES WITH CABLE LINES State Department Takes Official Cognizance of Action of Brit? ish Embassy in Writing Di? rectly to Senator Kellogg ^ to Deny Censorship of Mesages Washington, Dec. 23 (By the As? sociated Cress i.?Official cognizance was taken today by tin- ?t?te depart - n < mi of I he action of the Britten cm bassv in writing directly to Chair man Kellogg ol t he senate committee Investigating cable communications, denying testimony of witnesses that the British authorites Imposed a censorship on cable messages com? ing to the United S'ates Crom Great Iii ilain. At the department's request, Sena? tor Keiiog sent to Acting Secretary Davis a Copy of the embassy's letter, together with .t transcripl or the tes? timony of officials of American cable companies that a censorship was im? Pose?!, it was indicated that the em? bassy would be asked for an ex? planation of what was considered u breach of diplomatic courtesy. Officials also indicated their belief, that there was som? reasonable ex? planation of the embassy's action in dealing directly with Senator Kbl logg Instead of through the state de? partment SS is tin- usually accepted procedure. Neither the embassy's letter nor that written by Senator Kellogg was made public. The former was under? stood to have beep signed by It. Les? lie Craige, first secretary of the em? bassy, and it was dispatched utter a public statement had been made at the embassy for publication 'that such a communication would he sent. Enclosed with the embassy's letter was a newspaper dispatch printed in this country quoting a hteh ofBctal of Sco*. land Yard as denying that there was a censorship on cable? grams originating in the British Isles f? r the United States. Despite this denial Senator Kellogg, in his letter to Secretary Davis, asked the state department to inquire of the embassy whether a censorship exist? ed as testified to by Xewcomb Carl ton, president of the Western Union Telegraph and Cable company, and .lohn Goldhammer, secretary of the Commercial Cable company. While this incident was under con? sideration by department officials, announcement was made that the incident of the call of Dr. Julio Blanch! on Senator Moses had been Closed 111 View of the minister's ex? planation and apology. In a communication to the depart? ment Minister B?UlChl said it had been his intention when he called upon Senator Moses merely to ex? plain the policy of his government .n the imprisonment of Dr. Cabrera and to exonerate himself. He said he had not commented upon the poiicy of tin- United States nor that of the American legation in Guatemala, add? ing thai he regretted the Inclden and promised that ii was not to be repeated. COLBY GUEST OF HONOR Hio de Janeiro. Dec. 24.?Secretary Colby was the guest of honor at a luncheon today at GunansJbara palace. Which was attended by high officials. NEGROES LYNCH NEGRO PREACHER .Jackson. MISS., Dec. 24.?Cdemi'i Brown, a negro preacher, was lynch? ed yesterday by negroes, acc n t'ing to Sheriff Williams. The <:*-^.\che" was suspected of being implicated in the murder of Delia Green, a foarteen jear-old negro girl, who was hang-.l from a tree with a clotnefc. lino. ARGENTINA PLANS TO GROW COTTON Washington, Dec im.?The bureau of foreign and domestic commerce has been Informed that a federation b;us been organised for raising uni? form cotton crop in northern Argen? tina. I_ BURGLAR RAIDS HOTEL APARTMENT New fork, Dee. 24. A burglar en? tiled the apartment occupied by Uob , , t 1< Ireland, and wife, at the Mur? ray Hill hotel, and escaped after a tight with Mr. Ireland. BfSllOPVOILLE M W s ITEMS. Btshopvtlle, Dec. 24.?The farmers have not made natch progress with farms since I last wrote on OCOOttnC of the weathi r, which has also In* tertered with the street paving. It will mice all of January to Rntsji st lht? present rates. Business is very dull and nee: ol tin- merchants are as loath to fall on the prices of their goods as the farmer is to take tin* prespnt prices foi his cotton. Christmas promises to be very dull, there is no money in the hands of tne people to Invest In Christmas goods. , The death <>?' Mrs. I. L. Baker was quite a surprise to most of us. as we did not know she waa sick We extend our syinpathesis lo the be? reaved hinds! nd. im;, town i< crowded with Christ? mas shoppers, bat none seem to have much cash Man) ol our young people have re? turned fron? the different schools for the holidays. . * l iviah you, Mr Rditor, a happx i ml joytttl ? -h l ist nuts. \\ ishlngton, Dec. I Trade, op? portunities with Spain are pointed] mil b> ihe r^immerc?? dcf?artmenl re? port which says Ihm sp ? in ib?* only European rountr> aide to ijay cash for American goods Cotton composed gbOUl one half the entire exports from tin' United Ststea, >, e-vasi