Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WHAT ALLIES 1 TOLD GERMANY Reparations Commis aion Gave Notice That They Must Carry Out Treaty Pari?. March l.V -ticrmany lias been told by the allied reparations commission to can y Olli art a le |g| of the Versailles tre.u\. stipulating the payment In fore Mas 1st, I21 of the equivalent of twenty MMeM fold marks. The commission took steps to carry out artiele 2.iH. that is, tier many must be notified before Muy 1st. nest of the total war damage im? posed upon her by the treaty, Secret Government Rules at Washington Head of Farmers' Union Charges That Corps of Business Ex? perts is in Power Washington. March It? Existence of a "new and powerful assistant' government" in Washington, ma d e up of the rope spent att ves of varied Interest**. Is charged in a statement issued here tonight by Charles S. Barrett of I'nion City. Ua., president of the National Farmers union and chairman of th? \ lional Hoard of Ktrni Organisations. **The 'assistant' government," Mr. Barrett says, "has one advantage oVer the constitutional government. It is more effectually trained for Its work. It Is an association of spei ial Istn. Eminent men and women who kiuw all the legislative, admlakttra live and bureaucratic avenms. Btraetl and alle>s In Washington belong to thii interesting und patriotU connec? tion of men ami women." Individual* named by Mr. Dnrrett an itMdud'd among these are Joseph DeCreea of Chicago, president of tin t'n ted States chamber of commerce; Allied P. Thorn, general counsel of the Association of Railway Eaeoe lives, J i>. A. .Morrow vice president of the National Coal as > ition: George 11. Cushiug. managing dlree tor of the Wholesale Coal Dealers' association. James A. Emen gen il counsel for the National Association ef Manufacturers; Willis Compton of the Hardwood Lumbermen's associa? tion* John 11. Kirby of the Southern in um association and It. T Btras baugh, president of the National Can n' t i association. .Other interests which. Mr. Kir ret t says, are represented In the 'assist? ant' government" are the Institute of American Meat Packers, the American Automobile association. Manufactur? ing Chemists' association or America, Council of American Cotton Manu? facturers. Southern Industrial EdlN > tion 'society, Founders' em.it Ion. Highway Industries' association. American Automotdle Chamber of Cfaaamerce, Nationui Bureau of v Wholesale Lumher Distributors, American Mining congress, American Realty exchange. National Merchant Marina association. League .>i Com? mission Merchants of the United Stales. National Oil bureau, National Petroleum association. American Pa tlcnt Law association. Nation?I Com? mittee of Oas and Electric Service, National Committee on Puhl ? Ctill tles Conditions, Dixie Freight SSSO? elation. National Association for Con? stitutional Government. National As? sociation for Protection of American lllghts In Mexico. National Popular Government league. National Com? mittee to Secure I tank for Army Nurties. National Negro Husums:* league. National Voters' league, Nat? ional Forestry association. National Patriotic press, League for the Pres ervstion of Amern-.in Independence, Nationsi Assoei.ition of Colored Race, Nation?! Committee of Armenian and Syrian relief. National Federation of Jfederal Hmployee* und National Wo men'S Trade t'nloi; league Ever the foreign governments a* not wl bout their representatives, tie cordini: to Mi. llai rcti. He sayg: '*Of course it is improper for a foreign diplomat to attempt I > Inltll en^e American legislative or c\ccn tive action hut a way has been found to accomplish this. Legislative com? mittees have been rreated under the names r>r educational bureaus ot such like. These hav< no definite t.m Blble connection with ans ac redlted diplomat, nevertheless the country which the diplomat represents is tin beneficiary of theh activities." New Farm Loan Bonds Will Probably He Ready in I ew Days, Officials Say Washington M,m h 1 I A \.< w , of farm lees bonds will pro ably b** offered foi ?uhoeiiptlon In the. next tew days treasury officials I said tonight Issuance of n*-\\ bonds, Com It si on er LghdOll said a' tin HniC of Ihi supreme eotii? deelelon of i? truer) , It Upholding the hkjalltl o| lie fftjj Oral farm loan SCt, would We made ss soon as posstnie but be Intimated that it would be at V ust thirl before the funds would la i uliable for actual loaning. "In the present ionej market tic hand rate will have to bt advanced to ft per cent." Centmissloaei Lobdelll "The Interest rat* to i ' . m, ow#rs will have to be eon - spoil llngly , advanced to ? per eent "1 he furm loan hoard Is hopeful j that the market may absorb farm loan' iKinds e nisi to the borrow us demands or the farmers ot tin- country, bin se one can predict, with safety, tin result ef s financial operation of this magnitude ' New Yoffc March I *?. - Itcpresenta? trees of common lahor of Do Sew York Centi mi t w ? "its. REPUBLICANS IN CAROLINA Hai (liny: in No Hurry to Make Appointments Washington March 14.??It li be* lleved hnr that the Harding admin 1st ration will defer action as to pat ronagc in South Carellna until after the forthcoming trip of n subcommlt tee of the national republican com mlttee whlch( under the uhairman ?hlp of Representative C, Bascom lllemp, ol Virginia will look over the party situation In the southern it a tea, with a view oi reporting .is to road Justmenl of representation In the re? publican natlnoal conventions. Information gathered Incidental!) fa) this subcommittee may l>o useful to the administration in deciding upon its pollc) as to patronage In states Ui< Mouth Curollna, Attorney General Uaugherty hai already announcoa that there will be no haste In sup plantina incumbent district attorneys ami marshals whoso termi have ex? pired, and that it is likely that Dem ocratlc Incumbenti who have been continued lor their present t? rms will be allowed to serve out these terms If efficient Iq their work. Rumor hero is to the effect thai the Harding administration In not lu cllned to appoint "the colored brbth er" to office .n the s un i). Henry Lin? coln Johnson, negro national commit tee man from Georgia, it is said, is tn be siat?<i for a good post In the dis? trict at Columbia, perhaps of regis? trar of treasury, and it is further pre? dicted that Johnson will then resign from the national committee, as tin I subcommittee which s going south in i the near future does not particularly care to be escorted through Goorgin by him. Senator X. |;. Ida!, called at the White lhoi.se toda> to pay his respects to President Harding and Was most cordially received, The president said he had the most pleasant recolic? i of their service together In the sen? gte? Nothing specific was discus cd ttt the meeting, Senator Dkil said af? terwards Mill Officer Takes I ife _S Greenwood, March I i Warren U ThttinpsDii, :;s years ot age, su? perintendent of Uaudcl Mill No. 2, eomtnltted suicide todaj about mam by shooting himself once through the heart. He left no note or es phi na? tion for the net. Worry over ill health ami depressed business condi? tions are the causes whleb led 'o the ssttcMo members of the family be? lieve. II?1 had been superintendent (,f the mill since U was organised) eleven years ago, Cutnlng directly homo from the mill office Mr, Thompson \m iii to his bedroom <?n the second Moor of his home and shot himself with a ,|] calibre revolver, Mem? bers of his family found the bod) lying pnrtly ncross tin- bed with the pistol lying on the lloor. Prior to the BhOOtlng members Of the family sus? pected nothing wrong with him, HOLDS SON FOR FATHER'S DEATH Columbia, March 14.? Tonight the coroner's jury investigating the shoot? ing of oseph Mi Meet/., aged about I fifty, late last nlghl at ?'*?iii place, a suburb of Columbia, held Floyd Meets, the son. for the deed. The shooting occurred at the home of young Meet-/., who is twenty-three years of age, und his mother. Holf defense was the idea. According to the testimony adduced at the Investigation It appears thai the older Abet/ has not lived with hi* family for the paid six years and that l'loyd was shielding his mother ami his two sisters. Witnesses swor< that .1. M? Meets had not been living an exemplary life and some time ago was convicted before Judge H. A M. Smith for violation uf the prohibition law. Witnesses testified that he was released from jail la^ \V? dnesday and made threats against the life of his S'.Ml. Germany To Disarm Berlin, March 14. A bill aiming at carrying out Articles itt am] its of the treaty of Versailles prohibit!us warlike organisations was Introduced In the reichstag today and after u lively debate was refern d tu u spe? clal commlttci. Dr, Simons, the foreign secretary, said that the application of the pen? alties did not relieve Ueriiiany of the obligation to disarm. Bavaria he contended, was not directly concern? ed, ami her egcltemeiii up this score was exaggerated. ' I am endeavoring to reach an tin derslending with Uavarla," he con? tinned. "The bill undoubtedly inter, fores with the competence ol the In? dividual countries but as i sin re? sponsible for carrying oul the law, I must insist that the powers of Ihe lm|ierlal govern mem shall be extend? ed in this matter." Memphis, March ?Hardwood luml.:< n and lumlau' earn Inn rail road officiant will met t here to discus* i readjustment ol freight rates on forest products ||| the south Which are belli v I d |o be lm|M i at i\ <? to meet ?*a i ad la it compel Itlon. Washington. March 15. The extra wsslon of the senate adjourned sine die after confirming a lew nomina? tion i. 4 'onstantlnople, March I . Tie i n mtloni between Ihe Turks and bol ihevlkl have become strained, \loa row has sent a nott recognising so riet Oeorgls which says th.it any at ladks on that place would he cons Id rred ss attacks on Hovici Russlu, Washington, March 16. Kred K. leobey, of gag Antonio, is understood o have been ohoseii director <?i the unit Kormei tiovernor William s. hoy. of Utah, Is understood to have ?eeii chosen general agent of the ami office commission, $1,000,000 To Be Used On County Roads Bondi Will Be Sold, Provided Hids at Par or Above Are Re? ceived Was Decision of Cora mission At 111? - meeting of the Bumtor coun? ty highwuy commission, which was held yestcrduy morning, ul li o'clock there were present L. !>. Jennings, ohalrmun; J. ?P. Liooth, fi. A, Lent I nionf, s. A. Harvin, Btanyurnc i ur I rows, j. i\ Bland, J. !'.. lirltton, IS. 13. j Uembert ami l. M. Truluck. The commission unanimously voted that i'oad bonds be sold to the amount of $1,000,00U torn" million dollars) provided these bonds be sold strictly at or above par value, These Woods will bear the Interest rate of per cent, The entire commission was in favor of getting to woi*k as soon as possible on the rohda, The date Bet for opening bids for the bonds is April 7th and lad* of t";.?l building contrac? tors will be received mi and after that date At tin- same meeting ycsterda> a {contract from the state highway de? partment regarding the building of the Watorec bridge, was pres< nted for the signatures of the members of the county highway commission. This contract was nol signed, however, us the majority of ihe members held that Isince llic mallei; of the building of this bridge had heretofore been Ihandled by 111" county hoard of com? missioners Hint, therefore, it was j decim I !?? si that this contract lie ear I rled before the county hoard m com I inlssloners for their endorsement. OPPOSE WAGE REDUCTION New York, March 14. The wuge reductions proposed for unaklllcd labor by the various railroads in the icast probably will be rejected h> the j workers, n canvass of officials of the interested union organizations imll eated here tonight. The first official announcement of the refusal of the reductions Is expected tomorrow when representatives of the workers \vil' meet In conferonce with officials of the New York Central and reply i< that toad's proposal to cut wage: from IT 1-2 to 21 per cent. While no official statements ' (vert made by union leaders it was learned ? hat the various organisations have been holding conferences here dur? ing the last few days and .ill have I virtually ubreed I?. decline the vau< CUtH ami the v. hole mutter go to railroad labor hoard at Chicago The workers take the position that the figures ami dutn submitted by tin railroad'do not show* sufficient cause toe the reductions and Win Hot I" substantiated in ?> hearing. That the railroad workers had agreed on u pulley to fight lb" re? ductions was Indicated by their mox? in advancing the date one week for tin second conference with the New York Central officials. This confer? ence was originally s? t for Mar h The latest reductions proposed by the railroads was made today by th Central Railroad of New Jersey w '? i-) would cut wages of ;<n unski'l" labor from 10 to 17 cents per hour effective April 1. Union repro?t ?\t\ ilvos will make ihelr final reply, b this proposal on March 24. Wage reductions runginv front ' to 23 per cent, for marino w n*k ti employed by the railroads in Ne \ York harbor, it was also learned have been agreed u)>ou by tie <> ,: eial Qeneral Managers' association an organisation of general manager of till railroads with terminals it iM poi*t. The proposal v i 1 be suhl 'it led immediately t ? workers by tin various railroads. Mob Lynches Negro Tampa. Fin., Ma i rh 1 | Will! u I Bowies, a negro, was lyneht ! I?.\ n mob mar Kngle l.akc in Polk fMiiry this afternoon lifter two dopul sheriffs hud arested him for making imprope; remarks to it young wbi Woman. .\s the officers Wer.? lukl'.g I the negro to tin- county jull in tlar- j tow they wore h? Id up by a mob of armed men, overpowered and the negro tuken from (hem. The negro was hunged to a tree near the road? side. Woman Gets Release Florence, March II. Mrs. v.. Illghain, who was arrested Friday, churged wllh iittempting to slip i ? her husband, K. I'. Iligham. in lb ? count) Jail le re, sulllclcul por>< n to | cause death, was released up< n h .? ou'it recognisance alter a hearing be? fore Magistrate Wetmore. John ?!. ? McHwitln of tJreenvillc appear* l pjr Mrs. Iligham, Mr, McHwain is nol ! connecled with tin case of K. 11 Iii?; kam. who is accused of kiilin ; tiv- j members ol Ihe family. Mrs. Itlg ham and lea daughters left Ihe tonight foi (Ireenvllle, where Ilic.\ } a ill remain, it i:- stated, nut II tin y are summoned lore i,\ tin court, i WuHllingtOII, March IT.. The en: ft rent r ot packt rs and employi f? r tin- reud.iustincut of differences will open here Monday, Beeret a > Davit* I antioun? ed, WuHliliigtou, March 1 Cotton cuiisumcd during February totaled 1 ::!?;. :.t;:: kilcs of inn and hah ? of I intern, compared with fil.'i.fiO'J and j] UU.H9II bales respectively during Keb- i ruary of in: t yiar, Ihe census bureau I' ,tnnounct d. ? * ' Wa? hlugton, March i ?< Ki i il Mor- \' Dcuritig, ol Missouri, was sworn In Icaluy as assistant secretary of j ?tale, Dublin, March I ?? Kh e police re- I rillte were wounded m tin* explosion a d a bomb l ist night, whll< m an hing jv i house. Three civ ilians were Kill* ?I t ind several wounded. Dublin troops Jh onti'.ed in tin- baracks feat dlsor- jh Iei.<. as Ihe result of the executions 111 d MX tuen late vesterdav. I l SOVIET LEADERS LOSING CONTROL Troops Reported to Be Leaving Bolshevik! Stockholm, Murch i "> Finland and l?sth<mta advicea slate thai the Hol Bh. vikl lenders are losing control of ?.In- soviel troops. Tin- artillery of Kronstadt fortress w as directed yes-1 terday nguiusl the southern eoast of Iii'- (lulf of Finland, between Orlen . ha U iii a ud I Vt i'Ogl'ad. _ SEARCH FOR OIL Geological Survey Discusses i Summerville Wild Cat Well Columbia, March 1?.?The reported discovery of 11 showing of oil in a wildcat well drilled al Kummcrville, 22 miles northwest of Charleston, is declared !> th ? Cnited Stales geo logical Kursey, department of the iiir 1 tcrior, t<> be of somewhat greater in? terest than most other reported dis I eoverles of oil east of tho Appala? chian mountains, for ihis woll pre? sents sonic unusual feat urea, The well appears to have been sunk as an admitted gamble, wiih poor chances id' winning, hy the E. P. Curt on Lum? ber company and its associat s with the object of honestly trying out the i oil possibilities ot the vicinity ot Sum Imcrville, i?nt without ih*1 stock pro [ motion methods sometimes prcvulent I where wildcat ting is carried on in ?* t l?? , cr regions far from producing Heids. [The region has recently been visited ly ES, W, Shaw of the geological sur I vey, who reports that tin well drill? ed by the local capitalists lias yielded a few ounces of crude o? 11 o'< n in but j * 1111;11 the. conditions appeared to him I ho unfavourable Hint, until the well [ is more fully lestotl, further oxplor latlen, nna\ particular!) the payment of any considerable amounts for oil rights on small tracts of land, should be strougly discouraged. Ife hold? It hut unless the well is brought fully i" the producing stage, or at least until it Is thoroughly tested, leases on lands near it are worth little more than I the cost of sinking a well and tic usual ono-eighth royalty, if, in? deed, they are worth that much. The principal considerations that I demand caution are Ihe relative thin? ness of the sedimentary series of beds at Summerville,, no commerclal ! ly valuable oil hhvlng yel been de? veloped where the entire sediment?r) sei t ion for the region is s<> thin as that throughout the Atlantic coastal plain north ol* Georgia, the apparent inch of anticlinal or other favor? able structure, the failure of samples of the sands to yield truces of oil on heating or treatment with solvents, and the lack <>f strong Hows of salt water, which usually accompany oil. '?n the othi r hand, a genuine show* ? iliK ol oil and f-as BeelllS to have been obtained, and as the well is kept tilled with the drilling mud there Is I ready no way of telling from the Isin wing whether or not there is much j oil or gas or whether the well would Iproducu it it were bailed and put into producing condition. Wells that i ? are drilled by the rotary method, though thej may bo of largo en I paeity, may give n> great showing el oil unti; they are hailed, for the [mud used in drilling keeps the oil I dammed back in ihe reservoirs, ? x tcept stn h traces as become caught in tin- mud and carried up to the sur I face, Indeed, the drill may pass through sand thai carried consider? able oil and yet not even b showing of oil may reach tho surface, J The problem here Is really simple. I The w ed should now he tested, and if lit yields no dII or gas the region will I !i?ol< unpromising for the reaaon out? lined above and should still be re jgarded only as wildcat territory, it It he Well pl'OV< M t ? be g.1 ot lea- wells !<an he senk nearby, ami precise sur? veys can be made to determine the gcol ?glc structure *>t the beds in the , a n a. I Logs ?>f artesian weds sunk in ihe region indicule thai lie- deeper strata dip about 1,1 feel to the mile to tin southeast and the shallower strata dip 8 or i tl fet t tot ho mile i:i a direct ion more nearly south. In an area north of lids region, at Wil? mington, N. <".. the aggregate thick? ness of all the sedimentary forma lions is Lilly 1,1 Oil feet. At 1''pi t Cus well, N. ? not quite so far north as Wilmington m?r so far inland, it. is i feet, The thickness increase* l iward the south, so that Summer ri'le ;t tl nds on Ihe . i !e of a. la rgt sediment?r) basin, and ma ny oil pools are found in such n position. 11 seem i proba hie from all t ha! i ,.n be li ai in il ot : he Wi II and i In surrounding country, using Ih>(Ii tin practical fficts concerning kinds ol places where oil has been found tin world over and Ihoort'lieal co.usiilera t ions as In Ihe Kind of places wlieri one may cxpcol In Hud it. that any oil and gas found lit the region around Charleston will probably come i ron! small poi kola or lenses in sand I hat i hic]os< il in dark cla). Hov al formations In this region con? ti in partly decomposed organic mat? ter, from which oil and gas might he generated and under proper geo '? gi a! conditions made to accumu? late in Iciiacs of sand Hull arc sli.it I n b) relatively impervious nitty. Kvcn considerable pools might form. I'lhough the lU'obabililics seem i i;.insi Hieir formation because of i ihe hod; oi favorable structure and , t ie* general free circulation ul water. 11 1.1.: li is indicated by the fact that ! i r ii water is found ul depths of J no e than i.'.'O M ivi y at Charleston. M ?iuiaint r\lilc is at preseul o place K ml) for a m m v ho knows thorough- 11 y the oil game, I;1 _^ _ r j WORE ARRESTS IN RICHMOND i, Itiehinond, Ma i eh 1"?. Three more c nests have h??en made in connection I ith the attack on a white woman b) I ivo negroes Saturday night while ju cr Ausbnnd was ,ii in bod. Contrl- Ul nnms ba\e been mad.- ' a buJaj i, ? iiuittaajj ,e , ^mumm INCOME TAX I PAYMENTS Treasury Expected to Receive'" Half Billon Dollars To-Day Washington, March 15?America's! in? ome and excess profit tax to be received today is expected to enrich the government $500,000,000. Tin ! treasury will n<?i retain the riches for long howevor, as the receipts are needed to return short term borrow? ings issued already amounting to ap? proximately that sum. CAPITAL NEWS From the Capital City Columbia. March 1"?.?Attorney Gen? eral Wolfe and Former Assistant At? torney General Morris l?. Lumpkin j leave Columbia for Charleston this ?f? fte: noon. *nt argue before Judge H. A. M. Smith and two other federal .in 1 gva at Charleston Wednesday, the state's appeal for an Interlocutory in? junction, to prevent the rallroadfi from maintaining the advanced uitra state passenger fares. Tin In | crease tukes effeel at midnight Tues? day, despite the pending action in tin i courts. ('ollim1 >!a, .Man h 1 5.- A n an nouneemcnt that will he of interest to ! ill postmasters of Ihe state and that pro I m bly means that there will be no I re-appointments of postmasters at this time, with the Incoming of the <?. r. administration, was received ny postmasters in South Carolina this week. It is from Postmaster Gen? eral Hays and is on authority of Pres? ident Harding. "The. postal establishment Is not an instil.item for profit or ikiIIHcs,*' jays the statement Crom Mr. Hays. 'It is an Institution for service; and ,t is the president's purpose that ev ery* effbrt shall* be made to Improve Ihat ser\ha . "Ever) effort shah be exercised lo humanize the industry. Labor is nol a com in 'lity. That idea was a ban* doned It - I years ae.,, nvxi Kanter, rinne an 3U0,00d employees. The) iutvc tin brain and they have the hand lo do I in job well; and they hall have the heart to do it w< II. e purpose to approach this matter io that tiny shall be partners with us in thli business. It Is a great bus ness Institution serving every indi? vidual in the country, [.know that with 800,000 men and women pledged 0 serve all the people, and honestly lixcharging that duty, fairly treated tnd properly apreclat*?d, all partners kV'lth US her,- in this meat enterprise, we can lo the Job. it's going to be done." This In taken to mean that there be no radical changes In the government's policy towards the post mastersh ps. Inder the present order >f things the posimastcrahlps are civ 1 service appointments, under executive order of the recenl admin? istration. Unless this order is revok? ed the civil service postmasterships will not be subject to removal or re .Illing. Ii this order should be re? voked, it wl'.l mean that present post I nasters witl even then hold office un? til the end of their terms. Columbia, March -\'>.?Authorita? tive informtuion was received in t'o umbia today from Washington to the ? fleet thai "lied" It. Tolbert, of Abbe kille county, brother of Jos. Y\\ Tol? bert, Uepublican leader, who lives at Ninety-Six, will be collector of in? ternal revenue, to succeed I>. C. Hey card. Tie name of Mr. Tolbert, it is dated, has been sent to Secretary of ?.he Trcas try A. w. Mellon, for ap? pointment. I' is expected that Mr. Colbert's appointment will he an? nounced at an early date. it is also stated, mi authority of definite reports from Washington, hat John W. TollH*rt, of Nimty-Six, will be r??eognixed as distributor of iHiltiM, dispenser of patronage. Mr. rolbeti is expected to make some inal announcetuenlH in a few d Lya> No further antiouiicetnetits have hoen made is yet as to the district ittorneyship for Ihe eastern ?listriet if South t'urolina. it is stated that no uttorm y can be found for the po? sition. The ?' 11 m ?? was offered, it is understood, to Former Governor ISIease, but lie deelined it. For Ihe tVestcrn d strict LTncHt F. Cochran. ? ! Anders? a, has lieen selected ami ias agreed to accept. For the Otllce of Marshall of tin K?stern district, S. .1. Ix'aphurt, of Lexington, w di he appointed, and tor he western district. .1. |\ Jones, of illuckshiirg will likely gel the ap ,iojhi meiit, Columbia, March 15.?State Super iilemleiil of Kducatiou .1. JO. Swcarim a n has called a meeting of the coun? ty SUpCI Ul!< inh ',1s. to he held in ' !o lumbia on Wednesday of this Week, i la put pose ot i he lueel in|j is to dig. uss tin- ??1 uns of ilie school under recenl laws unacted by ti;e legislature. Columbia, Man h lA loan ot three million dollars was arranged b> he state finance committee on ibei? trip to New York, from which they returned M< nday. Tin coiiiiuit lee, Governor Cooper, State Treasurer Carter, and Comptroller General Dua-j /an. announced toduv that the- hol trranged to sirrow up lo three million (< lollars, as n ? dod. No annotiuceme .; 1 Is made as to the rate. This nioney Ii i to run the s ate government until ta.\ tolled ions a ?? in. Columbia. March l">. Tb? State!? IT. AI. C. A . Will hold its annual coitc ' ^ ention in Columbia Thursday. At j f east |06 secretaries and Y worker*? || ire expe? ted. Prof. Henr.v a Wright i >f ihe facultv of l'ule, will be (be > hief speaker. Addresses will als?? he lelivered by Secretary William Know pm Coopi r. ? i Washington, and, Prof, t v i'.. Lindem a ii, of Greensboro. . \ m i,na. March ir,,- a world wide PIEDMONT SWEET POTATO SCHOOL Program of Instruction at Hodges, March 11 Clemson t?ge, March IS.?The) ?uiitli< i ii -wri t potato is i good l'?od unl a good crop for South Carolina (armors it planted conservatively. This wan the keynote of the talks and demonstration! at the sweet potato school held at Hodges on Friday. March II, for tin- Piedmont counties under the aus|iices of the extension service. The program was arrang? ed by Geo. P. Hoffmann, extension horticulturist, und covered the sub j< ct of sweet potatoes from seed se? lection to marketing. l>r. J. I* t'a son, of Hodges, presided. Much in terest was shown by the several bun died farmers present from various parts of the Piedmont. The morning session begun with a disciissh n of the Importance .and gen eral principles of co-opemtlve mar? keting of crops by Mr. William lil I liott, Columbia, who has made a ?stud: Of the legal phases of the sub? ject. He stressed especially ware? housing to secure orderly marketing; and proper financing: the nceeel of mass marketing, strict enforceable [contracts; expert marketing agents; the principle of pooling, etc. j Director W. W. Long, of the cxten j don service, spoke briefly on the sue: t. potato in diversified farming. He cs|>cctally cautioned farmers not to plunge too heavily Into the grow of potatoes on extensive scale without knowledge or experience, but to plant conservatively and gradually build Up a sweet potato industry, with proper attention itfU only to growing, bui also to curing marketing, etc. I'loper Curing, < sJllMJ*, and SSS> kctillg Important. tine of Lite most stirring talks SFS? by Itoland Tinner, general agrieul tural agent of the Southern Rail WUT. on the potato as a money crop. Ho said that the potato can be grown in I this state to advantage, but that we must -row tin- right kinds to meet, market demands, ? nie properly, and grade and pack correctly ami honest - ly, or other southern states will take the trade. lie stressed "economy farming" and scored our farmers for depending on any money crops which make it necessary to buy everything c so at costs greater than home pro | lie t ion v. ould be. Geo. r. Hoffman, extension horti culturist, spoke on the management, of tin- potato storage house. T. L$. j Young, president of the South Caro I Una Bweet Potato association^ told about the co-operative work of that Iorganisation in finding markets and Idistributing the product to advan? tage. Prof. II. W. Darre, director of I the South Carolina Kxp? rimcnt sta? tion, explained seed selection and rot control. Prof. C C Sewnsan, head j of tin horticultural division of Clonv j son College, db^uased soils, fertiliz? ers, and cultivation < t sweef potatoes. ' Demonstrations in selecting ami treating seid potatoes with formal* jdehyde to p;*event disease, bedding seed potatoes, grading and packing, storage house construction, etc.. were give n at different times during the day by the extension service special? ists. Former Senator Peeved Driven Out of Town by Anti Nonparlisan League Crowd Sahna. Kansas, March 14.?J. Ral? ph Cm ton. former Cllited States sen I ator from Kansas, issued h long state? ment here today, denouncing occur? rences at Creat Lend. Kansas. Satur? day night in which non-partisan league officials were driven from thu community as 'a clime U'orM than hank robbery." Durton himself was placed in a mo? tor car*and escorted out of town. He asserts that J. < ?. Stevic and (\ A. Carson:, the other members of the party were beaten end tarred by th* mob and "left on the prairie to die." Doth ?neu arc in Bali IUI today, how |cver, and their injuries arc not dan? gerous, it is said. .Mr. Durton said that he had ap? pealed to stat ? officials at Topeka to plinisll the leaders of the Cleat Detui "mob." ' I will not now discuss the facts in the case." iln- llurton statement [said, " i desire to*wait and see srssst Iis said and done in Kansas about the I blackest of all crimes on the caleg la r I he suppression of free speech foill." SiMitlH'i'ii Hallway Promotions. Atlanta. Ca.. March II.?'George N Kei r. for Ihe pas: lour years as? sistant general freight agent for the Sou lb cm Hallway System at Atlanta becomes i rathe manager of the South? eastern express company tomorrow, his appointment being announced to? day by I'resident and Ceneral Man? ager .lohn IL Hockaday. At the same lime the promotion of I, w. Bray to KUcceed Mr. Kerr as aseistagl general freight ;r;i in at Atlanta wasanuounc rd by Ihe Southern Hallway System. Mr. bray has Is i n division freight agent at tlrccnsboro, X c. The following appointments were also announced by the Southern: Caul A W right. formerly distrn t freight im tit at Atlanta to be assistant gcn^_ eral fr? igltf a;;< at in ? b?rge of so licitor m the Atlanta territory. W. T. rurnei i ?i.v.M?.n tr.ight agent M ttreensbo:??. \. ?v. succeeding Mi [tray. llumih?m Haxtcr to be divisl night agent at Norfolk, Va., ceding Mr Turner. K. R, Gar 'ormerly chief clerk in the.ot ho freight traffic manager at?j ngton to be ?nmmcrrial a| Washington, . iccecding *vJ*J| Aih. us, .March 16.?. Ine today denied isjfl 'onsidering al 11s soi . Prinoi W