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TME. STTMTER WATCHMAN, Esa ?" 'i . ? ' ? ^ AUG. 2,1 own* by Journal of Com-: homa and Texas Hit XcSS: July Sl.--T&e New JOuruafc of Commerce wiH jve the following to say in its is \^|e of ? tGSiorrow regarding: thej fcio? the' cotton exop: "Estinaates of th* cotton crop re ??iyecL from approximately 1,800 ? if^eial correspondents of this, jour - ' jrsf^L.' gathered*, under am average It^te of July. 24, show that there ^gg^ Been a further slight decline l^^^er cent condition, -3 per .cent, J5j^p57.8 per cent-v or the lowest Sg l^e^for July of a?y year snce 194>1. i ^astpares - with 88.2. per cent. I ;h ago, 74.8 per c^nt last year j ten-year- average of VI.I per} July is not . mfreouetly a ^^ig^oih of deterioration aT decline . eoadtsoa would -attract very -;3^?fe atte?tioa;were It not for the that aa per cent- condition ;3?jear is so far below the gen ayerage at this season, even a loss- assumes "somewhat sgj^ificant proportions. fn July year there wast a gain of 3.3 f j^er cent, to T4.S per -cent. : year earlier percentage declin r 1.3 per cent, to 20.1 percent* but 192% while a "decani of 5.-7 per was reported, it was from a June condition figure o?r$3.i per cent. Going still further back"; inly, I9-I7, showed an advance. of l3>" per cent to 7 3. ? per cent, though' losses' of - 4:2 and? 2.4 per cfeut.. were-registered in> 1916 and :^pi5 to. 74.4 and 77:3 per cent, re S^etiyeiy. According to the .-. government formula of calcula - tlen. the estimated yield this ?/ear_ w?l be 8teSS,O0& bales, excluding ;'tttsters, which compares- with an Victual yield of 13-,?&5>? 54 bales in iSt^Sfi and ^1,420,^3: oale^ the year rj^^eeding. ?Bj an ana^sis by states it will j ;< be seeci that gains and losses'" were f pretty, evenly divided throughout the belt. North Carolina reported au increase of . 6.5 per cent, to 72 per cent. In Se^tfe Carolina pros pects, .were lese favorable and only .a. nominal, gain of .4 per cent to &KS^per eent. was- shown. Georgia lost ground, declining. .9 per cent, to 3.3 per cent. ^ Alabama condi tion, fell .4 per cent, and "iennessee .5. per cent. ? Oklahoma was the heaviest loser with a drop of 69.3 cent., or 3-3 per cent, off, while t came nex? the reduction for whole state ^ftig '?.7 per cent to 68.8 per cent. Mississippi, Louis iana and: Missouri scored advances Of 2.1 per cent., 4.7 per cent and 5^ per cent- to 68.7 per cent., 69.8 per cent and 74 per...cent'., respec tively. ; The above showing is undoubted ly a disappointement to those who. fei view of the promising outlook at the opening of the season had cscaifidently looked for a record production as a partial offset to the curtailment in acreage, and Its: almost wholly the result of un favorable weather eonditoua, ?nan cial difficulties and a sweeping re daction ist tbj* use of fertilizer. Sel ^ox? has rainfall been so poorly distributed as during practically if*e entire cotton growing season, ^rooolnged drought in some parts j With almost incessant rainfall in j othei-* have accused considerable deterioration and the crop is- re ported as very uneven- Owing to ] tbe numerous replantfnggs ear Egr in the year, plants are in . many localities practically all sizes, y&$th some sections showing good ? fruitage, others hardly any at all. As a result, it is extremely difficult to, form any reliable idea of what $*e Snat yield may be. /? In all probability the most unfa vorable feature of the situation is t&e numebr and activity of wee vils which seem to be spreading in nearly all parts if the belt at an a^trming rate. The consensus of j opinion seems to be that should ] August turn out, as is so often the C&se, cloudy and showery, weevil depredations will be very serious; aad the crop.in some counties, no tably the. low lands, a practical failure. If, on "the other hand, gpod weather is had for the next tyo or three weeks, with an abund ance of heat and sunshine, it is believed that there Is stii* time for widespread improvement. Cor respondents in Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, and parts of Alabama, where excessive ram* have given rise to much anxiety, report dis tinct improvement in this respect; and state that as cultvation is ex cellent and fields mostly clean and W'ell worked, all that is needed to head off "weevil ravages and in sure a fair average yield is favor able climiatc conditions , for the balance of the season. Nevertheless; itmust not be overlooked that the , late and unfavorable start, thej unusually serious weevil menace | and disconcertingly low prices fori lie-staple have aH combined to in crease the general reduction in i acreage and that productiveness j been reduced- in many cases by the drastic cuts in the use of ferti iteers. Thus it s would seem that iblished April, 1850. ? :881. teVTL PLAYS HAVOC WITH COnONCROP ? ? X & S VA * MCrop Declined 4.5 Last | Month,, Bringing. Condition to 64:7 Per Cent ' r Washington,- Aug. f.?The boll -weevil played havoe with the' Youth's cotton crop during July, ;heavy rainfall ?Med in the de traction by promoting a rank .growth of weeds an& grass and as l& result a prospective production oi 8203,000 bales was forecast to Ifday by the Department of Agricul ture, basins: its estimate on condi tions existing: July 25. That is a ?foss or 23P,G00 bales compared, with the production- forecast a rmonth ago. The crop declined 4.9 uoints '.during the. month,, much more ithan. the average decline, bringing ^condition to 64.? per cent of a nor mal, the lowest July 25 condition on record with one exception, that of 1866, when it was 64.1. Unpromising is the present con dition of the crop throughout most of the" belt, and there Is very serious' threat, the department ex perts say, of continued and in creased damage f.-om the boll weevil,-^while grass and weeds are exhausting much of the crop that remains. A crpp of 8,43a,000 bales was [forecast ?rojn the condition on June 25, which was 69.2 per cent of a normal. The condition was 74. T per cent on July 25 last year, 67.1 in 1919 and the ten-year July 25 average- is 75.4.. Last year's crop was 1.3,305,754 bales, that of 191? was li,42?',763 bales, that of it was 12,040,532, in 1917 it was ^,302,375 and inx 1916 it was 11, ;449,930. The condition by States- follows: Virgina82, North Carolina 75, South Carolina 62, Georgia 59, Florida 60, Alabama 58; Mississi ppi G?, Louisiana ?-9, Texa* 62, Arkansas 75, Tennessee 55, Mis souri 80, Oklahoma 68, California 83, Ariona 89. All other States 8 8. Summarising conditions, the de partment issued a statement say ing: "Cotton .suffered more than the usual decline durinr; ,Julyt helnigf. damaged particularly by ' the itfoll weevil,, especially m the new1 invaded 'territoHei" in. South Caro la, Eastern Georgia, ."Southerr and. Eastern Oklahoma ahd South ern Arkansas. Damage from this insect throughout the belt has been heavy and the threat of continued and increased damage is very sert our, In many sections it promises to take all hew growth, <? ? -'' ? ' ??">f "This condition results largely from, the heavy July rainfall, which has also* washed out much of the scanty supply of fertilizer and en couraged growth of grass and weeds which is exhausting rauch of what remains. "Farms are unable to give a fin al dressing of fertilizer in most in stances, as had been the custom. Through most of the belt the pres ent condition of the plant is un promising, since it. faces on the one hand the danger of drought and on the other increased dam age from the boll weevil. "Conditions are favorable only in the fringes of the belt in Western" Texas, Eastern Oklahoma, along the Mississippi river from North ern Mississippi through Tennessee and into Missouri, in Virginia and North Carolina, the northern por tion or South Carolina and in the delta section of Mississippi, where the plants are well rooted and sturdy, with a good set of first crop bolls." ' New Orleans, Aug. I.?The cot ton new year, with its annual sta tistics and rush of excited trading, was marked today by an advance in price which experts estimated would bring Southern planters ;$41,000,000 more for their crop. The days development put the price up a cent a pound. Interest was centered main'y in the item of the carry-over, *-hiCh waa placed by H. G. Hester, secretary of the New Orleans Cotton * Exchange, at 9,194,000 bales, the largest carry ! over on record. h- ? ? . ? ? ???? -. - . Secretary Hester announced the i commercial crop for the year end- j ling July 30 at 11,377,316 bales, aj [decrease under iast year of 1,065, : 864, a decrease under year before I i last of 263,357 and a decrease un der 1917-18 of 529.657. [> ',- . ^1 I Southern consumption, which he [stated at 3,096,504 bales? Mr. Hes ter says, indicates a decrease of 594.501 bales compared with last year and a decrease compared with year before last of 437,273. Mr. Hester estimated the world's consumption of American cotton at 10.500,000 bales. indications are for a smaller yield per acre than had been expected earlier in the year. The credit situation has appa rently improved since few, if any complaints have been received of financial difficulties, while another favoring factor of considerable im portance is that labor is not only readily available and fairly effi cient hut cheap. Texas corres pondents report that in some sec tons Mexican help can be had as low as 60 cents per day. "Ee Just and Fear Not?Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." Sumter, S. C, Wednesday, August 3,1921 The New Home of The Watchman and Southron Tbe picture above shows the front of the new building of the Osteen Publishing Co.?the new home of the Surnter Daily Item and the Watchman and Southron?in which a complete modern newspaper and job printing plant is housed.. The picture is made from the architect's drawing of the front eleva tion of the building. The drawings and working plans were made by Mr. F. E. Nigels, of this city. The building is located on the back half of the lot, immediately in the rear of the old Osteen Building which was burned on the night of June 18-19. There will be an entrance from Liberty Street, through an arcade between the Osteen Building and the Jennings-Ga; ay Furniture Co., Building (Old Masonic Temple). The new building is a substantial factory-type brick structure of the following dimensions: Length 76 feet, width 45 feet, with l?rfoot ceiling. It is perfectly lighted by a number of large windows on the north and south sides and well ventilated. It is heated by a furnace located in a basement. The old plant was burned on the night of June 18th. The next day, Sunday, arrangements were made to print .the; Daily Item in the plant of the Orangeburg Times and Democrat, and on Monday, June 20th the paper was issued as usual.. For the first few days the plans of the publishers were somewhat unsettled and While immediate steps were taken to purchase a new printing outfit, orders being placed by telegraph, the location of the new:building was undetermined and tentative arrangements were made to secure temporary quarters in which to install the new machinery. Before the end of the week, however, it was decided to immediately begin the erection of a new building in the rear of the old building. Working plans were made by Mr. F. E. Nigels, and Mr. J. W. Harper was engaged to take eharge of the construction,, with the understanding .that it was to be a rush job from the start. Material was assembled as quickly as possible and ground was broken for the foundations on June 29th. From that day the. work was pushed with the utmost system and expedition. Considerably more than one hundred thousand bricks were laid in ten working days and the other work kept pace with the brick laying. The building had reached a stage of completion by July 12th that permitted the install ation of the new machinery, as rapidly as it arrived. Sufficient machinery arrived and had been in stalled to resume publication in Sumter by the middle of last week?less than thirty days after the first brick was laid on the building?but it was decided to get all machinery possible installed and test ed out and th efirst issue of the paper from the new jplant oh August 1st. The new newspaper outfit consists of a Model B- Duplex Web Press, of the latest type, that wilr print and fold six thousand four, six or eight page papers per hour. " Two latest model linotype machines and a complete equipment of advertising type, stereotype casting equipment and every, other necessary appliance for printing an up-to-date newspaper. T ife job printing equipment has not all arrived but within a short time the job shop will be in operation fcth a modern outfit. ^ To erecf a builaln^of the size and type that : Harper has constructed, for ttre Osteen Publishing Conipany within thirty days is a notable achivement : and he has the thanks and congratulations of the management. We are also indebted to Mr. I. -Aw Ryttenberg, of the Sumter Brick Works for furnish ing the brick promptly, t? Wm. M. Lloyd Co., for providing the lumber as rapidly as needed, to the Sum ter Roofing and Sheet Metal Works for putting on; the roof without flaying the progress of the work a minute, to the Watt's Construction Co., for the mill work, sash, and a number of special articles of fur niture and equipment for the printing shop, to the Lynam Electric Co., for overhauling and installing the electrie motors and other electric equipment, to Parish Dray Line for prompt and efficient service, and to Mr. E. Boney, Atlantic Coast Line Agent for doing all in his power to expediate the delivery of our equipment. ? ! TO SPARE RICH Sec. Mellon Frames Up a Fine Scheme To Raise Reve nue For Govern ment ' [ ? Washington, Aug. 1.?A tax of [two cents on bank checks, a ftet license tax of $10 on all automo biles, irrespective of cost or horse power, an increase of first class postage rates to three cents and an added levy on cigars, tobacco and cigarettes are understdod to have been among tax revision sug gestions presented today by Sec retary Mellon to the house ways and means committee meeting in executive session. Other suggestions were said to have included: A reduction of 50 per cent, io transportation taxes, both passen ger and freight, next year, and their elimination the year follow ing. The repeal of taxes on soda fountain drinks and ice cream. Repeal of the excess profits tax and elimination of the $2,000 ex emption on corporation incon>es. Increase of the normal income tax on corporations from the present 10 per cent, to 15 per cent. Elimination of the income sur tax brackets above 40 per cent, with the surtax on incomes rang ing from $6.000-to $50,000 increas ed. The revenue bill as revised in accord with these suggestions would be designed to raise ap proximately $4,000,000,000 next year, it was said. Attacked by Democrat. Representative Garner of Texas, ranking Democratic member of the committee, attacked the treasury secretary's proposals, declaring that everyone of them constituted a "shifting of the tax b?rden from the classes to the masses." Mr. Mellon was said to have es timated government expenditures for next year at $675,000,000. but Chairman Fordney said this was dependent upon how much of the $500,000,000 due the railroads BEL AGREES TO COME IN Great Britain Drops Proposal To Hold Frame-Up Con Conference London, (Associated),~ August 2 ?Great Britain ha3 dropped the proposal for a preliminary confer ence on the Pacific question and agreed to participate in the Wash ington conference as originally sug gested by President Harding, ac cording to officials. would have to be advar . ^d out of the federal treasury, the cost of operating the government mer chant fleet and the size of expen ditures for the army and navy. Aside from internal taxes, the treasury secretary was understood to have estimated customs receipts for next year at $450,000,000 and miscellaneous receipts, including salvage, at $350,000,000. He was said to have figured that the $10 license tax on automobiles would bring in $100,000,000 and that added levy on cigars, tobacco o.nd cigarettes an additional $25,000, 000. Increased postal rates have been estimated to yield another $75,000,000 but the estimate as to the income from the proposed tax on bank checks was not dis closed. To Offset Losses. The losses of revenue through reductions of the transportation taxes has been placed at approxi mately $150,000,000. After the committee had heard Mr. Mellon. Internal Revenue Com missioner tax expert, and other fis cal officers of, the government. Chairman Fordney reiterated his statement of last Saturday that he believed the nation's tax bill could be cut $500,000.000 and the gov ernment run for $4.000,000,000 a year. Representative Garner said that government expenditures in excess of that sum next year would be a "wilful, wicked, waste of public funds wholly indefensible." He asserted that the federal govern ment could be run for $3,500.000, adding that Representative Mad CARUSO DIED MONDAY AT NAPL World's Greatest Ten or Succumbs to Ope ration For Ab scess Eos Naples, (Associated?, Au gust 2?Enrico Caruso, the world famous tenor died here today death following an operation Sunday for an absecsss between the liver and diaphragm, which caused acute peritonitis. Untii a week ago. he was regarded as on the road to re covery from the long illness begin ning in Now York last winer. He bad a sudden relapse and was re moved from hi3 home at Horrento at Naples where specialists decided to operate immediately. His wife and brother were at the bedside when the end came. Washington, Aug. 1.?Secretary Hoover, has cabled Walter Lyman Brown, European director of the American Relief Admii istration, to proceed to Riga and negotiate with Soviet authorities, preparatory to Russian Food Relief, following an official reply from the Soviets ac cepting American terms. New Orleans, Aug. t.?Cotton rose three dollars a bale after the publication of the government re port, forecasting the smallest crop in a quarter of a century. den of Illinois, the new chairman of the appropriations committee, had declared in an addr< ss that this sum should be sufficient. Before the committee heard the treasury experts, the Republican members were In conference with Mr. Madden for a discussion of ex penses next year and more i artic ularly the needs of the shipping board, the army and in..- navy. Examination of the treasury of ficers' concluded the committee's hearings on the revision measure and the Republican members plan to get to work tomorrow on ;i final draft of the bill. Cha.rmau Ford ney reiterated that the committee probably could not complete the measure under three weeks. RESERVE BANK EXPOSURE John Skelton Williams Goes Before Con gressional Com mittee to Criti cise Adminis tration Washington, August 2?Johr Skelton Williams, former comp troller of the currency, appeared today before the joint congression al commission that is considering agricultural problems, with the de clared purpose of criticizing the ad ministration of the federal reserve banks. He said he did not agree with the polciy of the board in in discriminately raising interest rates in 1919 and making prodigal ad vances to institutions in the east to the disadvantage of the west and ! south. Gun Play in Coal Region Two Men Killed in Pistol Duel in Court House Yard Welch, W. Va.. Aug. 1.?Sid Hatfield. former Matewan police chief, and Ed. Chambers, a police man were both killed in a gun light in the Court House yard here. Detective C. E. Lively and four others were arrested. Retail Prices Higher Washington. July 31.?Retail prices of food increased in nine of the ten principal cities during the period from June 15 to July ir>. the Department of Labor an nounced today. In Detroit prices i ei.l up 7 per cent; in Pcoria and Providence 5 per cent; Manchester :uid New Haven 4 per cent; Mobile and Savannah 3 pe rcent; and In Atlanta anil Richmond 1 per cent. Prices in Little Rock decreased one-tenth of 1 per cent. Litt: -'.< HUE sot BRYNES AIS South C?rclina Congressman Addresses Strong Letter To President Washington July 30^?Represen tative Byrnes of South Carolina asked. President Harding -n a let ter to?t^y to take "appropriate ac tion tpward3 officials, who by mis representing conditions misled you into making the statement that parts of the south were menaced with famine and plague." Replying to the president's let ter of yesterday in wr'^h Mr. Harding said that if investigation developed that reports had misrep resented conditions official refuta tion wbtUd be desirable, Mr. Byrnes wrote: ' : "I wish- to thank ^ou very much for your letter of the 28th. I agree that Jt is highly desirable that tfce bureau of public health service should continue its investigation as to pellagra,- and I know that con gress appropriated for this fiscal year $300,000 to enable the ser vice to investigate the diseases of man, the . representatives of the beahm service advising cur appro priations ' committee that out of ihis sum they would continue their pellagra investigations, and there js no objection to the special inves tigation", you have directed the heajth servco to make What I 4eepiy regret, Mr. President, and what I believe, the people of the ^puth'regret, is that before such an investigation was made, you were misled into stating in your letter to the"president of.the Red Cross: ; " ^It must bring a shock to the American people to rea^e that a great section of their own country, which they ate wont to think of as immune from such experiences, is ?ct??lly menaced b^ famine and plague. For that is what it would pecalled "if it should . befall any other country, and we may as well jjlvo ' it its' right name. " 'It is of course a consequence of the economicr disorganization following; the war, and it demands Instant and* vigorous attention. Our people so long and so often moved by splendid charttablene^s! towards llnfortunatel of other lands, w?i never j permit such ah affliction here." , "Coming from the president Of the United States,, this statement has commanded attention and has been publshed in practica.Uy every newspaper, in this country, and doubtless in the press of other na tions,. Jt Is to these statements we take exception. We may be over sensitive but the average American dislike.* to have placed in front of his doc-is a flag indicating the presence of ? plague when as a matter of fact there exists within his home nothing to justify that characterization. And likewise, where there is no famine he dis likes to be held up as the object of charity, and compared with the "unfortunates of other lands' for the relief of Whose starvation and disease our people have generously contributed*. "Upon reflecton, I think you will agree that these statements are hot warranted by the report a3 to the increase of pellagra in Mis sissippi. Even if it should develop that these statistics are correct, the indicated increase of pellagra in one state would not constitute a plague er a menace to the entire south, because the disease is not contagious. "And certainly there , is nothing In the telegram of the editor of the Spartanburg Herald to warrant either of the two statements in J question- in that part of Mr. Hear- j on's telegram which yo.i quote, he | expressed the opinion that the I health service should continue its investigations this year. Everybody j agrees, and congress has authoriz- | ?d it. But you v.'ili note that he j says ''In my judgment there is! nothing alarming in the situation,' and in that part of the telegram which you did not quote in your letter, an A which bears, directly upon; the question, Mr. K.earon stated: : " There is, of eour.se. nothing even approaching famine condi tions in this part of South Caro lina. Crop condition.*? are ex cellent, and there is to be more food in this county grown upon its own land than ever in the history of the county.' "I call it to your attention be cause I am satisfied it is true gen erally of the South. TV:e fact that cotton is selling t>eiow the cost of production has forced the south to the production of more foodstuffs. And I repeat that while the south is appealing for assistance in marketing its cotton at a fair price, and for moee liberal credits in order to hold its product until such fair price can be secured, its people are not menaced with fam ine and are not seeking charity. "I write again because of your statement that if investigation de velops that reports have misrepre sented conditions, an official refu tation is desirable. I thought you should know that tre people J of the south do not question the accuracy of the statement that pel lagra may have *.ncreascd in some one or several states, but what they complain of is the statement that the entire South is actually men aced with famine and plague.' If .THRON, Established June 1, 1866. '- ? ? VOL. LH. NO. 50 HUNGRY I i RUSSIANS SUBMISSIVE Bolsfreviki WiR Release Pris oners To Obtain Aid From the United Stirtes * Jga, July 20 By the Associated P. ss).?Soviet Russia has agreed to ? elease American prisoners ar.d to ccept famine aid from the A-*- _-rican Relief asTC-iation just at f.u moment that United States e- atcr Joseph I. Fran.-e. of i I ryland, has returned to Riga f? c m Moscow determined to ad\*b it 2 renewal of trade relations and ?2 .laps diplomatic relation, bd *en Russia and th^ United States in bringing with him on^ of Hit ~>r Dners. Mrs. Marguerite E. Ha:rr Kris* i of Baltimore, who was freM b ? his efforts at Moscow.' jnator France, who entered Russia several weeks ago skeptical of the advantage of immediate dip lomatic relations with the Soviets, but believing that trade relations were advisable, has returned ah ardent enthusiast for both. While American official* in ti>* ; Ealtic are speculating as to wha^ \ effect the release cf the pri*cr?ert and the entrance of the. Ameiicj;n Rehef association into Russia "will have in clearing up the Russian, situation, Senator Franc? declar ed the Lenin government wa? Wan ing a new line ot aevelopment in Russia which "can not' blackshde into racial communism again," In reply" to a question as to whether the Moscow Bolsheviki were trying to revolutionize tha United States, Senator France said: "I know nothing about- the third internationale but no man worthy of any attention ever Relieved that propaganda could start revolutions. Conditions are not propaganda., history shows." '. - _______ Washington, Ju!yv 2Q.?Official word of the Russian 3ovict' author ities' decision regarding the Amer ican relief administratiOn'3 offer to furnish food to- starving Russian children, conditioned on the ^release of American prisoners, and the state department's demand for their release still was lacking late today. The state department, ? hr.we\c-r, was ofncally infor'metK^e ~1te_E^t^ day of the arrival at Riga ,pC Marguerite e. Harrison of Balti more, one of the American -prison?- $ Beyond press dispatcher, afi-' npuneing the soviet government's' acceptance of the rehef offer, arid its willingness to free A^ricaa prisoners. Secretary Hoover, chair man of the relief adj-iinistration. ?was- without a reply to his- tele gram sent last week - to Maxifn ! Gorky at Petrograd. . Receipt [the telegram wa3 acknowledged [several days ago. * " ^ ;v: I On the basis of press reports |that the reply was being se^t-'bj* jway of London, officials here [ dared that the answer might HTfe expected at any tme. State de> .partment officials on the - other .hand suggested that no formal answer would be made to the de mand of the American govorhzneni for the releas eof its citkens held by the soviet but if they are frcjsfS under the conditions of Secretary Hoover's ?fter, the Russian authcr: ities would let the action sta.ni as speaking for itself. Release. cf Mrs. Harrison unannounced w?s said to indicate the p^ibte abor tion of such a course. Secretary Hoover indicated thai relief -"work could b^.n within 1! hours from the time American pris oners were out of Russia and rep resentatives of the adrnini"tr_:*oh would be sent at once to Ri<a.to negotiate the details of to&A dS_* tributic::. ?? Africa will s^on b.- tune tvtfh the rest of tha world. F&y air planes are being sold there. you will direct that the In-veKtiga tion include th^ accuracy of zhU statement and if the facts do r-J-t justify it. you will r;:ake an nfhe ^l. refutr.tion of it. it will N ?fxcj%^ ingly gratifying to us. AtkT l ?*ia?i hope that in doing so you will ?ake appropriate action.toward the of ficial who by misrepresenting cbn* ditions misled you lato making the statement. ': "I assure you again, Mr. ]Pre.rr ident, that it is wlt.i great heska jtion the people of the South have, [taken exception to your ??tatement [They uro conscious of the -fact th*t (your utterance was based upon in: forrnation you believed to be. re liable and impelled by the highest Imotivo that can prompt the ac tions ofjuiL;.." ' - The Institute of American 3_?tal Packers announced today that through its president, Thomas 3S. Wilson, Chicago, 20,t>?;0 poundts meat had been offered' Surge^A General Cutnniing of the public health .service for use In prevent ing and eure of pellagra in any 31* trict the service might designate.: The telegram from Mr. Wu?on added that the institute would ^ glad to cooperate ir further quan tities of meat were needed and j? sumed, in offering the donatio:;, that the health service would ^or ganize proper and effective faeiCi ties for distribution." The meat would be selected by experts, it is said, on the basis of adoptability io pellagra patients."