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Soldier Shot at Chateau Thierry! .'V'. ?' if-ii ..?-?? .. - r. r -? * Alabama High School Teach-? er Tells Senate Committee of Execution Without -Trial - ^ i Washington. Jan. 19. ? George! Washington Yarborough." a high : school teacher of Roanoke, Ala., j and rated as the welterweight . champion of the American expe- j ditionary forces, told a senate in-j vestigating committee today that j he had witnessed the shooting of j American soldiers by a firing squad ' near the Chateau Thierry region, in July, 291S. j Regarded by-the committee as probably the most clear headed of all the former service men testi- > fying concerning the alleged hang- \ ing of soldiers'without trial,. Yar- | borough, himself a reluctant wit- j fcess, declared the sight of the man j being led to his death, with hands; tied behind his back, made him forget for the moment the screech ing of enemy shells flying overhead.: The witness said he was close enough when the officer command ing the squad gave the order to ; fire to hear the soldier, barely 20 1 years old, plead to be . permitted. to die with his eyes unbound. Members of the committee and Col. Waiter A. Bethel, assistant judge advocate general of the army listened closely to the recital, for evidence from war department sources heretofore presented failed to show wherCinen had met death in that way. Yarborough was pressed by Colonel Bethel, who de- j elared the witness |i*as extremely; \ intelligent and that he was not at-j tempting to break down his story, ' but* seeking to obtain some data whieh might enable him to check up on the shooting. The witness explained that he could give the names of none of the men with ; him., at the time because they were; not attacned to his outfit. > There had been camp reports,, the witness said, that the soldier j was shot for neglect of duty nil batfle. Asked by Chairman Bran- | dege*4f the shooting led him to be- ? Hcve- there had been abuse of, pow- j er* Yarboroiigh replied "None ? whatever," as he assumed that the j officer handling the squad was car- } rying out orders. But <he though tj then, and* now. he added, that ifl the army had detailed a squad fo I shoot a comrade it might have de- j tailed .another squad to pick tip the j body and bury it. Much testimony relating to aileg- ; cd abuse of enlisted nien cropped] out ag*?in today, along with further ! references to the conduct of "Hard j Boiled" Smith. Two former service men . testified they had seen three* public executions at Is-Sur-Tille, at which station war department rec ords show only two men were hanged. . ..^he hearing was adjourned until next Wednesday. ';t, 6 < ? intioiiorof Robert E. Lee Woirsn's Qubs Hold Patriotic Exercises on His Birthday The Woman's Literary Club of Sumter postponed their regular meeting for a week in order to have exercises on the birthday of Getf. Robert E. Lee. and * assisted by the Afternoon Music Cbib, in vited the patriotic societies and their interested friends to an open . meeting, held at the Girls' High school auditorim, on the night of | January 19th. The following program was ren dered by the Afternoon Music | Club, who kindly and graciously gave of their talent: The Swallows, vocal solo?Miss ; Haynsworfh. Duet?Overture from William j Tell?Miss McLeod and Mrs. Hear- j on. ) Chorus by the Club?Dixie. Then came Dr. S. H. Edmunds' \ address, "A Review of Gamaliel Bradford's 'Lee. the American.' " i The large audience listened with | deep attention to Dr. Edmund, as he gave extracts from K adfbrd's book with his own.- and others' j comments, on Lee, his character, his personality, and his personal appearance, closing with an im- ! pressive poem "Lee a; The Crave of j Stonewall Jaekson." After Dr. Edmunds* address the music club- gave *.iree more num- \ bers: Violn solo? Revere?Mrs. Alex- i ander. Chorus?Tenting Tonight. A Love Song from A Day in Yen- I ice. } The. siage was beautifully deco rated with palms, ferns and cut ' Jiowers. a large portrait of Gen. < Lee. and on?- of Stonewall .lack- | son. stoo^ on either side at the frpnt of the stage, and a beautiful' confederate flag with < 'amp - Dick i Anderson chapter 17. D. <\ stamp- j e? on 'it in gold letters decorated the front of the desk at which the ' speaicer stood. The literary c*ut> is studying bio graphy this year, and the numbers j consider themselves very fortunate ' in having Dr. Edmunds give Mr. Bradford's splendid hook in review. TBe subject was handled with Dr. : Edmunds' usual clear impressive: manner, and a very evident love of hfe subject. The Afternoon Music Club gave their hearers a rare treat, and the evening's entertainment was alto- I gcther charming and instructive. 'From the racket on a party line j it sounds like a jee/.y. party. Due to a shortage of underwear, j lots of people's knees are cold. New American steamer named j "Limburgia" ought to be safe in a ; fog. ? ? *" There isn't much difference in dressed chickens ? human and : fowl. Sumter's Eagle Scout Sam Harby is First Youthful Aspirant to Title in Sumter Sumter can now boast <>f its Eagle, Scout, for on Nov. 2'k 1921. Sam Parkas Harby was gven the credit of this distinction in Seout dom and awarded the badge of an Eagle Scout, the highest of all Scout merit badges. Sam Darby, better known to his comrades us "S.nmmie." is the son ot Mr. and Mrft Jack Harby of this 'city. He is 12 years old. his birthday coming on the 23rd day of March. He has brown eyes and hair and is of diminutive stan"". but standing erect and four-square to the world. His Scout history begaii with his initiation as a Ten derfoot in Troop 1. under the lead ership of Scoutmaster "W. M. Levi. on April 20, 1920. He became a second class scout on Sept. .IS. 1920, and on Jan. JO, 1921, he he met all requirements nec essary to his becoming a First Class Scout. Since that date. Sam mie has been a zealous and ardent Scout worker and has devoted a considerable portion of his time to the qualifying for and in acquiring of his twenty-two merit badges. The required number of merit badges essential to the becoming of an Eagle Scout is twenty-one and this number of badges is indicative of the all-ro?nd perfect scout. Each merit badge is awarded by the Court of Honor, after certain specified requirements have been met by the scout, and the scout ex amined before an expert in each of the particular subjects. Com posing the Court of Honor of the City of Sumter are: Dr. S. H. Ed munds. President; Dr. D. AY. (Ireen. and Messrs. W: L. Lee, W. Mr tevi and S. K. Xash. The badge of an Eagle Scout is only awarded from the National Scout Headquarters in Xew York city. Sammle is the possessor of merit badges in the following subjects: Art, Athletics, Camping, Carpentry. Civics, Cooking. C r a f t manship. Cycling:. Firemanship. First Aid. First Aid to Animals. Handicraft. Life Saving. Ornith ology. Pnthfmding. Persobal Health. Pioneering. Plumbing. Public Health, Scholarship and Swimming. Tn order to give some idea Of the requirements that must be met and the facts that must be known in order to obtain ar merit badge, the following" passage has been tran scribed from the official handbook of the Koy Seouts of America. To obtain a merit badge for civics a Scout must: 1. State the principal citizen- : ship requirements of an elector in his state. 2. Know the principal features I of the naturalization laws of the United States. :{. Know how the president, vice president, senators, and con-] gressmeh fcf the Cnited States are elected and their term of office. 4. Know the number of Judges of the supreme court of the Cnited States. how appointed, and their! term of office. ?. Kn?W tie- various adminis trative departmerits of government, as represented iti the president's cabinet. <>. Know how. the governor, lieutenant-governor, senators. rep resentatives, or assemblymen of his state are elected, and their terms of office. 7. Know whether the judges of the principal courts in his s!:tt' are appointed or elected, and the length of their term. x. Kn?>w how the principal of ficers in his town or city are eject ed ar.d for what terms. !?. Know- ;h<- duties <>f the vari ous city departments, such as fire-, police.-hoard <>f health, etc. 1". Draw a map of the town or city in which he lives, giving location of the principal public buildings and points o* special in terest. Ml. Give satisfactory evidence that In- is familiar with the pro visions and history of tin Declara tion of independence,.' and the j Constitution ?f the United States, j It may well be seen that the win- j j ning of oven one merit badge is not ! [an easy task. Sumter may rightly | I and justly be proud, therefore, of I young Harb}' in his Inn ing worked | : for and merited his long list <>i" I badges, thereby placing this city on the Eagle Scout map of the i state, and in direct competition [ with Columbia, which city has held j i for some months the Eagle Scout J I monoply for the State. Sumter's j j Eagle Scout we congratulate you. j -? Popularity of Woodrow Wilson | - i Former President is Mdrej I Popular With the People Than Any Other Citizen j _.? Columbia. -Ian. 20.?An indica i tion of the popularity ot* Woodrow I Wilson in the national capital, de spite the Republican stories to the ! contrary, is mentioned in a letter j i received by Wilson Gibbes. clerk\i of the house of representatives, j j from Wilson Gibbes', Jr., his son. j i who is now in Washington. ?'Wilson is stronger, i believe. I than" he ever was." writes the j younger Mr. Gibbes to his father: i ! "that is, if the sentiment in Wash- j j ingtdh is to be taken as a basis j [?uppn which to judge, and I have ; J always understood that Washington I in general disliked him. It was my j ; pleasure to be at Keith's the oth- ? er night when'he was there (he is j ; there every 'Saturday night.) and; jail through the show, wherever his.J I picture was shown or a song about j j him was sung, the applause was i long and loud, and Harding got J ; only a few handclaps. I haw at - j tended two vaudeville shows lately i I where they showed a news picture ! I with Harding .arid Wilson. Wil ? son's applause was thunderous "and I long, while a few scattering hahd | claps greeted Harding. A 'comedian I sang a song, in which he mentioned I the best loved of Americans, and! I ended up with 'Woodrow Wilson j j is -his name.' which brought the I ; house to its feet. The pictures of | j Wilson show him as he is today, as I [ jie w-as during Hardfng's inaugu-J j ration and *his own. and there is I '"certainly a vast difference. -His ; famous smile is still there, but his j body and face are drawn and he I ; seems to be forty years older.-' i -m ? ? |Law Against ? Bad Checks! [ Sill Introduced to Make Issue ! ? of Bad Checks a Crime i Columbia, dan. 20.?Hereafter ; i the "letters "X. S. F." on the back *of a check will s]?ell "crime," if' I the plans of the South Carolina Re- ! Itail Merchants' Association are car ried out by the legislature. The as , sociation is introducing a bill in ? the legislature to mit a stop, if pos j sible, to the bad chjeck evil. It will j be a similar law. if passed, to the j i laws of other states, an^I will make ,the issuance of a check on a bank I where there 'are' no funds to pro tect the check prima facie evi rdenee of intent to fraud. Under ; the present jaw a person issuing a false check has thirty days in which > to make the paper good, but the : merchants hold that this feature of the law is often abused. The pro j posed law would make the giving j of a bad check the same as larceny. ; whether money or property or cred it is secured with it. "If such check, draft or order I is not paid by the drawee, the per I son making, drawing or uttering 'sane*shall be deemed guilty of the ? larceny of such money or property i or thing of value obtained on such credit, and the fact that such mak er or drawee did not have on de ; posi: with the bank i . . sufficient I funds to pay the same in full when : presented', shall as against the mak. | er or drawee of such check, draft j or order, be prima facie evidence ! j of fraudulent infent." reads the [proposed bill, which is to be intro- j [duced in the legislature by the ju- ' jdiciary committee of the house! | within a few days, j The proposed law would provide | that where the bad check be paid' j before a preliminary trial before the magistrate or before present-! ; meht to a grand jury, the pre [sumption of intent to fraud shall j not arise. j A bill of similar intent was in troduced last year; buf this year it. 'was withdrawn from the calendar! j and* recommitted to the judiciary i committee. The new bill will pro!)- | j ably be substituted for it. Government !. Losing Money Florence, Ala., Jan. 20.?Charges [-that the government had prae I tically a million and a half dol j.la-rs within tin- last six months by' 'not accepting Henry Ford's Mus cle Shoals .offer." was made before [the southern group of American I farmers' bureau federation, by Gray Silver, their Washington rep . r?-s?-mia?**???. j John Bull Hard Up Glasgow. .Jar. i'". ? Austein Chamberlain told .t conference of j Scottish I'nionists here that the expenditures of the United King- j dorn musi be reduced two hundred anllion pounds to make both ends England lias .Many Unemployed. ! London. I >ee. 30. -As a result of i!,.- dumping of German goods I consequent upon the low value of j the mark. t!:>- closing of a great ! many plants in tie- industrial .Mai lands is ius:e.nt unless lie- gov ernment Imposes ?": heavy duty <>n i German manufactures, die Morn ing !''-.:: dcelares. Official statistics give the nuni jber <<f" registeved unemployed in' ! the t"??i? --?I Kingdom on November, j it as ;.7:C...".: an in< r< nsc of 7?;.-' :<;?;; compared with ih<- previous j |W?'ek. j Look What They're Doing Now! "Illustrated legs' is the latest fad in London. This West End beauty doctor is decorating a leg so boldly that the pictures will ?how through a sheer silk stocking. And he says he has a steady demand for such designs. Preparing to Leave for Belgium ?I i w Henry P. Fletcher is'packing his trunks for his trip to Belgium as United States ambassador. With Mrs. Fletcher he stopped work long enough to be snapped in front of their Washington home. He was Under Secretary of State. Irma Duncan Engaged Moscow, J >ec\ ii 1.?Irma Duncan1, the i'u-year old: and adopted' daughter of* Isadora Duncan, dan-] cer, has announced her engagement 't<< Ilyia Ilyitch Shoiderj the son of a tailor. SToung Sncider by chanct* met Isadora Dur. an and her party on arrival here last summer.'at tin railway station. volunteered toj carry thchx. luggage and haS'.siric/ attached himself as, handy man about the house to do tin- nmnj errands necessary to the compli cated exist'-nee of Sovie t life. Miss Irma, who is of German origin.! has been with. Isadora J>un<aM since a child. She also is a dancer! -o <> o ? ? Any girl who is a picture of health has a good frame. New Companies Chartered. Columbia. Jan. 20. ? Charters wer.- issiide Thursday to two Sum ter corporations with the same personnel. Tim Suriltcr Brokerage Co.. i> one of the new corporations. Its capital stock is $500i The Farmers' Fertilizer Co., is the other, with capitalization 01 $10.?o0. Tin- officers of the two^corpora tions are as follows: ii. .t. Harby, president and treasurer: N. W. Harby. vice president: .1. 11. Guth rie, s -eretai y. -??<><? Springfield, m.. Jan. 16.?A new political party, the Rooselevt Pro gressive party, lias been organized here by women. Another Royal Bride. County Board of Assessors ! Senator Crosson Prepares Bill to Abolish State Tax Com mission Columbia. Jan. 20.?Senator! Crosson. of Lexington has an idea | entirely new for property assess- ; meat throughout the state and has introduced it in a bill in the legis- : lature. The bill would abolish the I present state tax commission and would create a board in each coun- | ty. to consist of a county appraiser, who with the county treasurer and j auditor, would constitute tin coun-J ty board of assessors. There would | also be a state board of assessors.! with one member for each Con- \ gressional district, this to be in I lieu of the present state board of! equalization. This would meet i each April and would receive at per- diem of ?3. The county ap praiser would receive $200 a ; j month for not more than four; months work. ? ? ? ? Charleston Woman Wins Big Verdictj Mrs. Annie S. Simons to Get; Fifty-Four Thousand Dol- I x j lars From Leslie Estate j j I -?? New York. .Ian. 1 !>.?Affirmation j of a judgment for $54,000 award-; ??(1 .Mrs. Annie S. Simons of Char-! leston. S. C against the execu- j i tors of the estate of Mrs. Frank 1/eslio was made today by the .Unit- ! ! ed States court of appeals, mark- J ifcg tin- latest development in a! ; four year battle. , ] Witnesses for Mrs. Simons testi- ; . lied that Mrs. Leslie made oral < : promise to bequeath to her $50,000 i in her will in return for her ser- j I vices as a nurse and companion. I The will, however, left only $10.-j Him to Mrs. Simons, the bulk of! ? the estate valued at more than $L | 500.000 going to Mrs. Carrie Chap man Catt, with the implied pro vision that the money be used in I the furtherance of the woman suf frage cause. '? Four years ago Mrs. Simons sued the executors for $4?,000 and in terest. In the ensuing litigation j the case was taken to the United States supreme court which grant-' ed a mandamus writ compelling [the lower court to grant Mrs. j Simons a hearing before a jury. During the hearing the court dismissed the complaint and the j case was carried to the circuit ; court of appeals, a new tral was i ordered, and Mrs. Simons was ! granted judgrtient. It was this de j cision that was today affirmed. j Witnesses testified that Mrs. Leslie had made many payments for services rendered with prorr j ises of legacies, which were not . fulfilled. . .. ? ... ? ? ? ? Japanese Pleased With Conference Honolulu. Jan. 20.?Prince To : kugawa. the .Japanese arms dele *ga*te. said here that if the Wash j ihgton conference had aee?mplish i ed no more than the four power { Pacific treaty it^ would have been ! no small achievement, but it did j far more. : -? ? ? -? Cost of Living Declines Last Year Washington, Jan. 20.?Figures on tlie cost of living in twenty-one cities, issued^ by the department of labor, showed declines from June I 1020 to Deeemjjor 1921. viaiiiini; ! from 12.5 percent at Los Angeles to 21.6 percent at Cincinnati. ? ? ? Armed For Liquor Bandits San Francisco. Jait. 2n.?Sawed off shot guns will be given prohibi tion agents in California under or ders published by Tom Brown, as sistant prohibition director. He saiil this was necessary to protect agents from armed bandits. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET BOOM New York. Jan. 2 0.?The buying of so-called steel and iron sharCt on a scale without parallel since the war boom featured the stock market and the*move was attended by rumors of a consolidation or j merger. ? ? ? ? . Senate Holds Memorial Service. I Columbia. Jan. 2??.?The Joint Assembly today held niemorial ser- j vices to tin- late George S. Mower, j member of the House from Xew-j berry and speaker pro t?'m. one of j the most prominent legislators of recent years* Numerous speeches in hie honor were delivered . Mat- ! ters ??!" local importance with a few j statewide measures were debated in both branches, and both adjourned ' this afternoon to meet again Mon day night. The Senate had a long | discussion of a bill to exempt 1 Abbeville county from the special) two mill highway levy. The House! h;id n long and futile debate of Lhe bill against killing of foxes. Washington. Jan. 2?.- The deter mination to lay before the National Agricultural Conference next week "the thoroughly selfish and grasp ing attitude of many companies of different sons which loan money on farm mortgages" was announc ed today by Secretary Wallace. Washington. Jan. 2". Senator I'mb-rwodd sadi in the senate the Shantung oueSfion nuts! and prob-j ably will bo settled between Chinaj and Ja pah and cannot be taken up i \ the arms con ference. And resolutions have proved that! the good die young. 1 Corporation License Bill _ Ways and Means Committee Introduces Measure to Cre ate New Source of i Revenue Columbia. Jan. 2<>.?The corpor ation license bill, the fifth of the new revenue producing- bills mak ing up the tax reform of the pres ent legislature, was introduced to day by the Ways and .Means com mittee of the House of Representa- . lives. The five revenue bills now j on the calendar, which will provide! state income in lieu 'of property taxes, are the gasoline tax bill the* income tax bill, th<- inheritance tax bill, the hydro-electric power tax; bill and the corporation license bill. ; Tin- corporation license bill pro vides a tax against corporations of three classes, domestic corpora tions; common carriers and foreign i corporations. Tin- tax against do mestic corporations annually would j be one mill upon each dollar paid to the capital stock of each cor poration, to be paid before April 1 of each year. The tax against foreign copora- , tions would be one mill on each dbl far of the value of (he property of! each corporation used within the: thirty days after notice of assess- 1 ment by the state tax commission ; the first part of each year. Tit's! tax would !??? in addition t? the' initial license fees paid by foreign corporations. The Lax against railway, street j railway, express, navigation water- ; works, power light, telepohhe, tele graph and Pullman car companies would be three mills on the gross j income fo such corporations, : to be paid before May 1 of each j year. The bill provides a penalty of: $50 and $10 for each additional) day after date of payment that tin tax runs overdue. The tax would not be assessed against' insurance :' companies or associations. The bill provides a penolty of j ; ments against . the corporations j I shall be made by the state tax,com- | ' mission, from reports mad^? during j the month of February each year, j The state treasurer would collect the taxes. * ??- ?! Former Emperor, [ Given Warning! I Berne. Jan. 20.?The French, j I British and Italian ambassadors j S here informed Former Emperor j Charles, of Austria-Hungary, thai! he will be deported to an island I j much more remote than Madeira, j [if there is any f?rther attempt to j ; regain the throne. . " j Closed Vnions. - . (Youth*! Companion.) j The labor union was established | j in the first place to unite the men ! I of a certain wade or craft for mu-j i tual help and support, both m the j economic struggle and in the affairs j j of everyday life. That purpose is I the justification, of the union. Where it is still pursued the union | is useful and wholesome: where it | is forgotten it is a public nuisance.; { The recent investigation into the j j conditions that prevail in the New! j York building trades has brought I j to light some sinister practices; j among the labor unions of that city, j To the closed shop has been add-1 1 ed the closed union. Those *who ! are already enrolled keep the j [^privileges and the profits for them-^j ' selves. They refuse to admit out- ' j side workmen who desire to be-j ! come union men. but grant "permit! ; cards" that authorize the outsider j to ply his trade on paying so j much a week?a sum that is much j greater than-the regular union! J dues. ? i It has been shown before thej Lock wood committee that some! unions in New York?the plaster- j j ?jrs' union for example?do hot | I admit anyone to membership after; j the age of nineteen, and that only a few are taken in even at that! j age. The hoisting engineers have I ? not let anyone into their union j i for years. It is said that all thej j present members are more than ! fifty years of age. It was testified [that through the sale of permit: j cards the electrical workers' union I collects . ?250.000 a year from t workmen whom it will not 'aumit ! to its ranks. .We hear much of the "priv ileged j j classes." and it is assumed by most i i of those who use tin- phrase that ! I privilege exists only among the em- ! I plovers of labor. As the instances I here cited prow-, that is not true. ! The profiteer, the exploiter of his I fellow men. is to be found in the j labor union as well as in the em j plovers' organization. Creed and I injustice are sins i<> which human beings of all&lasses and all Oecu pat ions are prone. The natural results of the restric- ! tions that the favored union mem-; hers impose upon other Workmen I are a diminished supply of labor, a wasteful!}* high labor cost and a ; shrinking amount of construction. There is growing unemployment 1 and real suffering among the; workingmen who are deliberately| excluded from the union. The lim ited union means monopoly, and j monopoly of the most grinding' sort: the monopoly of the right t? work and earn a living. Xew York does not know how to deal with the evil situation. So far there has been no help "from j the employers of labor in thej building trades. Tiny are as hard' at work profiteering as th labor! unions are. Both factions openly I defy the law. Not until public opin-j ion in Xew York learns that some! kinds of financial prosperity are not 'creditable but shameful will ' there he :tny permanent improve ment. [ -? ? Russia may not believe in the capitalistic system, but her fa Mi in Santa Claus has beert < linehe ,. Trying to put * a peace pact through the Senate is i.it<- w a y to Florah trouble. Pacific Treaty Not Completed* Washington Conference Con tinues to Make Motions . Without Moving Rapidly Washington, Jan. 19 (By the As sociated? ross.)?The five power? treaty for limitation of naval arma ment has u n d e rg on e further changes in the course of a final overhauling by exports, and it. now is Complete except for the ar ticle establishing a fortifications status <>u tin- Pacific. ' When a solution of ih<- fortifications prob lem will be possible is regarded by some delegates .-is a dubious ques tion, but iu other .quarters there still is hope that a plenary session, to announce publicly conclusion of the treaty may be held by early next week. I ? Uy some delegations the propos al is put forward that the trouble some article be dropped from the treaty -altogether, and either at tached to the four power treaty al ready signed or embodied in a.sep arat" convention lo be drawn later. Tints far. however, that suggestion' has remained in an informal stage, and conference leaders are going ahead on the assumption that the provision will remain in the nava* pact. in trie light of renewed instruc tions from Tokyo to the Japanese delegation the m>val drafting exJ peris will meet a?ain tomorrow to try to v.or!: out a new phrasing** of the article. It was indicated tonight that the Japanese advices from home were not entirely con clusive, hut hope was expressed in an early solution. It was revealed today that "in the final revision of other portions of the treaty.* modifications had been agreed to in the limitations on ait craft carriers dnd on methods of scrapping; and that provision had been made which would require two years' notice from any power desiring to terminate the conven tion. Tlie termination stipulation is applicable only after the initial 15 year period of the treaty's du ration, and it is provided that siiould one signatory desire to ter minate the treaty after that period, it will automatically become inppeijf* ative as among the'others. Ofher sections of the text remain virtually unchanged, the principal provisions for limiting capital shtpg' strength and the size and arma ment of individual vessels being incorporated in thei? original form. The regulations for. governing use of submarines, the prohibition trgainst poison gas and thtx.airplane resolution are not included, but will be embodied in a separate treaty. In the sectiorr'dealing with air plane carriers, the total tonnage limitations agreed to by the fiv<i : powers are letained in the final draft, but the proposal to limit in dividual carriers to 27,WO tons each is modified so as to permit each signatory to construct Swo .of 33,000 tons each. It is provided specifically that these may be ob tained by, conversion of battleships now under construction but which would otherwise go to the scrap heap. In. addition. France luidr Italy each' will be permitted to retain two of the capital ships listed for scrapping in 1931 for conversion into training ships. For the same purpose the United States, Great Britain and Japan each is to bp permitted to retain one prescribed capital ship but in all cases Pleas ures arc provided to prevent the vessels so retained from becoming again active fighting units. ' ?- ? ? ? Legislative News From Columbia ('(dumIda. Jan. 20.?The senate Friday morning passed a concur rent resolution asking" congress to pass a resolution or act to allow the farmers of the cotton growing states to purchase "boll weevil pois on" at cost. The preamble of the resolution set forth the profit and value of the poison and that it is understood that the farmers are being charged exhorbitairt prices for t he poison . now. An imitation to attend a ban ottei to be held at the Jefferson Hotel next Tuesday night under the auspices of the South ('arolina Good Roads Association brought .forth objection from Senator Wightman. who thought it would interfere with the work of the serrate t? ac cept the invitation. However, the invitation was accepted "with thanks." the Saluda senator voting against the acceptance! ' An unfavorable committee re port was receved on the bill pro viding for insurance on school buildings. The IM*e of the 'bill, however, was sav#d when the senate granted permission for the l ill to go on the calendar. The adoption of the unfavorable report would have killed the bill. / Taking Trouble Easy. Paris. Dec. 26.? A native ururse in ihe employ of the American Fled Cross at Goldinger, Latvia. J<vsi t<-n sons in the war. her hue bund was shot by the Bolshevik! and her three daughters died last yea r. Still she goes ^.about her 'work with a smile. "Xitchevo" is her con solation, which means among a million other things, "it can't be helped.*' ? It seems dear enough now tliat submarines will nor again be used against merchant ships until the next war. Nothing so keenly delights a husband as to have his wife.express the fear that he is working him self to death. Another difference between hog nd pe: k is that pork never grabs he e,nd seat. "Rival postoffiee claimants stack mis" says :i headline. Probably 14ays' -staek. ? -