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HARDING ! FARMERS' i ! FRIEND ? : ?-/ President-Delivers Ad-1 dress at Opening oil National Agricul-j tui-al Conference ! Washington. Jan. 23.?President j Harding in addressing the Nation- ; al Agricultural conference which | he slated had been called to con- \ sider measures of relief for the j farmer, advocated a plan to give j the farmcsS as reasonable credit j terms as granted other industries, j saying that the farmer's inabilityj to get long term loans forces him i to.-sacrifice his growing'crops, and j unfinished livestock. He said the j : depression was'not confined to ag-; riculture aii'l after the war slump; cou?d not be avoided. He advocated j cooperative marketing and the dis- i tributicn of reliable market news j to avoid individualistic dealing-and overproduction. He also urged im- ; (provemcnt^ih railroad and water- \ 'way trans}>ortalion. Too Much Gold on Hand j Redistribution of Surplu s i ?Stock is Favored by- U. S. Representatives , ???? Washington. Jan. 22.?The Unit- j cd States feels it to be to its own ; interest that'' the surplus stocks; of gold in ehe country should be re- j distributed*, and utilized through j investment in foreign channels, ac- 1 cording to. statement on the of- ! feet of exchanges on inter-Ameri- j can commerce made ,?ubl:c tonight , by the t;wiled States section\>f the; ' inter-American high commission. The statement expressed the ? views .of the American section, of; which Secretary Hoover is chair-; man on the international exchange 1 situation for the information of ? the Latin-American sections of the | commission, the interchange of; views having been arranged after, a meet ing of all the national sec tions in their various capitals last ; month.' ? ; j In its Statement the American -: section discussed the exchange sit- j uation from the European stand-: point as well as from the inter-,! American and United-States angle. ; In this country, the. statement! declared, the situation was unfor- i tunate because the high premium! on American exchange has attract- ! ed the gold flow of the world, re-; ?- suKiftg in overstocking beyond cur- ; rency needs and a surplus earning | no interest and serving no* useful f purpose. -. ? - \ "Tlie United States,** the state-' ntent said, ."feels it to be to its; own interest that this gold should : be utilized, in foreign channels and ; also that it redistribute!!. From j a*ri econom* - point of view the i method of utilization is. by the in- j vestment of capital abroad. The j method of redistribution should be through loans for reproductive en- [ terpiise and>by specific gold loansj to countries which are in a posi- j - lion to. undertake the rcorganiza-; tiqn of their";Currencies on a gold: , 3iasfc?. - ;The- United States section ^?irds it as mutually desirable "atad -profitable,, that capital invest ments should be made in the other ? American republics where national i credit rests squarely on stability in the social order." Responsibility for the disordered ; world exchange situation was at- ' tributed by the statement to dislo-; cations still existing in the whole | international economic structure ? and the derangements of the' inter- '> national price structure. Th.c ex- j change * s'tuat ion. the American! section asserted, would improve as i the world's economic recovery es- ? j socially m Europe, goes on. ? - --1 Mistrial in the SwygertCase Lexington Jury Unable to Agree After Two Days De- j liberation ; ,-~ * Columbia. Jan. 23.?After being out since Saturday afternoon, a jury i at Lexingt?nt his morning return-; ed to the court room and report- ' cd that it had not been able to; agree on the*case of the State vs. \ J. C.' Swygert, charged with the t rawrdftr of l>r. J. C. Nicholson, of J Ixjesvnle. The court ordered a mistrial? The-" cast against Newt Kelly., charged with murder of David ' Sbull of Columbia, was continued. ; This is the third time this case has been postponed. One of the lawyer*, on the case is sick. ? ? ? ? jl Steamer Sinks In Mid-Ocean New Norway Freighter Lost, ? Says Radio Report Boston.. Jan. 22.?The steamer Centennial State reported by radio tonight that the new Norwegian . ?freight steamer Mod had sunk in j niid-oceitn. The message said the j survivors were on board the j steamer Melmorehead. but did not j indicate whether any members of , the crew were lost. The Mod, giving her position as j about 2.200 miles, east of Halifax. \ sent out'call* i<t help yesterday, saying that her boats and propel- ; lers were gone and she was in dan ger of sinking. She was bound from New York for Antwerp, Bre * m^n and Hamburg. y The Mod registered 2,i07 '<?ns. Henry Ford Has Farmer Support Meeting of Federation En dorses Muscle Shoals Propo sition ? Florence. Ala.. Jan. 20.?Henry Ford hopes for speedy action by 'congress on his proposal to lease and operate the power and nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals and is "prepared -to formulate a definite plan for the great fertilizer ques tion of the future/' he telegraphed theVSouthern Croup of the Amer ican Farm Bureau federation in session here. The telegram was read tonight at a banquet here in honor of the delegates and came at the close of a day in which the conference had declared immediate resumption of construction work on the govern ment's property at Muscle Shoals necessary for providing ample fer tilizer for American farms. The telegram follows: "I wish to acknowledge receipt of the large volume of letters and telegrams urging me to accept your invitation to the conference of the farm bureau at Muscle Shoals.* These letters from farm ers of many states- are significant of the tremendous possibilities lor public benefit which center around .Muscle Shoals. ?After careful con sideration I have reached the con clusion that the interests of the conference and for which it stands can be served best by meeting with you after congress has disposed of the* Muscle Shoals proposla. I am homing for speedy actioji and am prepared to formulate a- definite plan for the great fertilizer, ques tion of the future. Please accept my best wishes for the success of your conference and for the pros perity of the American farmer." An inspection that carried the delegates to every unit of the dor mant war project resulted in tin expression of sentiment that tTTc nitrate plants are capable of turn ing out sufficient fertilizer ingredi ents to, supply a large part of the farms of America. The delegates announced that they would proceed from Florence1 to Washington to attend the na tional agricultural conference where their findings on Muscle Shoals would be presented. The group meeting was attended by representatives from IS states, California and Colorado being among those sending delegates. E eh of the Southern states reg istered delegates and others came from the corn and wheat belts of the Mississippi valley. In an address before the con ference. Gray Silver, Washington icprescntative of the farm bureau, declared that ammonia can be made ?in the Muscle Shoals plant . more surely, more cheaply and more economically than it can be mad? from Chilean nitrate in the soil." Mr Silver declared that a great chemical "combine" which had for years been selling the farmers "pigs in bags" was oppos ing Hc.nry Ford's proposal to lease and operate the Muscle Shoals plants The chemical "combine." he said, "had some strong support er^ in the "by-products people." Mr. Silver named also the alumi nuift manufacturers and packers among others "opposing Henry Ford and his plan to help the farm er." Mention of the Detroit manufac turer's name brought prolonged applause. Rate Reduction f Demanded - ? -1 Recommendation Made by ' Southern Commissioners Atlanta. Jan. 14.?Immediate re duction of all interstate freight rates will be recommended to the interstate commerce commission by a committee representing rail road " commissions of Southeastern states, it was decided here late to day at a meeting of the Association of Southern State Railroad Com missions. The committee was named as fol lows: Commissioners. Patterson, of Alabama, Maxwell ~of North Car olina and Shealy of South Carolina. The association decided to leave to the federal body the amount of re ductions but asked that the rates be made consistent witli proper revenues for the carriers. Joseph B. Eastman and W. 1 V. llardie representatives of the in terstate commerce.- ? commission, conferred with the state commis sioners and Mr. Eastman told them he would recommend to the federal body that an investigation be or dered of class rates applicable to. from and within Southeastern ter ritory and that in his opinion it scetned advisable for all state com missions in Southeastern territory to proceed at once as the Georgia commission lias dorn.- to such re vision of rates as they deemed proper looking to uniformity be tween state ami interstate rates. Judge Landis Sick Seriously Iill With Bronchial Trouble Chicago. Jan. 20.?Federal *udge Kcnesaw M. Landis is "seriously ill" with bronchial trouble, it was announced at his office tonight. Judge Landis has been confined to his home for several days with a bad cold, hut it was announced iu ni^ht that his failure to quickly re cover had caused his physicians to order him to bed. The doctors said that they feared influenza or pneu monia, which might prove fatal to a man of the judge's age ?'"id that consequently they were bundling hin? with extreme care. You can say one tiling for na tions. Before laying down their lives for a profit. t-h??y always dis guise it as a Creat Mora] Prin ciple. ! i Unexpected Turn in Affairs in Ireland I - j Sir James Craig and Michael I Collins Perfect Mutual Agreement Which Ho\<l Out Promise For Pence - i London. .Ian. 21.? (By the Asso ciated Press.)?The Irish situation j took a surprising and unexpected : turn today with the announcement that Michael Collins, head of the j Irish provisional government and I Sir James Craig. premier of Ulster. ! had arrived at a mutual agreement ! which holds out the promise of a ; peaceable settlement between the j North and the South, j In addition to the arrangements j made to settle the boundary ques ! tion it was decided to cease forth i with mutual boycotts- What is J considered of vast importance is ! the decision to devise a bctter-sys ! tenv than the council of Ireland, j as provided in the 1020 act. to deal I with problems affecting the whole j of Ireland. Describes News As Cheering, j Belfast. Jan. 21.? rBy the Asso ! ciated Press).?John Milne Bar j hour, who is Sir James Craig's j deputy finance minister, described j Ihjp news of the agreement between j Michael Collins and Sir James as i "the best we have had yet and the ! most cheering." He thought it eminently desirable that the North land South combine in the.interest ! of the common country so long as J the autonomy of Ulster is reserved, j The general feeling here is that j the agreement is an outcome of j Mr. Collins' desire to protect the ; free State in the coming elections j against the menace of a possible combination of Republicans and Communists, as there are many of ; the latter in the Transport Work \ ers' Union. The Ulster premier, on : his part, is anxious for peace with , in the six county borders. c The Ulster Unionists naturally will welcome the raising of tin ' boycott, but are apprehensive of j trouble with tho shipyard work ! ers on the question of the r< stora \ tion' of Catholic workmen expelled ] in July 1020, after the murder of Col. Smith in Cork. There has been ! a heavy increase in unemployment j in the shipyards in the past year i'and it is considered definitely cer tain that the Protestant workmen ; will insist that their co-religionists ! be given priority 'in the filling' of I jobs. jToHold On' To Siberia i - i Japan Says Her Safety De pends on Occupation i - ?! ? ? * . ' ? i -. Washington. Jan. L'2.?ConsSdor ' ation of her own safety compels j Japan to continue for the present vheV forces in the maritime prov ; inces of Siberia, Foreign Minister j Uchidu declared yesterday before j the Diet in Tokio, according to a ; text of his speech made public to I day by the Japanese embassy, j The attitude of the Japanoso arms delegation when the question j of Siberia comes before the Wasl - iington conference?possibly tomor j row?will follow closely *he policy j announced by Count Uchi.Ia, it was f declared tonight. The foreign minister's address, ?probably w411 open active d.*sv?s4 jsion ,of Japan's foreign r:dati< us ?both in the House of P-*--is and "the House of Representatives, l.'n , der the Japanese system the min Iister will probably be subjected to ja series of Interpellations by. the .'members of the Kenseikat. tho i principal Opposition party, as well jas by members of opposition groups j in the House of Peers. The Ken seikai party already has an t nounced its .disapproval of the {maintenance of Japanese troops in I Siberia. J*he Japanese delegation iat Washington held n long mevt j ing yesterday to discuss its atti tude during the coming week [the conference when it is expected i matters of vital interest to Japan { will be considered. Trying To Trade Southern Votes Waterway Men Put Give^and Take Offer to Members Washington, Jan. 22.?-Certain 1 north-central Western Congress ; men who are trying to get this : country to join with Canada in establishing, at enormous cost a waterway for ocean-going ships from the Great Lakes through tlo st. Lawrence river to the Atlantic, are planning to hold-up on South ern members in connection with ? the expected bill to lease the : Muscle Shoals powen. and nitrate plant to Henry Ford. This is the suggestion which is being thrown out to Southerners: ?'Von vote for our Great Lakes St. Lawrence waterway and we'll vote for tlie Henry Ford-Muscl ? !Shoals bill. You veto against our waterway and your Muscle Shoals legislation will never pass if we can help p." Gentlemen v. ho are preparing to engineer this interesting piece ot log-rolling may over-estimate their ? capacity. There is deter ined op position to tlie Canadian waterway s< heme in the northeastern part <>f the country, including tin- great States of New York and Pennsyl vania, most <-f whose representa tives in Congress cannot see why the United States should spend a lot ni money t<> help divert traffic from our own to foreign ports. j VIRGINIA NEGRO ELECTROCUTED Bichmond, .Ian. L'-'J. ? Harry Hart, a negro, was Heotrociited today for attacking a white girl near Si a nnt 'Mi COTTON CROP LESS THAN 8,000,000 Census Bureau Issues Report on Ginning Uu to January 16th j _,? Washington. Jan. 23.?Cotton ginned prior to January 16th to? ' taled 7,913,97] bales, according to i the census bureau. j Farm Financing at Conference i - ; Secretary Wallace Will Bring Up Charges - - j Washington Jan. 20,? Farm fi nancing came prominently to the j front today with the-announcement by Secretary Wallace that he-would lay before the national agricultural conference next week charges that j certain companies loaning money I on farm mortgages were taking j advantage of the present crisis to j charge "extortionate" interest Fates, j At the same time the agricultural (department made public informa j tion it had gathered for possible j use of the conference, showing that the banks of the United States had [Outstanding approximately $3,869,? ISSlv415 personal and collateral j loans to farmers and $ !.44 7,4 8-2. 926 in farm mortgage loans at the Jend of 3 92U. "In all lines of business." the. secretary declared in a statement. : "we find predatory- individuals who [seek opportunities to take advan tage of the misfortune of others. I We expect that from men of a cer tain type, but it. is a real regret to [note that the same sort of thing is j now being done by some insurance < ompanies and farm mortgage loan companies of whom we have a j right to expect higher code of j ethics. These charges, he added, did not [apply to all companies making [loans to farmers for some, he said, j were doing the right thing and j helping the farmers all they could in the present situation. Others, j however, Mr. Wallace asserted 'emphatically, "are taking advan tage of the farmers' distress * .to heartlessly extort a rate of In ? tcrest and terms of loan which can ] not be justified." j Charles S. Barrett, president of the National Board of Farm Or [ganizations and president of the National Farmers' union, also is I sued a statement prepared for the [conference delegates in which be ("declared that*-the government had j "diftrhed" the farmers because j through the federal reserve bpard i other agencies it allowed a ruinous lartifiea! deflation to bring agrieul jture to , its present deplorable ; straits." j Real aid would be possible, he said, if a plan is evolved "through i which speedy aid is given the j farmer, so that they can continue as producers of food and clothing materials for this country and for ja large part of the world." It may cost a billion or several I billion dollars to do this, he added. [but "the investment must be made." [The only way to avert ruin th rough - |out the world, he continued, was to have this year an abundant crop I for which two things were ncces i sary, credits and a fair price to the farmers for their products. I Secretary Wallace also made public the names id* 20 women who. the announced, probably would par ticipate in the conference as delc i gates. Acceptances have already j been received from the majority of them. Among the names made public I were Mrs. L. C. Chappel of Lykes i land. S. ('.. who operates a 0<?o acre ! farm devoted to cotton ami general ! farming. Washington. Jan. 2'?.?Criticism of tin- federal; reserve board's pol icy during the months following j the armistice is coupled with recommendations that existing banking agencies be adapted t<> I meet the credit requirements of {farmers in a report submitted to congress today by the joint com inittee on agricultural inquiry. The report, the second of a series ifrom the commission of which Reprcscntaitve Ander (-Republican) of Minnesota is chairman. deals ? with hanking and financial re sources of the country, especially las affecting agricultural interests. : [t stresses the importance of fill ing the gap between short and long time credit, and concludes thai tin I "present" gap can be "effectively jand safely" bridged* "without the ; necessity of establishing any new or untried machinery and without sacrificing any of the fundamental i principles upon which both tin farm loan system and the federal reserve board must rest." Reviewing conditions that have ?confronted farmers since the war. J the report declares: "It is the opinion of the com mission that a policy of restriction of loans and discounts by advances in the discount rates of the federal reserve banks could and should have been adopted in the early part of 1919. notwithstanding the difti '? ult v which the treasury depart j ment anticipated in flouting the ? Victory loan if such a policy were I adopted. I "It is also the opinion of the 'commission that had this policy I I"-, li adopted in the early part : I 'J 19. much of the expansion, spec ulation and extravagance which I characterized the post-war period could have been averted." VV;tshington. Jan. 21 -National ; race congress has protested to th? 'stat?- depnrtineni against the re I turn from Canada to North, Caro ' lina ??: rh?' negro M.rilo-us Uul ? lock, alleging a brother had been ; lynehed for the same ;tei charged against Bullock, inciting \-> rioi BOLSHEVIKS PREPARING FOR TROUBLE They Plan to Present Claims For Enor mous Reparations at Genoa Confer- j ence & Moscow. Jan. 23.?The Bolshevik ? delegates to the Genoa conference ; will present reparations claims ? against several European powers; and the United States. If made inj terms of Bolshevik rubles new; names for large amounts may be1 necessary. Russia's claims far ex- I ceed her debts. j ? o-r Threat of Textile Strike Operators in New England Mills Vote to Walk Out on . Account of Wage Cut _ Paris, Jan. '1 '1 (By tlie Associat de Press).?Notes by Premier j Poincare on at least three pending \ ouestions are understood to be : .ready for transmission to the Brit-' ish government through the French ambassador at London j which will mark the beginning of j M. Poincare's return to tho'old style j diplomacy. Tlie notes are said to deal with the Anglo-French pact, the Angora treaty and the status of Tangier. Meanwhile work is pro gressing on the question of tlie at - ; titude' of tlie allies towards Oer many."and the foreign office is de-'j clared to -be studying the epics- 1 tion of reparations. Considerable sarcasm is shown in the editorials of the Paris even- i ing newspapers today over the ut- \ teranccs of David Lloyd George, the British prime-minister, at the j national liberal conference iti Lon- r don Saturday in which some of the writers see adverse criticism of Premier Poincare's policies. Auguste Gauvin, editor of the! Journal des Deliats, sends a column | of epigrammatic shafts at the British premier, whose discussion ! of foreign affairs he characterizes as "a masterpiece of illusion." He tells Mr. Lloyd George that he "is1 free to embrace Lenine ? and Trotzky, but we will not imitate : him." Tit.- Temps remarks that "what . was needed in order that there should have been no war in Aug-' ust. 1!'14. was simply that England should have made known eight ! days earlier her intention to par- j ticipate." This newspaper reminds Mr. Lloyd George that what is needed to consolidate peace is . avoiuunee of a rupture between the j allies, "white Mr. Lloyd George's i pronounced words are definitely di- : rected against the present govern- , meat." ? * M. Baniville in La Liberte. re ferring to M. Poincare's suggestip.. ' that foreign negotiations be con-i ductvd thro.ugn ambassadors in stead of the supreme council, says i that ambassadors were invented ? because they were useful and that j "M. Poincare. therefore, is right j in reverting to conversations be tween the ambassadors instead of organizing theatrical representa tion." ? ? ? Lloyd George Unpopular in Paris .Newspapers Publish Sarcastic! Editorials Criticising Brit ish Premier ?> - ! Providence. R. I.. Jan. 22.?Fol lowing announcement by a ma- i jority of Rhode Island textile cor porations- last week of a wage re duction averaging 2" per cent., and effective for the most pari tomor row, the United Ttextile workers' council today voted to authorize a strike on a statewide scale. More than 20.UU? operatives are affiliated with the parent textile; union, and while 4M,'.'00 other op eratives are unorganized, a cam- j paign was at once begun which i has already brought several bun- j drcd of them into the various local unions. Xo date was sei for the strike actum, the council delegating to Thomas 1-'. McMahon. its president, authority to call out union work ers Whenever he considers the ' moment opportune. The strike vote followed the re-.J cent action of the United Textile! Worker.; in declaring the organ- j ization unalterably opposed to fur- ' ther wage reductions. Rhode Island textile plants, in announcing wage reductions last week declared that Southern com petition and a collapse of the tiro fabric market were contributing factors in a condition making the i eat necessary. -? ? ? Petitions in Bankruptcy Four Cases Filed in Federal | Court Saturday - < "hiirle.sj on. .Tan. 21.? Four pe titions in bankruptcy were tiled in the ; hi ted States Eastern district j court today. Creditors of Church i Street Grocery company of Flor ence .:m<1 Harvin Shoe company of Orange.burg tiled petitions against the del.tms. and voluntary petitions ?'-iv tiled by F. VV. Andrews of oSw-ego. who listed assets as S1T?.- > .'??; ;(ud liabilities ius $'i:$.s:}'3.0!?\ and Columbia Theatre company, hu\. Columbia, who h>is assets as v <"<" and lit l.ijit ies :i- S 1 I V.u.".. j Gompers Bitter Against Russia Labor Leader Opposed to Amercian Participation, in Genoa Conference Washington. Jan. 22.?President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor lias followed up his recent attack on the pro posal to have the United States en ter the world enconomio confer ence at Genoa along with Russia by an editorial in the forthcom ing issue of Tin; American Federa tionist, official organ of the asso ciation, which declares that '"no worse blunder could he made" than to send American delegates to Genoa. Acceptance of the in vitation to join the conference by the United States, his editorial asserts, "is a pronouncement that would go throughout the world that L' nine and Trotzky are to be rec ognized. "Can we hope to enter into a period of higher international re lations by taking the hand of mon sters who boast that they rule by terror and bloodshed?" Mr. Gom pers asked. "To r< cognize the Leninc despo tism at 'his time would be to con found the situation and still fur ther postpone the time when recog nition of a government based on a free expression of the people may be established." He also characterized the ad mission of the Russian, govern ment to the conference as indi eaiing_"thc alliance of reactionary capital and the Soviet's"' brought aoout "by^ international financiers and politicians" who want conces sions of Russian raw material. The Bolshevik regime, he asserted, was "disintegrating faster than is sev erally known with a life which is only prolonged by the political, economic and moral support of the United States." Soviet Rule Weaken ing in the Caucauus Islam Getting Again in the Saddle in Ballu Baku. Azerbaijan. Soviet Repub lic. Dec. 21 The Associated Press) ?The success of Turkish arms against the Greeks is stirring the Mussulman world, and may in time have a far-reaching effect on Russian mfluenbc throughout the Caucasus, Turkestan and Persia. There is a tendency on the part of Moscow, tired of settling inter minable disputes, to let these va rious outlying republics, sovietized by. force of circumstances and Red army greed, to go their own way. temporarily, and certainly the re publics have not been slow to re assert their old local power. Imperial "Russia formerly had a sort of blanket rule, called a vice royalty, functioning In the Cauca sus, consisting ot seven provinces and live territories, fur a region populated by 12,000,000 persons, three times.the size of Xew Eng land, and three-fourths as large as Texas. Moscow has lately proposed to revive this old central form of gov ernment, in order to eradicate the boundary, commercial, and customs disputes among the republics of Azerbaijan, Georgia. Paghestan, and Armenia, including lively side line disputes with Turkey and Per sia. But if there is any union, it may be rather against than for Moscow. Outside of Georgia, if even not there, the Turk and. gen erally speaking, the Islam influence is stronger than that of Russia. Islam is certainly once more in the saddle of Baku. Even the coachmen refuse to speak the Rus sian language. Envcr Pasha, form er Turkish War Minister, who was sentenced to death by a Turkish courtmurtial for plunging that country into the world war.' has been here lately apparently trying to show that due respect to Mos cow should be continued. His plan of campaign is now to hold on for a while longer with Russa. lie claims that the British influence < 'in be cleared out of all of Turkey. Persia and the Islamic* peoples of Turkestan and India, by working with the Russians. He argues that when Britain has been defeated and Turkey is once more political ly independent, Russia can be dealt with, the Soviet rule overthrown here and in Turkestan, and the old order reestablished. Communism, backed up by the Eleventh Bed Army, is still inclin ed to joy ride in Tillis bui in Baku the worm is turning. It has had enough of the Cheka and the slaughter of its business men. An driev, its minister of foreign af fairs, is a Communist in name only and Moscow is obeyed insofar as Moscow's mandates suit Baku. Dr. Xariman Xarimanov. installed as president of the Azerbaijan repub lic by .Moscow because of his Com munism, is after all a Mussulman and can not side with strangers against his own people. There arc not only bread lines, but oil lines in Daku. the richest o:I region of the East. For these and other reasons, if success crowns, definitely, the long light of Mustapha Kemal Pasha, in Turkey, the cards will be shuffl ed anew here and the Caucasus mountains will again become po litical headlincrs. Wreck Off Cape Hatteras Coast Guard Cutter Trying to Save Crew Norfolk. Jan. 23.- The coast guard cutter .Manning is attempt ing to get a line aboard the half submerged schooner Blanche C. IVndleton. near Cape Hatteras. but is* handicapped by the gale thai is biov i a '_?. Clemson College Financial Report College Administers Other Large Funds Under Regu lator Measures Clemson College. Jan. 20.?Tlie j fiscal statement of Clemson college for the year ending June 30. 192V. j as shown in the report of the board i of trustees, shows total resources j of $338,694.14 for college purposes. ! which was expended for college op { crating expenses, and for those j public service activities required by { law .to bep aid' from the fertilizer tax receipts. Resources. , Interest on Clemson be i quest.-S 3,512.36 ' Interest on land script 3,754.00 i Morrill and Nelson fund. ? United States. 25,000.00 ! Tuition from cadets 13.480.40 Sales, interest, rents. et<\ 46.232.54 I Privilege fertilizer tax.. 167.505.16 : From reserve fund _ 77.203.OS Total.$33S,694.14 . Expenditures. J Salaries, supplies, labor ' ! coal, etc.$253,910.34 j Equipment for teaching 7,886.46 j Improvements and addi tions .._ 2C.244.S2 ; Fertilizer inspection and : analysis._ 29,952.41 j Scholarship and advertise | ments. 12,749.10 j South Carolina experiment station . 5,407.55 j Miscellaneous public ser vice ._' 2.483.30 Total._$33S,G94.14 Public Service, j As shown later under appropriate* headings, the college administers a ; great deal of money for regulatory, i research and extension service i amounting to a total of $682,540.-] : 60. However, all of this money is ; appropriated under federal and i state acts, which restrict its use. ; None of it is available for any col legiate purposes. Of the above to tal; ? $435.352.0!.* passes through i the treasurer's hajids. The romaind i er is paid out direct by the troas | urer of the United States or by county treasurers, chambers of j commerce, etc. ' Likewise the money received from cadets for their,board, laun ; dry. uniforms, and other living i expenses is held in trust by the col J lege and administered Solely for the : benefit of the students. Only tui ; tion and laboratory fees become a ! part of the college income. ?The total of the expenditures un jder tlie cadet fund was $239,798. I 18. The receipts were $246.443.00. I Balance carried forward to next ' session 16,644.82. | k Also, the college has large ; number of open accounts not sup j ported by the state, college or oth er appropriations. These are.sim ply revolving accounts, represent j ing no income to the college. Some I accounts under this head are riiere | ly transfer accounts. Receipts j from sales of produce, etc.. under these accounts was $352,876.13, ! and expenditures $371.130.49. The book deficit indicated by the above i figures is partly or wholly offset by increased inventory values in the shape of livestock, food stuffsff on hanu. etc. Funds AiOlmiiustcrcd. The following condensed state ment shows the entire funds admin istered during thefi seal year 1920 21 and gives an index to the mag nitude, and many sidedness of the Clemson college activities: 1. For collegiate pur poses .$288,041.62 For agricultural pub lic service. 682.540.60 3. Revolving college ac counts . 335.2o:.t.60 4. Cadet funds (for board, uniforms, etc") 241,957:16 5. Cadet deposits (per sonal accounts). 87.704.1!4 Total.$1,633.513.14 Under item 2. $90,809.02 is paid i out by the treasurer of the United j States, and $151.256.93 by county i treasurers and commercial bodies. J Hut in all cases tlie vouchers are ! approved by the college officers. ! Of this total expenditure. $1. ? 391.447.22 is disbursed by the col lege treasurer. Total receipts by college treasurer \fere .5 1.513.349.74. $3,000,000 For Soda Pop South Carolina Also Spends Millions For Candy Columbia. Jan. 21.?The most remarkable increase in business in ; South Carolina in the past ten years is represented in the mineral and ] soda water bottling establishments, says Commissioner B. Harris in his annual report made public today. "Ten years ago." says .Mr. Har ris, "the output of these establish ments was valued a; $702.000. In 1926 this has increased to approxi mately $5.000.000. In the subnor mal year of 1921 the toml output of the bottling works of the state was $3.1 1 8.484. ?"Also ten years ago the value of the output of confectionery making plants in the state was $21.600. In 1920 this had increased to $1.276,569. In 1921 it was but >m:;.177. Vet. even in this sub normal year the total of these two luxuries, taffy candy and soda pop, was approximately $4.000.000. or two-thirds the amount of our state debt. And these figures do not ineiude soda water seid at foun tains or 'French' candy shipped into the state in boxes. These facts might suggest something to those looking around for new ways of raising revenue." Chattanooga, .lan. 23.?The Ten nessee river was thirty-four feet six inches high at $ o'clock this morning and rising at a rate of over one foot hour Families are fleeing from their lowland homes in boats The Cost of Produc tion of Farm Products New Publication of the Exten sion Service on Methods of Determining Cost of Pro ducing Leading South Carolina . Crops Clemson "College, -Tan. 18.?The Extension Sen-ice of Clemson Col lege has just issued Extension ^Bul letin 4 0. entitled "The Cost" of Production of Farm Products." The publication is issued for the purpose of giving farmers informa tion asio the methods of determin ing the cost of producing leading farm crops for South Carolina, es- . pecially cotton, corn, tobacco, oats, wheat, peanuts. The publication discusses such topics as importance of cost of .production work, usual elements of cost of growing farm crops, probable cost and return? from a normal yield, proportional cost of production, reducing the cost of production, determining *he cost of production, methods of^find ing the labor income of a farm business, etc. There are tables and charts giving figures "concerning these topics for the principal crops of the state and blank forms illus trating methods to be used in keep- . ing records. / In discussing the 'usual elements of cost of growing farm crops the bulletin points out that labor, fer tilizer, land, materials, seed, and ? miscellaneous are the important items of cost, labor being the most important single item. The total cost per acre for an average yield of cotton is estimated at $60.00. when the usual basic requirements ^ arc considered and when normal prices are used. For an average I yield of corn the total cost per ^.cre is about $25.00, for ah average yield of peanuts, about $50.00: for* an average yield of oats, about $15.00. It is estimated, therefore, that the farmer who secures ; yields of a bale of cotton per acre, i over 25 bushels of corn, over 1,-* I 250 pounds of peanuts, and. over ! 20 bushels of bats should make a i fair profit on these crops, provid ! ed 'he uses* efficient management I and shows ^'ood judgment in his j farming. N ? - ?The publication is free to all? citizens of the state upon request. Strike Breakers For Richmond - I Richmond. Jan. 21.?Traction of ! ficials. have announced that fifty j men are coming from eastern cities ?? to take the places of striking^car 1 men. - ? ? ??? - State Road Institute I Columbia. Jan. 21.?The third South Carolina-road mstitute will I be held al LeConte college on the ; university campus Tuesday. Wcd-^ i nesday and Thursday, January 24,* j 25 and 2G, under the auspices of j the department of civil eaginteer ! ing of the university and the state : highway department. A strong program' has been ar i ranged divided into the three main I subjects of "A Road Building Pro I gram for South Carolina." to be j presented principally by R. Good-% win Rhett, chairman of the state i highway commission: "Engineer ; ing of Road Building." taking up i the concrete road and road location t and other subjects with J. J. Gail ; lard. J. R. Penhell. Leslie M. ? Weisiger and others championing j the cause, and "Our Lcmai Road Problems." I The road institute has alway* drawn large gatherings of engineers from, all over the state and this year it should bring even greater [attendance than before, i. The institute will open at C':30 ; o'clock Tuesday with registration of ; attendance until 11 o'clock. th<f i morning session beginning at 11:30 ; with Frank E. Brodnax. president of the institute, presiding and Dr. W. s. Gurrell delivering the ad dress of welcome. The first address on the pro^ gram is that of Mr. Rhett on "The State's Road Building Program,** : followed by "A System of Roads" by Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, state geologist. Xorth Caroliha geological and economic survey. August Kohn ; will follow with a talk on the ques tion. "Can the state afford not to build a system of highways?" Wii .' son G. Harvey, lieutenant governorT : will next make an address on "Dis I connected Wires." . After luncheon at the university mess hall at 1:30 o'clock, the after* noon session will be opened at 2:30 o'clock with E. O. Black presiding. <*. O. Hearon of the Spartanburg Herald will make the opening talk of the afternoon on "The Road Outlook in South Carolina," fol lowed by r.ood Roads and Auto mobiles." by R. D. ("Bob") Lam bert. L. ?. Jennings will make the closing afternoon address on "South Carolina's Bridge Needs." The evening session will be held tile hall of the hedse of repiv sentatives at o'clock when ! Robert A. Cooper, governor of South Carolina, will make an au* dress on "What is South Carolina Going to Do With Her Roads?" The second day of the institute will contain as attractive and in structive a program as the first and the institute will close after a morning session on the third day. New York. Jan. 21.?Tex Kick ard, boxing promoter has been ar rested charged with criminal as sault made by the. Children's So ciety en complaint of a fifteen-yea r old girl. Two other girls are held as witnesses. Washington. .Ian. 20.?Postmas ter General Hays said his resigna tion would be dated March 4th. so he could complete his year in the cabinet. - ? ? ??- V It s really heart-breaking the \\ay French pride is hurt when nobody w ill grind the axes.