Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? Wk? Seattle Buys at Home . ? ?? . - j t Meiose *?m Buy Anywhere," %?t?k^ Manufacturers Say, "3tt?it Our Factories, Test Our Products for Quality? and Tbm Compare Prices", Buy at home, says the uln- j mate consumer of merchandise. | "Patronize home industries? Huh! : : Why -shouid I?" The retailer, who is the ultimate; consuejer s mercantile mouthpiece,! r echoes the ?tuestion and has a lit- j V tie to say on his own account, j "Sure," says-the^retailer. 'I-suppose j it -would' he a grand thins if every- j body patronized home industries, j * But I'm just a little f ired of ?being ioade the . sroat. My. customers "don't all buy at home; they don't j all buy ail their goods from me. j Why. then, should I buy at home? ) I'm- in business for financial, rea- j sons. Can you tell me any' real, j ?7 practical, hard-boileo, .financial j reasons why I ougly; to buy at t home?" . ? "J That attitude of the ultimate I <onsunier an dthe attitude of the i retailer constitute, it may be eon- j ceded, a fairly general "business con- j ditionr The feeling of the public | toward that' condition is iike the ? feeling of the-public toward-the' -weather. Everyiwwly. -as !Mar.k! Twain observed, talks about the j weather: but scarcely anybody ever i - <ioes anythinfc: abour it. . In the Pacific Northwest the: Seattle Chamber of Comfneroe has? undertaken/to do sbmeihSyg aboutj the matter of buying rat- home, i Through'a committee of Its mem- j _bers the Seattle Chamber of Com-j roeree has attacked the job of-sell-*; ing the ultimate consumer and the; ultimate consumers' retailers In the | Pacific Northwest , the idea of buy- | ? ing the products of rhe Pacific j * Northwest. The Seattle* ?rg?niza- j tionV: experience thus far has dem- ; ?instrated that such a job is 'about : 1 per:'.cent salesmanship and -*&9 1 * per cent, pure education.--' Basically, the Seattle ?Chamber j of Commerce has set out to sell the j entire>PaeiTic Northwest, Kichid4ng ? Washington, Oregon and. British i Columbia,-on the use -and con- j stmsp?on of its own products. vlt j happens, however, that Oregon,: "with-an or?anizafl?n^k?own as the I % Associated Industries of*"Oregon, j ? that has for its purpose "Hhe boost- j ing " of 'Oregon ?-product^ihv Oregon', seems to be paddfiiig- it?-Owh pro- j v motional; canoe. British^-Columbia J has ideas of its own along' rlie" sa.me j general- lines. Thus fajvlhe Seat- ! fie movement, for one >??son-' -and j another, Jwrs found itselfifa^rly well ? occupied with- affairs n^ore or Jess i stric8y.at home, within the state ofj Washington -and wkhm the eityj of Seattle. But for; the -future ] Seattle has cx>mprehensive ; hopes. j Ba-sically, too, the Seattle nnder- j taking has for -its objeet the -pro- \ ^?motion of NcTthwest products, -*of ; WiTushington ---prodaets, - of -Seattle j * prefducts. within tl\e -Northwest, j within ' ? Washmgten and within i Seattle. B?t in fairness that gen- ; 'realization, too, must be-quaHffed.! ?Seattle wants the work! "in gen-] eral and American manufacturers | /ftnd dSstributO'r? of eommoditi?S-dn - r^a^t5ctttar*to- understand-that Seat- ! ^Ge seeks to erect no barrier and | .aims to foment within the North- j west -no spirit- of discrimination j -against "outside" - goods. If one j ^?may .set-down in a few -words the j * message efcat the Seattle Chamber j of ?Commerce is trying to convey to ! the people of the Northwest it is: ,*l&s: Buy the home product wh*t, ?; in cost and quality, the home pro- I ducts is as good as, or better than, [ the "outside" product. i / The Seattle -chamber - launched i -its bny-at-'home movement about ? a year ago with the formation of ' what was known as the Pacific 4 North-west Products Committee, an j organization; consisting of - a general j ?zentral .committee, headed by Jo- j sei>h A. Swalwell, president of the i X?naon National Bank of Seattle, ; and a number of srirlxjommittees.; *Each member of the general com- j mit.tee was-the chairman-of n?sub- j committee on some specific line of j - contemplated activity. There were] ."ub-committees on publicity,- on ^ The schools and churches, the 'fisheries, the retail merchants, the t road salesman of Seattle concerns, j the wholesalers and jobbers, the ; building material industry and so ^>r. One of'the sub-committees, in cidentally, 'was a committee on \ ~cost -and quality." It, was, and still is. a.most interesting commit- ! tee and x>ne that we shnll meet more intimately -later on in this! article. ? - . j > The first/work of the general ; committee was the ctkmp-ilation and publication of a commodity direc tory of Seattle and its immediate I environs. This directory was a list, : ^classified and arranged in alpha betical order, , that filled a book 01 more than ninety pages and rang- , ed all the industrial way from the j manufacture of accounting* forms and acetylene gas and airplanes ; through ^lumber and macaroni and maps to wrappers and wrenches j and yeast. The list carried com !*^nodfties and^names of firms to the number of more than a-thousand. It held some surprises. It reveal ed certain lines of industry, an im portant example of which was the making of spun aluminum war?\ >thaf. nobody had suspected Seat tle of harboring. Some ?f>.<?00 copies of the direc tory were sent out over' Seattle. ?They went out accompanied by a preliminary campaign of public ity, the theme of which was this: 4'i\uy home prod,ueis when th*.-y are on a par. in price and Quality, with 'outside' products.1*5 The pub- j licity baeked up that appeal with hafft-boih'd. brass-ta'-k, financial, "reason why" arguments.?Busi ness Magazin?-. "Irish Free State'' in Gaelic is Bin It as Se^iln beach Xa Heireann. fSo wonder it took TOO years to get it. - [Bankers-Consider ' - Relief of Earners Suggestions Preseiit^f Before Congressional Joint Com mittee at, Hearing in ?Atlanta >\ -nr ? Atlanta, Jan. 26.?Means of giv iing relief to farmers in the pr?s ! enr agricultural depression were I presented here today oefore con gressional joint rommitree, presid ed over by Representative Gordon Lee of Georgia, and while proposals were made, there appeared to be unanimity of opinion that credit of farmers planting -cotton should not *uc expanded, but should even be restricted. -?^Bankers.- chiefly of-Georgia, .but ariso -representing Alabama and South Carolina, made up a large 7>an ef -the gathering which ap peared?hut there also were -a -?number *>f representatives of farm organization sf Governor Hardwiek of Georgia urged simplification of the federal farm loan bank system to eliminate "red- tape" : in granting loans. H. Warner Martin, chairman of the special committee of the Georgia Bankers'association, told -the com mittee present rural Credit ma chinery wasr.amplevbut suggested, a more elastic policy, while Joseph O. McCord.. chairman of the board of the Atlanta federal reserve bank, said he had no criticism of r-he farm loan banks, hut urged nieans of speeding them ;up in granting loans. -Hugh Gordon, representing the Commercial Bank of Athens, as serted that many Georgia banks are charging farmers high interest rates, some as great as 10 per cent, and^said ''if,, the'state can't make these banks -charge the le gal rate the federal government should step in and make them." The hearings will be resumed- to morrow. ? ?? ? - April Term of ^ Supreme Court Schedule of Cases to Be Heard Columbia, Jan. 27.?The state supreme court Thursday afternoon announced the schedule of cases to; be hea?*d at the April terrm jvhieh begins April II, as follows: First circuit cases April 11; second cir- | fcuit -cases April 13; third circuit; cases April IS: fourth circuit, April j>0.; fif?i circuit. April 24: sixth cir cuit May 1; seventh circuit. May 4; eighth circuit May 8: ninth cir cuit, May 11 Vtentb circuit. May 15: eleventh cix'cuit. May 17; twelfth circuit, Xay 18; thirteenth circuit. May . 2Z*, fourteenth circuit. May 25 .and on conclusion of the four-, te.enth circuit docket, the special dosk-et will be called. Applicants for* admission - to the bar will be. examined, on May- Z and 4. |Me morial ilay, May 10, will, be an off day .for the court, ?'-.? ? ? Bad Wiealber But Good Work Choosing a * rather'' bad day *ih-^ sofar as the climatic conditions .are 1 concerned but hitting the trail while it was warm, added %veo ad ^dltiohai stiWs to the long list of stfHs ^alreajdy - captured irr this county. Deputy Sheriff B. G.- Mc-1 Kagen and Rural Officers Sam ^Newman,' Hamilton *Bbykin and'; Alex Norm's left Su niter Thursday morning headed for the Privateer section and yA*. $qt return to the ?city until ;,the\ywere able to give a very ey^llent account of them selves. Two stills of about '50 gal lon capacity, made ^from gasoline drains, 20 barrels ''or mash, and j six empty barrels and also the: location of a recently moved still, were found by the party. The -ter ritory worked is in- the lower por tion of Privateer- township about twelve miles<froni -Sumter and is j known as "Bush Bay."' The stills j were demolished, and big bon fires j made from the barrels after, the! destroying -of the mash. Negroes in York Hold Up Merchant York. Jan. 2C?J." B. 'McCarter. j merchant aod farmer, was held up and* rObbed of $35 at 7 o'clock last night by two iinidentificd negroes at his st?re about six miles' west Of York. .Mr. McCarter went to his store at the request of the ne groes, who claimed they wanted | to make -some' purchases. -AVhile he had his head turned one of them I covered htm with a revolver and j the other went through his pock- ! ets and secured the money. Mr.! M/iCater did not know either of j the robbers and there are no I clues as to their identity. ? -<>????. Pittsburg. Jan. 27.?Five men i walked into the First National j Bank of Crafton Surburba, killed Harold Moss, the assistant cashier1 and lor-ked live clerks arxl a wo man customer in the vault an?: fled with thirty thousand dollars in j an automobile. Later they fought | a battle with city detectives amH separating dashed into df>wn town buildings. ? -m ? #- \ Christiania. .Iat>. J7.?The king has announced t a: th<- govern ment would su! . ..; hills for the establishment x?r a stat?- monopoly on importation of cereals, flour, brandy and compulsory arbitration] of labor disputes. ('hir.'igo. Jan. 11.?Striking pack ing house workers of th?- thirteen great packing centers voted to con tin tie the strike, it w.-ik annoum c<l t oi I ay. ? Mr. Hays should att?*i::i?r to provide us better male services in the pictures.?Asheville Times. Most useless thing on earth i? an airplane. Bill Would Bar Cotton Exchange Leopard Would Impose $50 a Day :License on Stock and Cotton Exchanges Columbia. .Ian. 21.?The pro hibiting of the-operatiOn of cotton and stock exchanges in South Car olina is the purpose of a bill intro duced in the house of representa tives by Jesse S. Leopard of Piek t ns county. The bill, which was referred to the ways* and means committee, would make it unlawful for any person!, ?rm or corporation to re ceive or transmit by wire or other wise any message or-order for pur chase or sale of any Cotton grain, stocks, bonds or other commodi ties for future delivery upon com mission -except upon payment of a license t;ix of $50 per-day, payable in advance. ' Xo license uhdpr the provisions of the bill could be gianted for a shorter term than six months. Th*e license fves wo>iid be collected^by the various coun ty clerks of courts and the phoneys s-o received would be * ? devoted to county use. ^ N .. A penalty of a fine of noL less than $T>O0 and not more than $ j.(?'??? f-v a prison sentence of net less than three morfths or more than one year is;also carried in the ?.iil to be imposed fbr violations of the measure. ;Thfef Enters Store Uses Pilger to f -Effect En trance into Stove of J. P. Commander The-store of Mr. J. P. Command er on Manning Avenue was en tered sometime during the late hours of Thursday night by a thief who was successful in getting away with goods and groceries amount ing to some ten or fifteen dollars. The thief was in possession of an auger; and it was with this tool that he found a way into the store. Working silently be bored holes In irear .door of the store until he. was able to get his hand 'through the door ?afhd lift the latch. Columbia Leg \i:..\<... islative News Several Local "Measures Ad vanced Last Night Columbia. Jan. 27.?The senate was in a working mood. Thursday night while the house was taking a night off to enjoy the ball of the ?State Bar Association. Among many Ipcal measures advanced on the calendar the senate sent to third reading several measures .of state-wide importance with\ the ?understanding that debate would be indulged in when the bills came up on their third reading. The idea of the senate was to get its calen dar -advanced. * Among *thc\ measures advanced by this proeedttre were three by Senator Wightman. one to make it .unlawful for state employees to accept more- than one salary, an other to abolish the state tax com mission and the third to abolish the .state board of public welfare. The senator from Saluda also warned his bill to abolish the state highway commission debated but on request of some of the senators he. 'consented to have this passed over until later. The highway com mission bill is on third reading now. ?? ??-'?Senator Goodwin's bill- to'pro hibit the killing of patridges was advanced on the same understand ing of debating it out. If desired, on third reading. Likewise the bill by Senator Goodwin 1o adopt a uni form ^system of text books in in dependent legislative school dis tricts.- \ The gasoline' tax bill was called for "but debate was adjourned until early next week. Various and sundry uncdntested matters wen* advanced on the cal endar. " ? State Debt for 1921 State Treasurer Carter States All Notes Are Being Met Columbia. Jan. 27.?The stat<- is paying its 1021 debt at the rate of a-half million a week. State Treas urer Carter states that so far he has been able to meet all the notes due this month. The state borrow ed last year s4/i0o.<iuo for running expenses and $1.00-0,000 for some past-due debts. The $4.000,000 is Coming due now at the rate of .*r>oo.u0o a week, running from the second week In January until the first week in March* Tin- ? 1.00-0. 0O0 of renewed notes is due May !<. State tax monev is slow tin's year, but so far, says Mr. Carter, rh< big notes have been met. "It this clock will not wake you up. eal! an undertake!-." is the way' one enterprising Xew ?ork jewelry store mart advertises the merits of his alarm clocks. Clonorchiasis is a new disease said to have been imported from China. !t' they'rf- soing to keep that door open, for Heaven's sake gave 'em ;i screen.?Richmond Times-Dispatch. Wisdom teeth are the ones cut shortly a.tier meeting nr affable stranger who wishes .to ea?h a check. ft may be that laws avoid i-mi fii- t with :| purse because so many good laws he,.- their teeth that way. -??<??? Abou lien Ad hem loved Iii*-- fel low men. and ihis teaches us thai there wer?; no sneezj. bad colds in Ben's tinie. - Large Hats the Vogue Hats arc large! There's undenting that Milady's tendency, when she I dresses for afternoon or evening, is toward the large hat. This Ponch design is of lightweight silk velvet suited especially for hetween-seasor wear. Irene Adopts a Turtle Irene Castle has ;ust .adopted a 700-year-old turtle, resident of the I Bronx Zoo, New York. Phqlo shows the turtle-teaching her the steps I of the "Turtle Trot," which she may introduce to. the stage. Rolling Brim Sailor Tue rolling brim sailor, a hat which makes its appearance in varied mediums with the beginning of every, spring, is being shown in bright' and delicately tinted silks. This Peggy Hoyt model is done in cyclamen pink taffeta^ embroidered in Held flowers In pastel tints. "Highball*Express" in Commission Eleven passenger planes have just been put in commission between' Miami and the Island of Bi'mini. the nearest legal wet spot ii> the United: States. They make daily nights on regular schedule since the tourist season lias started. Photo shows one of the craft arriving at BiminJ on one ot the first flights of the season. House Passes Dyer Measure Anti-lynching Bill Sent to Senate Washington, Jan. 26.? The house today declared itself in favor of the federal government exerting its authority in an effort to stamp out lynching, passing by a votevof 2:30 to 1-19 the Dyer anti lynching bill. Seventeen Republicans joined 102 Democrats in voting in tin- oppo sition, while eight Democrats and one Socialist. London of New York, voted with 221 Republicans in favor of the measure. Republicans who voted in the negative were: -Harbour, Califor nia: Brown, Tennessee: Clousc, Tennessee: Curry," California: French, Idaho; fierrick, Oklaho ma: Hersey, Maine: Jones. Pennsyl vania; Kvliy. .Michigan: Layton, Delaware; Luce. Massachuetts; Nolan. California: -Parker . New Jersey: Robertson, Oklahoma: Srnnott. Oregon: Slemp; Virginia, and Si afford. Wisconsin. Democrats who voted in the af firmative: Campbell, Pennsylvan ia: Cock ran, New York: Culien New York: Sullivan, Massachusetts': Johnson,""Kentucky: Mead, New York: O'Brien. New Jersey, and Rainey: Illinois. The bill provides life imprison ment or lessor penalties for per sons who participate in lynchings and for state, county and munici pal officials who fail through neg ligence to prevent them, The measure also' stipulates That 'the county in which mob's form or kill anyone shall forfeit $10,000 to the family of .the victim': Democratic opponents of ihe bill, defeated in attempts to recommit it to the judiciary committee and fco strik?- out the enacting clauses, made rro concerted effort to have aniendtm nl adopted'. They declar ed "the vicious principle of the hill" eon Id not be changed by amendments hut4expressed confi dence that the measure never would .receive senafe approval. Except for h few perfect-in* amendments offered by Chairman Volstead of the judiciary commit tee, amendments proposed by in dividuals were rejected, one by Representative French (.Repub lican) of Idaho would have elimi nated the provision requiring coun ties to forfeit $1?I(T?'0 to families of mob victims.' one committee amendment"*ap proved removed from the bill the requirement that counties through which n mob passed should pay a ?10,000 penalty. Another one ac cepted defined a mob as*three or more persons acting together to take human life illegally. Tin- bill ! originally defined a mob as five j or more persons acting together. During debate, which continued i intermittently .for a month, oppo i nents (if the measure declared it j would be an unconstitutional Jn vasi-on'of state rights arid would j have tendency to increase rather than, decrease lynchings. They also charged that Republicans were j supporting the proposal for politi cal reasons. Proponent's, however, contend ed that states, especially in the south, had failed to handle the situation and that to afford all races protection guaranteed them under the federal Constitution it was necessary for the federal gov ernment to take a hand. Early Action Gai Bonus Bill Washington.-Jan. ?Early ac tion in the house on a soldiers' bomis>bii1 '"was forecast tonight when Republican members "at a caucus adopted a resolution in structing ?he ways and means com mittee tor frame a ,bohiis blil and declaring thai once reported* the measure shomd he the continu ing order of business until passed. No opposition to the resolution developed, it was satd. While ways of raising necessary revenue for a bonus were discuss ed, it was'said no instructions were given the ways and means com mittee as to what revenue rais in?;' provisions should be placed in the bill. Members were generally of the opinion th6t it would I?1 advisable for the committee-first to thresh out thisT>oint, and have the Republican membership of the bouse privileged after the bill is reported to caucus again', par ticularly on that feature of the measure., - Sentiment was expressed, it was said, in favor of making the cash provisions of the bill less attrac tive and those providing for insur ance and home and farm aid a more desirable option. Several members were s.'id to have urged thai cash payments be somewhat reduced so thai more veterans would be inclined to take ad van tag? of tie- ot he, benefits. This, it is said, would require less initial reve nue. Incidentally several ways of providing necessary revenue were suggested, among them a sales tax. issuance of bonds secured by Ihe foreign debt and use of interest paid in by nations indebted to the Cnited States. Chairman Pordney of the'-?ways and means committee assured his colleagues thai his committee would act with dispatch. Hearings, he said, would begin Tuesday with ?he prospect thai they would be brief and that the hil! would be repovrec; very soon. Nothing makes a man f?-?d so mortal as the acH-uaitance of :in oyster thai has been too long away from its, nat rve sea. One ot' the s.iddest sights in :i denineraey is rtfcnt of an j*x-?">fllce iiolde]- irybtg h> be eonieni down on a level with eornnion people. The n,;in who remains a bach elor because he '?can'l lind i girl eon.; enough for him is unfortu nate in iis choice of acquaintances. Period of Waiting At Arms Cohf eren' e Machinery Practically Cg to Standstill Washington, .h . 26 CBy the . - soeiated Press):?The machii > of the Washington conference > r tually mn:*- to a standstill today while the delegates awaited replies from President Hardmg!s move for settlemeri on the Shantung con troversy. Optimism over the. outcome of the president's effort gained ground in every ctuarter,?and the belief was unanimous that few remaining ma jor issiu-s of the conference could well be delayed for examination in ; a clearer atmosphere after the most : trot blesome of all the Far Eastern problems is out of the way. Outwardly, the Shantung prob ; lern itself was in a waiting stage, too, although i important moves I were taking place behind the scenes in Peking. Tokyo and Washington. I The Japanese and Chinese an nounced they would, not meet r??? ; fore Saturday, at. the earliest, TO consider formally the latest set ; tlement proposal. As if preparing for the an nouncement oi a complete agree ment, however, the plenipotentiar ies of ihe Tokyo and Peking gov ? errimonts today cleared away the ! last remaining collateral issues of the Shantung negotiation and agreed to meet Saturday morning to begin the drafting of a troaty.S .Only the central problem of Tsingtaii-Tsinanfu railroad to; whieh tie- compromise proposal j supported by President Harding is-j directed now remains unsettled. j Tlie Shantung meeting and aj 'session of the drafting subcomrnit-. tee at which the rhinese radio res- : olution of Dec.-mber 7 was reaf-J j firmed , after agreement-on addi- j tionai declarations had failed, coh-j [stituted the sum of formal confer ence activities during the day. The^ December 7 resolution provides : wireless concessions in China, I while ihe proposed addition would j have directed future development of the Chinese wireless system. : it was decided To enter these re jected propositions on the conler-; I ence record as representing tndi j vid?al viewpoints-. Meantime another conference j drawback disappeared when the Italians made known their readi ; ness to assent to the six power treaty allocating the former Ger man cables in the Pacific on the assurance of ? conference leaders that Italy later will be supported in her claim to a share in the ca ble lines formerly controlled by i Germany in the Atlantic. Comple i tion of this treaty, dividing the Pa cha: fines between the United States. Japan and the Netherlands, is expected withing a few days. As viewed by some of the dele gates the cable treaty i>.< virtually the only -agreement <5f the Wash ington conference-" that is not in j some degree affected by the log jam . oi# which Shantung is the' '.center. -Should an agreement over the former German leased terri ' t'ory fail, it is conceded generally that rhe^effeet would be far reach ing on the whole Far Eastern sit uation anil through that medium, in turn, on the naval agreement land f?hr power Pacific treaty. Just how narrow has become the i difference remaining between the Japanese and Chinese over Shan ? tung is not revealed, but all out j ward signs tonh?ftt' indicated that !only one or two points of the raii I toad tangle remained to be settled. ?Whiie the Japannese have made tip formal "expression, it is under- i stood they ahp disposed to accept the deferred payment plan of the j j latest compromise project in place, of the loan on which they have j insisted heretofore. China, on her! part, is said to be ready to agree! also to deferred payments,, al though life term for which her; treasury notes are to run is ar.-, other cfttestion. Charged With j Embezzlement] ?? Fargo, X. !>.. Jan. 27.?A war I rant has been issued for the arrest ?of A. C. Townley, president of the National 4 Non-Partisan League ehargmg him with implication inj the alleged ethbezzlemenl of 000 from the Scandinavian Amer-1 j ican Dank of Farg?. Negro Released By Canadians Ottawa. Jan. 26.?.Matthew. Bui-j lock. North Carolina negro has won his fight to avoid deportation I to the [Jnited States t<> face trial! 1 for inciting to riot. ?1 Announcement that the fugitive, might remain in Canada was made] tonight !>;. Charles Stewart, minis- j ter of the interior and immigra tion. After a cabinet meeting; Mr. Stewart said Bullock would! be freed at once by the#imtnigra- ; tion authorities at Hamilton. Ont., ] where he has been confined pend- j ins decision of the case. After listening to Mr. Stewart's analysis of the legal points involved, the cabinet council ruled in Bui- I lock's favor, basing its decision on i the fact that fie had proved him- J self an exemplary citizen of Ontario i even though he may have evaded; the tin nti.rrat i< >n laws in coming ?nr.. t he country. It is'n< t known here whether the X-Orth Carolina authorities plan] r i begin negotiations through the; Vmerican state department for! Pit 1 toek's extradition. When a modern Good Samaritan finds :> man beside tin- road, he al ways asks him if he goi the num ber i.) the ear. It tnus: in- nice t<> be rich and have ihe grocer bluffed so tie is afraid tO insist thai his bill be paid. 1 -? ? o When a man scolds his wife for being kit. it is ?i safe bet that some kan woman has smiled ur him. | Heavy Snowfall in Southern-States! Weather Bureau- Predicts! . More to ?? Come h Wash&gton, Jan. 27.?Snowfall j to a depth making new records for ; periods from three to twenty years ! was reported by several southern ; staus and the weather bureau predicted further snow in sixteen states in the cast and in the south down to Alabama-Mississippi line. Virginia reported the" heaviest fall in many years. Lynchburg had eleven inches and Raleigh. X. C? seven. : Karelia: A Little Finland Karelin, or more properly East K.-relin., where Pdlshevik troops J have Been fighting to-hold ?this lat est of the ol<l Russian units to seek its feecloni from thr^ Soviet govern ment, is the subject, of the following - bulletin from the Washington, I>. ('., headquarters of the National Geographic Socity:. ?'If stubborn boundary questions could be solved by . the simple de vice of applying descriptive names," says x the bulletin. "K?st Karelia,' j now politically a part of Russia, [would be included in:Finland, For Finland (a name applied, by out I siders to what the Finns call Suomi) means 'the land of fens or swamps,' and Bast Karelia has as many swamps and l|Ogs, consider ing its size, as its western neigh bor. The undistinctiv.e boundary between Kussel and Finland cuts directly- across many swamps and rivers and for very few of its 800 or more miles does, it .coincide with a geographic dividing.line. ?'And just as this imaginary line divides geographic features, so it divides people of the - same race. The eastern portion .of Finland is , often spoken of as Karelia, and it is for this reason that the adja cent Russian territory is disfin-" guished as Fast Karelia. So too, the people of eastern Finland are i known as Karelians and are one in I blooo! and traditions with the Ka I reliahs-1n Russia. In fact Russian j Karelia, free from the. Swedish in ! fiuence that has molded much of i the culture of Finland, and large i ly neglected by the" Russians, has, I preserved in purer >Torm the an ! cient customs of the- Finnish race. J From East Kayelia were collected ; some of the most important of thes j old runes", sung by generation after : generation, that make up the great Finnish epic, the KaVala, which ranks as one of the^greatest of the racial epics. "Long before the. Slavic Rus sians moved westward to the Bal ; tic the Karelians occupied the p'res j eat East Karelia,?"?'the' territory I eastward to Lake Onega and the ! White Sea, and northward to the ' Arctic Ocean. They occupied, too. ! the-region in which St. Petersburg j was built; and the:-stones''of that ! niagnilicent city were laid in an j guiah largely by captive Karelians takeh by the armies, of Peter the ! Great in forays along the Finnish j border. 1 "In the St.. Petersburg district i the establishment of a great city j largely drove .out the formet in I habitants, but throughout' the ro i mainder of the old'Karelian terri (tcry north to the Acetic*they have ! been little interfered .with. Even I on the Kola peninsula between the s j White Sea and the'Arctic ocean the : Karelians in 1915 made up per < cent of the population and the Rus ; sians only 27?.the remainder being j composed mostly of Lapps: "It was through the edge of Ka | relia that the Russians'built their famous railroad in 191G -after (Jer man si tec esses' had cut them off from contact with' their allies through-the Baltic. This road af fords an outlet to an Arctic port? Murmansk?open the year round. American expeditionary forces went into northern Russia through Mur mansk'and were kept supplied over this northern road. "The difficulties encountered in building the Murmansk, road form an excellent indication to the char acter of the country in Karelia. Throughout its southern' section the line had to zigzag its wa? among countless lakes and swamps and in the norht it was necessary to build it across many permanent bogs. Parts of the original road bed in the far north, constructed m winter, was supposedly built On rock, but when summer came the. material turned out to be ice, and the rails sank into mire. "East Karelia is somewhat colder than southern Finland, but though it is as far north as southern Greenland its climate is by no means extremely rigorous. Like adjacent portions ot Finland, .it is K mpored by proximity to"the Bal tic and by winds from the far reaching Gulf Stream. It is' this stream. incidentally, , sweeping across the Atlantic from America's southland, .that makes year-round commerce possible at Murmansk and along th<- entire MurmaA ~oast. "Finland's intens: in Fast Ka relia is a double 'one. *Not only does she wish to be united to her own kinsmen, but she also desires an open port in the north. One of ;h?- principal reasons for desiring an Arctic port is said to be a wish to establish closer relations with the United States, winch by this direct, open route , is closer than by the somewhat tortuous way through the English' Channel, the North Sea; and the Baltic.'* CONFERENCE QF AMBASSADORS Paris, Jan. L'7.?The conference between Ambassador Harvey and Premier Poin< are scheduled for to day has Wen postponed until Mon day when Ambassador llorric' -ill be present. Hattiesburg. Miss.. Jan. 27.? The Biratilt Motor company was robbed of one hundred and eighty thousand dollars in securities by two men who held up the night clerk.