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State Highway Engineer Resigns Letter to .MacDonald Causes Action. Member of Com mission Says "It Savors of flaking a Goat Out a "of Mr. Moorefield." Columbia. Feb. 7.?Charles H. Moorefield. state highway engineer, has placed in the hands of the ehait/iinrt of ' the state highway Commission. R. Goodwyn Rhett. his t^signatiom 6ffective at the pleasure of the commission. It was understood last night thru unless a special meeting of the state highway commission is called pre viously. Mr. Moorefield's resigna tion, will be acted upon at the reg ular? meeting, which will be held a t^ek^rrom today. Mr. Moo re field's action grows out 'of the construction put upon a letter written by him to Thomas H. MaeDonaid. chief of the feder al burt-au o?, public roads, a copy of which was submitted ro mem bers of the way and means com mittee of the house fast week, when highway matters were under consideration before that commit tee:-" Certain leaders in the general as sembly have insisted that such a JeUer was an indiscretion on the part, of Mr. Moorefield. In tender ing-his resignation to Mr. Rhett. chairman of the highway commis sIo.o,-Mr. Moorefield repressed his willingness to retire f? his elimina tion would harmonize elements that have been opposing the high way .department and its program. It is understood that certain leader* iu;the house and the senate have insured Governor Cooper that Mr. > ?,toorctieid*s retirement would elitn- j inate-the tight on the highway de-; pnrtment. Charles O. llearon of Spartan- . bdrg. member of the state h'ghwayj commission, who was in Columbia ; yesterdays expressed surprise at the 1 fufn tue fight on the state highway | department had taken in the de- j ::iand for the resignatiifci of Mr. j Moorefield. state highway engineer. I It- is-possible, he said, that Mr. j Moorefield's letter might have been ar%.indiscretion, but in no way in-< diafed disloyalty or lack of inter- ? est in. the development of high-j ways in South Carolina.- Mr. Hear On', suggested that the legislature ? should have legislated the whole j commission out of office rather than j pic-k out the engineer. That sort of] thih'g. he said, would, not build or maintc?in any system of state high- j wayg._ T have been >tt the state high wsift' commission," he said/ "since its '..^jginnihg and no agency in the stfcte up to this time has been freer ofT politics or accomplished* more ::v* a constructive way with less encouragement. This turn distress csjme, because in my judgm^v.t it sayors of making a goat out of Mr. "vJoorefield." r i ^Following is the letter that Mr. Moorefield wrote to Mr. MacDonald.! wk'ich is the basis for the demand j foj his removal: "I .enclose here- ? w*h a copy of a bill which has just j been introduced in the legislature hf E. T. Hughes for the purpose ' of4 reorganizing the highway de-: p?-tment. ? Mr. Hughes, whom you tvjjl remember in connection with i tt*ef Pee Dee Bridge matter, is j claiming support for this measure j ?? only on the grounds that it I j rem -save" the state ^considerable j mjtiey;; but that. it will satisfy all/ ?cojtdition^of the federal aid law. | **ln reading the bill it strikes mej rh&t it may fail to make it possible io? the.^ department of agriculture) tovcontmue cooperation with this! stjteaud if this is the case. 1 should j lilte af-course very much to get the information before the legislature j io* convincing form. A telegram : fr*m either yourself or the secre-1 laly of agriculture stating that it j w^uld not be possible for you to j cooperate under a measure of that ! kiyd, in case that would be the! fa?t. could be used very t ffective- j Iy?in combating iTr. Dumtes' at-j tajk. *f*???j7tttfack on the highway de- J pai44??ttt~'has been v ry skillfully J organized and launched just r.r the' ^me^our friends in the legislature;I w^elaamching a-movement for ex- j p?ftding the work of the highway department and I understand it ist lils^ly t35kTbe<-t?me law unless it is j sdijwn to be inadequate for meet-1 ittg.the federal aid requirements. '?. trThe bill was kepi a secret until' introduced and it has )?een advanced on? tht* calendar very, rapidly so tldjt it will come up as a special or- ; der for next Tuesday and .it is like- ; ly pass the house at that time, if alb I hope, therefore, you will j l*e*?able to give this h-ttcr im med i- \ ate- consideration and if y..u feel ! v granted in writing the governor.] or/having the secretary of agricul- . tufe wire him. that it will be done j v.oX later than Tuesday morning, j if-"you could also express in the jeapgram a willingness to cooper- , ate with-?be legislature in framing) a measure that would meet the fed eral law. I think that would be xijg^Tr desirable." Hospital For > Ex-Service Men ' A. } lian Francisco, Feb. 7.--The gov- ' ni-^ment today completed the pur- . chase of two hundred acres of i hrtjd four miles from Livermore, j nt-Jir here, and will construct a tw?o million dollar hospital for the treatment of tubercular ex-service ; men, it was announced here. 1 Marriage License Record. - I ,\ marriage license has been is sued to Mr. James W. Weeks and ; Miss Margie L. Harwick, both of I'inweood. ?????? TiVhen a man killed himself in j tlte old days, the first thought was toifind the woman. Xow the first thought is to rind the bank di rectors. Many Problems < : I Unsettled Washington Arms Conference Only Touched Upon World Issues Washington. Feb. C (By the Asso ciated Press).- -When the Wash ington conference went <?uj of ex istence today left a dozen lega tees in the form of commissions: and other international bodies i which again will bring the repre- i sentMjA-es of the powers together J to discuss world probiems. Besides tnany general agreements to consul: among themselves when j troublesome questions arise, the' governments represented here an- j thorissed specifically, among other things, a five power conference tight years hence to agnin discuss! naval armament, a live power com- ' mission to review the titles of war-' fare, a "special conference" and! a separate ''revision commission to regulate the Chinese tariff." a j board of reference fur questions in , the Far Fast and an international, commission to inquire into extra territorial rights in China. Only two duties are lHMjueathed.! to the secretary general of tin.- ex piring conference and it is the ex pectation of oitioials thai the sec-, rotary general's ollice will wind up] these tasks ami finally close its! doors in the very neai future. It ! has merely to eompih and have j printed the corrected minutes of the plenary .-if-ssion^ and commit-; tee meetings and to act as a clear-! ing house through which, the va-i rious nation* will inform each oth er fully as to their existing com-] : .'.ments affecting China. This in formation is to be filed with the: secretary general for transmission j to all conference members "at the earliest convenience" and similar; ?commitments entered in'o in future, a-re to be dealt with by direct cofm-j munication between the various, foreign offices. The provision for another arma ment! conference i? embodied in . the live power naval treaty signed j today. It sets forth that "in view j of possible technical and scientific j developments the United States) . . _ shall arrange for a confer- I er:ee of ail the contracting pow-1 ers which shall convene as soon as] possible after the expiration of, eight years from the coming into: force of the present treaty to eon- j sider what changes, if any. may j be necessary to meet such develop-1 ments." In addition it if* provided that inj case one of the live signatories bo- j comes involved in war. the others! shall "consult." and all five shall; "mot in conference" again when j the war ever. A conference also j is to be held if any development \ stems to materially affect the "re-j cuirements of national security" of any power in a manner to in volve treaty provisions and if any signatory desires to terminate the ?treaty after its initial I." year ten- J ure "all the contracting powersi shall meet in conference." The rules of warfare commis- I sion authorized under a separate; resolution is to be composed of two j representatives of each of the rive j major powers. The other govern- j ments are to notify the United ; States of their sec tion of dele gates within three months and the j American government is to ?x ' the time and place of meeting. The commission is to inquire and "re port" whether present interna:ion-. al law fully covers new weapons of \ warfare and what changes, if any. ! are necessary. Suicide in Barnwell . _ Albert E. Hartin Fires Bullet | Into Temple?No Cause triven For Act I Barnwell. Feb. 6.?-Albert F. flartin, a local garage owner, took * his life about 7:30 o'clock tonight ! by firing a bullet from a .">S caliber i revolver into his head while lying j <?r, the bed at his home here. No reason can be given for The rash ' act. as he appeared in his usual g-ocd health during the day. .The] members of the family were down- j stairs when the fatal shot was fir- j ed and the frathtic cries of his' wife brought neighbors quickly to tin- home. The first to arrive found him breathing bis last with the j fistol Clasped in his right ha tub i'he bullet entered the right tempi**, passing entirel;. through his head, j y.v. Haitin is survived by his j wife and three little sons of Bariv well, his parents, who live in Fair- ! fi? h? county, and several brothers i and sisters. He was about y jirs i of age. He came to BamwCil a number of years ago from Savan- 1 nah and during the time that he j had lived here made scores <>f j friends. 1 Xo funeral arrangements had b?-?>n announced tonight. - ?-????? ? Coronation of Pope February 12 'tome. Feb. 7. The Vatican is ? resuming its usual brilliance in preparation for the coronation of the rieTV pope on February 12th. London Money Higher New York. Feb. fit?ISxehange on London today continued its per sistent rise, rallying after the close of the stock market to $4-33 for demand bills. The previous high quotation of the past two :?nd i ;i half years whs $? \.'.)z made. last week. De.-ilers in exchange were at a loss to account for the steady ad vance of this remittance on any ground other than the improve-! rnent shown in Great Britain's fo-reijsro trade. Prance is gently reminded th::r the hand that rocks the boat isn't that hand that rules the world.? Baltimore Sun. Bank Swindler Granted Bail Sam H PadgetF^eleasId at Aiken on ?1>500 Surety j Bond j Aiken. Feh. ?;. Sam \ 1. Padgett, who has been held in Aiken county ja'i. charged with conspiracy n concoction with the swindle i?f three Aiken banks lost month: gave bond today hi the mud of ?1.: for bis appearance before the Errand jury, but was immediately rearrest ed by Sheriff- Howard on a vu-J rant from Griffin. Ga. He is b< ins hel?t for the Georgia authorities.; being' wanted there on a similar! charge. WVstburv and Lyles the j two nu n arrested with Padgett in : :ni August/i hotel several weeks a??o have not given bond. Padgett t;;r-| nished a surety bond'. His at tor- j r.cy .intimotes that he will not re turn to Georgia without requisition j papers. i > ?> ? Cotton Marketing Association. _ Columbia. Feb. 7. -- Saturday! proved to be the banner day up to j tlii-- time in the cooperative market- j ing of cotton campaign, eon tract's j representing 543? bales having beeb j revived at the headquarters of the j South Carolina Cotton Growers' ! Cooperative association in this city, j Contracts representing 4.SNS hales came from Darlington county, 42o bales, from Lee county and 11\S bales from Oconee county. DariingtOn county ?,as now sign- j ed tip more than &5.000 bales and B. 1). Dargan. county director, and j A. H. Ward, county aj?cnt. predict t that ?5.000 bales will be signed up ^ in that county before the close of ' the campaign. The 4.SSS bales re- 1 ceived yesterday represent the ef- | forts of last Tuesday, which was ! observed as "'sign up day." When j 20 automobiles tilled with progres sive farmers toured the county visiting farmers who had not sign- ; ed. j "South Carolina seems to bei aflame with enthusiasm for cooper- j ative marketing of cotton." said! Harry (J. Kaminer. president of the association, yesterday "and the re-j ports which are coming in lrom f over the state by every mail tell i of great interest everywhere in the; movement and of the eagerness of growers to sign the contract. It I simply is a question with us now of j getting committeemen to get the! contracts signed. It is a big job but we are making headway and every grower in the state will be \ given an opportunity before May j 1. rhe date of the close of the cam- j paign. to sign the 'contracts. l| make this statement in answer to; numerous inquiries from farmers i over the state as to when the* 'campaign will be launched in their j particular vicinity, some expressing' impatience at the delay." G. B. Briggs, county agent in j Oconee county, in forwarding six additional Contracts from his conn- : ty yesterday wrote that in the Keowee school district of that county the growers are working for a loo per cent sign up. He said the enthusiasm was fast spreading in that County. Ii. c. ]lamer, chairman of the campaign committee, returned yes terday from yniliston and Den mark, where he spoke on Friday. Me reported splendid meetings at ! both places and said the plan was | received enthusiastically at both I points. He thinks Bamberg and ; Rarnwell counties will both reach \ their quo;as easily. A meeting of the organization committee of the association has ! been called for Friday. February ' 10, at noon. Cardinal Marini Dies Passes Away at Vatican, Savs; London Correspondent i London. Feb. <>.---Cardinal Ma-j rini. according to Koine eorre- j spondent of the London Times, j died in the Vatican before the elec- I tion of the Pope. Cardinal Marini ' was suffering from influenza I when he entered the conclave. He remained in bed for the first 1 day, but on the sc^md day he I participated in the deliberations oft the cardinals and was able to take' part in the balloting. After that | his condition became worse and he. was compelled to remain in bed. Cardinal Nicholas Marini was a cardinal deacon. He was created j cardinal and proclaimed on Decem ber J. i:'l?'.. lb- was born in Rome! August '*(*. 1S4:'?. lb- was secretary! of the congregation for the Orien- < tal church. Previous to his nomination as j cardinal by Pope Benedict Cardi- . rnl Marini had been Secretary of ! the Hoiy Signature. -m m ? ? Severe Storm Off Cape Hatteras Washington. Feb. r.? Warning ? of h storm of "marked intensity") central near Cape Hatteras. was is sued early today by the weather bureau, which said the storm would move rapidly northeastward during the next twenty-four hours, at- : tended by storm northeast, north! shifting to northeast winds and 1 gales. "lb r hair i* always ex?iui'sii?-ly I dressed and her shoes in perfed | shap?*. No more in the way of! dress is required of any woman." - London Daily Minor. I '.lit:* in's balmy climate. Syracuse Herald. Washington. Feb. 7. Another White House dinn? r to consider ad ministration of legislative program has been arranged for tonight with members ol the senate*, house :?:?.<! ri-ptiMI'-nn steering r-oinmitt <?? in attendance. The gre;d Sine kb-ton died .it might be said, witl? his areties on. - Philadelphia Record. Charges Against ? Confidence Men Many Wealttry Florida Visi tors Prepare to Testify F<wt Lauderdab-. Fla.. Feb. ? >.- - A section of Florida's wealthy win ter colony extending from Palm Reach to Miami ?vas largely repre sented her?' today in the legal pro ceedings incident i<? the prelimi nary hearing ot" twelve alleged confidence men arrested Friday when their establishment was raided The hearing itself was postponed until tomorrow at the request of Stale Attorney CoTeman and tin day's developments consisted large ly of the taking of depositions from reputed victims and the arrival of new .accusers. Approximately 200 persons crowded the court room in expectation of the preliminary hearing, the majority of them for the purpose of relating their treat ment at tin- hands of tin- alleged hand, whose operations are said to have totalled several hundred thousand dollars. In addition, pos tal inspectors were on the scene to investigate any possible criminality in the use of the mails. Oast?n 10. Bilquejc representative of the Fidelity and Trust company, of Maryland. arrived today to identify several of the men as having skipped bonds made for them in Jacksonville two months ago. A recent addition to the array of accusers was John C. Wittlauer. Hit" Ha Id win avenue. Detroit, who deposed that lie had narrowly es caped being fleeced of $2.000 at Havana. January ]T. by members of the band. P. F. (Uts of Pittsburg, presi dent of the Harmony Creamery Company ofthat city, identified one of the band today. C. Watson, as the man who attempted to defraud him of $30,040 in New Jersey in 1 920. In the meantime, efforts by the men to obtain bail have been un successful pending a preliminary hearing. Ranging in age from 25 to 70 they have refused to partake of jail fares, have had their meals si rved from without. A breakfast on one occasion since their con- ! finoment cost $<?0. Several persons who refuse to reveal their identity j have attempted to put up cash ! bonds for the prisoners. Force had to be resorted to in several instances when the men were finger-printed this afternoon. The small court room in the j county building was crowded to ca pacity for the .scheduled hearing. ; required extra deputies to keep j order. Officials fearing that an attempt; would be made to free the alleged members of the ..band have taken extra precautions in guarding the j?it o - ?? - I PHILIPPINE WAR IMPLEMENTS Lincoln. Xeb. Feb. 4.?Oen. j John J. Pershing has augmented j his contribution of Philippine bird j skins presented to the state mus i eum of the University of Xebras R-a several years a^o. by a collec- i 'tion of Philippine war infple- j ments. accumulated by the gener- | al during his various army ma- I neuvers in the islands. The first shipment of the collec- j tioti has been received and the] major portion, which is stored in j Washington, will be forwarded later. General Pershing attached '? his compliments with the collec-1 tion when they were presented. Included among those pieces al ready received and described by the museum custodian as of more value, are: Three long-shafted and orna mented spears, made and used by : the Moros of the southern Philip-! pine islands. A large solid brass helmet made j by the Moros in imitation of the ! style of the Spanish of the sxteenth : and seventeenth centuries. A rare and valuable heavy east j helmet of unusual size, weight and ? i design, also likened after the Spanish. A coat of mail of heavy brass links and plates, in thick cast \ brass; each plate being inlaid ! with copper in various designs. A set of ten large east brass j gongs, turned and set together '<> make a musical instrument akin \ to the tubiphone. Two richly ornamented cast brass kmlakas. or native canon. They j are five to six feet long. weigh l.V) 1 to 200 pounds each, have a bore of about one inch and throw a one-ieh projectile. Sets of dagger kris, straight and) serpentine kris. broadbladed ba rongs used by Moro tribes. be-J heading swords and simila^ we.ip- ? ons. Some of the swords are elab orately wroughi with heavy han dles of carved ivory, trimmed, j wound and inlaid with silver. The blades in some instances are ! inlaid with metal and etched in! intricate designs. "Where." demands a eOrn.-beh orator. "(In we lind l!lo.sl of the! ho:;s'.'" Speaking off-hartt? we should say on the end seat. All doughnuts are popular . \- ej?t th<- one that .^ets that Way im me- i diate]\ after inheriting a lht!<-; dough. We i;r, soi.n say '?Why is lie e;< bine-?" the answer being ' "Tbej are censoring the bathing! lilts again." Facing a Crisis Mclver Williamson Discusses Conditions in the South '!"<? rhe Editor of Th? .Wws ;ui?! Courier: Not since the slave was freed and enfranchised has the south faced ;i crisis so grave ;:s tin* crisis which she faces today. 1; not what Tic- boll weevil has done or will ob to cotton, for if cotton has ever been a bless ing io the south, where now are its fruits*.' Less than two years ago the whole south from Texas to Vir giuia was selling cotton for overt l't cents. For well over ;i year we have made painful search for tins boasted prosperity. Without cot ton, it would have been impossible; for the curse of slavery to have fastened itself upon the south. And but for slavery, i; is inconceivable that this wonderful south could today be the poorest part of our nn'ion. Vet when the boll weevil strikes down our vanished idol, we feel that the world's turned up side down. From generation to generation cotton has been our sole reliance, its production our chief concern. Wo have learned no other agricul ture: therefore, the scrapping of this knowledge plus our much be loved credit system, is to us a greater event than the scrapping of nil the navies of all the world. Against our will we have been torn loose from our ancient anchorage and have little idea where we are at. or what to do. for we can fie longer judge the future by the past. Added io all of this, the great debt which cotton has devised to us with her love and defection is surely suf ficient to ? reute an awful vacancy, .lust here is the danger point, that we lost heart, give up and move to town. 1: is not so mach what the boll weevil does to eon on. as what we shall permit him to do to us. That the boll weevil bus proved a bless ing to every seciion as well as to every farmer that has fought him with intelligence is a fact well es tablished. :is also is the fact that the Idle and thriftless farmer will surely be weeded out. The one thing certain is that the remedv lie.s in our own hands, and that no one else is going to get us out of this trouble. And that to the farmer who lights with industry, intelli gence und courage will com.- suc cess according to his deeds. Neither should our apprehension over the boll weevil cause us to overlook the fact that a general readjustment necessarily follows all great calamities before normal business can resume, and that un til normal business does resume, we can certainly make no advance. Now. the high prices which we have had were in a part of the war. We saw them in the Civil war. nor did we see them again for fifty years. The farmer has beer, resumed all the time, he is now thoroughly de flated. Tli. farmer will get what outside relief he does get from this deflation in the prices of the things he has to buy and freights that he has to bear. For it does not seem that the world is in a condition to give us hope of increase in the con sumer's price of our produce. That Europe is not able to sup-' ply her needs, much less her wants, is evident when we realize that half of he]- wealrh has been wiped out of existence as completely as a ship that is burnt in mid-ocean: that lO.oOO.OOO of her ablest pro ducers have been slain in battle: that 11?.loin.nun more of the wound ed are left a further burden upon her poverty: that tin- immense wealth sin- lias accumulated since the wars of Napoleon is absolutely destroyed. For when property is burnt up oi- blown up or shot up ir is forever lost and the world is just that nine!] poorer until it is re placed by actual labor and paved by economy. hi order mat we may realize the vastness of this property which has been aooumulating"*""fcr 100 years, and the disaster which its sudden destruction must bring, we men tion that outside of her fabulous preparation, her economic and hu man loss phr- the indemnity which she must yet pay. tii.it Germany spent" on this war eight hundred (SXmo) dollars for every one of her tiO.OOO'.OOO people, while we spent ?>.'!.V' per capita. SI.T50 for each family, both black- and white. $630. (ioO.OOO for South Carolina, which is more than her entire state taxes since Columbus discovered Ameri ca. Therefore, we must hot look for relief from a return of the pros perity which we have had. For a large part of this we got from Kurope. Entirely losing sight of the fact that those who later be came our allies, were then fighting-j our battles as truly as their own: That their defeat would as suredly have meant our invasion forced by the conquered navies of England. Italy and France, and that we today would have been in German subjection; Y< t our man ufacturers took advantage of this death struggle to extort exorbitant prices for their munitions. For it was conditioned that the credit ex tended by our country lie spent wi:h u<. 'Inns, we acquired their gold and their billions of bonds. These factories received fabulous prices and paid fabulous wages. which in a lesser degr.Mended to all other workers ami finally to those few who had not already left ilm farm, our country was tilled with wealth and money became so plentiful that no one would labor except for an astonishing amount thereof; What was [.he need where ,noue> !:cy as manna on the ground. People contended for even greater wage-., with accompanying strikes, idb-ness and property destruction. Com missions, boards am! thousands of other organizations wen ? rented aith tln-ir presid-nts and vice pres-j btenfs and f?'rty-lilXh vice-p res i dehts. secretaries. stenographer* and advisors Everybody was look in;; for a position winch supplied sonic one to do the work. The tin anintoui desire oi all ol these peo .?!>- >i?m:i(--.1 io ]?? for a constant in * )?? ?:i-'i? ::; their pay and a rapid -pending thereof, which railed for another increase, affording an even greater spending power*. Then followed oui* d< olaratibn of war. which created a much greater scarcit} of help with accom panying higher prices. Our coun try had received so great an amount from abroad 5 hat this condition continued for a considerable period afr?-r the war was over. Our re sources were enormous, but also was the cost of our part in the war. which together wirb, bur waste of spending finally consumed the same in the rain hope to con tinue our luxurious living, every known experiment was resorted to First, we borrowed from all who would lend: then, sold everything available, except the automobile, which we ran with the throttle wide open whenever we faould ac quire sufficient gas to travel an other mile. Xor were these spectacular pro ceedings confined to the wild and wooly. Setting aside the established laws of political economy, which are as changeless as the law oi gravity, our most conservative fi nanciers and ablest leaders struck a pace that only the swiftest could follow. Credits were extended and bonds issued, in order that this shell of prosperity might be sus tained. We viewed the .money thus obtained a^- newly created wealth, when reality it was only a debt, a burden upon oar future prosper ity, it wa.s spent at the peak of prices. leaving little to be paid by those who shall receive but little benefit therefrom. We did not consider thai bonds' should never be made a burden 1 upon others in excess of the bene-? hi which they receive. Even our poverty following the Civil war! did not cause us to abandon this' fine priniciple. Many towns and j communities have been ruined by bond issues for which we never! seem to get the same value as when we pay as we go. and don't j go until we can pay. For our peo ple an' willing to pay taxes for j what they really need, provided this rax is jiistly placed and economi- i cally spent. We should regard the j issuing of bonds on a community just as you would a mortgage on your home. It is now claimed that we should ; issue bonds for the construction ! of smooth surface roads, and that i the saving in wear and tear on automobiles .would soon pay for the ! same. Now, this being true, the i road question is finally settled, i Tax th.rt automobile for enough > to build these roads and let the ; owner reimburse hims. If from these ! /aid savings. The issue of war bonds no one | will question?the frightful waste so continuously incurred before . Germany was beaten, we must take ; as the par: of a nation which ab- \ solutely refused to allow herself : to prepare for the struggle which ( beat upon our door for four years i before finally breaking through. Mclver Williamson. Darlington. Fei?. 4. Chamber of Commerce Notes Mr. L. L. Barrett, of Beaufort. | manager of the South Carolina Co operative Association, has written [ requesting the cooperation of the! Sumter Chamber of Commerce and j allied forces in assisting the farm- ! ers to secure money from the war. finance corporation to secure addi-j tional livestock, to assist in the de-j velopment of the livestock business. ! and in intelligent marketing, etc. j The Sumter secretary has writ- j ten for complete plans of organ-i ixation with the view of getting I money, if possible to assist the dairy ! business by getting money for farm-j ers of limited means to purchase dairy cows and sell harter fat to ! the Sumter Creamery. Mr. C. W. j Schmolke. dairy specialist of the j United States Department of Agri- i culture who is in Sumter at Cham- ] her of Commerce rooms ro assist ! dairymen in making a success of j this line of business, is cooperat-j ing with Secretary Reardon in see-, ing what can be done towards or- j iZ.iniy.in^ a county association in or- j der to borrow money from the war j finance corporation. In the mean- ? time every farmer desiring to bor- j row money in this way. especially; for buying dairy cows is invited to j write or see Secretary Reardon inj order thai an intelligent idea may; be had of how much interest is tak- \ en in the matter of a county asso- ! ciati?n. An effort wa.s made about . ten days ago to hold a meeting \ about war finance corporation af fairs, bur the snow and the rain in- ; tvrfered and only al>out eight per- ; sons attended and nothing was j done ;(t that time ; J: can readily be so< n what the' results would be if tin- livestock"j men ami those contemplating go-' tag into the dairy and be< ? cattle j industry linked themselves togeth- | er to borrow money up to seventy; per cent of the value of the live-, stock purchased. Bui unless it is shown that the farmers are inter-. ? sted. and those who want to bor row money will come to the front nothing can be accomplished. The j dairy cow is considered a big pos- . sibility in renewed prosperity?but, many men are unable to borrow money from the banks. { Now is :!)?? t'nie to "Treat trade i or travel" if you want to U'-t sono o; Cuele Sato's money to in\<-^t in 1 livestock. If you wait too long oth er counties and other states will have the money. Catches 'Possum. Mr. W. M. Wolf o' tile city r< - lates a lirth- story of ins 'possum; hunt within the citv limits and on Sunday night, too. Lie stated that he heard a considerable fuss at the rear of his residence. No. tit S. Main street. \\ hen he returned j home at about o'clock Sunday: ?tight. His investigation with a j dash li^h; revealed the presence >. a Mr. 'Possum on the t?:iCk yard <??)<>. He states that lie hail no real amount of trouble in effect-j n;- the capture of the marauding! ? r u t e which he est i ma.t es as : veighing about o pounds. ?. S. Attitude On 6en?a Meet Unsettled America's Response to In vi tation May Be Determined on Last Minute Develop ments Washington. Feb. 7.?American response to the invitation of the Allied Supreme Council to he rep resented a; fin- Genoa i.-conomic conference v. ill probably be an nounced Friday, it was said today at the White Housei. At the same time it was stated officially that the delay framing the American reply had not been occasioned by any connection with legislation for the funding of the clebl of the foreign nations to this country. Xo indication of the nature of the American government's re sponse to the invitation was given today hut the belief has been ex pressed in official circles that the attendance of delegates actually representing tin- Faired States at Genoa, as differentiated from un official observers, might be dopen dem upon the scope of the pro posed discussions. In this connec tion it was suggested in ' some quarters that last minute develop ments might determine this coun try's attitude. .Matters iikely to be discussed at the Genoa conference were review ed extensively tonigin by the Fed eral Reserve Board in its monthly ouHetin for February in which it covered a broad field of European economic problems such as German reparations, the existing fiscal af fairs of the war nations, the gold standard and exchange stabiliza tion. According to the board, Russian and German questions are ??practi cally inevitable elements'' in the existing European economic situa tion. Tin.- issues at stake on these obits, however, the board declared, were ??political" in the broad sens*1 rather than economic and for this reason the belief was advanced that any plan adopted affecting the're habilitation of Russia, Germany, Austria and Southeastern Europe generally would not be very likely to succeed because of the natural limitations to which it would be subject. Importance of the reparations questions to European conditions was stressed by the board which called attention to "the unsatis factory position" in which the questions had been left. "Within the past month, or more." the hoard said, "it has been "contended more positively than ever before that the reparations problem is an almost inevitable element in any discussion which aims to develop a general solution of European questions at lareg." Considering the best way for Germany to settle with France during the next few years, the board discussed a possible exten sion of the method provided rn the Wiesbaden agreement, under which payments would be made in kind j in lieu of cash, but added that j "payments in kind will not. how-! ever, ultimately solve the French j situation, because of the large: French public debt." A fundamental issue to be dealt with at Genoa, the board asserted, would undoubtedly be the restora tion of the gold standard or some plan for the stabilization of ex change. Xo program for European currency reform, however, has any chance of success, the board con tended, until some sort of an j international agreement makes possible the balancing of budgets and ;he cessation of inflation I through the elimination of expen ditures in excess of the ability of] the governments to pay. Any permanent rehabilitation of I credit and currency systems, ac cording to the best opinion, the board continued, would necessitate a return to a gold basis but many complex problems would first have to he solved in connection with reparations payments, with domes-j tie and foreign indebtedness and j with tin- effect of national policies' upon the amount and direction, of: curr< nt expeditures. "The issues involved." the board ' said, "necessitated far-reaching in terest adjustments that are likely to be the subject of prolonged ne- 1 gotiations. Extra-territorial inter- ! ference with ljowcr to raise monev ' or spend it is rightly regarded as ! an interference with the sover-j eignty of a state, and can only i be justitiell in extreme cases" Mrs. Cole Entertains Tuesday afternoon at her apart-! ment in Hampton Court. .Mrs. C. Corbett Cole entertained a num ber of her friends with a delight- \ ful bridge party. Dainty little j valentines were used as score cards j and vases of red roses further car-, ried out the valentine idea. After the game other friends of t'ne hostess joined the party and a j most delicious sweet course of | frozen egg-nog and fruit cake was served. The score prize, a dainty mad- j eira tray cover, was won by .Mrs. ! C. f>. Stubbs. and the consolation.] a box of Cory's powder, was cut , by Mrs. S. K. Rowland. .Mrs. Cole's guests were: Mes-| dames C. L. Stubbs. R. H. Wither-1 spoon. J. P. Branson. Raymond | Schwartz. R. S. Fowler. Edwin j Boyle. S. K. Rowland. Archie China. .!. W. Carroll. Goo. D. Levy. J. B. ? McLean, h. R. Hoyt. R. J. Alex- j rinder. .Misses .Maine I licks and i 'arolyn Richardson. PETITION IN .BANKRUPTCY Charleston. Feb. S ? A petition of creditors, asking that the Jennings Gainey Furniture Company of Sum-, ter. be adjudged bankrupt, was tiled in the United States District court here yesterday. The Anchor Stove' and Range company of Kentucky.: tlie Simmons Company of Delaware: and the Tomlinson Chair .Manufac turing company of Xonh Carolina are the petitioners in the case. Treaties Now Go To Senate Plans Being Made to Carry Out Edicts of Arms Con ference * - Washington. Feb. 7 (By the As sociated Press).?Executive depart-, ments of rh<- government took steps today toward carrying out the edicts of the armament conference with out awaiting ratification by the senate of tin- several treaties result ing from the conference, while.the American delegation 'o, the con ference worked on their report ? which will Ik- submitted to Prcsi d?*nt Harding and leaders in the senate began marshDlKi g their forces for the fight on ratification* of the seven treaties. Announcement wasvmade during the d?iy that President Harding had ord< red discontinued all work on additional fortifications on the island of Guam and in the Phil ippine islands, thus taking note o?' i the clause in the naval treaty j which fixed a status quo for the Pa cific islands. The president, it was stated at* the White House, also would order isuspended all work on naval craft now buildingjwhich are destined for tthe .-crap heap under the. five power treaty with Great Britain. : Japan. France and Italy. The final order to discontinue such construc tion, however, will not be issued un til the treaty is ratified, it \vsa said. Secretary Weeks in furtherance of the president's order regarding - the Philippines cancelled the or-* ders for sending new guns to re place those in the fortifications : there. Secretary Denby also an nounced that some military equip ment including mines destined for [Guam had been ordered returned. Discussing his action. Secretary ! Weeks said the orders had been i cancelled as an evidence of the good j faith of this country to carry out : in spirit and letter the provisions [of the naval treaty respecting ther j fortifications of Pacific islands, j Some'discussion of the necessary : strength of the armed forces of the j country also developed today. At j the White House it was said that ! President Harding believed some ; reductions in the personnel of the army and the navy would result ; front the .arms conference agree-' ! ments bat that they would be of i ?'reasonable relativity." The navy [in his.opinion, it was said, should not )>? below Su.G<?<? men as the. I minimum for safety, j The president intends to send to I the senate by the end of this week jail the treaties growing out of the farms eon ? rence, but this was said ! at the White House to depend on I whether the report of tf>- Ameri can delegates was receiver! by the president by that-time. Senator Lodge, who called on the president during the day. said : that he hoped the report would bo presented on Friday. The president, it was said, would ask "speediest ! possible ratification "?consistent I with the discussion required by the j senate on matters of such import i ance to the nation. The president j has not decided whether he will ? present them in person or by letter. ' it was said. ? ? o May Ask For Wage Increase - j Indianapolis. Feb. 7?Increased : wages, a shorter work day arid oth er changes in working conditions ! for soft c?al workers throughout. ; the country will be considered by the wage scale committee of the ! Ghited .Mine Workers of America, [which tomorrow begins framing the ! wage program that will be submit ( ted for finai action to the union i convention of 2,S00 delegates that ; convene here one week from today. Too Much Centralization. ! < i *hi? ago Tribune.) Sentiment in the south is raptd | ly turning against mob lawlessness.; ! we believe, and that is the correc ; tion of such abuses. No commun \ ity can be entirely safe against an outbreak of mob violence. The j evil thins: is when the community, condones the lawless punishment of crime and adopts it as a procedure. Tin- invasion of state police power by the central government would tighten up justice, but the price is f pretty stiff. Federal judges are appointed, and they are appointed for life, which makes for independence. Prosecution is more vigorous and more certain than in the state courts, but. :ather than adopt this * expedient to cure community dis eases, we'd prefer to see the com munity work out its own salvation. Thai won hi mean betterment * from the ground up, which is bet ter than having it handed down from the top: and the American social system ?night not to be con fessing constantly its failure and ? inability, to develop a lawful so ciety. Even it! such terrible disorders as lynchings it is better to have the . correction come from the awak ened conscience of the people than to take a short cut through the re served powers of the state to jus tice handed down from Washing ton. The state threat against nation al unity has disappeared, but the state remains an important social and administrative component of the nation, and its powers and re sponsibilities should not be brok en down persistently by the central ization of duties and powers in fed eral bureaucracy. JOHN GARY EVANS BACK FROM EUROPE Columbia. Feb. S.?Former Gov ernor John Gary Evans, of Spar tanburg. was an interested visitor in the halls of the General Assem- ' bly Tuesday night. He has recent ly returned from a trip to Europe.