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Puts Naval Treaty -^Stel-ms into Effect War-?"?Material Assigned to Manila Held Up?Large As signment of Mines For Pacific Islands is - Stopped \ W^sh^ngion. Feb. 10.?Additional steps^ad been taken by the Wash ington, .government even before presentation .of the naval limitation and ^pplementary treaties to the g Sena?<uioday by President Harding to majye immediately effective, so fer ^ the United States is con carried.- some - provisions of those; agreements, including the status c,uo understanding as to "Pacific, ftirtificatiojos. j Wa>r, .Department orders have di- \ rected-t+te diversion of an assign-, ment^of fourteen thiee-ineh anti-! aircraft. gnn.s built for the Manila j fore ift.cat ions. They are en noute from ,Sa.n, Fran eise \ on the trans- I port Wheat on and will be unload- ! ed at^iioftolulu. At the same time j orders* assigning an air service i heavy; bomhardment squadron, now assembied-at Matherlield. ('a,, to the Bhili&pine forces were rescind r ? - Clr?iT f|?r Mines. Cancelled. These: .orders followed, earlier ao t'on by-the jXavy Department stop-i ping^Lbe^jShipment of a large as- j signment of- mines t? Manila and ; also *he>-order to suspend work on ; alt neu: capital ships scheduled! for scrapping when the limitation ' rreatyv-.has been ratified. Another j speciaE board was created today by! the department, headed by Rear j raatr&T- -McEllrtfy. to. determine: whether the dreadnaught West v ir- ; ginia.r Under construction at Xew- i poact^XeAx.s. or . .the dreadnaught j Washington building at Camden.: y. J;.*?lwftild be retained with the. dreadcoaught Colorado, also build-j ing ati'Camden. to make up the' ?ewe post-Jutland ships to be in- . eluded 1h the American fleet as an equivalent jloin Ja pan's retention of j the< battleship. "Mutsu" of about the ? same type. ? . ' . By ,the terms of the treaty, none ; of these steps are required at this < rime. as,;.both the naval limitations, .and-.the ^status quo agreement are' effectiv?>5<mly on formal exchange! apr.d d"epp*it of treaty ratifications ' by thff &Vi* signatory powers. The j Washington government apparently | has adppied a policy of going be- ? youd the ?riet letter of the treaty, i boweasear, and evidencing in ad-J vance.by specific acts, its intention ! to lit<e:Up>'to the full" spirit of the j trea^:?agagements. There are in- j dicatioas that additional steps arej under- --wntem plat ion in connection j "w4th; specified island fortifications j wi?akr-will further emphasize this attitude^ kr- a I - Furman University, j ;r,/Gommeiieenient . :. a ?5' ' _________ Exe&0:wm Be Held Two Weeks Earlier This Year Garoenvflle^ Feb. l?.?The pastor - of President Harding and Secre ^ taryr?f'-:?tate Hughes, the Rev. W. S: Abjpmethy. of Calvary Baptist church. Washington. D. C. will de tt\*ei^the baccaulaureate sermon at* Fur?i?n * University's commence- [ ment txercises this year. The an nual address to the literary so-j cieties will be dehvered by Dr. S.! C Mitchell, professor of history in Richmond'T'hiversity. and a former president of the .University of South Carolina."' Dr. Abernethy is considered one of the greatest preachers in Ameri- \ ca. It was he who was invited to deUv"err''theJ opening prayer at the convening of the armament .con- [ ference in Washington last fall. Dr. Mitchell is regarded as one of the foremost teachers of history in the United ' States and is a scholar of unusual attainments and highest culture. A "somewhat radical change in' plans! for the commencement ex ercises this year are announced by President W. .1. MoClothlin. The date^#yf S&i^ annual event has been mOM^d up two weeks, and will take pla<$ May 23. 24 and 2">. instead of Jun? 4. ^?w^d G, as announced in the ^atalo^tie. Dr. Mitchell will do live? his address on the evening of Maj? 23". in Judson Alumni HaH. On ?urman Campus, while Dr. Abefhethy will preach the bacca laureate sermon on the morning of Ma>*r24 at the First Baptist church, of ?reenviHe. Graduating exer ciser will take place on the morn ing 3pf May 25 in Judson Alumni Final examinations for under cLussmen will take ptetce after eonsjnencemeru exercises and w?.r?c for l?he session will be suspended* Jum& 3rd. It is believed ihn; the change in plans for the eor??m**nee ment Zeroises, resulting in bedd ing ?all under-classmen at the univ^i^itv^ untii the conrmencement program "is "over, w ill add greatly to thft .success and enjoyment of the occasion? Yfashington. Feb. 11?President Having plans to turn his attention toward quick action on relief leg islation f$r the mercantile marine. Chairman I^asker. of the shipping boa wl announced after a conference at tjie White House today, i ? ? <? 0jt ? Haleyville. Ala.. Feb? 11 -A quar rel jver a farm.H?e resulted in the killing of Mrs.-Hepanstall and the seribus injury of her husband by GrafLy Huffman, a neighbor, ac cvomling to reports to the sheriff. Pfovidence. It. t. Feb. 11?Three troofis of'ca-valry are ready to sup presl< any further disturbances in the textile centers where scores of plarlts have been closed by the stril|e orA<*r?as a protest against a twenty per cent wage cut. Health hint: Brag on her cook jUndecictecl On j :G?^q^ Meetihg Attitude of*'Fr?nce Caused ? Delay in Answering Invita tion From Italy j _ Washington. Feb. 1".?Tin- atti ; rude of France towanls ihe propos ed economic and financial eonfer , encc ai Genoa next month has re sulted in further postponing the [decision of this government on the ! invitation to participate. it was ; learned today in.-, officials circles. ? According to an announcement at [the Whiff House bust Tuesday. ;Ameni. a's reply to the .invitation. I which was received sonic weeks ago 'from the premier of, Italy, was to have been made put.lie today. The request, of Premier Poincare lot" France t.hat the conference be i postponed at least three months so [thai more careful advance prepa ! rations could he made, it was uu iderstood, was received here daring [the day. This caused a flurry in (diplomatic circles. Later tin- State I department denied that th? pro posal had been received. I Secretary Hughes had a lengthy conference with President Harding after the regular .cabinet meeting, and it was understood that the question of the economic conference was? discussed, although no- official statement: was issnetl. reffa i-Uinv Hie invitation. Secretary Hughes de clined to meet the correspondent after Ais conference with President Harding. Petit f prevailed in official quar ters today that'the action of the .French premier had f< resialled a <y reply from this country to Italy's invitation.' In some circles the be lief was expressed 'hat there would be no action taken on the invita tion ?'f Italy at this time. Not Sovereign Remedy Mr. Coker Writes Regarding Use of Calcium Arsenate Florence. Feb. 30:?The follow ing letter has been received by Thos. B. Young, of Florence, from David K. Coker. of Hartsvilie. re garding the. use .of calcium arse rate in combatting the boll weevil: "Yours of the third inst. to hand and I fully agree, with you that it will be unfortunate if the cotton farmers gain the impression that dusting with calcium arsenate will surely "be a sovereign remedy for boll weevil and enable them to safely' plant a large aereage. The attention of the cotton planters, 1 think, should, be called to the fact first that dusting with calcium ar senate involves the purchase of ex pensive machinery and the expen diture of $3 to $10 per acre for ma terials and labor. (The factor of j expense alone will prevent a- great i body of .the cotton farmers from using this inethod). Second, it is a well established fact*that this treatment is-- altogether ineffective during rainy periods. Third, dust ing with calcium arsenate was fol lowed in. many instances in this section last year by very heavy in festation with plant nice which in jured the cotton very severely in some instances practically ruining I the crop. We have received similar reports from Mexico and a plant ! breeder in the Mississippi valley isays that he- has often noticed an increase in plant lice following th< use ?yt .calcium arsenate*. Treaties Before the Senats Committee i "'*:*_?_ i - Washington, Feb. li-^The trea ties resulting from the Washington , conference are before the senate I foreign relations committee, which; i has been ca41ed in. special session .' to consider them. . 1 JURY ACQUITS J)R. MANNING j Raleigh. X. <\. F-eb". Tl.--The jury has acquitted Dr. J. M. Man : uing. mayor of Durham, charged [with violating the anti-narcotic law. after a two minutes deliber:-: . tioh. j ? ? AMERICAN CHECKER CHAMPION LOSES Glasgow. Scotland,. Feb. 11.? : l:obert Stewart won the int.-rnat ; ional checkers championship by defeating Newell Hanks. Amei'i | can contender. ?? ??? MARKETING BILL SENT TO PRESIDENT j Washington. Feb. II.--The house j has accepted the senate amend ments to the farmers' cooperative marketing bill ami sent it to Presi dent Harding. ? ? ? PARIS BLUE BEARD FILES APPEAL Paris, Feb. n._yiie counsel for Henri l.:uulni. '*blu"ebeai*d of [.Gambat" under death sentence for the murder ??f ten women and one boy. has tiled an appeal. RAILROADS AND MINERS GET TOGETHER Indianapolis. Feb. ii. The lirsi f joint meeting of .the represent a lives of railroad men's organiza tions and the United Mine Work ; ers wilt be held in (Shei?go F. hrn [ary 21st. President Lewis, of the mine workers, announced. ? i t t_ FATHER OF SEVEN TEEN CHILDREN Star < 'ity. W. Va.. Feb. ! !. John W. Wyse?)berry, aged 7/". is celebrating today the birth of his j seventeen til child* Jewish Relief | ii Vi s in Campaign Clergymen of State Asked and Appeal to Their Congrega tions For Contribution I Charleston. Feb. 10.?Tie ad vis Lory, board of the South Carolina I Jewish Relief committee, consist ing principally of the Jewish Rabr ? bis of the state, hiss add.vs>ed :i j letter to all clergymen of the state i asking them to appeal to their [ congregation*5 to contribute toward the fund being raised in the state for relief of Jewish war sufferers i in Europe. The P iter follows: ; "Never in the history of suffer ing humanity has such a heart , rending cry reached our ears as I that of the unfortunate .Jewish vie t tims. The unspeakable horrors land untold crimes perpetrated I against them in Russia, Poland. Hungary, and other European lands make one's hair stand on lend. More than a million men. I women and children have lieen ! done to death in the Ukraine alone, \ and of those who still survive I we may say with a reliable eye ' witness that if the ten plagues of ? Egypt were multiplied tenfold they ; wou'd not begin to measure the ? misfortunes that have overwhelm ! ed them. ] "To save alive th'Ors?- who hnvi ' not yet perished from hunger, ex j posurc and disease, and to take ! care of the hundreds of thousands . of helpless and homeless orphans, j it is necessary, to raise a minimum ; of .*14,UlM.?.f U0. The Jews of i America are doing their utmost to i come.to the "rescue of their uofor I tunate coreligionists across the At I Ian tic. But the need is. so great ? that they fmd themselves compell ed to appeal to those who are not I of their fait^v. May we therefore . ask you to appeal from your pulyit j to the charitable and generous of ! your congregation to join us in this j act of humanity, and help us save nun. women and children from j perasing? Will you not ask them ! to come forward with their bounty 'and send us in their contribution [before it be too late?" See Long Delay ! In Ford Plans j Would Ta?e Several Months j To Transfer Muscle Shoals j ."Washington. Feb. Hb?Delays [estimated from six months to a : year or more probably will be en countered, by government officials j before they are in a position to turn ; over the nitrate plants, power sta tions and water dams at Muscle jShoals. Ala., to Henry Ford should jhis proposed contract for their pur chase and lease for a period of j 100 years be accepted. Despite the ; most expeditious action by Con I gress. in the event it authorizes the war Secretary to accept the con tract, it was estimated today by . members of the House military I committee attending hearings on 'the Ford offer, that such a delay Jwas apparently inescapable. I Quest ions were raised at tin hearing today by committeemen [which, in the opinion of some with long experiences in legal matters, would necessarily have to be solved by the court, irrespective of Con gressional action unless tin* Ford offer was rejected. It was the gen era! opinion of some committee members after hearing the testi mony of Col. John Hull, acting ; judge advocate general of the army. I that the government would be com ! polled to institute condemnation .proceedings before.it could obtain jthe necessary titles to the lands jior Mr. Ford and in doing this j meet the owm rs who would per jhaps test their rights in the courts. Col. r full said it was his opin iion thai the contractual obligations were '?non-enforceable" and "null 'and void" and could not be suc cessfully presented either by the j Alabama Tower Company repre sentatives or officials of the Air 'Nitrates Corporation, both of whom : claim optional privileges and have informed! Secretary Weeks thai (they intend to exercise them be I for the M?sch- Shoals properties are disposed of to private con cerns. Exempt State Bonds j Senate Publishes Amendment to Bill ! Columbia. Feb. 1".? The Senate I Journal this morning publishes it bis amendment to the income tax : bill as coming from the finance I committee. "interest upon the bonded in Idebted,ness <>f counties, townships. .i-IimoI districts, municipalities or political subdivisions within1 the ' St it.- of South < "arolina." This exempts the income- from stjeh bonds from the income i:t\. The first S. O. S. sent out by the Conference meant Stuck ??n Sub ma rincs. .Vow ih.il the world is safe for democracy, the nc-xi little task is to make it safe for authority. Health hint: These days you had better not invite anybody to die n?r unless von want him. A New York man. b.irii-. given .i w is!i. expressed ih?- hope thai he mighi tie a "bootlegger for a day." Then* is one chap who is satisfied with a million.- Johnstown Dem oera i. \ sit?-h in time saves the divor :i it. lixectiiive: An\ man who ^? t: Mown a'i '.' o'clock in tie- morning. What does h profit a man to walk to save carfare and lose his sole? I Defense of Federal >y Reserve System [President of Backers Associa i tion Says Attacks Due To Ignorance ! Richmond, Feb. 11.? A vigorous i d< fense of the federal reserve sys j. torn was made by Thomas II. Mo , Adams, presidem of the American Bankers' association, in a speech I here. He said igrnoranc? and prej ; udice were largely responsible f< ? the attacks made on the system. Florence !: l, Cleans House 'Segregated District of City is : Closed i I rlorenee. Feb. 10.?Responding ?to what appeared 1<? be virtually a demand mi the pan of a represen tative committee. composed of ! ministers and laymen. Florence city teoiineil has closed the segregated ?'district and many ?-f tin- women iwho inhabited the questionable :Seetion have gone. The cpiestion Ibas been under discussion here for [several months, lr came to a head iwhen tin- committee called on city council a few afternoons ago, Or ???'?rs were issued immediately after ? the meeting to tin* police depart jnient to clean out the section com l.ivla-ined <?f and in .cji hour's time the houses were closed and guards placed there to see that they were .not reopened. ? ? ? | Bonus Taxes Fixed Subcommittee of House Agrees on Schedule J Washington. Feb. 10.?This pro ' gram of soldiers' bonus taxes was i agreed upon today by a house ways land means subcommittee: i Two and one-half per cent on the undivided profits of corporations, estimated to >j?dd &2J2,l?0?.0?0. On parcel post packages on which the postage amounts to 2S J cents of more, a tax of one cent for leach 2~t cents or fraction thereof, j ?"2O;OOO:O00. One cent a gallon on gasoline. ! STu.i.mmvjOO. j Twenty-five cents per horse ! power on automobiles. $50.000.0y0. j Double the present i<? per cent. ? tax on admissions where the charge [exceeds 25 cents. $60;000.00<h , } Double existing documentary I stamp taxes, except in the case of ;sales or transfers of capital stock 'on which the rate will be increased t from l-.~?0\of 1 per cent; to 1-TU of j l per cent. $fr4.000,0?o. } An increase of ,")?? cents per 1.000 in the tax on cigarettes, $25.000, l cue 1 An increase two cents a pound on smoking and chewing tobacco. $;V0OO.O0O. This program later was submitted to' the majority members of the senate finance committee who dis euss-d it wit it the house subcom mittee members for nearly an hour without any conclusions. The con ference will be resumed- tomorrow land after an agreement has been [reachd tin- plan is. to present the j program t<? President Harding for" j his vh-ws. j Meantime, another subcommittee [of the house ways and means com mittee will continue work on the bonus bill itself and it was the hope of Chairman Fordney and others t-? have the completed measure with, 'the appended tax program ready J for ilie house within a week or ten 'days. Mr. C. K. W. Griffith, Shakospoar ' can Reader at the St. Joseph Academy i *">n Friday afternoon and even ting tin- faculty. students and. ? friends of the St. Joseph Academy fwere delightfully and instructively [entertained by Mr. <\ B. W. Grif ; tith. j It was indeed for the Sisters of this venerable institution of learn ing a happy privilege to present to {their students* and friends an artist I of such rare ability f<Tr .Mr. Grif ifitb has a reputation international land the institutions of highest rank 'in this country and in Kuropo have been honored by his presence. In the afternoon. Midsummer : Night's Dream was most pleasingly [presented to the audience and j though a comedy with its own ele ment of mirth and intrigue so rapt. I so keen Avas the attention <>{ the .audience that not even the young jest child moved other than in the p;eneral applaud at the ch.se of the ! reading. , In the evening Mr Griffith was i perhaps at his liest in the reading |of the urea; tragedy Macbeth. With ;t ilramatic art. at once .finished and forceful Mi'. Griffith vividly portrayed the incidents of 'this great tragedy which perhaps 'more than any other drama of I Shakespeare's gives value to thai Iphilosophy which places tin? con tent of a good conscience above .ill [things of time. Mr. Griffith has won for himself the reputation of "superb in Mao jbeth" and his audiem.f last 'evening may well add and justly so' f'rookstown. Minn.. Feb. l?i President Hardite-. declan-d in a letter to tin- farmers here that "the general industrial and business sit uation now is sinh as to justify e-ontidelK'e thai We are well past the worst pha^e of the agricultural crisis." You can judge :i man. .ils.. by the callers he keeps wait in v. in the outer office. When nein says the old ways are good enough for bint, he means h is nest is feathered. Philosophy is the uiiahty that ? n ables a poor man to think riches .ordid. Unidentified Dead < at Richmond Another Body Removed JFrmn Ruins of Lexington Hotel To-day Richmond-. Feb. ii ? The rernov i :?1 of another body from the ruins i of Lexington Hotel brought the to I tal known dead to nine, with six [persons still missing. There were no papers or letters on the body found this morning which was ' burn'-l to u crisp. There are no f marks of identification, except a set of fals?- teeth. Five or six bodies recovered from the ruins re ? main unidentified. Three persons ; lost their iives by jumping from the hotel windows. High School Protest Want More Than S3 Each For j . Rural Students -, - Columbia. Feb. 10.?After a con ; ference of school superintendents and principals held here today a ! legislative committee of sev en members was appointed to present the high school problems to the : legislature. This committee is made up of Dr. J. L. Mann. of Greenville, chairman: Snpi. A. J. I Thackston. of Orangeburg: Supt. L. K. Hagood, of Mullins: Supt. ? (j.eorge Harris Webber, of Beaufort?: Sunt. \Y. a. Sehilfley. of Orange burg: Supt, 0. I!. Seizgler. of Aik j en: state High School Inspector B. ? L. Parkinson, of Columbia: Col. E. M. Blytln of Greenville and Capt. it. l:. Watson. Jr., of Greenville. i The special object of .the con ference was to discuss tin- stale high school tuition allowance of ? $3 per month for pupils enrolled from outside districts. This al lowance does not pay ilm cost of ? instruction; the influx of rural boys : and girls being so heavy that many j high schools are badly over-crowd ed, it i< said, and not a few of these districts may be compelled to withdraw from the state high [school system unless relief is se j cured. The localities are perfectly willing to supply buildings, eotuip | merit, supplies and incidentals but ! the trustees of. ;ill districts say that i the cost of instruction to outside j pupils should be home by tin' state, j This cost for the Fnited States is i about ?lu?. it is estimated, and the high school folk of South Carolina i $t>3 for a term of nine months of j r'bl for a term of nine month of I actual attendance. ' In discussing the meeting. John : E. Swearirigen. state superintend | ent of education, said: ? ??During the scholastic year 1?2U 21 upward of :;.3u0 pupils were en rolled from country districts in 1 town high schools. Of this num ber 2.-W2 earned tuition. The amount of stale aid paid to high schools on account of this tuition s $ ."? 8. ? 0 Oi ! ; No movement m recent years ! has done more to bring country folk and city folk together. The thin upper grade of country schools secure advantages in existing'high schools. This, relief enables rural teachers to'give- more attention to i the over-crowded and neglected ' lower grades. For the session l'.'-l j 22 the number of these outside pu ! pils will be increased by approxi i mately per cent. This high I school system of the state b? grow ( ing." ! The conference unanimously ort | dorsed the recommendation of the [state superintendent that this ttii J tiori of S7 b<. allowed. ,? o ? j M. R. Cooper Dead i Member of Legislature From Beaufort Succumbs to Pneumonia j Columbia. Feb. ij?Marion Herd [Cooper, of Fort Royal, former sec j retary of state, and ;it the rime j of his death a member of the leg islature from Beaufort county, died I in Columbia this mornng of pneu j monia. having been stricken since looming to the capital for the 1 '*22 ! session of t he general assembly. He I died at the home of his sister, i M rs. Lizzie ('lark. Mr. Cooper had been prominent [ in public life in his county and 'community. He had served as a member of the legislature at two j different times. He was a member i of the constitutional convention in ? IxaT,. and held several offices in his j home community. He was secre tary of state from 1-S?!' to D"'2. i .\s a legislator he stood in high es ? teem and always .was on the side of progressive :tnd righl legisla tion. He was a quiet unassuming 'man. but he wielded a strong influ lence. He was a familiar figure in frhe legislature in thai he usually iwo'rc his hat indoors as a health ' procaui ion. Sonic of Hie. ri1 i caught last stini ' mer are now six. feet long. Style hints for the future have [ predicted thai women will no with out everything except money. The sordid-village type of- n<?v?*l I ;:s!\s a little too much of our imagi nation when it clothes the heroine I in plain cotton stockings. Washington^ Feb. H?.?-Secretary !>tiil>\ announced do- appointment to the board of naval officers to study the oonstriietion oi. Im tile ship's in West Virginia and- Wash ington to decide u hieb sha 11 t completed1. In the interest ??f tnithful ad vert ising. why not prefix ??.?(!?'* w hen speaking of u "used" ? :<rV It I., nine butchered 2*'?~ million, and 1112 million died of disease. lo>\\ a re any left to st a r\ e V Health hint: Live so you can dodge any auto in town. Cotton Campaign i{ Meeting Success Cooperative '^Marketing Asso ciation Committee Meets in Columbia Columbia. Feb. 10.?Encourag ing reports from every section of t!m state as to the progress of the < ottor. cooperative marketing cam paign were received at a meeting of the organization committee and county directors of the South Car olina Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association today. It was the unanimous opinion of those pres ent that the campaign was going to succeed, although the fact was stressed by all of the speakers thai no time can be lost, since un br the terms of the contract the campaign must close by May i. "Plenty of time, hut not one min ute to waste." was the sentiment of the meeting. Fieports as to the progress of the campaign in their respective districts were made by Ji. S. .John son. T. B. Young, and A\ A. Mo] j Keowu. district directors of the ex tension forces of Clemson College and Harold .Jeter. Andrew. Bram-I leu and George Barnes, district di-' rectors of the- marketing associa tion.- Confidence that their respec- i Jift'.e districts would sign their1 : quotas was expressed by each of. the directors, i$. i>. I>ai*gan. county director,! land A. II. Ward, county agent of' Darlington county-told of the wonr? . derful enthusiasm in Darlington; county, where over l.s-,oO0 bales] ; have been signed up. Other county, directors told of the headway be-: ing made in their respective conn-! : ties. C. o. Moser;, secretary of the ; A.merican Cotton Growers' Ex-; change; the .overhead organization.] of the various state-wide coopera tive marketing associations, con-: gratulated the workers on the: splendid showing being made. He i said that he had come to Colum-i hia after the North Carolina asso- ' ciation. which completed its cam-; paign recently-, had permanently organized. He said that if any! one iiad any fears as to the kind orj j officers that might be elected | ! to. govern the association he said that, they would have such fears j removed if they eouid have seen I ' the men elected as officers and di- i rectors of the North Carolina as-.j soeiation. They are the very best l men in the state, he said. Mr. Moser reviewed the benefits! that are being derived by the! growers in Texas, through their j association. The Texas association wasi formed last year and is hand.-J ling the 1921 crop. He said the as- | soeiation was prepared to prove1 that members of the association: had been receiving an- average of! $15 a bale more for their cotton rhan the non-members were. Ho: said the far. .ers, bankers, mer chant and everybody else in Texas; j were delighted with the results . being obtained. The success of co operative marketing of cotton in Texas, he said, proved the prac ticability of cooperative market ing of cotton in South Carolina. 11. C. Hamer, chairman of the [campaign committee, addressed jthe meeting, and urged every man [present to go home determined to ! pull oft his coat and work unti^ the close of the campaign. He j asked every man , present who would .gree to do this to raise : his l ight hand and the right hand of every man in the audience went up. Others taking part in the dis cussion were Alfred Scarborough, of Easto.ver.; Dr. J. B. Johnson, or : Rock Hill: Louis L Guion of Lug off: E. W. Dabbs, Jr.. of0Mayes jville; G. T. Floyd, of Manning: G. j o, Epps, of Kingstree; S. E. Evans, of Bennettsville; L. D-i Friday, of Wallaceville; Senator P. L. Bethea, of Dillon; T. Meeks Neil, of New berry: Thomas G. McLeod. oi-Bish opville. and others. Harry G. Kaminer. president of the association, presided over the ; meeting. He declared that he had no doubt as to the success of the campaign but stressed the sasjfce j point that other speakers had siifssrcl and that was that the time was growing short. m n9 ? Oklahoma Judge Denounced People Rise Up and Demand a New Grand Jury Okmulgee. Okla.. Feb: !??.?Pe niiions requesting the drawing of a new grand jury for the one dis charged yesterday by judge on the grounds that it was illegally drawn, are being checked by oifieials. The jury wanted to delve into the af fairs of defunct Bank of Com merce. The petitions were filed fol lowing a mass meeting, which de nounced Judge Christopher, follow ing applause from the spectators in th*?*-court house of the speech of County Attorney denouncing the judge. Ami' sn a submarine can't sink a battleship and isn't permitted to | sink a merehani ship. Welt, well: ; they can still play havoc \vit?i friendships. - "Prosperity is coming: roads ave i ordering new freight cars." !t will come neue quickly, however, if tin ;.' will order some new freight i rates. .\ low price for hides may eis- . courage the skinning of some a:u-i nulls, but there is still a profit in j skinning the tw<> legged ?>aes who j buy shoes. A little conference now am! tin n is mighty annoying i?? armament! men. The lo at of. battle, you und? r- i stand, depends largely upon c u trol of the draft. Would Bar Japs j Frpm America California Man' "Heard, Say?1 Thi* Plan is Only Way to Maintain Friendly Re lations Washington, Peft f*.?If friend ly reintinns with Japan are to be maintained; the United states gov ernment ??must effectively stop the continued' 'admission of Japanese and the rapid increase of Japanese population." A*, s. MeClatohy, pub lisher of the Sacrament, CuL, P,ee. declared, in a statement today be fore tin- Hous?- Immigration com mittee Urging federal action along the lines aj)proved by the California Legislature in its memorial to Con gress last year. Mr. M<*'latchy de clared the "gentlemen's agree ment" between this country and Japan "should bo cancelled as fail ing to carry out the purposes for which it was made, and this coun try should, by treaty or proper legislation, Accomplish the intent of that- agreement as clearly set out by President Roosevelt under v. hem it was made." * Although immigration from other countries has been sharply cur tailed under the precentage immi gration- act. fMv. Me?Iatchy raid, approximately (5,500 Japanese have been permitted to come into the United States under the agree ment since that legislation went into effect. While the immigra tion of Japanese "picture brides" has been stopped "in deference to public protest'/' he. said, there arc now coming to this country, "m still greater numbers" wha't he de scribed as "excursion brides." These he declared are "urged ro V?eget many children in order that the Tamato race may be perma nently etsablished on this conti nent.*' Government'Within a Government. Mr.McClatchy asserted the Jap anese in this country were "main taining here a government withm a government most dangerous to American institutions." The citi zenship of those born here is be ing "utilized largely for purposes ef Japan" he declared, adding that of the 90,000 claiming cighis as American citizens by registration, up to laast year only seventy-three had applied' for expatriation from Japan and only sixty-four had been granted it. Thousands are being "lost for loyalty to this country." Mr. McClatchy asserted, "by returning to Japan at in ear ly age to be educated there and later to re-enter this country." lie said there were nearly 20.000 Jap anese minors born in Hawaii now temporarily resident in Japan and between 10.000 and 15,000 who were born in California. Mr. McClatchy declared the last census enumeration of Japanese in California was "many thenisands short even of the acknowledged incomplete returns secured by the Japanese under order of the lap anse government." They are in creasing by reproduction, he said, "ten times as fast as the whites.' Eastern National Forests Enlarged By New Purchases Nearly 2.000.000 acres of land have been purchased to date in the East for National Forest purposes and more than 1.000.000 additional acres have been offered for sale to the Government, announces the National Forest Reservation Com mission. Recently the commission author ized new purchases aggregating 134,044 acres of cut-over land - at an average cost of .<:>.33 per acre. In West .Virginia the purchase of TiU.Tx- acres, averaging $2.7." per acre, was authorized. These tracts lie in Tucker. Randolph, and Pooa hontas Counties and are located I upon the watersheds of the Poto j mac and Monongahela Rivers, the '? latter one of the important fribu j taries of the Ohio, and subject to I Moods which have been extremely destructive to property, at Pitts ! burgh.. Pa. in Virginia, on the watersheds ! of the Potomac. .James, and New I Rivers, the*latter a large and im portant head stream of the Ohio, i the purchase was authorized of j 2$.639 acres at S2.su per acre, sit uated chiefly in Highland. Shenan : doah. Augusta. Rockridge. Am , herst. Botetourt, Wythe, Carroll, and Grayson Counties. In North Carolina the purchase of 14.14s acres was authorized at an average price of $6.41 per acre, located largely in McDowell. Ma eon, and Madison Counties: in Georgia, l.3?acres at $5.4,0 per .-.ere. in Faunin, Union, and Rabun Counties: in, South Carolina, i'2 acres in Oconee County at ?t>. per acre: Tennessee. 5.70 acres at -<?:.2^ per acre, in Greene, Unicoi. ami Monroe Counties: in Arkansas .">. ?Mi acres at s-t.i'7. largely in Pope; Scott. Johnson, ami Polk Counties: and 5.57> - acres in Winston and Lawrence Counties. Alabama, a; an average price of s4.s:l per acre. As soon ;is purchase is complet ed these lands will become a part of existing National Forests, under tile administration of the Forest Service of the United states De partment of Agriculture. They will be protected from tire and a system of management applied whereby the timber resources will be used and at the same time con served, with continuous forest pro duction, watershed protection, and coordinated development of all re sources of public value. Now Rzeschewski, the chess prodigy, yearns to sing. Well, the Uo> should find some means of m.' ing a name for himself. At times we suspect that the dogs of war are closely related t<> the dog in the manger. Europe's debt to America isn't Worthless. Some day it will inter-: est the collectors of antiques. 1 Public Senti ment at Fault Lethargic Public Officials Pre vent Enforcement of Pro hibition Columbus. Ohio, Feb. 10?Na tional prohibition Commissioner Haynes declares "the apathetic cit izen and the lethargic public offi cial" are the outstanding difficulties in the way or" prohibition enforce ment. Tangle of 1021 and. 1922 Tampa, Fla.. Feb. C.?Alarmed at reports that physicians in va rious pans of the country had through force of habit written ??]92r" instead or" "l'.>22" for a brief period after the new year the city health officer here has invjestigat ed t h< recording oi* all births since .January 1 and has announced that in no instance was a Tampa pro fessional man guilty of the error. 1: was explained thai the mistake easily could be corrected; at the Bureau of Vital Statistics if it was detected: v when birch certificates were filed but that when once made an officia. record it would re ouire redions legal proceedings to straighten out th?* tangle. If the birth of a person had been record ed as having occurred in 11*21 ; when if should! have been he \ would officially reach- his majority a year l>efore his time and would vote a year too soon. It also was ;explained that h>e would cease to I be a minor a year too early and that tin- error might resiftt in a great deal of trouble in the settle ment of estates. One official said : the complications that eould arise as a result of such an error were , almost -without limit in number. Hypnotism t"scd for Crime. - Berlin. Feb. s.?German erimi ; nologists. psychologists, medical land legal experts will hold a "con | gress" over the case "o! Leopold j Miecyslaw Kittay, a Galician. I whose trial on charges of misuse of ! hypnotic powers was set to begin i here today. They have been sum j moned for opinions on psychology, - i hypnotism, suggestion and men** ! tal responsibility of persons who j commit crimes while hypnotized. I Kittay. who practiced hypnotism , j under the name of Lo Kittay, is j alleged to have influenced his : clients to sell or pawn- their valu ! ahles and give him the money. He ! will also be held to answer charges of immorality for he is said ?o have had great influence over wo men, one of whom, the wife- of a well-known merchant, tried to sell ; her house and furnishings With | out 'her husband's knowledge and succeeded in raising a considerable sum which she gave the hypnotists Pie used part of the money in making a brief tour of German cities where he gave public exhibi tions of his power over'the mer i chant's wife who. with a friend. ! accompanied him. * The complaint ageinst Kittay.? cites as an example of his influence i that he hypnotized a dancing girl j while she- was on the stage.#com : pelling her to fall asleep and aban- ? j don the performance. This girl is j said to have detested the hypnotist I but could not resist his hypnotic i power. j A number of husbands whose [wives were addicted to drug habits . appealed to Kittay tor assistance and in some instances he is alleged I to have put the women to sleep and while in this condition sug gested they sell or pawn their own valuables or the-property of their j husbands, proceeds oi which trans actions he pocketed. Kittay's defense will attempt to show the clients themselves were j criminally inclined and committed j the offenses without undue in [ tluenee on the part of the hypnot %\ tMt i> j American Exhibition In Paris Post- , potted New York. Feb. 9.?Announce ment has been made that h has ? been decided to postpone until the j spring of 1923 the exhibition of ; American art in Paris which was j first planned :o be held next spring. I The French government has set i aside for the exhibition the build-Q i ing known as the Jeu de Paume in the Tuilleries Gardens, j It will be given under the aus Lpices of me Ministry of Foreign Af j fairs and under the direction of j Monsieur Benedite. the Director of -the Luxembourg Museum, j The permanent American com i mittee appointed by the Ministry of i i Foreign Affairs is composed of j Messrs. William Emerson of Bos ? ton, Paul Cret. of Philadelphia. : Charles Butler and Julian Clar- v 1 ence Levi. of New York, i Mr. Levi says the scope of the j exhibit will be very comprehensive i as the French government wishes ! to have a representative exhibi- , ition of all American art activities. ' not only in the fine arts, but in the i decorative and applied arts as well. -?~t~? It being unlawful to play check ' < rs outdoors on Sunday in Boston, what do they do for exercise? Fine motto: Think of others as you would have others think of you. The Scotch average nearly an inch taller than the Irish. But the Irish were kept down .???? years. Some birds in the big leagues are not worth two in a bush. A bathing girl never hides much from .; photographer. There a scarcity of ex-hoot loggers. An enthusiast says a new day is dawning in Kusia. It won't help much unless it's pay day. "Who wants this bonus?" orates senator. Their name is Legion.