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* Norwood to Head Tobacco Growers Bright Williamson Elected: Vice President of Associa- I tion For South Carolina Raleigh, X. C, Feb. 9.?George * A. Norwood of Goldsboro, banker and farmer, was. roday elected- pres ident of the Tri-Stare Tobaeco Growers* Cooperative association ar a meeting of the; directors, bright Williamson of Darlington, S. C;, was- elected vice president I for South Carolina ami Joseph Mi. ? Hum of Blackstooie, Va.. was. elect- j ed vice- president for Virginia. ML' C. Wilson of- Keysyille, Va., is sec- j retary-treasurer. Members of the I executive- committee arer Jv M. > Galloway of Greensboro, X. C? and | "H. J". Warkins, Jr.?, Somu IIdsiou, : Va. . ?.. ? ? ?m m: ? ? ? In line For Movies Kais Being Carefully Laid | For "Booster" Moving; Pic tures of Sumter Continuing his activities in be- | half or the moving picture to be j made of Sumter and vicinity, Mr. : ' H. rX--HoweU, of the Adventure ! FSSm- Corporation this morning j ? visited' the--Sumter schools and the j fire and police departments, mak- j ing note of salieat features - to be ? embodied in- the- liSm. ; 1% is planned;, to --shoot" the military battalion, ? the domestic science department, varkwJs-. grades, ? the- school in. assembly, and -any , and: satt activities which-^Dr^ Ed- \ mu?ds ropon. his return to~Sumter J thinks will make the best Impres- | sion ttpon capitalists and ethers in- I - teft?sted by educational ? ? facilities j afforded and? in this regard-Sumter j undoubtedly is a leader. , City Manager Samuel! OfQuimr heartily approves the idea of mak- ' * ing a moving picture of Sumter's ! - fire department. It is planned to ? take the- trucks as they- dash . through the streets,, going into ac tion at. one of the tall buildings, and- pictures will be . made of the \ ~ apparttts in use, with streams of water playing ti pon the - building. .? As- an added: thriller, tho camera -man will ride on. a truck,, taking ultra-speed- pictures of the -mad dash Cor the fire. ? The police- department also will rbe Seat?rde> Chief of Police J. M. I Harwick haying offered1 complete* 'co?peratiojt Of himself and his men. The* cost of this. "Boost Sumter" picture will' he borne: by the lean ing banks and merchants'.of the .city and Miss Hanna R. Kilstiaa aon. who has- accepted the^ respon sibility of.:interesting these folks reports a hearty response* In the first half hour of her caiivas*:' she obtained pledges- ef support fron* ""the following firms^ and she-antic? plates~That"= pratctlcalry every mer chant offered- the opportunity-to subscribe will do so. Thir? li-t. will ?fee published each day in The-Item and it . is expectedr-that every firm de.virioas of bringing additional jj capital, additional homeseekers to ?unner, will eoo|>erate: KLrystal Optical Company; - Cooper's Jewelry. Store, Jjevy. & Moses, Claremont Filling Station, * . tST O. 'Courtright Company, - ~Loeas'and Van Auke^i, Glaremont. Hotel, a ?% J. ?L Browrv Henry P. Moses Company, . Anchor-Motor Co. Wallace Sees V J Hopeful Sign In Increased Purchasing1 Pow er of Farmers . r New York} Feb.- ?.?Increased purchasing power of farmers which has? resulted from recent advances in prices of farm products- and de ?ereases in other linos was cited by 'Secretary Wallace tonight in an ad dress before-the National Retail Dry. Goods Association as "a hope ful sign. to. industry in ^general." jBstimating that farmers arid their families represented 40 per eent of the population, Mr. Wallace de clared, every phase > of ^business should be interested in "every sen sible effort ro get farming back on a sound basis." The Secretary denied what he termed, the widely held notion that farmers*in the corn belt states had plunged, into land speculation dur ing- the war years. Probably* not taar* than. IV per cent of the culti vated kind changed hands, he said. ? "The farmer has. taken, his full share, and more, of liquidation," ^Afr. Wallace declared. "He has tin right to iE?pect that others, such u8 manufacturers, railroads, labor ing men, retailers will follow his example. Priees of .things must come down. ".'Farmers always have l>een and are now the great stabilizing for< e in government." Sumter Man Injured L t. Shirer Suffering With Fractured Skull Mr. I. T. Shirer. of Sumter, re ceived serious injuries near Fort Motte on Thursday, when he was .^eeidently hurt by a blow on the head from a large pieoe ?f timber. He was taken to the Baptist Hos pital in Columbia and was still tmeonseious late Thursday after noon. Jt was said at the hospital that an x-ray examination showed a fracture of the skull ami that while Mr. Shirer seemed to be pretty badly hurt that i: was fel: that his Iiriuries would not !><? fatal. Washington. Feb. 10.?Secretary Weeks it is announced has order ed a survey for the purpose of re ducing the number of officers on duty here. Work of the Red Cross The4-Red 'Cross' Beii.^ ^Excel lent Work But Needs More Assistance Editor of Daily Item: For about six weeks I have been especially interested in the work of the Red Cross. My attention was brought to the work that is being done through the reports of the Junior Red Cross and subsequent ly, through reports that were made by. Miss Wheeler, the Red Cross secretary. I was so deeply, inter ested; in the stories that wen brought to my attention that T asked if those who told these stories would not procure from the parties interested permission to publish then; without mentioning any names. This was. readily granted from a feeling of gratitude and appreciation. .Wo are so likely to think of the work that is being done by our va riOust charitable organizations in vague and abstract terms instead of as concrete instances. I know of no other community where more effective work, is done by the sev eral-organizations of our city in be l^alf of those who are needy, but T ! believe that even this work would be increased and would be done more heartily if we could he brought, face to face with actual il lustrations from real life. The Red Cross secretary said to me the j other day: "There are so many ! calls for assistance and these calls are so urgent and so necessary that I I feel almost desperate." Deforo the Christmas holidays i the members of the -.Kmior Red j Cross brought to the school build- \ his a large number of essential ar- j tides to be distributed among those \ who needed them most. Two of j the young ladies who were sent to j visrtT a certain home were cau tioned, to; be just as bright and I cheerful as. possible and to carry to those in need not only subsran- ,' tial gifts but the bright cheer of j Christmas. When they came l>ack ' they made the-following report: "Yes. we found Jter. an old wo- j man of seventy-five years, very badly crippled from having fallen down vhile trying to bring in a lit tle wood, her back so seriously hurt that she could scarcely walk without help. She was living in a [ little room not more- than 12x10. ;The room was very scantily fur bished, havng no chars at all only i boxes to sij. on. The stove was the j ? smallest we ever saw but it was ; large enough for. the little pile of j wood that she had- by it. We of ifered- -to go out and bring in ! some wood for her but she said [ that that was all the wood she had. i }Por covering, although the day was ? intensely cold, she had only old i clothing. You told us to be sure j and be bright and cheerful, but [when we looked around that-deso j iaie room hoth of us burst out ory iing/'h ' Of - the maViy cases vthat Miss j Wheeler has reported we have se lected thive or four, j "There is a family with four j members, father, mother, and two J daughters. The okler fourteen1 {years of age and the younger 12. ?The mother has been in very poor f health ..for a long time, and had a j very seriou? operation several-weeks \ ago. The hospital was exceedingly j kind, but could not admit her as ; an -absolutely free patient on ac jcount of not being a resident of j Sumter. The city nurse and I paid ?; the necessary expenses. The moth ? er is doing finely now. The father works at a lumber mill receiving $0 per week. Doth of the- daugh ters are-now in school and Sunday (sc hook Six dollars per week will \ not buy proper food. They need i more clothing and all need shoes, dre-ses and skirts would be exceed j ingly welcome by all the members [of this family who are very appre ciative and do the .best they cam" ; "The second family is a family iof four, father, mother, and two i children. Both of the children ; have been sick, and the father is in : the hospital, and before he went ' there he was not making enough to pa:* his expenses. The relatives ! of this family have . helped as much as they could and everybody ! is getting, better now. but it will i bo at. least a month before the man is, able to work. The two ; little" children are four and two > years old, respectively." "The third family is a widow liv ing: in the country. People living i on the farm are exceedingly good j to her giving her food, but there are many other needs. There are j sevens children and: tour of them have .defective eye . sight.. Their ' eyes have bt'm examined and the j specialist will "very kindly operate without cost just ;cs soon as ar . rangments- can be made. All of the children need glasses. The home conditions of this family are deplorable. There is a neighbor who could let her have a quail of milk every day if there was some one to take it to ho r." "The fourth eafce is that of a giri iwenty-one. years of age who stall ed out to walk from Richmond. Va.. to Atlanta. Ga. She bad abso ? lutely no money pay her. way on the train. She was brought paart of the way in an automobile and left in Sumter. with no place io sleep and no money. She went di rectly to the chief of police who referred her to the Red Cross. She wa.v-seni |>y (he Red Cross to Mrs. Thomas who tO?? an interest in her, collected so .-? money for her and gave her a room and meals free. A ticket and Pullman were [Bought to / ? mta for her and she was given several dollars tor inci dentals on i lie trip. The Red Cross got in immediate communieatlty with, the Salvation Army in At lanta and a telegram was received from the Salvation Army saying that the girl would be taken care of as soon as she arrived." Having listened to these stories and having been very deeply im pressed by._tbem, 1 have I bought that it would we well to let the peo ple-of Sumter know what i< being done by the Red Cross, the city nurse, and the several charitable organization's of the city and at the same time let the people see that in spite of tlx* very effective wor/k that is. being done very much imore N. needed?. 1 know the peo ple of Sumter and I speak but the simple truth when f say that there is nor a more tendier hearted citi zenship to be found in this country I than in our own community. When matters of this sort are brought to j their attention they respond not I only cheerfully and gladly bv.t iiuickly, Cordially submitted. S. 11. EDMUNDS. Workers in Navy Yards Laid Off i ????? Effected by limitation of Armament Treaty Washington. Feb. f?.?The first Ieffects of the armament confer ence on the employment situation i were felt today, when several thou isand mechanics and artificers in ?navy yards were temporarily laid jolt" after Secretary Denby had or ! dered suspended all ordnance I work designed for the naval vessels [slated for "scrapping" under the naval limitation treaty. The in structions were issued in line with i'resident Harding's order of yester j day suspending work on the ves isels under construction affected by [the treaty. The navy yards affect ed arc those at Washington; Phil adelphia^ Norfolk, Mare Island, Calif., and possibly Boston. The ordnance plant at South Charles j ton, West Virginia, was also af i feeted similarly. While these instructions were ! being sent out President Harding !was receiving the report of the American arms delegation togeth er with the treaties growing out of the conference. After receiving these documents from Secretary Hughes, the president had the fonr delegates as lunceon guests at the White House. The president has nor decided- whether he will de liver to the senate the treaties in persons, it was said later. Earlier in the day the president received the farewells of the last of the arms delegation, seeing in turn Admiral Baron Kato and Vice ? Foreign Minister Hanihara, of the Japanese delegation: .lohnkheer F. Beelaerst Von Blokland and John keer W. 11. De Beaufort, of the Netherlands; Albert Sarraut, of France: and the three Chinese, del-: egates, Wellington Koo, minister to London: Chief Justice Wang, of the Chinese Supreme Court, and Minister Sze, Chinese envoy to Washington Secretary Penby's suspension or der was made public today after 1,500 of the employees at the Wash ington navy yard upon reporting j for work, were given "temporary furloughs" without pay. Most of them were machinists. Capt. A. L. 'Willard, director of navy yards, es timated that nearly -puna civilian mechanics and artificers in navy I yards wotSld be laid off. Approxi mately six hundred each, it was ?said, would be affected at the New j York. Philadelphia, Norfolk and 'Mare Island yards. In addition, it j is expected that the order will af i feet men employed o^i construction l on ihe. battleships and battle cruis ers in private yards. Officers Elected I Sumter Shrine Ciub Elects Officers For Year I _ ______ I At a meeting zi the Sumter Shrine Club which was held in the i Y. M. C. A. building at ?; o'clock i Thursday afternoon, the following (Nobles were elected to serve as of ? ficers during the year: ' J. O. DeLorme, president: 1). G. F Bultman, vice-president: John ; P. Duffie, secretary and treasurer. E. S. Booth, A. C. Pheips. J. C. Pate, M. U Parier and Abe Ryt tenberg; members of the executive eommiteee. Russia May Outrival Reno. j Moscow, Jan. 17.? Political il literacy is a worse crime than big ; army in Soviet Russia. Cupid's er I rors are painlessly, instantaneous ly and inexpensively cured by : Bolshevist courts: but ignorance ? of Bolshevist laws is punished by ^sentence to courses in Communist schools organied t<? enlighten those untaught in the ways of the Soviet , republic. -Ivan fvanovioh Linsky was re icently faeed in a Moscow court by two wives and live children. ??] didn't know if was necessary to a divorce and thoughi my living apart from my wife whom J didn't love any longer was proof that 1 didn't want her." was tan Sky* S defense. One woman was granted a di vorce, and Linsky was instructed I to enter the school for the hij'.iida tioi> of political illiteracy :.: the government printing office- where lie will be taught that wires may jbe disposed of only by making dec laration befenv a Soviet court that one does not want them and paying :i fine of i ii.iM'tu rubles. It is much easier than the Reno [treatment and Moscow should be i ..me ;i popul?r resort for mismat .-.1 foreigners after Soviet Russia gets live recognition necessary to make Russian divorces water-proof abroad. There are no residence requirements and "difference of po litical news" is the ground on which many divorces are granted. Alimony h:is not yet come into fashion in Itussia. Under ihe old Communist ideal nobody had anv il:!!,-, tl.rcf'icaHy. and everybody worked and was supported by the state. With the reversion i" capi talists ways and the recognition of riie rgbts of personal property, divoi: ?? proceedings may soon he tinged by Mammon. A lot of us wouldn't he content with our lot even if it was a lot. Young- Men's Business League Live (frganizztion Begins Second . Term, With New . . Officers ? 1 j The half-yearly meeting of the j Young's Men's Business League was held Thursday afternoon at a lunch at the V Dining- Room. Un der the rules of the League offi cers serve ' i SiX months only and are riot allowed to succeed them selves. As the League was organ ised only last August, it now en i ters on its second term. After the menu had been dispos ed of retiring president S. L. Rod dey turned the meeting over to Herben A*. Moses, the new presi dent. Mr. Moses outlined his plans I for the coming six months in a \ery short talk, in which he em j phasized that Sumter was in the midst of an agricultural section: that although it would bo fine to j convert-this into a manufacturing center that such a consummation : would be a long time distant, but j that we could immediately get to ? work helping out on tin: marketing j problem of our farmer neighbors; . that always new money will come j' into this county from cotton, to j bacon and. lumber, and if we could ikeep at home the daily output lor meal and i^its:, ham, butter, [chicken feed, pickles and numer I ous other food items the county ' would be- a great deal better off. :1K- said- that the establishment : now under way of a canning plant was a long stet? in the right direc ; tion. and In* gave credit to a league . member, Mr. R A. Bradham, who had inaugurated tue movement for [the establish me. ; of it. and who had* pushed it tilt the proposition was finally successfully completed. Standing committees for the j term were appointed as follows: [on lohaeeo industry, S. L. Roddey, j F. M.j Moise, \\. J. Crowson. Jr;; on new enterprises. R. A. Jirad jham. D. R. MeCk Hum. and II. P. : .Moses: on lunches, E. M. Hall. [ Special committees were ap pointed on poultry industry. J. H. 'Levy, W. M. Levi. and S. F. Stoud jenmire; on trucking and fruit; H. j A. Shaver. C. L. Strauss and .1. C i Bryan. A, motion'being carried to j look into the feasibility of having ; a barbecue and having at it repre js<ntatives from other business or ganizations from other cities. G. E j Hurst. G. C. Warren and H-. P. I Moses were appointed a commit - ? tee for that purpose, j Several new members were elce' !cd and the secretary was requested ! to notify them of their election and j secure their acceptance or deeli i nation. A motion was carried that ! the group captain* should see the I inactive members of their groups . and ascertain whether they desired jto. continue their membership or I not. and to report back at the meet ing. ? ??' ? As> meeting of the. league lasts : only for an hour the members were . urged to be. prompt in their at ! attendance. The membership groups for the next term was announced as be : low, the first darned of each group . being the captain or it. The newly ; elected.members, will be assigned to ,' various groui>H. Group-No! 1: F. E. Gibson, W. R. Parker, W. E. Byniun, R. W. Plow iden. Frank Chandler. R. F. Rob (rson. A. G. Fishburne. J. D. Lee. A. H. Roykin, J. J. Riley, H. C. i Bland, W. E. Moore, D. G. E. Bult man. Raymond Schwartz. J: B. iDuflie. J. H-. Levy, .1. P. Booth, Jr.. A. E. Tisdale, R. C. Bradham. R. D: Epps. E. W. McCallum. W. E. ' Pratt. T. It Siddall. Jr., J. J. Wil liams. , Group Xo. li: P. M. Parrott. T. 'iL Parker, C. W. Hutchison. H. L. ? Withenspoon. Alvin Burns, J. J. Brennan. J. L. King, Beeman, jO. c. Warren. .1. A. McKnight, H. E. Parker, J. Z. liearon, ".-./. Lem mon. Jas. Cuttino, fcL L. McCoy. |F. M. Cain. \V. M. Levi. E. T. Brown. Fred Xigels, E. It. Boyle. Earle Rowland, Wrn. Berg. Vates Yea don. W. If. Bowman. Croup No. :;: Brice Waters. Gco. D. Levy, Ceo. D. Shore. Jr.. 0. I>. J'runic-. W. C. Boyle. .Ja*. Bryan. R. \V. Beafty. W. A. Bryan. II. Em imerson, P. B. Creech. Or. W. G. ! Green. A. S. Harby, Manning Brown. David Hoar. M. W. Shel ley. C. II. Wilson. E. P. Pitts. S. F. Stoudcnmtre. T. S. Dour, Ralph Hill. T. R. Littlepohn.. . Croup Xo. 4: \Y. I. Whitehead. |C. L. Vates. W. B. Burns. Jr. B. D. Hodges, J. c. Pate. <'. Dunn, S. K. Xash. Officers lor the coming term arc President, Herbert A. Moses; Vice President Kobt. L. McLeod and Claude E, Hurst: Secretary, John S. 'Bm-k: Treasurer. Alex M. Brough Pctitfon in Bankruptcy. Charleston. Feh. lu.?The Dixie Electric and Plumbing company, a corporation of Sumter. yesterday tiled a voluntary petition in bank ruptcy in the United States Dis trict court here. In the schedules given, the total debts of the con cern arc placed at $14.54.7.50. and tin- assets at $ 18.0o*2.S2. Escaped. Convict flrought Back. Rural Officer Saw Newman re turned to Sumter Friday from Knoxville, Tonn.. bringing with him an escaped negro; conviet. Pa 111 Lewis. This negro- escaped from the Sumter chain gang forces some live months ago and had inade his way to Knoxville where he was idciititted as the conviet wanted in Sumter and held by the authorities there. fork. Feb. hi A group of rail way workmen dissatisfied with tin strike settlement terms have seized the station and all trains here. Rome. Feb. he?-King Victor Em manuel has not accepted the resig nation of Premier Boiiomi's cabi net, it is semi-offlcially stated. The Situation Jn Ulster _ High Tension at All Points on Frontier Where Armed Forces Are On Guard i j London. Feb. !) (By tin- Associa ted Press).?There were no import jant developments today in the kid napping in Ireland. It is believed ithat the "fvw persons raptured in Donegal have been released, but that otherwise the situation re mains deadlocked, the Sinn Kein ers apparently bavin;: declined to liberate prisoners until the football players from Monaghan have been (released by the [Tlsterites. The Sinn iFeiners today are declared to have captured several more of the ci st er specials. The Northern government has taken strong measures for protec tion by placing some 5.??0 specials along the boundary to prevent' a new invasion from the south. It also is arranging for the reinforce ment of the specials by troops. The government headed- by Sir James Craig also is urging the im perial* government to take action in the situation, but the imperial au thorities appear to be reluctant to interfere further pending action by the provisional government oi the free state. British troops today wer?' still having southern Ireland and a statement made in parliament by Winston Spencer Churchill, secre tary for the colonies, seemed'to in dicate a desire on the part of the imperial government to leave the solution of the disturbed situation to the two Irish governments. Arthur Griffith; who is remain ing over in London until tomor row before returning to Puhl in. in an interview tonight expressed con fidence that, with patience and re straint by both sides, the Ulster question would he amicably settled within the present year on the basis of a unified Ireland. Jt add ed that it must he remembered the provisional government did not en Joy full governmental powers as yet. but that it might be relied on to adopt every action ? within its circumscribed powers to prevent il legal acts from being committed. Belfast. Feb. fi (By the Associ ated Press). ? Irish Republican army officers in Clones, county Monaghan, are credited with the statement that even more Union ists will be kidnapped if the deten tion of Sinn Fein prisoners in Ul ster continues. Four special offi [cej-s in a motor car fell into the (hands of the-Irish Republican army fmeu at Clones today. -Sinn Feineres ? in -Cookesfown are ! fearful of attacks by the specials. [Tonight they wired "Michael Collins asking him to inform the British [government of their predicament. ' The. prisoners taken around Clones were carried to Pallybay where there is a large concentra tion of Sinn Feiner?. . Belfast. Feb. 10?A party of Ul ster special constables were am bushed and one constable killed. ?-? m>. ? January Police Report ?Thirty-Seven Attests Made ? and ?441 in Cash Fines Collected During. Month : During the month of January, ? 37 arrests were made by the city police department and the sum- of $441 in cash fines and for the for feitures of cash bonds was turned over to the treasury department of ; the city. Of the total number of ar rests made, one case was suspend ed, five were dismissed and two cases sent up for trials in higher j court. The total number of- days ; contained in the chain gang sen tences of the prisoners eonvicted; amounts to days. Tin's number of days at the rat?* of $.?.00 per month amount :-to $42. Following are the various charges for which the miscreants wer?:-arrested. Con cealed weapon cases. 4; violation of 'prohibition law. x: petty larceny, ?i: speeding. disorderly conduct, 7: vagrancy, -i: larceny ofM>icyole. 1; grand larceny, 1: drunk. 1: re ceiving stolen goods. 2. * During the month of Dee-ember tiie police report showed irfty three arrest's made and ihe total amount of cash lines collected was ? ? ?? Hunting1 For Hotel Victims Richmond. Febf' Pi~\Vith six j known dead, efforts are siill being made to find the bodies of nine guests of the hotel Lexington which 1 was burned Tuesday. The police I believe thai nine persons unac ! counted for perished in the flames. The part of a body found late yes j terday 's still unidentified; ONE MISSING GUEST REPORTS j Raleigh, Feh. 10?c. ri Khorlcy. I of Pennsylvania, a traveling sales I man. appeared :it a local newspa ' per office and asked that Iiis name ihe removed from the li>t of missing I. , m *he Mote! Lexington lite :it Richmond. He said he left Rich | rnond Sit nda y. Ley West. Fla.. Feh Hi?The American schooner May ha-, been ! lost thirty miles from here, accord' ing to Captain Ferguson, who ar rived lu re on a fishing smack. The j crew w as saved. -?.?. m Tcxarkana, Texas. Feb. Ml Lee : Henderson was taken from he. borne by masked men and llogged [the police a n iMilineed today. Anderson. S. <\. Feb. I".- P.ar i hey Ramey. sixteen, was acquitted j of murdering Tom Hays, who killed j the youth's father* Newberry Still Worries Republicans The Scandal of the Purchase^ of Seat in Senate Will .Not Down ______ <? I Washington, Feh. ?The New-' berry election ease was the cause I of another sharp partisan-clash to day in the senate, Democrats tak ? ing vigorous. exception to remarks j by Senator Pepper GRepublican) of Pennsylvania in a speech last night j at Albany. X; Y. In his address! Senator Pepper said that the Dem ocrats in the Xewberry .tight ??mouther! about the honors of the j senate and the integrity of the in-! .dividual und then they proceeded j to tarnish that .honor and impair; that integrity by voting like a Hock j of sheep." Senator Ashurst (Democrat) of .Arizona called the senate's atten-j i tiou to the remarks of Senator ! Pepper, who is the newest member : of the senate, having been appoint ed t<> succeed the .'au* Senator-Pen rose, and characterized them, as did other Democrats, as an imputa : tion of hishonorable action. . Mr. Pepper was not present when i the question was bVought up, but ; arrived during the afternoon and just before the senate adjourned had a spirited engagement with 'Senator Ashurst. Senator Xewber ry (Republican) of Michigan was not present, i Questioned by Senator Ashurst. Mr. Pepper said he had been quot ed correctly, and added he had j assumed that senators would con sider the Xewberry-case judicially land ?hat this apparently had been I done by the Republicans in view of their division on tin.- vote of seating Senator X e w 1 > e rry. The question of honor, Senator ', Pepper declared, was raised by the j Democrats. ; "1 choose to accept that issue, I only I reversed the sides." said the 'Pennsylvania senator in his ad dress, which was his first in the s?m ate. Senator Ashurst inquired wheth I er Mr. Pepper considered that the ['Republicans who voted against Sen I ator Xewberry had violated their honor and whether Mr. Pepper j was '?excusing or condoning" j them. ! Senator Pepper replied that his I remark.- on the question of honor j in the voting did not apply to any senators who dissented from the ; remarks of Senator Reed (Demo crat) of Missouri: The latter, in ? the speech referred to. attacked the [supporters of Senator Xewberry and [said there was 'not a senator who ??voted for this resolution (seating : the Michigan member) who did ; not brand in red letters above and j across his political record the word i "dishonor." Senator Ashurst replied that [Senator Pepper haH "avowed and 'said that every Democratic senator voting against Mr. Xewberry had stained hi< soul with dishonor, but ! limit the Republicans did not." i The discussion closed when Sen : ator Ashurst asked that Senator ; Pepper's speech and the majority resolution seating Senator New ! berry be printed in parallel col ; umns in The Congressional Record. Senator Spencer (Republican) of j ?XissouJ? objected and ih.e requesr ; was denied. This resolution had ; been attacked earlier in the day j from the. Democratic side avS "siul I tifying" and Senator Ashurst said [that it condemned the vast expen ditures in the Xewberry case hue : supported Senator Xewberry. Medical Examina .. tion Bill Killed Senate Disposes of Simonhoff B?2 That Passed House Last Year ? .Columbia. Feb. 10.?The senate j Thursday night killed the famous Simonhoff bill, passed ^ast year I .by the house: to require- men to Stand physical examinations be fore obtaining marriage licenses. There was not much debate. Sen ator Young of Charleston made'a speech endorsing the bill as a pro tection to the homes of the state; The bill was lost by a vote of 1'fi to I it. The senate killed ihe 1 .ill by Rep resentative iCIlerbe of Florence to reduce tax assessments on lands 2." per cent. The Mit passed the house sorta- weeks ago. -*?? Resolutions Held Up No'ftffort to Oust' Governor at Present .Taelcsori. Miss.. Feb. ? Resolu tions that had "been prepared for iniroditction in the legislature asking an investigation of, the charges preferred againsl Govern or Russell by Miss Frances Birk liead. his former stenographer, in which she alleges seduction and demands damages in the sum of $1.00,000, were not presented today. Conferences of legislators at which the charges were discussed were continued today and it was said it had been decided .tempo rarily at h-ast. io leave the mat ter alone until it .has been threshed out in i he courts. A resolution of inquiry may be presented, howev. r. i: was ^aiil by some members who did uoi par ticipate in the eonCerenees h<-id yesterday and today. 1; has been expressed, according to legislative members, that the governor him self might demand ah investigation of the charges, lev: mi far no such mo- <? has been made. Washington. Feb. I/O. ?The house ways and means Kub-eommittee de rided against the ia\ on hank checks in reaching ihe final agree ment on tin- soldiers* bonus tax program which was not made pub All Europe is Drunk JoHn Gary- Evans Returns From Europe Firmly Con vinced That Prohibition is Necessary (Columbia State) "J come hack to my country more of ;t prohibitionist than I over was," said John Qary Evans, former gov ernor of South Carolina., last night while at the State House where he was watching with much interosrj the pi'OCeedings of the legislature. ? Mr. Evans .netumiptl t.? America a short lime ago after having spent several months in Europe ai d northern Africa. "I~have seen so much of wine drinking and whiskey drinking and le er drinkin?: so.few persons who were actually sober, so many ???. i dences.of degeneracy brought about by excessive' use of alcohol, that 1 feel like commending our country because we look ah-ohoi in hand before it hau gotten a death grip on our people. "Not that you see many people in: Europe in the gutters dead drunk, yet there are few who a-e sober.at any time. Day and night they are under the influence of alcohol, "Lloyd George is tin- only man in Europe who has any common sense---and 1 might say he is al most the only sober one. Talks of .Morality. ??.Moral conditions in England are at tin.- lowest ebb.'-?Alb of Europe is steeped- in immorality*?there is no Christianity ovei there. -The people go through the forms but they are absolutely ignorant of the teachings of Chris-. ^Tho larger cities on the continent are worse than Sodom and Gomorrah, and i: is a wonder that they have not been destroyed..- The Arabs of Egypt were, the only sober-people 1 saw. 'The-people realize that they a-c i-n a bad way?that their civilisa tion, their methods of life and of (hung business .are almost a failure ?that political and social systems are founded on w-ong principles. They have debased agriculture ai d the. agriculturist in Italy is lit;.< better off than he was in feudal times. "The people don't know where to turn?they have no confidence in anything except in America airJ rirey are.- hoping that America will step in and show them the way. "America has had an opportunity that comes to but few nations, and had she seized it she could have made friends of ne-iriy every coun try in the world.\ As it is to-Iay, with' American big business men controlling the situation I fear we have lost our opportunity: we are coming to be regarded as explor ers instead of humanitarians: "It is beautiful io see in what regard the people, even the school children, hold Wood row Wilson and ow they have memorized 14 points. They ean't see why ilrnerica r. ou I dinted such human.- and benevo lent prinieples. I* ?? Iii be imp. siblo for us to accomplish anything [except through the >e'iey and t'.ie [means.suggested by V-'oodrow Wil son, and I hope Ameri?-a will regain the position she held under his leadership." Need.of Cotton. The need of cotton and American supplies is feit sorely in Eure no. ?Mr. Evans said. "Presidents of Jug business concerns in the United ' Slates are sitting around in Europe .waiting for concessions, thus hold | ing Southern and Western supplies cut of the country. Tin; people need only a little credit to get going.. If the people of tin- Smith and* West could see how they are being deprived of selling opportun ities in Europe there would he a revolution in this country. 1 "In Italy, which used to be a great consumer of cheaper grades of cotton, I saw hundreds of people on the river banks washing their one cotton garment, drying it and putting it on again. If given a chance these people could buy hun dreds of hales of cotton. We are losing our opportunity to go in and capture the- trade and the friend ship .of the nations of Europe." / ?Mr. Evans said the feeling in Egypt against England was taxing the Egyptians heavily. Mr. Evans met many old friends at the State House and talked most interestingly and entertainingly of his trip through Europe, lie said trenches and shell holes on the bat tlefields had hugely been filled Up and were now being cultivated, bu that the ruined cities and villages had not been rebuilt. The need ot American implements and machin ery* was great, he said. Health Officer Reports Two Cases ot Smallpox. Two cases of small pox have b. en reported by Health Officer Brown ing. One case, which was a neuro man living on Hudson street, is reported as having been released. The other case is on Knd Street. There is no need for alarm, but it is always a safe measure to have all necessary vaccinating done a-, an essential preventative. Columbia. Feb. 10.?Former Governor Blease stated today that he would certainly be in the race for governor this summer. He will not retire in favor of his brother, Eugene S. Blease, be stated. Washington. Feb. 1".- Coopera tive enterprise with various govern ment departments have ?.u un dertaken by army chemical war fare service to determine the ex tent to which the army's knowl edge and experience may be brought into play for peace pur poses of the government. -? ? ?? San Francisco, Feb. 10? The steamship Bessie Dollar. nearl> eight hundred miles from tin- coast of Washington state, -is badl> dam aged in tin- storm, with irs brid gone, the steward killed and tl raptain injured, according to a ra - ir. mesasge received here today. Federal Aid For the Railroads Hoover and Mellon Have Plan Make, Credit Available , ?;?.<'?*** i_ i Washington, Feb. a.?Means of lending the aid of the government eredii to the railroads of the conn try are under consideration in administration circles*, it was~indi icated today by high .officials. Any ! such. plan. hov. ' V?-r. it was state i. would not involve the use of gov ernment money for rendering t'i jnancial assistance to the carriers i.ut the use of federal credit. ? Secretary Hoover suggested to jday that a government guarantee [of equipment trust certificates j would mak" thorn attractive to in vestors and enable the roads- to raise money for needed roHihg ! stock without the expenditures of 'funds from the-rreasury. Secretary j .Mellon is also( understood to re gard favorably the idea. of lending ? the governments credit to the car i riers on the theory that better bus iness conditions generally would r< suit from improvement in the railroad situation. If any sw h [steps should be*Taken; however, in 1 the opinion of' .Attorney General [Daugherty, legislation probably would be necessary and in this case ] difficulty might be encountedr'm i congress. The need of ihe railroads ? for Ijnore equipment is- their own dif jfieulty, in the. opinion of Secre tary Hoover, who said it was up'tr> tin- r.<ads tb take the leadership in presenting some' constructive [plan for*providing funds. The?rail jroad troubles, he asserted, were in ! '?anticipation,"* which made any re lief measure difficult of adoption jat this. time. lie expressed the be , lief that if the shortage of oars be ' came sufficiently acute there would he pressure from-all sides to rem edy the situation.. Under equip [ ment o? railroads, he maintained. , had its effect on the - employment ! situation and upon agricultural . conditions. Secretary -Mellon is \ also understood, to coincide with ? this view. j Use of the government's erredit i lias already been extended to the [farmers, Mr. Hoover pointed out. i in the guaranteeing of farm loan ; bonds. He indicated that some j such method might be utilized to ? 'aid the railroads if the emergency** (should become sufficiently acute to i require it. - ? ?? - ? j Poland Recovering From the War. ? j Warsaw, .Jan. 13.?Poland is j gradually making her place in the I world as a self-supporting nation,. I according to recent reports of al [ lied experts in economies. ? / ! Within, the la'st few months- the. 1 new republic has made rapid ! strides toward straightening many j dii?cuhies. in the opinion of., the j students of economics, one of the i principal factors: assisting in a bal ance in Poland's favor being li ? quidation of the- Upper. Silesian ?matter which had been hanging ! lire for nearly three years, the ; settlement giving the Poles their 'own coal and Tr'?m"10.?0t).0oi, t<> j : 3.000,000 ton*?' annually for ex I port. i The population of Poland'is np i proximately 30.0.0 0,00.0. [ While the American Relief .\<J i ministration continues to feed some 500,000 children in the de [ vastated areasrdand some of the j crowded industrial'; centers.^ it is i planned to abandon this work al together in the spring, as, with i good crops another season, the ex ; perts believ? the government and 1 the people will -Ik-able to get along i without outside help. } The necessity of buying foreign j exchange for foodstuffs, situation i which Poland -faced from tlie bc j ginning, has iUmosr passed a nd agriculturists estimate that.'- with few exceptions the country's own products will meet the r-eouire ; ments. This expected to'relieve j the constant drain upon the gov ; eminent treasury which ljoo-ght . Hour ami other necessities- from i America and elsewhere and sold 1 them at a loss to the people. ? i Te assist in meeting current ex penses an emergency tax b-gisia j tion has been enacted by the Diet, ; from which a return of something ? like !i'0,004h000,$*>0 marks is ex j pected-. The regular tax assess ' meat has been readjusted with the aim of bringing in 'a return which ! will ou'sei the present depreciated ; value of the Polish mark and the j in? reased cost of governments hod/., the largt-.s; industrial cen ter of tue young republic, the cot ? ton mills are operating, at about 50 I per cent of pre-war capacity and | the woolen mills at about 2~? per cent. Some of the Lodz textiles j ate exported to RttSSta OVer the Ukrainian frontier. . Raw cotton for the Lodz spindles ! i< ou?- of t in- principal commodi ties which the Poles are compelled i to buy from ihe. outside, this ne cessitating purchase of foreign ex ; change with Polish marks as low ? as 2,00.0 to the dollar.. ' -? j Tli.- best thai e;jn he said for t-fie new peace dollar is thai it will buy about ST cents' worth. 1; may be that br.iss makes tire i best bearings. ,J^jut the beaC?ng of some an t! indicates too much brass. ? ? ? ?/ .Mr. Sze, cousin of the minister. i-< missing. Doubtless In- is an ad vocate of freedom?of the S/.es\ Pol lowing limitation of election expenditures by legislative enact nvec candidates will likely he of iv.? sorts: Those, who Obey the 1. and those who get elected. ince women smoke upenly bus them can blow rings with "the rsi cigarei they ever smoked." Women who marry to become ?eis alwtfys lead a degis jjf,. ?? A Missouri c<>unty last year had ICO weddings and 160 divorces. Marriage is still a, tie.