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BANKS FOR ; FARMERS Commissioner B. Harris Calls Attention to Necessity For New System to Provide 1 Long Credits Columbia. Feb. 22.?In {he pres ent financial crisis nothing has giv en the farmer more concern and worry *4#?ant his finances?high prices' r?V" tlie goods he buys and Jow prices for the products he has f\> sell have ? put the farmer in need bt_ix>rr.owins to carry on his farm ing, operations. But the farmer often finds -himself unable to bor nwr the . money he needs at a rea sonable- rate -of interest and for the length. ,?? time it "requires to pro duce a :crop and market it. The j commercial, hanks are not always kh a' position to lend the farmer; money-on the terms and condition! necessary. for agricultural produc- i tion. These banks are primarily! adapted to. loaning to manufactur- j era and . merchants in which bosi- j ness turnover is two or three times] ip. a yeart - It takes the farmer J twelve months to make and gather, ? .crop.-:HiSLexpenses occur during; most the-; months of the year.} >?ow if he is forced to sell thisj crop* in irom nlncTy to one hundred ; days after gathering, as he has t>ecn accustomed. to doing it is inipos- j sible for hsm- to sell it above cost| of prodiictlOB. Therefore, the farmer needs: a j different--system of financing and j such ?; system will have to be es-1 tabUsftcd - j-tt the farmer^ can ge* j . at least twelve months credit be-i fore; agricnlture will be on a fi-j aanciai'~basis with manufacturing; and commerce. And 1 sec no rca- j son. "why "fhe government cannot; inaugurate such a system for agri- j culture. -Before the boys and girls' can be induced to stay on the farms j agriculture will have to have lemr-j er credits extended and a lower >aie j of . interest.-for certainly tuey are I leaving'the farms now and crowd-; jng into'the" cities. Nothing wiU j stop this- influx of our boys and j girls,going there until the earning j capacity-of the farm is brought up j to the1 "Standard oi other prof es- j sions, .so- long as the earning ca- j pacity-is1 so"'-low they will continue! to gjp and who can blame them, j Now as- to the present cotton; situation?the outlook for cotton to \ advance to twenty cents and above j Is -brighter today than it has been ! in- tWerve; months. Undoubtedly j a?ll tae'-'Xvea'Jt" cotton has been sold ; bjT-this-'time and the market is in a ; healthy^ondition. If the market ? Was ridtr unusually strong and j |>eavily oversold we would not see! a continued) steady advance every! day inlrh^'Tace of the New England j cotton mill strike. A. Norden and I Company, Cotton Broker, says: j ?"Consumption for the last six1 ni<mths ?as been 21) per cent great- j er than..fog. the same period last' y^ar and exports have been it; 1-2 < per - cent, gueater. With the same j ratios of 'excess during the next C months' the remaining supply in' .America on August the first will j be around 2,000.000 bajes. While if consumption and exports should , only be the same as last year from now on the cany-over would be around 3,000.000 bales. If we! plant the same acreage as ve did last year and the crop is twenty per cqpi bellte: than 1&sl year we Win ojly make 0.600,000 and I do I not bthevc that the acreage will i be increased this year over last j year. jThe outlook to me is brighter,' for cdjtton to go to twenty cents j and awove. I can only give you spot I holde^ my old slogan,."Sit steady! in .the* Boa:". She has gone over all the rough places and if you j haven^ been knocked out by this j time you are safe. The best thing! the farmers can do for themselves is, to put cotton acreage?plant plentyJof cow peas and corn. It is; not too late yet to sow Burt Oats; on go<?i land?plant largely otboth S sweet ?and Irish potatoes?raise : bogs, "(dairy cows, chickens, tur- \ keys ftr.d everything on the farm \ needed for home consumption, j Don't "Jplant over four acres of cot- ! ton toj.the plow?work it at least! once % week. Keep out of debt? i one baj^ of cotton raised under the j above ^conditions will sell for more ; moneyjthan three bales are selling j for io^ay. Let this !><? your motto j foi th?s year: "Keep out of debt." j ? , B. Harris. ; ? ? o < t Paris Taxaahs. 9 .*_ '? Fan?, Feb. 2.?The veterans of! the ? ijarne. those ramshackled ] brokenj-down taxicab? which every j Amerifjan visitor to Paris has had tip dodjfe on the Paris boulevards. : bave been permanently retired and : replaced by 2,200 modem comfort- j aide t^xicabs. The-forbidding appearance of the] old "cjuisers" seemed to have an : ill effort on the drivers and hope is j expressed by many Parisians that | the ne^' machines would also mark ' the passing! of the disreputable chauffeurs who are considered us #?-ma?hered as their machines arc ! ?M: $ T'he'j'taxieabs were placed in ser vice in? 1905. In 1M4. tiny were j ? no hi hied by General Galheni. then | Milita# Governor of Paris who j crowded his army into them and rushecj" them to the battle of thej Marnej where they aided in tbe j succesi of the famous flankiogj movenJent that saved Paris and de feated *the Germans. - TJje?e hardy pioneers of the streets} have been dashing about Paris for 17 years.* x ? ? ?? 1 Mexico's ()U Weils. Mexico City. Feb. C.?Mexico has 225 producing oil wells with a daily capacity of S.90&.453 barrels, ac- ! cording to a recent statement by the Department of Commerce and Industry. More than :>:.">.''??"' 0O0 barrel^ of oil were produced in. Mexico] in the year t?21. the de-j partment reports. New Torker who ran away after i having monkey glands grafted may | l>e out at the v.oo eating peanuts, j HELIUM SEEN AS j ONLY SAFE GAS ! Airship Development Must Be Pushed, Says Aero Board i ______? New York. Fol?. 22.?In Ho- fu ture helium, a nc-n-explosive gas. no doubt .will he used for airships instead of dangerous hydrogen, .-aid a statement issued tonight by ? the Aeronautical Chamber of Com merce of America, which added that the accident "should be re garded the same as an accident in a laboratory." The chamber assert ed that development of the airship must be pressed, despite the dis aster. ?The loss of the Roma should r.ot be regarded as a reflection on the operating personnel or the judgment of the war department in having purchased it from Italy," said the statement. "It was the ob vious thing to do, because we 'nave not developed lighter than air craft in this country to the extent that other governments have de veloped it with public funds. "The potentiality of the airship is such that it is bound to be de veloped despite an accident or a series of accidents. It is so impor pant and its promise is so far reaching in transportation and na tional defense that it must con tinue. "We do not abandon our labora tories, mines, railroads or steam- , ships when accident befalls them, i The accident to the Roma may in dicate our future course of proce dure. "There arc now several impor- j taut airship projects in the United I States. They are developed with all possible care. YVe are advised ] today that they will not be aban- : doned. Our ainships will be built in this country and our personnel i organized and trained in their con- | struction, from the drafting board j tc the navigation of the finished I product." ? ??? ? The I>ast Days of the. Romanoffs, j Ekaterinburg Russia Jan. 25.? (The Associated Press).?Alexan- j dra the late Empress of Russia, j never ceased to chafe under ^hcr I imprisonment in this city where j she was finally executed, but the j late Emperor Nicholas showed more calmness and indifference to his fate. A little booklet recently issued by P. Bykoff. former chairman of the Ekaterinburg Soviet. gives many intimate glimpses at the imperial family during: the months they were prisoners of the Bolsheviki in this city y.aK preceding their execu tion in July, 3 91S. When the C. ar and his wife and 1 part of his family were transferred from Tobolsk to Ekaterinburg by the Soviet government, a residence in the center of the city was assign j cd to them. It was in the base ment of this building that they were shot. A half-prison regime was established which did not in- | terfere with the activities of the ' imperial family in their own quar ters. Before the Romanoffs were per mitted to enter their new quarters the guards searched them. Alex andra protested bitterly and offered physical resistance. The emperor submitted willingly, but was great ly perturbed. He paced the room \ while the search was proceeding and exclaimed, "The devil knows j what it means.' Up to now we have j met courteous people and have had decent treatment!" According to Bykoff, the Soviet , officials made it clear to the Ro man off s that they were not at ; Tsarkoc Selo and threats to isolate ! the emperor from his family if he offered criticism silenced him. "Nicholas soon realized we were j not joking" says the book, "and submitted uncomplainingly to the | demands of the commandant in Charge c?f the house. He made few ! efforts to chat with the guards, but Alexandra, never ceased breaking rules." The Romanoffs were permitted j to select their own hours for walk- j ins in the garden where all sorts j of tools wer.* available if they cared j t<> Jake mere vigorous physical ex- ; ercise Two meals a day were sup plied to them from "the best Soviet j kitchen in Ekaterinburg,*' and they i were given a gasoline primus or stove, upon which they could heat | their food. Food packages were forbidden j to the imperial family but Bykoff I says, "the sisters in the local con vent annoyed the guards sxeatly by sending parcels of biscuits and oth er del k-acier. which were distributed among the soldiers" On Easter the imperial family I asked permission to attend church. This request was denied, but a ' priest was admitted to their qvar ters to hold service and eggrs and special cakes were sent to them by Soviet officials. New York Feb. 23.??Announce- . ment was made today at the Ust-j ing laboratories of the department i of civil engineering: at Columbia j University that it would be two months before experiments were! completed to determine the .??> nicth : ?>f southern yellow pine and nous las fir timbers available in commer cial lumberyards in New York. The tests are being made under the auspices of the superintend ents of building in the city's live boroughs to establish equitable gracing rules and working stresses j for submission to the board of al dermen to be considered in connec tion with recommended revisions of th esections of the building code governing timber construction. The New York Lumber Trade Association. Southern I'ine? -Asso ciation. West Coast Lumber nen's Association and National ,A?mofr Manufacturers' Association assist-1 ed in selections of specimens. ????>? All work and no pay makes .lill | a dull wife. Yap island would be a tine place to put Hnlh wood. john d. has i not consented; Standard Oil Billionaire Doesj Not Approve Granddaugh ter's Engagement Daytona. Fin.. Fob. 23.?Friends of .John D. Rockefeller denied today ; that he had given his consent to the'j marriage of his granddaughter, Ma--! thilde McCormick, ro Max pscr. aj Swiss riding master. They said that Mr. McCormick" would visit j him soon to discuss it. ? ?) j SWEET POTATOES: SEED SE LECTION. BEDDING. AND DISEASE CONTROL. There are three important factors in bedding sweet potatoes; name ly, selection of seed, treating seed j for disease spores, and care in prep- j aration of plant bed. Proper con- j siderarion of these will do much to- i wards controlling diseases end suc cessful storage. Time For Uedding. J11 open ground: After t lie dan-j ger of frost (middle of March to j first of April ). usually four to six) weeks before transplanting time. In hotbed: Usually four to six weeks before danger of frost is over (15th to 20th of February). Varieties. For storage: Porto Rico or j Nancy Hall (A pure strain of the one locally most popular). For green or early market: Tri umph. Selection of Seed. 1. Use healthy uniform seed! from fall selection from the best j yielding hills of disease-free pbta- ! toes and of the desired type. 2. Split stems and examine for stem rot. If the stems are black ened inside, do not use for seed. 2. - Throw out all potatoes with nearly round, sunken, black spots on tiie surface, or rotten ends. 4. Before bedding, go over seed potatoes again, end remove all showing diseased spots, rotted ends, or bad wounds. Treatment of Seed. 1. Immerse for ?"> to x minutes in "a solution of formaldehyde fcotn mercal 40 per cent) made by dilut ing one quart formaldehyde in 50 gallons water. This solution may be used repeatedly without losing strength. Bed potatoes soon after treatment. 2^ Corrosive sublimate, which may be used instead of formalde hyde, is very poisonous and must be handled in wooden vessels. Dis solve one ounce corrosive subli mate in warm water, add eight gal lons of wat^r. and immerse pota toes for 1<: minutes. 3. For a -large quantity of po tatoes make up bO gallons of the ( solution. After treating 10 bushels add one ounce corrosive sublimate and enough water to bring up to 50 gallons again to keep up strength. Bed potatoes at once. Prcparation and Handling or Plant Bed. Potato plants are usually grown in open ground in this state, but j for early plants tne hotbed is rec- j ommended. Note following points! in prcj>aration ana care of bed. 1. Locate the bed in a south eastern exposure, with protec tion from wind preferred: easy reach of water: good drainage; and preferably new land. 2. Break land deep, scoop out 3 or 4 inches of soil rather than dig a deep pit. Make bed rectan gular, not over six feet wide, len.mii to accommodate the seed bedded. Burning bed site, as in makng tobacco beds, helps destroy weeds and stcrlize. soil. 3. Mix approximately half and half cottonseed and horse stable manure for heat (15*.bushels of cot tan seed to a plot (Til44'), and put down a layer of 4 to 5 inches. Level pack, and if dry. sprinkle, ('over the mixture with 2 tu 3 inches of sand. Allow this to remain 24 to 3'> hours before bedding to pro vent potatoes overheating. 4. Immediately- after heating] bed potatoes so as to he nearly touching. Cover with one inch of sand, then one inch layer of un packed pine straw, and cover straw j with 4 inches of Fand. The straw prevents pulling potatoes out of ground when plants are pulled. Bed three to four bushels for enough plants for each acre, or 10,one to I 1,000 plants. <!. Use light canvas, heavy mus lin, or giass to protect plants from frost. I 7. Pull plants often to encour age production. 8. Water plants often to pre- i vent dryucss, tail do not keep bed so^y. Two inchPo of straw loose ly thrown on is g ?od to prccnt soil-baking, water-packing ami mild frost injury. Note: Plants should have t to <i inch..-- of underground growth. General Suggestions. Plants required per acre: 30-inch rows, plants I.*, inches apart in tin- row. about 1 1,000: 18 inches apart. II,Goo: 21 inches apart, 8,700 " foot rows, plants 1 inches apart. 11.500; 15 inches apart. 12.001* \\ inches apart. 000: 2 1 inches apart. 7,500. <>n<> bushel of average size po tatoes bedded will cover l'i to I - square feel of space: i bushel Jum bos ?> square feet: 1 bushel Primes. n square feet: I bushel No. 2's. 12 square feet: ! bushel ><?<?,! stock, 20 squar? feet. The practice usually is :?> bed one bushel of seed potatoes for each thou.-and plants desired at lirst drawing, one bushel will usually produce 3.000 to 4.000 plants ;it three drawings. With ^o<>fj seed potatoes and ;i wel! made ;<n<i will managed bed! the average number of plants will run some higher. Plants or draw.* may be grown fur an eighth to a sixth of the area planted, vine cuttings being used for the remainder. The single !??;:! cutting. S to !'i inches long, is rec ommended. The surest and most reliable source <>f disease-free stock ! the saving of seed stock from the part <>f the lield thai was grown from vine cuttings. CHEMIST WOULD SAVE COTTON G. J. Lipscomb, Professor at Carolina, Has Plan (Columbia Stale) (I. J. Lipscomb, professor of chemistry in the University of South Carolina, offers"-to the grow ers of ' Otton a plan based on lab oratory experiments';- 'which, it is believed, ?.will s.vc to them mil lions of dollars in preventing the disease commnoly known as boil rot. and many millions of dollars besides by hurrying the germina tion and growth of the cotton plant and in that way getting ahead of the boll weevil pest. The central idea that Professor Lipscomb has developed has been the elimination of bull rot and other diseases that affect the cot ton plant. This is brought about by healing to doiliug temperature after thoroughly ?Irving the seed and by immersion for a short pe riod in concentrated sulphuric acid. This treatment not only kills all disease germs but also completely removes the lint. The laboratory experiments made by Dr. Lips comb indicate tfcat the process will be altogether successful and as near fool-proof as any operation and it takes no elaborate appara tus or machinery for the treat ment of the seed. In . fact, any farmer with a metal pot- and sul phuric acjd of proper strength can do tin- necessary work to insure first the elimination of the germ disease in the cottonseed and sec ond to bring about an early germi nation of the seed. \. . The experiments have covered every posjible angle, both in-lite laboratory and in the use of tin* r.ced and have been carried over on a period of two years of inten sive work by Dr. Lipscomb in the university laboratories. The cottonseed subjected to this treatment will come- up within 30 01 35 hours, while seeds which have not been treated in this way require four or live days. . The removal of the lint by th Lipscomb treatment will permit the use of -a mechan ical planter, placing- two or three soeds^o a hill, thus re moving the nxecssity of -later chop ping out the extra plants with a hoc. as is Ihe ...stohi. Briefly stated, Ihe process that has been worked out by Dr. Lips comb i? first drying and then heat ing of the seed, to a temperature of boiling water and then treat ing with strong sulphuric acid. The sulphuric acid is employed for the purpose of removing the lint and the outer coaling of the cottonseed, thereby killing all fungus diseases, particulaily the boH'rot. Accord ing to the experiments of Dr. Lips eoiub.in actual practice it may not be r.eccssary or advisable lo use the heating treatment."the cvperi meuts having shown that the sim ple use of strong sulphuric acid will remove 9$ per cent of the dis ?*a.se from the seed white it is re moving the lint and strengthening che outer coating of th?* seed. Everyone knows that raw sul phuric acid is quite cheap and there is nothing in the way of using the process and getting the maximum results and at practically no cost to the farmer. In fact. Dr. Lips comb points out that the original sulphuric acid can be repeatedly used with very little loss, but that it is neeejssary to maintain th^ thickness or viscosity of the sul phuric acid so that it does not ac tually penetrate the pores of the cottonseed. The process that has been out lined will bring about such a saving in the use. of seed that it will more than pay for tiie use of the sulphuric acid. Dr. Lipscomb is at LeConte college, university cam pus, and will be glad to go into de tails with anyone, who may be in terested. ? ? ? Ocean Races at Miami. Ma.. Now Going Oil. Miami Fla. Feb. '_'?Four ocean races for express cruisers and a scries of speedboat contests that will include the Fisher-Allison and tlie Wood-Fisher events will !><? de luded nl Miami's annual mid-win ter regatta to begin here Feb. 13 and conclude March !?... The t:ist express cruiser contest is set for Fei?. 18 when the craft will race from Miami to Palm Leach and return on Februrary 21, they will compete in the dash from Miami to Havana. From Havana to Key West is the course laid out for February and on the fol lowing day they '.ill speed over the route from Key West to Miami. The Fish er-Allison Urophy event for funabouts equipped with marine motors having a maximum piston displacement of 3.000 cubic inches will be run in three?lO-mile heats, March 2. and t. The first two heats will be run over the Biscayne Bay course, iwo miles to Ihr lap. The final heal i : to be run over iho ocean course. Three 50-mile heat:-. for the Wood-Fisher trophy are scheduled for March 7. 8 and !'. over the Fla mingo course in Biscayne Bay. The event is rest ra ted f<> displace ment eratt with h maximum pis ton displacement of 2.-2"10 cubic inches and not less than 32 feet in lemuh. In addition lo these feature events there will be a fr.for-all runabout race on March '?'>: an ex press cruiser race March over the 20-mile necan course and a handi cap rac?? for ??rufc'ers of nil types to be run in three (en mil'1 heats over the Klamingo course*. March 7. S and :?. Uovcrnor Alex j, (Jroesbeck of Michigan. Ldsel 11. Ford, of De troit and O. J. Mulfoid. als?? of I>eir<>i;, ;mv among the judge.-;, while tin- events' will be under the direct supervision of Commodore A. A. Sehantz. chairman of the De troit Cold Cup-tHarmsworth trophy commit tee. .\ wrinkle is a yriu gone wrong I CHANGES IN FORD'S BID f _ j Approval Announced by W. B. ! Mayo, Chief Engineer of Motor Maker's Company i _ : Washington. Feb. I':'.?Thrce al i tenti ions in the proposal made by i Henry Ford for lease and purchase I of tin- government's nitrate and ! power projects at Muscle Shoals i have been agreed to by the De ; troit manufacturer. They are: 1. To writi' into the proposed I contract a definite guarantee to ; produce fertilizers in their linished . form at a given annual minimum I tonnage. ? 2. To capitalize the operating I capacity which is to 1 c created for j the purpose of supplying the Mus cle Shoals operations. i 2. To revise the language of ? the so-called farmers' clause in or i der to insure the delivery of fer i tilizers from the producing plant ! to the consumer at a profit not ex ; ceeding 8 per cent, based on the j cost of manufacture. I Mr. Ford's approval of these moditicatons was announced today ! by W. B. Mayo, chief engineer for Lthc Ford company, upon his return {from Detroit where he went last I week to confer with the Detroit I manufaclurre. Formal announce ment to the house miltary commit tee members who are investigating the offer in congress will be made by Mr. Mayo probably on Friday. While the alterations were re ; garded by some committee mem bers as greatly improving the form I otf tin: contract and adding to its ! value as they view it from the gov j ernment's standpoint other mcm I hers said it would have been more [acceptable if Mr. Ford had also ; agreed to a reduction in the lease clause from luu to 50 years as sug gested by Secretary Weeks when j he testified before the committee. , On this point, however. Mr. Mayo I explained that Mr. Ford still held j that the 50 year period was too j short a time to justifj the financial i investment under the proposed [contract for development of the (Muscle Shoals watcrpowcr facilities ' and nitrate plants in the section Of the country where they arc sit uated. : The agreement to manufacture j finished fertilizers instead of com i pounds, it was. explained, was made i to assure the production of that j commodity which several commit' I tecmon had declared was not an I obligation under the e xisting lan I guagc of the offer. Mr. Mayo today j did'not reveal the amount of pro duction guaranteed, j The fixed capital proposed, it was j explained, made the operating com j p.any liable to the government for ; the life of the contract and set up a ; certain sum which tlie* government j might recover as a forfeit in the j event of failure to execute the ; contract by the operating commit i tec. [ The third alteration was intend | ed to make it impossible for any company to buy the fertilizers and retail to farmers at prices exceed ing the manufacturing cost plus S per cent. Committeemen had de clared their fear, while Mr. Mayo was being examined last week, that the fanners would be "held up" by a purchasing concern and had in sisted that a clause be inserted in the contract which would provide for distribution of fertilizers from the source to the consumer direct. Mr. Mayo explained today that the Ford automobile agencies through out the country would be utilized for distributing purposes but said the exact plan for fertilizer distri bution had not been decided. The committee held only one j meeting today on account of the I holiday. Gray Silver. Washington I representative of the American Farm Bureau federation, testified I that the 1.500.000 farmer members j of that organization had "uhre | servediy indorsed" the Ford oiler ! and had full confide nce that they j would get cheaper fertilizers and ? other commodities which he would I manufacture at Muscle Shoals. Auburn. Ala., Feb. --'.?Gov. j Thomas G. Kilby stated durng the celebration of Auburn alumni day I here today that he had been urged I by a numbe r of Alabama business men to submit an offer to tiie gov ernment on behalf of the state of Alabama for Muscle Shoals. Gov. I Kilby declared that he is highly j in fa vor of the proposition. Philippine Trade in Geanl Sliape. Manila. P. f.. Dee. 20 (By Mail). For the first time in many I months the balance of trade of the ! Philippine Islands during Novem | her was in favor of the islands. The jtutai trade for the month amounted I to $13.176,000 of which $8.032.311 .'was for exports and $5.143,851 was ,; fen' imports. ; According to the bureau e>f cus toms the excess of exports over im ports is due both t?? the f.act that the Philippines have bought less I than usual and t" a heifer market for copra, sugar and hemp, some j of the leading products e>f me country. _? i> ? ! Rome. Fcl.?. 22.-?Pope Pius has I appointed Monsignor John J. Swim I as auxiliary bishop of the diocese at Wheeling. West Virginia. The Very Rev. Patrick i tarry was named fbshop <>f St. Augustine, Florida, diocese. Washington Feb. l'l*. The out look for the |!?22 cott??n crop is still uncertain. although .-i^'nts of the department of agriculture re port se>!a<- discussion of increased acreage, according t" a depart mental statement. "ICx-Governor of Tobasoo is Kan dit." says Mexican Paper. If he's caught. Tobasco will make it hot for him. It'.-? ;i good i<ie;i to conn I ten be fore \ ou speak, but \\ e doubt i rv ability of some of mir sp?nk :s jo count Hiai far. INDIA'S REVOLT Grandhi is the Dominating Figure Ahmeabad, India. Jan. 20.? Mohandas K. Gandhi l as become a more dominating: figure than ever in the Indian independence move ment in consequence of the action taken in the annual session of tin Indian National Congress recent ly held here. Not only did the congress ap point Gandhi as its sole executive authority, as cabled at that time, but it authorized him to appoint his successor in event of any emer gency. This action was taken when the congress voted to suspend all other activities in order to concentrate attention upon civil disobedencc. The resolution conferring in creased powers upon Gandhi de clared : "This congress hereby appoints, until further instructions. Mahatma Gandhi as sole executive author ! ity of the congress and invests him ; with the full powers of the All-In idia Congress Committee, including the power of convening a special session of the Congress or of the All-Indian Congress or the working 1 committee, and also with the power to appoint a successor in an ; emergency. i ??This congress hereby confers upon the successor and all subse quent successors appointed in turn by their predecessors all his afore said powers." ' The congress not only stipulat ed, however that Gandhi should not be authorized to conclude terms of i peace with the British or Indian ! governments without the previous j consent of the All-India Congress i committee but it also declared that ! the present creed of the .congress : was In no case to be altered by either Gandhi or his successors : without first having obtained per . mission from the Indian congress. Gennau Dead to Remain in France and Belgium. Berlin. Feb. 3.?German soldiers who died and were buried on Bel gian and French battlefields prob i ably will remain on foreign soil, on I account of the cost entailed in ' bringing them home. This is indi ' rated in statements by the official 1 bureau which is entrusted with the j work of helping relatives to identify ; the dead and arrange for the trans ; portation >f their bodies to -Gcr ; many. ! Although negotations w i t h \ France and Belgium for the re : moval of the bodies were concluded j weeks ago. not one German soldier j has been exhumed for the journey home, despite the fact that thou j rands of inquiries have been made ! by relatives. Told that they must ! bear the cost of exhuming and ; transportation, which from France amounts to 30,000 marks, they turn away, for that sum is now a large fortune to the average Ger ; man. Consequently, sentiment is grow ing to allow the German soldier 1 dead to rest on the holds where ; they were buried or in the French or Belgian cemeteries to which '? they have been transferred. The f information that the French are carefully tending these burial places and. where possible, marking j the individual graves with crosses j and names also has tended to allay the feeling that these dead should ' nor remain in a strange land. Under the stipulations agreed ; upon, none of the three govern : ments assumes responsibility for mistakes, and the relative must I give a guarantee of identity before permission is granted for removal, which in the majority of cases is i very difficult. The German office carries on negotiations with the j Belgians and French to this end. i which sometimes requires several i weeks. Even those relatives who cannot j or do not desire to bring the dead soldier back to the Fatherland are seeking to establish the identity of j the fallen, and the bureaus opened in Prussia. Bavaria. Saxony and Wuerttemhurg to help them, arc swamped with inquiries. ' Princess Mary's Marriage. j Condon. Jan. ]-It is gener I ally expected that Viscount Laseel Ies will be raised to the peerage be ? fore lie weds Princess Mary late I in Februrary. At present he is a : "commoner." his title being only a i "courtesy" one. lie possesses no I heraldic distinction except his Dis i languished Service Order. When the 4>rincess is- married, she would transfer her coat of I arms to the sinister (left) side of I her husband's new escutcheon. ! Her present arms, like those of the ? Queen bear no motto. No woman , except a reigning Queen, has the ; right to a motto on her coat of arms, according to heraldic laws. Princess Mary will be attended by eight bridesmaids, tfo of wlfom arc her cousins. Princess Maud. a younger daughter of the Princess royal, and Lady May Cambridge. daughter of the Karl and Countess of Athlon? Two others will be the Princess' girl friends. Lady Kachel Cavendish, youngest daugh ter of th<- Duke and Duchess of Devonshire; and Lady Mary Fox Strangways. daughter of the Barl and Countess of liehest er. Four others are still lo be selected, and there is great expectancy among debutantes of a suitable age. The guard of honor outside the chun-h on the wedding day wVl be furnished by the Royal Scots, the senior infantry regiment of the line, of which the Princess is a colonel. The Grenadier Guards. Viscount LasceJles' former regi ment, will also be prominently repi csented. .Jus! one sentence front a woman i- going to keep a man in years. She wa? a woman judge. ?? ? ? Several movie stars don't seem to be like t heir pid tires. The first breath of spring is caused by ealins green onions. I CAMP FIRE GIRLS i ;Miss Edith M. Kempthorne, ; National Secretary to Visit Sumter _ Miss Edith M. Kempthorne, who . is now touring the principal south ; er n cities organizing Camp Fire f Girls' groups where there has been a constant demand from girls and j parents alike has covered nrore than I&o-.viHJ mites in the interest : of this evergrowing organization. I in the lasj year alone. Miss I Kempthorne travelled 20."U0 miles i and as result was aide to announce I the establishment of headquarters j at Liverpool for the Camp Fire Girls of the Britisn isles. In the j United States. Miss Kempthorne has I organized groups of Camp Fire j Giids in Maine, New Hampshire, j Massachusetts. Connecticut, New j York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, j Ohio. Michigan. Indiana. Illinois. ? Wisconsin. Iowa. Missouri, Minne sota. Kansas, Nebraska. North Car : olina. Colorado. Montana. Wash I ington, Oregon. California. and Alaska. Miss Kempthorne on this south ern trip plans to organize new Camp Fire groups for there is ("amp Fire in every state in the j Union?in Virginia. North Caro lina, South/Carolina, Georgia. Ala bama, Lousiana, Texas and Flori ! da. There arc now 150.000 Camp Fire ?Girls all over the country, in Alas I ka. Porto Rico. Hawaii and else where, with a daughter organiza tion in ''.real P.ritain which has established headquarters in Liver pool. There the Camp Fire move ' ment has won an umtualified en dorsement from George Harvey. U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain. Sir Auckland Geddes, Lady Astor land John Oxenham. the novelist. English girls have taken up the i Camp Fire program with a vim. j Camj) Fire Girls are organized ; into Camp Fires from six to twenty J in each, with a Guardian as their j head. The guardian is either a I business or professional woman or j a mother. The girls must be over j iL' years. The Camp Fire program ' now in use for the last ten years j provides the girl with an outlet for her desire for outdoor play and [work, her instinct for home build j ing and making things for her self which will add io the attrac tiveness of her appearance, but al so makes a liberal allowance for her imagination. The ceremonial gown which she receives when she j joins the Camp Fire girls, the three I ranks of Wood Gatherer, Fire Mak er and Torch Bearer?all are part of the symbolism with which Camp Fire makes of all duties a chain of romance, j Camp Fire symbolism is founded ! on Indian symbolism, but it has i been expanded and beautified, j Each girl as she joins Camp Fire j finds a name for herself which cx j presses some ambition or ideal. She : weaves iier deeds, her desires, her I dreams in more symbols with ! beads and leather ornaments on her ceremonial gown. Each design on j that gown stands for something {which the girl has actually done, from making the supper for the family to saving a drowning per son. For the Camp Fire girl is the all round girl?a girl both moth I er and father are proud of, a girl that even brother Bob doesn't scoff at because she's a tenderfoot. No Camp Fire girl is a iendcrfoot. She } can hike her ten miles any day and J she can cook a four-course meal. I besides. i Both President and Mrs. Harding j phoned this message- from the [White House to Mrs. Oliver Harri I man. national president of the Camp Fire Girls during its second 'annual conference in New York. "We want the Camp Fire Girls [to know that our interest and con s' fidencc in their work increases as j I know more of their character , and usefulness. They are accom ! plishing a true service for Ameri j can womanhood. The future will j recognize their worth. In a separate message to the Camp Fire Girls, Mrs. Harding i said. I "I have never be n able to im jaginc the reason why the Camp Fire j Gilds should not be just as useful I an organization for the girls a> j the Boy Scouts. Moreover, it seems I to me that girls need this kind of ! inducement to open air life and ] healthful games and occupations, , unite as much as the boys. The I part that women play in the world Ibas hem greatly changed even in t my own generation. If has broad j ened a nd enlarged and we will j be wise if we recognize that a ? larger consideration for the health iand physical advancement of the j girls will better lit them for tin ; role they must assume. .lust such activities as these of the Camp Fire 1 Girls are calculated to produce pre } cisely the desirable result and I ! can not too earnestly assure you of my approval and endorsement for t heir efforts." Signed: Florence Klins Harding, 0 0 ? i Leo Kliaiue Will Play Professional Ball. Greenville. Feb. 2:b ? I. Rhame of Holly Hill. Orangeburg county, one of the most remarkable col lege athletes South Carolina has known will take a ding in profes sional baseball this season. Slav ing signed a contract with the Greenville South Atlantic Club. The red-haired boy starred on ev ery athletic team at Furman dur ing his four years at college, and was known as the "iron man" of tlie "Purple Hurricane." Furman's foot ba y. aggregat ion. Moscow. Jan. L'V -In an effort to cheek thieving ..-l railways the government has issued an edict re quiring that all cargoes must be in sured. The government will write this insurance itself and part of rue profits will be used to increase the wages of railwa yemployes who are badly underpaid and suffering treat hardship under the changed 'eonomie regime. Mr. Brycc Uujoycd the Joke i ..,_ j Tampa? Fla.., Fob. 13.?The sense [of humor possessed by the late i Viscount ?ryce, formerly British I Ambassador to the United States, [who passed away recently in Eng land was " strikingly illustrated 'at ? a banquet' tendered the statesman [here some years ago by the Tampa Boa rd of 1 rade. The orchestra at the hetel where the banquet was held was compos ed of Tyrol- sc. none: of whom could speak English.. Willis B. Powell, formerly widely known middle 'western and eastern news paper and advertising man, then Secretary of the Board of Trade, was charged with th- preparation of the musical program and he Un dertook to instruct the orchestra [leader that when the toastmaster ?<:M the honors to Great Britain and l.tJie Ambassador and / the assem I blage arose and lifted glasses for kite toast, the orchestra should play ?*G.od Save ii;<- King." To be cer tain tiiat the leader understood his I instructions Powell whistled a few I bars of the British National an jthem. 'i'iie auspicious moment arrived.* .The toastmaster fe< linglj^spoke of the cordial relations between Great Britain and the United States [proposed a: -toast to the Mother ?country and her Ambassador, the :company aros<? and the orchestra jl rrst out with "There'll Be a H Time in the Old Town Tonight." Tin- guests were struck dumb and ail eyes turned toward Mr. Bryce. Thar gentleman began to la'igh lie laughed until the tears ?streamed 'down his face. When th'.; ?reitest ra concluded Uts rendition of the air so popular [with the army and navy during the Spanish-American war the party applauded loudly and the musi cians, feeling highly honored by the acclaim, played it again. I Mr. Bryce was so greatly amused ,.t the incident he took steps to see that the newspapers in Great Brit ja.ni recorded it and from that ; source it went all over the world. Kills and Publicity i I stopped to chat with old man Horner. j In his pill-shop on the corner, i With his window full of gum-Crops, soap, cigars and liver-pads. And I asked the blamed old duf , for. Thinking thus to make him suf fer. Why in not one of the papers could 1 ever find his ads. Said he. "Well, my young rooster. 1 In my younger days 1 uster Take the time to air my views on any subject put to me. But 1 don't need adertisin* i To sell ippycack and pisin. J For I've been here thirty vears? come spring? And folks know where I be. ;i "With their cut-throat ways'of : sellin*.' I swan they jist ain't any teilin' ! Where the drug trade's gonna end up at in.this here day an' age. ' I never Vviii spend a dollar, j Settin' up'a great big holler, i If the folks that run the papers of ? fer free a double-page." I I stopped to chat with old man Horner. In his pill-shop on the corner. ' And a banner reading "SHERIFF'S i SALE"-there met my startled gaze. j Said F; 'vI:'s really most surpris ing. j That you've started advertising!" j And I dodged and missed the bullet that was mean to end my days. ?Pilgrim Publicity. Draping; Collar An unusual draping breaks the straight slimness in the line of this Claire gown. A collar, which begins in a cascade below the left shoulder, widens-as it extends across the back and right shoulder until it flings over the left shoulder again in a wide and smartly knotted sash. March is called the month of wind; cur p?liciticans start out them Alaskan railroad is complete at both ends: but can't make ends meet. Cuss and the world cusses at you. --c> o ? Women detectives are increas ing boon use they are good lookers.