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The Watchman and. Southron _ - - ^. ? ? ? ? : ~ ? .>> -.,?-?.. . Kntercd at the Postoffic? at Sum ter. S. C, as Second Class Matter, rEKSOX.iL. ? Miss Julia Howell of Bennetts ville spent Sunday and Monday in the city with her sister, Mrs. C. A. Bradford. ? ? Mrs. J. A. Raffield left Tuesday morning for Greenville where she will be u. visitor for several days. Mrs. W. M. King left Tuesday for New berry,S. C. to s p e n u a few da3*s with her parents. ?. Mrs. Morten Levy of Savannah, Ga,, i3 the guest of Mrs.-Raymond Schwartz at her home on Hayns wcrth street. * Mr. E. F. Cadden left Tuesday for New Orleans, after the receipt of a. wire from that place telling of the "death of- his son Westly Caddin, w h o with his mother had recently gone to New Or leans. Mrs. J. W. Caddin left. Tuesday for New Orleans, with Mrs. E. T. 'Caddin,' -Miss Nelttf:.ar>d . Elouise Caddin,^ after receiving;a telegram that her husband was dead. Dr. Edward TindaT, of Muncie. -Ir.d., and Mr. Levy It. Tindal of Washington. N. C\r sons of the late Levy R. Tindal, a former resident of this county, wero in the city Wednesday. . Mrs. Addie Ingram left Thurs day morning for Bam well : where -Fhe will be a visitor for' several days.. ., Judge John. S.. Wilson of Man ning returned to his Battle Thurs day morning after a brief vtsit^in Sumter. . Mrs. Oscar-White left Thursday "morning for Johnson ;Cfty, Tenn., where she will be ?u visitor; for revcral weeks. . Jndge R. O. Purdy left Thurs day, morning fox B^nneau t?n a \-sh.ort visit. Mr. W. D. McCutchen has re turned to his home in Bishopville after having spent a short while -in Sumter. - ^ Mr. Oscar ^White is spending the day- in Columbia on business. :-Mr...W. A.. Bryan and Mr. Tre* akle left Monday by motor for New .York Where they are to spend sev eral days. ?Mrs. S. R: Dixon, Jr., has arriv ?>ed in the city, to join Mr. Dixon, who is here for the. purpose of es . tab I is hing .a . sub-branch for the .Fuller Brush Co. . . Mrs.. L.. I. Muldrow. is visiting her sons. Messrs. Hugh snd Ruth ven Plow&emin Manning. ? Mr. and Mrs.-Walter Butler are visitors in Sumter. Mrs. Butler, -^efore her marriage . which occur red .in Columbia early Wednesday morning, was-Miss Eunice Bayly. popular young lady, of Charles ton.- - Mr. Butler is of Florence. The friends of Mr. Norman Bud ,.4Un are_ pleased to learn of his re covery from an operation for ap pendicitis,, which he underwent1 at the Tourney Hospital in the city. ? *? Death.._ Lynchhurg. March. tf.?J. D. Clark, a/life long Citizen of this place, - died., at his home here last . Friday. The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Wells' .church -Saturday afternoon His .death was not unexpected, he hav ing suffered with heart trouble for a good many months, part of the . time- having been spent in the hos pital at Florence. The following children survive him-: Mrs. Ed Anderson. Misses lh?)mic and.Eddie Clark, and Wal ter,..J.-D. Jr., and Tom Clai*k and -Mrs. Brown.. ' i 0i ^ ^ -\n Example of Tax Exemption. (The Detroit Free Press.) A probate court fight among the heirs' of James J. Hill and Mrs. -Hill has been on of late in St. Paul. The row has been over the appointment of an administrator $or Mrs. Hill's estate of $12,000. 000.. But that is only incidental here. The significant point of pub lic interest is that Louis W. Hill, former business adviser for Mrs. HHI. testified that beginning in 1916 .ami continuing until 1 J* 10, he dis posed of heavily taxed securities held by his principal, substituting iberefor tax free holdings, and in .'this, way mcr?>*sed her annual in come from U'.eS.OOO to $730.000 a year; that is he doubled net re turns. . Here is a. concrete example of the working or the tax exempt bond cnII anybody can understand at a glance. In .a single instance, in the case of a personal fortune which is surpassed by several in Michigan :WhiCh have been similar Jy?invested. a little shrewd readjust ment, has withdrawn $365,000 an .tfually from the reach of the tax gatherers. But the money thus lo.^t to (he 4>ttbrc treasuries must be found somewhere, so the burden is shifted to. business nterprise, to people who are obliged to work for their livings, to the widow with a vol tage instead of a palace. If the case of the estate of Mrs. "Hill were an isolated one the mat ter would not be worth mention ing. ;"But unfortunately it is-typi cal of hundreds of other cases. A ?gopd many billions of dollars are tied up in tax exempt securities in this country. Figure very conser vatively, on the basis of what was done with the estate of Mrs. Hill by expert handling, and the extra weight of taxation placed in eon sequence on the shoulders of those whose property enjoys no exemp tions becomes appalling. It runs into the hundreds of millions, pos sibly into the billions annually. It easily makes the difference be tween a situation in which the na tion could handle its financial problems easily, and the present Very difficult economic condition. In Utopia all reformers are on the state pay roll, and everybody lives 'a blameless life in the hope of getting a government job. - Many will be relieved to learn :lu miners' strike is not in baseball WORLD NEW f Washington, March 7?A resolu tion authorizing a two thousand dollar appropriation to defray the expenses of the milatry committee to visit Miiscle Shoals has been in j trod need in the house by Chairman Kahn. Kansas City. March 7?Four workmen, are reported to have been killed and nine injured by the explosion of a compressed air tank car in the barns of the Kan sas City . Railway company. Dublin. March 7?The first draft of the Irish constitution has been submitted to the provisional gov ernment for any changes that may be deemed necessary London, March C.?All the Ul ster members present walked out j of the house of commons this even ing when, during discussion in the committee stage of the Irish Free State bill, cloture was adopted on Section 1. of Clause 1, which is the operative provision of the bill, jas it declares the treaty shall have i the force of law. The colture vote i was 182 to SI. - j Dublin. March 7?It is rcport ? cd that republican mutineers have j given free stale forces forty-eight ! hours" notice to surrender Limerick I police barracks. This has intensi ! tied the situation in Liir jric.k and j j caused genuine anxiety to free stat- j ers. . . i j Kansas City, March 7.?Missi ? Alice- Robertson, representative inj i congress from Oklahoma, speaking j j at a Republican rally, declared that t j when first approached to run for congress she did not think herself 1 capable of running for dog catch-j er. and the man was so insistent I that if the same tactics had been j used in the matter of changing her! ! name she would not be an old j j maid now. . j - ? ? Xew York, March 7.?Mario ! j Laurenti, the Metropolitan opera j I baritone, died here today following' ! a brief illness. ? -" Edgefield. March ?j.--Karly yes-{ terday" morning about 5:30 o'clock ! I the building in which the postofhee j j was' located was totally destroyed j I by fire. The building was owned! j by Dr. J. G. Tompkins and Dr. R. j i A. Marsh, who had offices on the j second floor, and the entire first' floor was used for the postoffice. j i ? i j Tampa. March 7?John Sutton. i i a business man whose home has} j been ransacked four times recently i inserted an ad in a local newspa ! per asking the marauders to please j pass him by for a while as he is i nearly broke as a result of their j ; activities. ? Pittsburgh, March 7?Dressed as ! ? a woman and armed with a water. i pistol loaded with ammonia a ban * dit fired on Charles Lazaro, a bank i hiessehger. carrying fifteen thou- i sand dollars. The messenger was j j blinded but grappled with his as-'j i sailant who was arrested. Safi Francisco, March 7.?Mrs i ! Minnie Neighbors, of Los Angc- j les. and Mrs. Frances S. Bates, of j Chicago, defense witnesses in the j j trials of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle. j i have been indicted on perjury j ; charges by the county grand jury.! I -' j London, March 7. ? Premier j Lloyd George has deferred his res j ignation without giving his col- | leagues any pledge as to his future j i action regarding the premiership, j j according to reliable information ! ; reaching the Associated Press. It? ?: is believed he wlil retain the load- ; r crship. until the Irish legislation j j has been completed and possibly j I until the Genoa conference. Washington. March 7?A prompt j response by President Harding to the Dorah resolution inquiring as j to the status of the Lansing-Ishii j agreement between the United j (States and Japan in the event of j j the ratification of the four-power I 'Pacific treaty was indicated today! J after a conference between Presi ! dent Harding and Senator Lodge, i i chairman of the foreign relaions i ! committee. i - . ! j Belfast, March 7.?The gunmen ' ? wen* active during early hours to- ; j day. increasing the tension of the; I Irish situation. Chicago, March H.?A suit to set I j aside nearly a million dollars of ["bequests to religious and educa-i ! tional institutions in America and j i Italy by the late Mrs. Angela C. ?. I Gormulley has been instituted by ! i her brother and two nephews, i - Washington, March S. ? Ap- ! i proximately e ighty thousand gov- I ernment employees are held, not j j entitled to the benelits of the re- I j tirement act in the opinion of At- ! . torney General Daugherty trans- j j mined to the inferior department, i which administers the act. Only those holding jobs as a result of I competitive examinations are en-! ! titled to the benefits. [ Indianapolis. March S.?The in I ternational executive board of the ' United Mine Workers have rati ; tied articles of alliance between ! transportation and mine workers junior;, John L. Lewis, international j president of the miners, has an 1 nounecd. Belfast, March s?The disorders [continue here. A sniper killed ! William Johnston of the Antrim lar^a and wounded another today ! LEN1NE Frederick. Md., March 8?Over powering three guards and smash ing down the doors a g:mg of li quor robbers, approximating in numbers about thirty escaped with j twenty one hundred gallons of j whiskey t.'ik?>n from rhe warehouse 1 of the Outbridge-Horsey Distillery Company at Burkittsville. The li quor-valued at thirty live thousand dollars was loaded into trucks and automobiles. One truck loaded with seventeen barrels was later found abandoned. Washington, March 8?Alexan der Mathcrne. an American, was murdered at Los Naranjos. State of Vera Cruz on March ?"?>'*. the stufe department is advised. His as sailants are unknown. Washington. March 8? President Harding in a letter to Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing director of the War Finance corporation, de clares that progress is being made toward dissipation of agricultural difficulties. Sheboygan, Mich., March 8?The downtown business section of this city is threatened with complete de struction by fire. Two city blocks hive'already been swept by Cue flames. Greensboro. March 8.?Dr. 1). D. King, resident physician of a local sanatorium ami W. P. Todd, employe were arrested for violation of the narcotic act. King is charged specifically with selling narcotics valued at fifteen hundred dollars. London. March S?Lady Aslor. says the Pall Mall Gazette, will visit the United States in April. t>> attend the Pan-American Confer ence of Women at Baltimore. Baltimore, March 8.:?The Wes tern Maryland Kail way anuounccil today that the Dickson Construc tion and Repair Company, of Youngstown. Ohio, would assume control of the maintenance of the entire railway system. They plan to retain the railroad's present force of laborers at reduced wages. Londork March 8.?Giovanni Giuriati has been proclaimed head of the Fiume government to re place the overthrown Zanella re gime, says a Central News dispatch from Pome. Chicago. March 8.?Local au thorities are investigating the story of Madam Elizabeth Girenka, who claims that she is Russian noble woman, found employed as a crub woman in a barber shop. Limerick, Ireland. March S ? Large, forces of regular Irish re publican army troops are occupy ing six barracks buildings and the local jail. British troops are still occupying the new barracks and or dnance building. The city is quiet today following the invasion Sun day by insurgent Irish republican forces who are still occupying the prinicpal hotels as billets. Moscow, March S?Nicolai Le nine, the soviet dictator has ex pressed a desire personally to go to Genoa to meet Lloyd George face to face. On Board * President ial Kpechil .Train. March 1?.?President Hard ing is looking forward enthusiasti cally to the first day of his vaca tion aboard this special train car rying Iiis parly to Florida for a week's rest. He expects to reac h St. Augustine at 2 o'clock and plav golf. Chicago, 111., March 9?The So cialist party headquarters has sent out an appeal from Eugene Debs to all members to work for am nesty to so-called political prison ers. Washington. March ?The re fusal of the United States to par ticipate in the Genoa conference is viewed as the first step in a cam paign for "tactful pressure" to pro mote the economic rehabilitation of Europe, a high official stated, and not as an indication of America's desire, to hold aloof from the grave European problems. Entertainment Enjoyed. The entertainment given at the Auditorium of the Girls' high school Tuesday evening under the auspices of the Trinity Sunday School Improvement Society prov ed a decidca treat In the way of wholesome amusement and enter tainment to the big audience which filled the auditorium. The three fold entertainment begun with the delightful little play en titled ' The Neighbors" written by Zona Gale, which was thoroughly enjoyed for its bubbling life ami humor. The cast of this little piece were chosen with an excep tion from the boys and girls of the high school. The all star Snmt<-: quartett had charge of the sivund portion of the entertainment, con tributing much toward the ex treme success of th?; affair. The last part of the entertainment was in charge of Dr. George W. Dick. This name speaks lor itself. Fuji galore ami the pictures were cer tainly beautiful. Before taxing a child's inheri tance it would !??? onl> fair !<. de duel the share ol tin- war debt he inherits. War will !>?? doomed when ra tions come to understand ih:it there is no profit in licking a ?ood customer. When economy has limited the big i;mis on battleships it miuhi limit the clerkships attached ?<> bis guns. Prance must remember ti'at the prayer reads: ''Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." Plank: An adjective used to modify modern verse. Also a uteth od used to censor the adjectives the editor applies !<? it. AMERICA WILL NOT ATTEND CONFERENCE i Hughes Notifies Am bassador Ricci That the United States j Will Not Take Part in the Conference at Genoa i _ i Washington, March S (By the ; Associated Press).?The American l government today declined the in ! vitation to parttcipate in the intor : national economic and financial j conference to be held at Genoa ! next month, on the ground that I the confei'ence is not primarily an j economic one "hut is rather a con : ference of a political character in j which Cue government of the lY.it j cd States could net helpfully par ' t ictpate." The refusal to enter the confer ence was contained in a note from Secretary Hughes to Ambassador Ricci of Italy who had presented the. invitation <>u behalf of his ; government which in turn was act ing for the allied ambassadors' ; council. ! Ambassador Ricci immediately j communicated the text of the note Lo his government. The note stated that while the i American people were desirous of i suitably assisting in the recover.', j of the economic life of Europe, the j j United States government could not j j be unmindful of the "clear convic- j i tion" of the people "that they [ should not unnecessarily become j involved in European political ; j questions." j The conviction was expressed' that all considerations of economic revival would be futile withoiu the ] } establishment in Russia of the es- j I sential bases of production outlined ! ; in the public declaration of the I ; American government on March. ? 25, 1921, and urged that "ade-j ! quatc action" to that end be taken j on the part of "those chiefly re sponsible for Russia's present ceo- j noinic disorder." In that connection it was also! j pointed out in the note that the American government believes I j nothing should be done looking to l the obtaining of economic advan- J jtages in Russia which "would im-j pair the just opportunities of olh-! ers." warning was issued that ; ! "fair and equal economic oppor-..| [ tunity" in Russia was expected by I the United States in the interest of! I Russia itself as well as that of all ? other powers. In conclusion the note expressed! hope thai progress would be made in 'preparing the way for ''the] eventual discussion and settlement! j of fundamental, economic and lin-i 'ancial condition's relating to Eu ?' rope which press for solution." j _ ?? London, March S (By the As-j j sociated I'r^ss.)?The news that; ;t!ie United States has declined the ? invitation to participate in the I Genoa economic conference is ex i tremely disappointing to all the I supporters fb the Genoa project. ?The view is held here that the ab sence of the United States is bound to detract from the. usefulness of-' j any decisions adopted at the con-J ference, for European economists j are increasingly convinced that the | ; real rehabilitation of central Eu rope is possible only with the co- i j operation of the United States. In Germany the disappointment ! is likely to be quite as keen, the importance attached t<> American [ participation being*>hown by Dr. Rathenau's recent speech on the subject. Italy is believed to feel as Great Britain but the French government is thought lo be quite lukewarm about the project and ! the fact that America has declined [to participate will add strength to! the French objections and fortify the French demand that questions! ; concerning reparations and trea-j [ties shall be rigidly excluded from! the purview of the conference. America's refusal can hardly be I without effect on the British prime minister's plans. It is known that Mr. Lloyd George has built great ; hopes on the conference and its ex pected results as a political asset in the coming inevitable appeal j to the country. With America [ taking part, great things might haw been looked for. promising I a revival of European trade and [extended markets for British i goods to the benefit of the serious I unemployment situation in this ? country. It is recognized that with I out the participation of America the conference will be deprived'of ^something of its importance. Washington, March !'?President Harding before departing for Flor i<i:i l;<st iiixht ] >.-1 i?1 his income tax of eightOi n thousand dollars. DOINGS OF THE I OUST MY LUCKTOMIS5/4 Cfi WHEN I'M LATE - I SUPPOS I'LL GET MINE WHEW I GE RAILROADS DEFENDING RATES Conclusion of Long Hearing Under Way Opponents Also Ar gue _ Washington, March 8.?Rail roads began tboir final defense to day of existing levels of freight and passenger rates before the In terstate Commerce Commission when Attorneys gave oral argu ments which will conclude tin hearings that have continued for several months. Henry Wolf Bikle, of Pennsylvania System., Fred II. Wood, general counsel of Southern Pacific, and Frank Gwathmey for the Southern rail roads insisted thai neither on Ic- I gal or economic grounds had the; mass of testimony taken disclosed ground for the commission to j make general reductions of rates. . The railroads gave way to their j opponents just before the day's! session concluded, and Fred W. Putnam, of Minnesota railroad j commission, speaking for all state j regulative bodies associated in the hearings, entered upon the prelim- j inaries of an argument which will j be continued tomorrow. State commissions are asking- first. he ; said, for passenger fare redue-i tions on the ground that they are: too high for the traffic to bear, ar . j that no portion of railroad charges, I if reduced, "would be more quick- j ly reflected in the actual cost to the ; ultimate consumer." Mr. Bikle used railroad earnings j statistics. exhaustively placed in! the record, to formaulato his con- j elusion that no reductions can be! granted. Railroads arc entitled to i a ? per cent, return on the value! of property used in transportation, j he contended, whether this figure \ is'fixed in the future by a law or! set up by the commission as a; standard, and the latest earnings j reports indicate they are now mak- j ing but 4.4'J per cent. Mr. Wood took the same posi tion, asserting that "no greater! blow could be dealt the credit of carriers "than that involved in a general rate reduction. Mr. Gwatb- i mey added that "no grounds exist for the assumption that there can! be- any immediate stimulation of! business by rate reductions." State commissions; shippers ane ,' business and industrial representa-i tiy.es will have the. next two days j to elaborate their arguments in thei case, and railroad attorneys will] conclude the entire hearing Satur day with their rebuttal. , Commissioner Lewis interrupted; Mr. Wood's argument today to ask I how raiiroads intended to proceed! under "the promise of lower rates1 which they made to the country) by the resolution of their execu- ; tiv.es in! instituting complaints be-j fore the Railway Labor Board ask- j ing for further general reduction in wages." "We propose to bring the reduc- j tions given with estimates of the! amount of money they mean to j railroads before the commission," ! Mr. Wood replied, "and with the j information you have gathered in ? this long proceeding we are. now j engaged in you can determine how; the rate decreases should be ap portioned/' "We want to get that correctly," j Mr. Lewis resumed. "Is it the in- I tention of the railroads to make all those wage reductions translat-1 aide in reduced freight rates?" Mr. Wood replied that that was! the intention, hut after a confer-' ence with Alfred P. Thorn, counsel! for the railway executives, he add-; ed that the roads would ask to be j given "credit for reductions al-i ready made." in applying the' amoU'-ts which they expected to receive. "Average persons consumes eight j matches per day"?news item. \Vbyj not buy toothpicks? ! ? ? * Divorce doesn't separate the sheep from the goats; it merely) separates the goat from his hard- I earned money. Wed. if fools didn't rush in xvherc angels fear to tread, there would he no need of traffic cops. j M. Griand's opinion that ?olf is silly will be silently cheered by! many stout old men who pretend! to be enthusiasts. j When a man wears that furtive, j haunted look in these times, you; can't tell whether he is a knave! or a mere rich man. Well, if business ever treis l>aeU. it can tell us whether the old place has changed much sinee l/ives! moved in. ?* ^ ftf ? )UFFS AMD HE SAY5 IT JUST AS PU AS A NUMAW & HA-HA-HA ALL SET TO JAM BONUS BILL THROUGH Republican Leaders Propose to Shut Off Debate and Pass Bill Washington. March s.?While the fight, against tin- com promise soldiers' bonus bill continued to day unabated, house members or. both sides of the question predict ed privately that the measure would be passed by the house. Although a two-thirds vote would be required to put the bill through under such a procedure, Republican leaders were discuss ing the question of calling up the measure under a suspension of the rules. This would preclude the possibility of amendment and or dinarily would limit debate to 20 minutes on each side. The major ity membership will be sounded or-l on this proposition, but a decision probably will be withheld until af ter the return here in the week of Chairman t'ordncy of the ways and means committee, who will have charge of the bill on the floor. The next rules suspension day in the house will be Monday. March 20. Leaders said the army ap propriation bill would be taken up next Tuesday ahead of the bonus bill and even if the latter measures were not called up under a sus pension of the rules, it probably would not be considered before the week beginning March 30* There was some discussion dur ing the day as to President Elard ing's attitude with regard to the compromise bill. Representative Mondell of Wyoming, the majority leader, said he did not think the statement made at the White House yesterday that Mr. Harding occupied the same position that he did when he suggested a sales tax or postponement of the legislation was to be taken in mean that ihu executive was prepared to veto the measure. Representative Haw-ley of Ore gon, a Republican member of the ways and means committee, said the president had suggested a :hj days' delay in enactment of the legislation as an alternative for the sales tax and that in the view of the committee this suggestion had been met by making October 1, L322, the effective date of the bill. Increasing Demand for Muscadine Grape Cuttings. There has been a great demand during the past year not only for information on Muscadine grapes, but for plants with which to start the business of grape production. Nurserymen have purchased large quantities of cuttings from the co operative vineyard maintained at. Willard, X. CJ. by the United States department of agriculture and the North Carolina experiment station. Muscadine grapes suffered less inthat section than any other lo cal fruits from the killing frost last April. In spite of the fact that the first growth of the se;ison was entirely killed, a new growth from dormant and adventitious buds re sulted in an average crop, while many other fruits suffered from 30 per cent to total loss. Several years ago the hon;?' dem onstration organization started en couraging canning club girls to grow Muscadine grapes and make such products from them as jelly, grape juice, conserves, jams, ami catsups. In Alabama the club girls have reached the point of (Illing commercial orders, while in Geor gia. North Carolina. South Caro lina, and Florida flu- planting of Muscadine grapes in home' arbors is being carried on by club girls who expect to sell their products. The railroads have carried Mus cadine grape products on their diners for over a year, and are con tinuing to do so. Companies using Muscadine grapes for preparing fruit flavoring syrup and dealcoholized beveragjes continue to increase their planting and output, and during the year have materially increased their capitalization. ? ? < Harding has a saddle horse named Democrat. Make your own comment. The revolver is *7 years old. Time for it to retire. This is the one billionth time Margot Asquith got her name in the paper by trying to get it here. And some people think I". S. A stands for Us Saxons Alone. The two sides to nil questions are our side and the wrong side. ??>???? X<>\\ tbul y.iv.v. is over. 1 to- cows ca have their hells hacl:. 1 \1M OH HELEN, COME AND SEE. WHAT I BOUGHT FOR You! j CK M o\ TH 5ER\v Hour: i COTTON MARKET March May July Oct. Dec Spots NEW YORK COTTON, open Hieh Low nnx? Close (8.36 18.41 18.25 18.23 18.41 17.97 17.98 18.1? 17.26 17.27 17.49 16.65 16.65 16.85 16.47 16.17 16.65 18.15 17.44 16.83 16.63 olT. 18.15 17.47 16.83 16.63 is.:,:,. ! Jan. I March I May j J"iy ; Oct. j Dec. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Open HIch J>w 17.01 16.91 16.70 16.08 17.01 IR.f>7 If..73 16.13 ifi.7.; ?6.48 15.90 iinchansed, IT.mi. Close <'li>n* 15.73 17.05 16.97 16.74 16.13 15.03 16.84 16.77 16.51 15.92 15.73 jf it would be absolutely necessary. ; J"?>r the new crop to have a fayor i able beginning and to continue .to [make favorable progress, .after [planting time ni order that Jbe I )>lun< may reach the state ofhia Iturity before weevils appear In !abuhdatfe^tand destroy the fruit ?s j fast as it is put on the plant, as : was the case last year, when ihn igrowing and maturing periods were" featured by the general complaint tbaTt th?- plant was not fruiting wefl; resulting in the shortest crop-tri' about twenty-five years. 3 LIVERPOOL COTTON. ;January i March j May ! July I October j December ! Sales 6.oim): dlios 11.22. Maldini;: io.fi Good 9.52 Mid COTTON LETTER. New Orleans, March '?>.?Market resumed somewhat of a ary tendency today, due cables than due and the decline in j wheat. ! Liverpool's poor showing was [tribuled to official London at i recognizing the seriousness of political situation in India j However. the weather in : cotton region was unfavorab'e j neu- crop preparations, foi v. j beneficial showers occurred 'sonn- parts of Texas, the precipi; Porto Kico Police Chief Serves Sen tence for Contempt of Court. ' San Juan. Porto Rico, Feb.- 13.? 9.44 [George FL ?hantori, for many year:--' 10.25 'chief of police of Porto Rico, has {just served a sentence of 48. ho.uW - 9*71 Iin jail for contempt of court, ffe' . refused to appeal to President ? Harding to set aside the sentence, which had been imposed by 'feder^ " al Judge Odhh. - ? The contempt charge was based on a letter Mr. Shanfon wrote''to reaction-j the judge asking for an order' to' to easier > destroy some of the evidence VhtclT* had disappeared after the insular police had made arrests and seiz ed liquor in Volstead cases; ?? " Although Judge Odtia* gave thelshanton until March is to enable... : him to appeal to the president, the Lie \ former chief decided ?o lake his ' tor. j medicine instead .of asking for ' hi?i i presidential favor. * The San .Juan Tintes says.he re ceived <;oo callers while in juli Ii is! tation was insufficient, particularly | a?d refers to his term there as % ?*r?d j social success.*' Among his S$5f tors in prison was Governor Rv-iiy [in the western halt* of the stat I it was too cold, white heavy rain were reported during the day in;wh0t ,vith other citizens and offi thc Mississippi valley Mates. withj.ciais had vainly petitioned Judge the probability of moyin^nto the|0dIir, ro rcmk th? sentence,.Sums south Atlantic by tomorrow. j l?n vvaa met at thc ?ai, cntwwj&b? j Already farm work is reported ; backward, especiallv ro rh? east!... .... . scores of friends who escorted.him., east j to },jS ]10nie. [of the Mississippi river in which | H<? wns c.;l,,lajn lie was captain of Roosevelt's' section there is said to he no en*Roughridcrs in 1S98. and- after?* thusiasm displayed in preparation I ward Sf.rvod wilh General AVood an, ~ for the next crop owing to fear of Cuba PrcsWeht Roosevelt gent heavy, weevil damage and becauseYhinufo thv Canal Zun<: as chief of ' of the stringency ot credits. | jfo. to clean up thc ^ ? Meanwhile southwest, west ondt^ ronstniclion days arrd 13 ho northwest Texas also western Okla homa complain of absence of a j good season in the ground, in.tact j not enough moisture to i sand storms, denoting th': J be unfit to plow. i On the other hand ther* prevent land to iplaint of insufficient rain is com in the western belt while the cenixal and.. years ago. no was sent to Porto I Kico to take command of the .,7.0!},,. I policemen composing the iitsuJar : police force. Sh%nton's counsel told Judge" ' j Odlin, in making a plea in his be I half, that the insular police had I seized 1 50,000-gallons- of liqmjrx eastern portions of the heU eJaini] ! to have too much moisture, v.'ith trains still falling which wiYi ore and made 2.:>0Q arrests in Volstead. I vent plowing for another week orj T" thc l*7 miml ir -PP'-ars that 'so even if the weather clears. gnat men waste a great deal' of i While there remains a chance for i energy trying to pick out the most " i difficult way of solvin; problem.'.' The white man's burden is soap. I the crop to make a good star:, Ltiai [chance is going a glimmering. and] I will become less probable in event '? 'of cold or wet weather continuing! m 7 " [except in western Texas where} . &l>rins onions are hard on deu | moisture is wanted. I lists. _ ^ _ j ? In view of advices to hand in-1 * * ." - idicating no important increase inj Criticism of the new dollar ha* this year's acreage, perhaps a de-j'iuieted down. It is passing. cre?ae in the use of fertilizer, and! j the probability of a heavy infesta- ? Fishermen report- the farmers j tion of weevil to contend with la-'have not adopted wireless in j ter iri'the season, it would seem as 1 building. EVERETT TRUE HAIN'T VcoTT ByCowJo 4 LOST IN THIS P4RT OF TOIaMM J tJ Do ^ yg?? | tvHAT ^B^fM<2.^ 4Sfc~ - - - - see -r^e f.. I ;n*ttrv to kid iE ! DlMNER 15 /?R- IF YOU INK I'M GOING TO E MEALS AT ALL VOUVE MI5TAKEM AW 5HUT UP1 YOU TALK TOO MUCH ! By Allman . what was that ( last remark vou made. ? /aw 5Hl)t up ) iriA you talk J k/~ Too much!/