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CONGRESS TO TAKE PART IN_ STRIKE House Labor Commti tee Authorizes Call For Conference of Operators and Min ers Washington. April 4.?A con gressional effort at settlement of the coal strike, particularly as it in volves the bituminous fields, was begun to?ay when Chairman No lan,- of the house labor committee was authorized to telegraph invita tions to a number .of representa tives of operators and officers of operators' associations in the cen tral competitive coal field to at tend a meeting with the miners' union leaders in Washington April 10 and attempt to reach an agree At the same time Senator Borah (Republican) of Idaho took occa sion to say in the senate that "dras tic public- action." might be de manded and to charge the opera tors with contract breaking in pre cipitating the strike. A possible divergence between 1he views of members of congress and those of the administration, however, was seen when Attorney General Daugherty .issued a state ment that "the government is not undertaking to do anything in the present situation of the coal mat ter." declaring that "men have the right to ouit work and men have a right to employ.other men." that the public was not menaced with coal shortage, and that it was the duty of local authorities to main tain order. -The governmentiwould not look with favor upon coal price increas es, Mr. Daugherty . said, add;ng that he "saw no reason at this time to believe that disorder neei be feared." but asserting that the government ''will perform whatever may be its duty in the premises," if local and state agencies can not maintain peace. / . The house committee action came after its members had spent two days listening to discussion of the strike from the miners' viewpoint by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers. Mr. Lewis assured the committee he would advise" his associates t o ne gotiate with any "representative group" of operators from the cen tral field, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and western Penn sylvania, even though not all of the operators could be induced to deal again with the union. The union, he insisted, would ,not and could not settle the dispute in other states until this basis had been es tablished for a national wage level. The committee t.decided to ap peal direct to the representatives of operators' groups - in the statezs named and Mr. Lewis tonight de clared it had "put forward a prop osition worth considering." During the hearings today Mr. Lewis "defended the miners' union proposal to establish a six hour day and a five day week, one of the demands originally made, scouting as. "absurd" a calculation by Rep -resentative Black (Democrat) of JTexas that this would occasion an extra annual cost of $244,000,000 to the public for co?l. ^However, if we discuss any of these demands around a council table with operators." Mr. Lewis added, "and practicability and reasonableness can not, ?v dem onstrated for them,, the demands will fail." " Discussing the history of wage negotiations. Mr. Lewis amplified t,he repeated charge that the bitu minous operators of the central field had broken a contract with the miners' union in failing to con ifer with its committees for a new v.nge scale before the strike. The fact, he said in agreeing to a sug gestion }ry Representative London ? Socialist) of New York, "really gave the strike all the aspect of a 'lockout." Mr. Lewis said the basic day wage" in coal mining under pres ent eon J lions was $!.~>0 a day. as compared with *2.S4 in T&IZ, but the scale in the latter year, he add ed.- "was a pauper standard." The house committee contem plates further inquiry into the coal industry with testimony from both operators and miners, and is ex pected to continue its hearings to morrow, f S Pittsburg. Kan.. April 4.?No whisltes blew for the 10.000 miners who have been idle in this section since the coal strike went into ef fect to return to work today, fol lowing the operators' decision yes terday to comply with the recent order of the Kansas industrial court for continuation of the pres ent wage agreement for 3o days, there has been no intimation of any change in the miners' decision to observe the nationwide strike order. Chicago. April 4.?Coal operators in the central competitive field re fused to meet as a body with the miners to negotiate wages before the coal strike began and there "apparently is no reason to believe that they have changed their minds," said Dr. F. C. Honnold. secretary of the Illinois Coal ope rators' association, today when in formed of the action of Chairman Nolan of the house labor commit tee. Conga reo Bridge Authorized. Washington. April ."?.?The senate today passed Senator Dial's bill au thorizing the counties of Richland and Caihoun to construct a bridge across the Congaree river at Bates Perry. INJUNCTION OBTAINED BY TELEPHONE CO New State Law Fixing Rates is Alleged to Be Confiscatory of Property Charleston, April 4. ? United States District Judge Henry A. M. Smith this afternoon granted a temporary interlocutory injunction against the state railroad commis sion and the attorney general of South Carolina on the petition oJ the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company, which charges that the law signed by Gov. Robert A. Cooper is confiscatory. Judge Smith requires the com pany to give bond in the sum of $100,000 pending the result of the hearing on Friday, April 14, when it will also be decided whether "the matter shall be heard by three judges" as provided in the judicial code. Should the telephone com pany lose the case it will be re quired to reimburse any subscribers who overpay maximum amounts allowed by the new South Carolina statute. The law signed yester day in Columbia by Governor Coop er overrules the state railroad corn mission's order allowing the pres ent maximum telephone rates and prescribes that the maximum rates be those which were in force after the period of government control. WORK DELAYED IN COTTON BELT Heavy Rains Cause Let Up in Planting Crops Washington. April 5. ? Heavy rains in the Central and Western portions of the cotton'belt delayed farm work and but little cotton was planted during the last week in those sections, the government's weekly weather and crop review, issued tod ay, Stiiu. Planting is backward in Texas, the review said, and little or none has as yet been seeded in the lower Mississippi Valley. Condj j tions were more favorable in the j Aflantic coast states and planting I made good progress in that area ; Thi? work has been finished in \ parts of Florida and the early ; planting is up to a good stand in I Southern Georgia. Planting was I extended during the week to Cen ! tral North Carolina and Southeast - | ern North Carolina, which is some i what earlier than the average sea ] son. j Tmck crops have been serious I ly damaged in Southern Florida by j dry weather, says the report, and i some harm has been done in Ar ; kansas by the frost of April 1 and j heavy rains necessitated replant ing the lower Mississippi Val ley. Otherwise the week was mostly favorable for truck crops. Early fruit trees were reported in bloom northward to Maryland i and the southern portions of In jdiana and Illinois. Apples are j blooming in Tennessee and North ? Carolina. Peaches are setting well j in Georgia and are mostly in good i condition in North Carolina. Frost [ damage to fruit during the week I was negligible. :.UP TO CONGRESS ! HARDING THINKS -. - j Kahn Seeks to Get His Opin ! ion on Muscle Shoals i _ ! Washington. April ?President j Ilarding's opinion on the question 'of disposing of the government's [properties at Muscle Shoals. Ala., to private interests under the pro posals now before congress for de Icision was sought today by Rep resentative Kahn of California, chairman of the house military committee. The conference w?s i held at the White House while [the senat?- agricultural committee, in sessi.m at the Capitol. Voted in favor of appropriating $7.500,000 for the continuance of construction [work on the Wilson dam, begin j ning July l, and members of that body prepared to inaugurate hear ings Monday or as soon as practi cable involving lease, purchase completion and operation of the ishoals projects by private enter prise. Chairman Kahn said the presi dent regarded the question of dis posal of Muscle Shoals as one for [congress to determine rather than jthe execu'ive branch of the gov ernment. The proposal to create a j commission composed of represent jatives of three executive depart ments, empowered to sell, lease or j make other arrangements for fu ture maintenance of the properties, trecently advocated by Mr. Kahn, failed to receive the president's ap : provalr. it wns said. ? ? WAGE CUTS AGREED UPON 10 Per Cent Reductions Ac cepted by Union j Chicago. April ? Wage cuts ?averaging 1 f? per cent fur men's Clothing workers in Chicago were accepted today in a three-year agreement to become effective Mav 1st. The agreement was negotiated 'by Sidney Hillman. of New York, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, with the National Industrial Federa tion oi Clothing Manufacturers. They've now put out a patent medicine that promises to restore Stomachs that have |>een ruined by jthe use of other patent medicines. APPROACHES FOR WATEREE j RIVERBRIDGE j County Board of Com missioners Consider Ways and Means of Providing Funds for the Garner's Ferry Causeway At fhe regular monthly meeting of the County Hoard of Commis sioners there were present Chair man Rowland and Commissioners Renoir. Mims, Britton. McLaurin and Oliver. The minutes of March 7th were read and approved. On recommendation of Commis sioner Oliver the monthly appro priation to Mrs. E. C. Evans was al lowed to stand at the present fig ure. Supt. Nunnamaker came before the Board and stated that Minnie Parker, who had formerly been an inmate of the Alms House, had ap plied for readmission. After in quiring into the merits of the case the Board agreed to recommitment. The Board authorized the pur chase of a mattress for the Alms House use. Mr. J. D. Jones came before the Board and preferred complaint that one of the county carts had i run into his buggy and had dam aged same to the extent of $3.5o. After investigating matter t h e Board ordered that this amount be paid him. Representative of the Omoline Feeds came before the Board and made statements as to the. value of his feed products. This was re ceived as information. County Engineer Jeffords re ported that he had underpinned and repaired chimney to E. \V. Dabbs' house at a cost of $13.00. Reported main gang working roads I in Rembert section. He suggested that the Board allow him to clay ! the Dalzoll road from a ppint one i mile beyond Myers' Store to Dal zell, but as this road was in direct j line for hard surfacing the Board 'did not think it would be well to i clay same. Engineer Jeffords stat i ed that he would move, main gang ; to Hagood or DuBose section, j Commissioner Oliver stated that ? he had had numerous complaints j from the DuBose section and ; thought these roads should receive attention. Commissioner McLaurin slated jthat the roads in the Stateburg ! Claremont section were getting in j bad condition and wer? needing ! attention. j Engineer Jeffords stated that the : jail yard, Pinewood and Shiloh I gangs had been engaged as usual. ? Chairman Rowland suggested i that the rule as to putting up signs ! of warning when any road was i blocked for any cause should be j closely complied with. ? Following correspondence with i the State Highway Department a ?proposition was received from it. ;to relieve-the county of the loco Imotive and dump cars which were ; obtained from the government ! through the state highway depart ment, amount of freight charges |and expenses, paid on same to be ?allowed to apply on the rental of a ten-ton Holt tractor which the department was in a position to : furnish the county on a rental basis j of ?I"<> per month. The board ac Icepted this proposition. Engineer Jeffords reported re isult of investigation of the cost of ! cleaning out Turkey Creek canal ! for a distance, of about one and one jtenth miles from the city limits south to the Central railroad crossing, lie stated that this work could be contracted for at a cost of $225 with tiie same party who did the work within the city limits and recommended that this be i done. The Board ordered this done I under the supervision of the engi i neer. The supply act for the year r.'2L' j passed by the recent session of the ! legislature was considered. The chairman was requested to I make up a statement tor publica tions as to the requests for legisla i tion made by t he Board. The result or correspondence with the state highway department rel ative to the inspection of road con struction work in the county was considered. The clerk was diroct j ed to write to the highway depart ment asking that it should not lose i sight of the matter. Tin- clerk reported receipt of cor respondence relative to damage j sustained by .Mrs. W. Ii. Reese in I the early fall and the engineer's re port on same, lie was directed to ireport result of investigation to parties interested. Applications for aid were received and acted on as i follows: A. P. Floy, granted per month, j W. 1>. Baruiek. referred to lied [Cross for investigation. Hasel l.ee granted ?>."> per month 1 >. A. liat field, increase*! from io >x per month. I!. Ard, granted $3 per month; Claim of F. M. .Moi.se for .?>??'.'."> oil 'which action had been deferred pending investigation was approv ed a tid ord< red pa id. Claim of Miss Bertha Bultman w a s a ppr<>v? d for ff?. Requisition tor clothing for in i mates of the Ahn:- House was ap pro\ ed. Reports of rural polieenn n. home demonstration ageni and eotton w eigher.s u ere re? ei\ .Mr. Walter Itoyle came before ih-- Board r< lative to mules belong ing t" W. B. Boyle Co.. which the county had been using an<J stated thai if tie- county did not expect to purchase the mules that the company wottId have to take them [back. Tin- Board directed that I these mules be- purchased at the price opt red of $30??. I Chairman Rowland reported the receipt of letter from L. IT. Thomas, secretary of the State Highway [commission, willing attention to the 'fact that the matter <?!' the enforce ment <">f the law relativ-- tu all au I tomobiles paving a license was up [to ill*- counties t<> enforce and sug gesting thai a special otfici r be pu1 !on in the county to enforce this law. The Hoard, thought that tic. rural policemen should he able to handle the matter and the clerk i was directed to write to each of : [the rural policemen directing that I they follow up the matter closely: and to promptly arrest all car own-! j ers whose automobile did not show ?new license plate and I" make a! I prompt report of each arrest to thei ? Hoard. | Representative Heiser and Sena tor Moise introduced to the Hoard Mr. Morefield, State Highway En-j igineer, Mr. Geo. W. Hake;- of the! Richland Permanent Head com-, {mission. Mr. Dunnovan, president iof the Columbia Chamber of Com-j [merce and Messrs. Penuell & Mur jray. engineers of the Sumier Per manent Roads commission and a : conference was held relative to the building of the approaches to the , Wateree river bridge. Representa tive Belser stated that the indica-! jtions were that there would be [about a .">4,<;uo balance available! i for this purpose from the funds, i originally set aside for the Water lee bridge construction. Engineer Morefield stated that he thought tlie State Highway commission i ; would appropriate $10,000 to help, on the construction of this cause way from funds which it had on: hand. He also thought that after j ;tho causeway was constructed that' the state would undertake the; maintenance of the causeway. It] was estimated that the cost of the approaches to the bridge on the ?Sumter side would be approximate- | ily $2."?.Otoi and the cost of the ap proaches on the Richland side some $1-5.000. Attention was called to I the fact that at a recent meeting! held in interest of the bridge thei delegation of Richland citizens j representing the Columbia Cham ber of Commerce had pledged I Richland county to Pear one-half of the expense of the approaches.! [Mr. Heiser thought that after mak ing use of the $4.000 obtained from Sumter county funds and the $10, 000 to be gotten from the Slate, Highway department that the bal-j ; atice of the $11.000 needed for the i approaches on the Sumter side I could be raised by private sub scriptions obtained one-half from Sumter county citizens and one half from Richland county citi ! zens. The matter of the use of county and state 'convict labor on this; 'work was considered. It was 'thought Sumter county could fur nish ten convicts for this purpose.] and the correspondence was oi | reeled looking toward the use of i Richland county and state con Ivicts. The Hoard decided to use; [the $4.000 balance left from mon-j ies appropriated for Wateree riv er bridge Tor constructing ap Iapproaches on this side, together j [ with funds that mighr be pro- j j vided from other sources. I . After adjourning the Hoard j ! went down with the engineers and ' members from the Richland conn Itv delegation to look over.tin- pro- .' ' posed route of approaches to the Wateree river bridge, j The Hoard authorized the nego tiation of a loan for the county. ! schools as rni^ht be needed. After approval of claims before j it the Hoard adjourned. ? ? ? ! t I Flames Destroy Beaufort Gazette Charleston, April 6.?The entire plant of the Beaufort Gazette, tit Beaufort, was destroyed by tire af ter midnight. The loss is estimated jat about $15,000. The newspaper. j a weekly, is owned by Stute Sen ator Niels Christensen. Beaufort, April U.?The plant ofi the Beaufort Gazette, owned by Senator Neils Christensen, was To tally destroyed by lire early this morning. The blaze was discover- , ed about midnight and the lire ; rained such headway until practi cally all efforts of the fire de partment and marines from Paris i Island were exerted towards sav- j ing adjoining building*. It is be lieved that the lire was was of in-j ooadiary origin, as a blaze was dis covered in the store of KInghorn[ Brothers" company earlier in the' eight. This was quickly extin guished. 'file loss is estimated ai about $20.000. with little insurance. Senator Christensen is not in the city. i The Beaufort Gazette is tin? only paper published in Beaufort coun ty, it is understood that imme-j diaie arrangements will be made! for erecting another building ami for tin- regular issuing of the pa per. Dies From I Aoitemcnt. Beaufort. April C?Mrs. Van Smith wife of Dr. Van Smith, of this place, died from excitement early this morning caused by the lire which destroyed tin- building occupied by Tie- Beaufort Gazette. Dr. Smith and family came to Beaufort from Xewhorry. Fie i< u prominent physician and also prominent in Masonie < ircles be in;; ?! member of the higher bodies <>f the fraternity and a Shriner. Mine Mules Enjoy Strike Will;es I larre. A pril ('.. ( >nee taken inii? the deep recesses oi tin mines where ear cannot penetrate tie- mine nod.-, are never removed except in ease of a strike, their a vent? e life underground Ik-nig fifteen years. These humble beasts "i burden .tie !11>i worrying now over the length of i he coal strike. Brought up shafts, they are seeing daylight for the first time jM years, and are romping about, kicking and biting each other good na tu redly. WARNING TO NAVAL PERSONNEL To Guard Against Preachings of Sovietism. Issued by Sec. Den by Washi ngton, A pril . -Seereta ry Denby served blunt warning today on officers and men of the navy to guard themselves "ashore und afloat from the preaching of Sovietism. communism and anarchism." The order was issued to the entire ser vice which declared that no lenien cy would be shown to men who "committed acts of disloyalty." "1 have the most profound con fidence in the loyalty and devotion to their country of the commis sioned and enlisted men of the United States navy forces," the order continued. '1 have no fear that men in any considerable num ber may at any time, anywhere, be seduced from their allegiance to their country's hag. "Fear only that some few of our men may be induced innocently at first, when on shore, to join socie ties having for their purpose the advancement of ideas contrary to our form of government or which may result in lawlessness. "I am trying by this warning to save a few individuals who might otherwise affiliate themselves with societies seeking those things which cannot he tolerated . :*n organi zation sworn to uphold * ho consti tution oft he United States and to obey all lawful orders. Should there he any such men-in-the navy today, it is almost certain that if they do not keep themselves from affiliations with such organizations they will ultimately be degraded. ?'Because I have been one of you, I know that all men have their pe riods of unhappiness?of imagined ill-treatment, homesickness, .and discontent. Such periods come to civilians as well as to men in the naval service. They are a part of life. "The world is full of false thought today. 1 would save that service of which our country is so proud and of which I happen to be at the mo ment the head, from the hurtful in fluence of improper theories of gov ernment or false dreams of a bet ter state to be created by anarchy and violence." Mr. Den by would not amplify his statement to the naval service in any way, saying that the warning was self-explanatory and aimed at individuals and organizations whose activities were well known. The order by his direction was commu nicated generally throughout the naval service. -? ? ?? WAREHOUSES SIGN TOBACCO CONTRACT Twenty-eight in Line in Vir ginia Sou'It Boston. Ya.. April ?".? Twenty-eight out of .'b"> bright and dark tobacco markets in Virginia have signed up with the tobacco growers' co-operative association for the next five years. A large majority of the Virginia warehouse men who met in South Boston representing nearly every tobacco market of importance in Virginia signed the contract to lease or sell their properties to the tobacco growers" co-operative association today. This meeting of the. war.mouse men and directors of the market ing association was attended by a large group of iobaeeo farmers and buyers which completely filled the local theater. It was notable for the spirit of fair play and coopera lion emphasized in a statement by Aaron Sapiro, attorney for the to bacco growers' co-operative asso ciation, who said: "We do not want any warehouseman to sign any contract unless he sees it is fair." Sapiro. who is also attorney for the successful Burley growers* marketing association of Kentuc ky, stated that the contract was drawn up with the intention of giving ab solute fairness to both farmers and warehousemen, and said: "The men who run the warehouses now are in great measure the men whom we shall want to run the warehouses for the association." Commenting on the reluctance of certain Danville warehousemen to co-operate with the association. Sapiro stated that this news was welcome, because the proffer of other plants in Danville for use by the association and the plan of building a warehouse for the grow ers <ui the outskirts of Danville re lieves lhem of the problem of con sidering the pun has* or lease of more property than they need 1 c> thai city. President Norwood of the mar keting association. Director T. C Watkins. manager of warehouses: Chairman J. 5 .Toyncr and X. 11. Williams of the common Ware houses and M. O. Wilson, secre tary of the association, were pres ent to represent the organized to bacco growers. Richard R. Patterson, formerly manager of the leaf department ol i he American Tobacco company, manager of the leaf department ol the tobacco growers' cooperative association, and C. B. t'heatham. assist a id manager of the associa tion, left for a conference with Judge Robert Biughm of Louis iUe, Ky.. and other officials of tlx successful marketing association <>1 Burley growers tie fore t.iking np I he : isk of handling a majority ol t he Virginia ?< 'arolina < rop now under confract with the tol?aeec gro\\M ! ?' i (?operative association. Tin- paper r::one\ issued in'soviel Russia has reached 1 I t rillion ru bles. Russia's greatest economic need seems to be a pressman's -t i ike. -Ka asa < < Tty Star. -? ? <? Lisi.on. April G. Light syndi calists x*> on hunger strike protest ing against their imprisonment. HEARON CON TINUES WITH COMMISSION - !Governor Accepts Withdrawal of Resignation ?? Columbia. March G.?Charles O. i Hearon of Spartanburg. member ! of ilio state highway commission I until recently when ho resigned, j has withdrawn his resignation and syesterday Governor Cooper addrcss ! ed a letter to Mr. Hearon accepting I tin- withdrawal and reappointing I hirji for a full term to succeed him ; self. Mr. Hearon resigned follow ; ing tin- demand for tin- resigna tion of Engineer Moorefield by cer i tain legislative leaders after Mr. j Moorefield had addressed a letter ' to federal government officials in j regards to legislation here against the highway department, i At the tin:.- Mr. Heyron said he I thought the whole effort "smacked I of politics" and he submitted his j resignation after the highway com mission had accepted Mi-. Moore I fndd's resignation. Later tin- commission asked Mr. ? Moorefield to remain in ol'ice until further notice and it is understood that the whole matter is to be j dropped without further trouble. ; During the last few weeks an ef j fort was made to get the governor i to appoint .1. W. Norwood of I Greenville to succeed Mr. Hearon^ I hut the chief executive had never accepted Mr. Hearon's resignation. ? ? * Citizens' Military Training Camps To Re Continued. i The War Departmnet is prepar I ing to continue the series of Citi zens' Military Training Camps com j neneed last year, by offering train i ing in the more advanced courses, i the White and Blue, in addition to ! the Red or Elementary course of ! fcred last year. The purpose of :the White course is to prepare grad ! uares of the Tied Course and spe cially selected applicants of mili tary experience equivalent to that j gained in attendance at a Red j Camp for warrants as non-eom i missioned officers of the Organlz j ed Reserve and the National Guard. ; The Blue Course is to prepare I graduates of the White Camp and ! specially selected applicants of mil i itary experience equal to that gain } ed by attendance at the Red and i "White Camps for commission as of ficers in the Organized Reserve or : National Guard. The educational : requirement for admission to the j White Course is graduation from grammar school, and for the Blue, i : graduation from high school. In the Fourth Corps area, com ! prising the states of Georgia, North I Carolina. South Carolina. Tennes (see. Florida. Mississippi, Alabama j and Louisiana, it is planned to hold camps in ail three courses at Camp McCIellan, Anniston. Alabama for Infantry, Cavalry, Fi^ld Artillery and Engineers. A camp for the ', Coast Artillery will be held at Fort ; Barrancas, Pensacola, Florida. The {combined camps will be about three i times the size of the camp held last j year at Camp Jackson. S. C, pro viding congressional appropriations i permit. Tlie active recruiting for these 'camps begins about April first and ; from headquarters. Fourth Corps Area. Fort McPherson. Georgia, it I is announced that about half the j proposed attendance is already as |sured through the desire of those I attending last year to continue ?their military studies by taking the White Course this year, and the ; wish of disappointed applicants [for last year's camp to attend the j Red Course this year. It will be I the policy to admit applicants of j last year's camp who are qualified, j but were not selected, due to lim I ited appropriations, last year. The age limits for the year of | 1922 are IT to 2."? for the Red I Course. IS to 26 for the White j Course and' 1!? to -1 for the Line Course. These limits can only be ? waived in cases of men who served j in the world war, who may he ad ! mitted to whatever camp for which I they are qualified, if not over 35 I years of age. and in cases of men who completed the Red Course last yea r. Arrangements are. being made with the following headquarters te receive applications from appli cants in states as indicated: At headquarters, S2nd Division. Organized Reserve. 121)2 i-'l Main Street. Columbia, S. C, from the state of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. At headquarters, Slst Div.. Or ganized Reserve, Arnstein Bldg.. Knoxville, Tenn., from the states of North. Carolina ami Tennessee. At headquarters, S7th Div.. Or ganized Reserve. Poland ami Dau phine Sis.. New Orleans, La., from the slates of Alabama. Louisiana and Mississippi. Application blanks can be obtain ed from ofliees indicated about April 1!cj2, and thereafter by mail, or by applying in person. HITS CHILD, IS CHARGE Aik< u. April 5? In answer to a hing distance telephone message received from Augusta. Deputy Sheriff Nollie Robinson was sent i.? Augusta this afternoon, to take back from Georgia. Roben Scott, charged with running over and fa tally injuring a colored child late yesterday afternoon near the edge of Aiken county, on the Storm Branch road. Scott, it Is alleged, ran his car zig-zag fashion along Mo road in th<- midst of a number of children Who were playing on I he highway, and struck one of them with his car. feari"ull> Crush ing the child's head. Scott, before he reached Storm Branch, is al leged io have run his car over the Aiken-Augusta highway at a great speed lie is the son ol Lee Scott, who was killed by his wife last y ar for attacking her w ith a Knife. Over the telephone this evening, police headquarters in Augusta, stated Scott would come lo Carolina, without a requisition. IL S. ATTORNEY IS NAMED Ernest Meyer Chosen and Samuel J. Leaphart, Lex ington, Nominated For Position of Marshal Charleston, April i.?J. D. Ern est Meyer, or' Charleston, has been; nominated for district attorney for. the eastern district of South Caro lina an<! Samuel J. Leaphart, of I Lexington, for United States mar-J shah Major Meyer will succeed i Mr. Francis H. Weston, of Colum bia, and Mr. Leaphart will succeed] Mr. J. L. Sims, of Orangeburg. Both of the reti.mg officers have served two terms. :iaving been ap pointees of President Woodrow Wilson. Major Meyer's nomination has: been probable for some time. He, is a graduate of the Citadel. He served overseas with the Thirtieth: division, being promoted from a captaincy. He was adjutant of tin old regiment of which Col. Holmes B. Springs was colonel. After his return from overseas service. Major Meyer was a candidate for county judge of probate in the Demo-; cratic primary election. The nominations of Major Meyer and Mr. Leaphart were submitted to the United Stab's senate yes-, terday by President Warren G. Harding, according to information from Washington and it* is be lieved that both of these nomina tions will be confirmed soon. Since the retirement of Mr. 3. I Waties Waring- as assistant United; ; States district attorney, Mr. George L. B. Rivers has been tilling this position. Mr. Waring served be-j ! fore and throughout the period of j the world war. having been very; active in the prosecution of the ! great array%of war cases that oamo , before the United States district ' j court. Major Meyer has been practicing! j at the Charleston Bar for several 'years. After graduating from the! Citadel ho pursued a law course at: the University of South Carolina,; j at Columbia. ?. No Action .Tust Yet. Washington, April 4.?President j Harding today sent to the senate i the nominations of J. D. Ernest! i Meyer, of Charleston, to be United > States attorney for the Eastern district of South Carolina and of! ! Samuel J. Leaphart, of Lexington, to l.e United States marshal forj [the Eastern district, j Senat or' Smith is not here and; j Senator Dial said that until his col-, league's return there would be no i ! action toward confirmation of these ] I nominations. There may not be any 1 j opposition but it is customary to! j wait until both senators can say whether or not they have any ob jection. The terms of the present : Eastern district attorney, Francis! 1 iL YVostoi*. of Columbia, and the: j present marshal, James L. Sims, o! i j Orangeburg, will soon expire. ; There was a move made by the! department some months ago to j displace Charles A. Lyon, of Ah i beville, incumben,t marshal tor the Western district, considerably in [advance of the expiration of his j term, but nothing has been heard about Miat recently. Od<*ssa i> Place tor B:trguius. Odessa. March S,?This port is; I and will be for a few months the ; paraftise of the bargain hunter. A I leather valise sold in Paris or; ?London for $5J) may be had here I for $6. j Persian ^rugs go begging at $15 \ i to $20, rugs that in Persia would I sell for ?50 while the seller swore: j by his father's memory that he was! ; robbing his family of daily bread. Paintings by good artists sell for ?>L' or with a frame thrown in ! worth $10 or $20. Silver table-! -ware sells for five to ten cents per; : OlinCe. A foreigner settling here for bus iness reasons may rent a house for \ $"?n a year, and possibly buy an I indefinite lease on it for $200. The furniture, excepting the table dish- i es, may be had for another :>:Ju0: but if tin-re are any repairs he must pay western European wages for labor. The reasons for these low prieos of articles are thai many of them were stolen, that there isn't much trade and tin- original owners are selling off all their home treasures for food. To keep alive a family of live it takes 1.000,000 rubles, or .>L' a day and tin- priees.of food jump as the ruble drops in value. Trade has not been so brick here . as in Moscow as there are fewer strangers to buy. Fewer Russians can get into the city because the trains run only a few times a month owing to lack of fuel. At that, slumps are opening daily, as the new economic policy of the Moscow government is applied. Dia-' monds and objects oi value are covertly shown to prospective pur chasers in these shops, the dealers still being in fear of the old laws against speculation ami free trade. The city is full of thousands of young men ami old who speak and write English, French, ami Ger man, men who in the old days of commerce were employed aboui the port or with American and othei foreign firms dealing with the inter ior. These men are glad to get work insuring $20 worth of food a month. Chile Spending Money tor Railways and Port Improvements. Santiago. March 2.? Ait expendi ture of approximately $35.000,000 for construction of port works and auxiliary railways in Chile is au- 1 thorized in a Lib that has just been passed by tile national congress. Bids will be asked for in Chile and abroad, first for the Valpa raiso project and later tor tin- Oth er ports. The Valdtvia improve ments call for an expenditure of marly * 1 O.trOO.oOO. The capital of Ireland will re main in Dublin, in spite of all Mr. De Valera's efforts to get it removed to Donnybrook.?Boston Transcript. FARMERS UN ABLE TO PAY . THEIR DEBTS ?ut Outlook is Optimistic Col. Jordan Predicts Revo lutionary Changes in Marketing of Crops Houston. April ?">.?Harvie Jor dan, secretary, American Cotton association, in a statement says: , *'In my trip throughout the en lire cotton belt, I find that the farmers are unable to meet their obligations, are compelled to re duce their standard of living. ar.1 to strip their communities of the things that make them attractive, ? causing stagnation in both town and country. The farm population shows a marked decrease, especial ly during the last two years, and ? the young people, espeeilaly, are having tin- farms and taking up their residences in the cities and towns. Negro labor is showing an alarming decrease in the agricul tural sections, seeking employment in ^ther lines. ??f do *not think it will be ex aggerating to state that there are * thousands of vacant farms through out the cotton producing section of America due to these conditions, which are the outgrowth of anua*- > sound agricultural policy which has been pursued for the last fifty years. After the War Between the States, when the negro was set free \ he rnd his white master were im mediately required to enter into a struggle for an existence in com petition With each other by the ? ?? productions of cheap products, es- ? pecially cotton. ?'The old system has broken ? down. The debacle in prices cf farm products since 1920, has wrecked the worn-out shacks. The * south is either in a death struggle or o? the eve of a new birth, and I am convinced that the latter is the case. We are on the eve of a new, more prosperous and greater A south. ^ '"In conference with leading busi ness men, bankers, merchants and farmers throughout the entire, south. I find that people are think ing as never before. The state ment was made to me over and over that the old order of things is passing away; that it has served its day and generation. People tell me on all sides: 'We need white immigration: we can never continue ? under the old order. It has caused both the negro and white man to * pay a fearful penalty.' "Even were scientific methods discovered today for eradicating the boll weevil, it would be impof.- ? sible for the south to produce a full cotton crop. The assets nec essary for the production of cotton have been depleted to a greater extent within thc^ last two years than in any similar period during the last half century. The south like the other agricultural sections of America, is loaded with a tre-# j mendous inflated debt incurred for : the production of the crops of 1920 and 1921, and this burden alone means the cenainty of a short, production and a complete change j Two billion three hundred million j dollars is a stupendous sum, and j yet this Is what the south lost based upon the cost of production j of the last two cotton crops. It is in proportion to the twelve billions of dollars lost by the agricultural : producers of America based upon j the cost of producing the last two * j crops and the selling price. ' ' The remedy to these conditions is to change the old worn-out. hap' hazard system. The people of the J south realize they cannot continue same and that they must plaea agriculture upon a strictly econom ical business basis. No longer will they plant in icliin, reap in hope anil market by accident. Diversi ; tied agriculture is a certainty. The " producers must secure a price for their products on a level which will enable them to receive cost of production plus a reasonable profit.* The fact that the agricultural pro ducers of America and the various lines of industry that extend cred its for the production of the crops of I92? and 1921 are in the same predicament as the people of the i South means the absolute certain- r ty that these conditions are going to he changed for the better, and no section will show a greater change for the better than the* ! south. For the present year, even with ideal seasons, we are facing the certainty of a small cotton crop. With adverse seasons common sense plainly dictates the certainty I of a record-breaking short crop, a crop even much smaller than the f record-breaking small cotton crop ? of ltc'i. The law of cause and effect can have no other result. "The world has been sick. Some months ago it stepped from its sick* bed. It has passed through its con valescent stage. Tin- world will have an abnormal appetite for food ami clothing. From whence .'?11 these supplies come? While tht world was sick supp!:es exceeded demand. Now that the world is re- ; turning to health and vigor demand will exceed supplies, which will means famine supplies, famine prices and the consumer will pay. :iie penalty. MILLONS ARE WITHOUT JOBS IN ENGLAND Strike in Engineering Indus tries Reaches Critical Stage London. April ?;.? Over a mil lion will be without jobs, unless a ' settlement is speedily reached in the engineering and ship building industries, according to the Amer ican Chamber of Commerce sum mary of business conditions. The , Lancashire cotton manufacturers have served notice of a 75 pel tent reduction in the standard price list. Aviators are now breaking more reeords and fewer necks.-?San An tonio Light.