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STRIKERS CLAIM VICTORY IN N. H. Few Workers :Reperted For Duty When 'Attempt Was Made to Reopen the Textile Mills : Manchester, N. H., June 5 (By the Associated Press). ? Striking textile operative^^in New Hamp shire' claimed"1 -a*victory tonight. Only 500 of the 2&,000 operatives ?normally employed were at work on the- first day of the reopening of eotton mills In Manchester, Nashua, Dover'and- Somersworth, it was estimated' by police and newspaper men. ; ?' Mills in Ne>w "Market, Exeter and SuBCOOk did not attempt to reopen. 1 The mills throughout the state have been closed slnce'/February 13, as a result or a strike in protest against a 28 per^'cent. wage cut ^ =and a 54 hour week. Four arrests were made during the day, two at Manchester for the jeering of returning workers and two in Nashua for alleged viola tion of an injunction against pick eting in force ' there. The four men were later released. Six men arrested at Nashua tonight* on sim ilar "charges furnished bonds for a hearing later. Idle" operatives and sympathizers miede* demonstrations this morning at each mill eenter " where attempts" ^teere made to re open, but there 'wore no serious disorders. Textile mill workers claimed that many of those who reported for^work today Were foremen and second hands. At "Nashua, accord ing to the police, /strike sympa thizers attempted to evade the in junction by transferring their pick eting Operations 'tp streets a few blocks from the mills. ^ A clash between James -Starr, strike leaker in .Manchester and ! -/Chief of Poll'ee xfealy was an in cident at the gates of the Cool idge milL Starr1 said later that - Chief Haley; h^d1'charged that he and OrganizerCallahan as well as " President McMahon' of the United Textile Workers ' were responsible tor the presence \ of the strike f sympathizers ?n ^xhe streets this morning in "violation of rules laid ' "down by the/ p&fice department. The chief, however, took no offi cial action and later issued a state ment thanking* "citizens for their orderly behavior*. \ Strike leaders' "asserted tonight that the situation"/in New Hamp shire wouM be brought to the at tention of the "?ctited States sen ate by Senators ' Lafayette - and ? Gooding and that; a. senate investi gation might result. NOCHi?t?E ISflLED Against Wo?&h Who; Shot Kansas Ciiy Lover Kansas City,. .. "Mo., June 5.?No charge scill be ?ie<Lfor the present against Miss Peggy Marie Beal, who Saturday shot and killed Prank Warren Anderson, local de partment store welfare director and then tried rip ;.efc{H her life, C. L. Orr, prosecutor, s?fd late today. Physicians rappsp|^ -that unless complications developed the young woman' would; recover. Miss Beal today refused" to af Srm or deny reports that she had been married; and was the mother of a four-year-old-son. "I've told you-r : had no one," she said. fTtei not 'sorry that I did - it. It was an-; act of eharity to save other girls-from similar heart aches." ; * The shooting occurred at a ho tel, where the couple had regis tered as man lind wife. Miss Beal told officers she - came here with the -understanding- that she and Anderson were t?>>be married. She said she shot-, him because he boasted of his-, love affaire with other women. /? 1 it: * " ; Married in Dayton. Dayton, Ohio,June 5.?Marie L. Beal, who shot, and killed Frank W. Anderson in a, Kansas City ho tel last Saturday. ..and then at tempted suicide,. was married in Dayton fourteen.years ago and her .husband, Steve~Beaj, and two sons are living in Terre Haute, Ind., -ac cording to J. J. Barlos, a local res ident, who declared' tonight he had known the girf since she was a. child. UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MEETING One of the Features of Com mencement Week Will Be Reunion of Old Students Columbia. June ^5.?One of the big features ot ? commencement week -at the- University, beginning next Sunday. wiM be the annual alumni day celebration, on Tues day, June 13. Hundreds of alum-xi from all over -the' state will at tend, and a big day, is planned; A committee in charge of the plans for the day is at. work, this being composed of Jas... M. Green, Jr., J. B. Murphy, S.. L. Latimer and Bryan Bell, of Columbia; Roy Fairt, of Union; l>a,ye Broekington, of Charleston, and Rut ?sborne, of Orangeburg. The tentative program caHs for a "stunt" session in the morning, followed by a barbecue, at one of the popular swimming lakes sur rounding Columbia! this to be fol lowed by an afterVroon of water sports. O. C. Blaefcmon, Jr., sec retary of the alumni association, asks that all former Carolina men who can attend the alumni celebra tion notify him at cnee. ?Col. J. Rion Mcfviasick, of Green ville, and President-elect W. D.. Melton will be among the speakers. Learning the-tariff is about as easy as un mas hing a strawberry. An opportunity always looks big ger going than-coming. Phone official says only one in ll3 uses- the phone correctly; but he may mean successfully. " t * ' y. THE CHILE PERU CASE Effort to Reich Settlement by Arbitration at Washington Conference Not Likely to Succeed Washington, June 5 (By the As- j ' soeiated Press).?Suggestions for^ i a compromise of the Tacna-Arieal j controversy, -without resort to me-. j diation or arbitration by an out- ; side power, again came to the front j today in the- Chilean-Peruvian ne gotiations here. The prospects to ] night, however, were that con jsideration of that alternative would j be short-lived, the Peruvians indi cating that they were not willing I to be diverted from the arbitration .policy long ago adopted by the Peruvian government. This situation left the Peivuian arbitration proposal,, submitted ten days ago, the order of business of the conference with the Chileans stii? unprepared to predict when their government would return a deiinite reply. The day's developments? coupled with the* continued delay of the Santiago foreign-office in respond ing:-, to the Peruvian proposal, led some . Latin-American diplomats] here to predict that the conference' soon might adjourn for an indefi nite period in order to seek some new method of reconciliation. With efforts both for arbitration and-for direct settlement-?at. a standstill, it was suggested in these quarters there seemed iktle reason for pro longing the negotiations here. One other possible method of ap proaching- the i problem, it was j pointed out, would be fnrn?shed by. & xaediatkmvoffer from the United j.States. All indicationsat the ?t?te j department, however, were that Washington - officials did - not f. feel I disposed to exert pressure for a j settlement so long as i >the diseus J sions proceeded within the scope: 1 of the conference invitation and it ! was the impression in both-Chilean" i and; Peruvian circles that no form al offer of mediation^ would be made until- both sides had indicat ed that they .desired it. > Despite the feeling of manifest' concern in many '.quarters close to; \ the ? conference, the Chilean and Peruvian dete?ate3 themselves, would not concede tonight that* the negotiations had reached a dead-^; J lock. Both insisted that a way; font of their difficulties yet would ?j fee -found, although - no; ene in au I thoritative position would go into details regarding-the prospect. Today's session of ? the confer ence, the first to be held since last Wednesday, lasted 40 minutes and when' the delegates emerged they were even more uncommunicative, than usual. One delegation official (> refused to concede that there had been a meeting, saying that the pflenipotentiaries rmereiy had occu pied themselves with a discussion' of their private affairs. One of the Chilean delegates told newspaper mem that he and his colleagues had! been- talking about the weath er, thereby starting a rumor that, the conference was expecting an all summer siege and was prepar ing to move to the seashore. After the adjournment, however, the Peruvian - -delegation held a long consultation r among- them selves; and both groups forwarded to their foreign offices ?the latest' details of the conference discus sions. No. communique was * is sued, and no date was set for the next meeting. As during the past week, it was .indicated that all fur ther developments here must wait on Santiago. I - MAYjLET&E U LI CASE DROP j Sees Lille Chance to Convict I _ Movie Actor j Los Angeles,. June 5.?rWhether I the charge of bigamy'against Ru i dolph - Valentino, nlm actor; dis j-wisse** today in Justice- Court,. { wiH be taken- before the grand j jury, was still under consideration tonight, -District Attorney Thomas Lee Wool wine said. He indicated that he was disposed to. accept as final the ruling of Justice of the Peace Hanby that there was slight chance of convictmg Valentino be fore a jury. .However, he added, lie wanted time to consider the evidence carefully.- . V Justice Hanby decided that while there was no denial of the charges that Valentino married Miss Wini fred Hudrtut in Mexicala, Lower California^ while be stiM was le gally married to Miss Jean Acker, there was insufficient evidence that he lived with the second Mrs.- Val entino in California subsequently to the Mexicaii ceremony. The California code provides that in case of an alleged bigamous mar ! rktge outside the state, proof of j marital relations- within the state J following such marriage must be ! adduced to sustain the charges. Valentino through his attorneys issued a statement m whieh he said.: "Through ignorance of the law, I married Miss Hudnut, not dream ing that I was breaking or violat ing any California laws. I realize now my lack of knowledge of the California laws and would not un der any conditions assume marital relationship with my present Mrs. Valentino until the time fixed by law. shall have expired, upon which we will be married again here in Los Angeles." There are few county offices to | j be filled this year, a majority hav jing been- chosen for a four year j term in the election of 1920, ccn-j sequently the assessments on can- ? didates to pay the expenses of the primary are correspondingly heavy, since it costs just as much to hold a primary for a few offices as for a great number. Paris' latest is the "telescope" I gown. Such a name indicates you can see a long way. ??? ?' ? ? *?> The greatest movie crime is the way they select their heroes. Dempsey says 12 children are an ideal family. Dempsey s single. JOSEPH TOLBERT FOR ?.S. MARSHAL National Committeeman Nom inated by Harding For Fat Job Washington, June 6.?Joseph W. Tolbert, Republican national com mitteeman and State chairman for South Carolina, was today nominat ed by President Harding to be United States marshal for the Western Federal District of South Carolina to succeed C. J. Lynn, the Democratic incumbent. The nomination of J. W. Tolbert suddenly followed the decision of the' president not to send to the senate the nomination of R. R. Tolbert, of Abbeville, brother of the national committeeman for the marshalship after having R. R. Tolbert under serious considera tion for a number of weeks. The White House evidently decided that confirmation would be too difficult. Senators Smith and Dial said this afternoon that they had not de cided what they .would do with re gard to the Tolbert nomination but they had asked the judiciary com mittee to withhold action on it for a while. ' At the same time the president was sending the nomination of Committeeman Tolbert to the sen ate, the senate committee on post offices was taking unfavorable ac tion on the nomination of B. J. Mixson to be postmaster at Orange burg. Mr. ? Mixson has been un derstood to be the personal repre sentative of Tolbert in that section, and has been acting as postmaster for some time. When Mr. Mixson was nominated for postmaster, Sen ator Dial- -opposed the nomination and i charged- before the postofflce committee that- Mixson had on two -separate 'occasions conveyed to Miss Singletary, - Democratic hold over postmaster =at Bowman, the suggestion that if she would pay him a sum of money he would see that she kept her office. Two post office inspectors reported that the facts were as- Senator Dial had stated ? and ? the committee today voted to j recommend the rejection of the Mixson nomination. - In the civil service examination which was held for the Oran'ge bnrg postmastership, Dr. A. C. Ltgon, for seven years the Demo cratic postmaster was No. 1 on the ?st certified and A. D. Webster, for seventeen years the Republi can predecessor of Dr. Ligon as postmaster, was No. 2. Mixson was third; Whether there will be ^another "civil service examination for the office or it will be filled from the present eligible list is not known. NOMINATIONS ARE HELD UP ???? ?? ? ? ^ Senate Committee Fails to Act m Georgia Cases Washington, June 6.?:The Sen ate postofflce committee failed again today to take action on 'the nominations of postmasters at Savannah, Ga.; and Dixie and Ten irille, Ga., opposition to whose ap pointment has been made by Sen ator Watson, Democrat, of that state. It was understood that ten days was given by the committee for presentation of further evi dence in .the cases. Personal objection to the names, Jack Curran, of Savannah, J. B. Crane; Dixie, and Lawson Priteh ?ard, Tennile, was said to have been presented again by Mr. Wat son, but nothing came from behind the closed doors, of the committee room to "indicate the sentiment of the committee. Ordinarily, how ever, expression of personal oppo sition by a senator has been suf ficient to cause the rejection, of any presidential nominee. The three appointments were in volved in the1 recent controversy between Mr. Watson and Senator Phipps, Republican, Colorado, a member of the committee, which culminated just outside of the senate chamber with a threat by the Georgia Senator to employ phy sical force in dealing with Mr. Phipps. The committee session today, however, was said to have been devoid of heated words. JAPAN'S NEXT PREMIER All Round Statesman Wanted For a Difficult Job Tokyo, June 6 (By the Associat ed Press).?A non-party leader up tainted by suspicion of militarism, thoroughly -in accord with the agreements reached at the Wash ington conference but in his home policies definite against universal suffrage, will be the next premier of Japan to succeed Premier Takahashi. who resigned today, in the view of well-informed circles. Takahashi's resignation has caus ed keen disappointment among disinterested observers of political event3, who felt that he was the man to make the most of th<* re sults achieved at Washington. It also was believed his financial ex perience would have been valuable in the difficult task of leading the country back to the road of pros perity. It is considered unlikely that the Kenseikai, or opposition part v. will be asked to form a cabinet. . Japan's public men are most anxious to avoid the slightest sus picion that the country is revert ing to militarism. The whole situation at present points to the choice of a non-party man for premier with the support of the Seiyukai or present govern ment party. Reducing freight rates is hard on those who haVe to seek a new ex cuse for high prices. : New York will build a 32-story hotel for bachelors only. Bachelors usually live high. ? ? o There are only 16 machines print ing currency while over 16,000,000 machines are spending it. Frills Banned on Auto License Taxes Registration Ahead of Same Period Last Year?Trucks Fall Behind Columbia, June 7.?More auto mobiles have been registered in South Carolina for the first .five months of 1922 than were regis tered fpr a corresponding period in 1021, inclusive of May 31, ac cording to figures tabulated by the state highway department and^an . nounced yesterday. For the first five months of this year the automobile registration has been 75,689 as compared with 75,350 for the* same period of last year. For the same period the truck registration shows a decrease from 6;355 in 1921 to 6,322 in 1.922. inclusive of May 31 both years. Motorcycles also dropped from 650 last year to 454 this year and like wise the number of dealers this year fell to 431 as compared with 644 for the five months of 1921. Increases over last'year, by coun ties for automobiles alone;are: Ailc en, 11; Anderson, 197; Beaufort -6*8; Charleston, 208; Cherokee, 117; j Chester, 95; Chesterfield, 35; Dor j ehester, 45; Greenville, 689; Horry, 124; Jasper, 15; Oeonee, 1S9; Pick ens, 182; Rich land, S64; Spartan burg, -834; Union, 43, and York. 238, The total amount collected from the sale of the motor vehicle li censes, to date this year ff .slightly! below the same period for.jast year, this being due to the decrease in the number of trueks registered. ? Last year through May the depart - jment had coHected $682.260.87 and i this year for the same period the 'amount was $671,887.78... J Counties having an increased j truck registration this year over I last are: Anderson with .2, Beau j fort with 15, Charleston with -49, I Cherokee with 13, Chester with -Q. j Greenville with 64, Horry with 4, 'jasper with 2, Kershaw with 6,j Lexington with 12, McCormick with 3. Oconee with 11, Pickens with 6fJj Richland with 28, Spartanburg with; 51 and WiHiamsburg with 1. Figures on the registration of. "brand new" automobiles for .the) month of May just passed show that South Carolinians must have their "tin lizzies," as the Ford leads all other makes so far that j the others are rather bashful. Richland county leads in "Lizzie" registration with 10-0 new machines j licensed for the month of May and j ' some of the other counties are as follows: Greenville, 92; Spartan burg, 86: Charleston, 68, and An derson, 58. MAXIMUM COAL PRICES Washington, June 1.?Establish ment of a maximum price of $3.50 a ton for coal at the mines in 80 per cent, of the present production fields for the duration of the strike was announced tonight by Secre tary Hoover. He regretted, he i added, that a small minority of the operators ? representing Western Kentucky?had refused to coope rate and are demanding higher prices. Consumers can assure themselves a square deal under the established prices by checking freight rates {with the minimum price. Mr. j Hoover said, determine whether they are buying contract coal and I make proper allowance for cost of retail distribution. The maxi mum price, he explained, applies solely to spot coal, and consumers who are treated fairly may ap peal to the Commerce Department with assurance that inquiry into their case will be instituted. Mr. Hoover announced he had been advised that operatrs of Vir ginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and ; Kastern Kentcky would accept the maximum of $3.50 a ton. while Alabama operators will accept the rate of 25 cents a ton below the Garfield scale in that district Western Kentucky operators, he < ontinued, are demanding $4.25 a ton, but he did not feel justified in advising the public to accept that price level, although he said pro duction costs were higher in that [district than in other fields. Con ferences with Pennsylvania opera tors are expected to be held next j week. If it weren't for the women we wouldn't have to get married. Every day the miner strike con tinues we predict a* harder winter. Undergarments Frills ,m?. fluffs.-, and ruffles are unknown on undergarments this year. * Garments are plain _ almost to the point of severity. Lines are straight. OLYMPIC GAMES FOE PARIS French Parliament Votes to . Finance Event for 1924, Chas. Sherriti; of New York Elected to Committee , Paris, June 7?Premier Poincaire informed the international Olym pic committee today that ; the French parliament would vote im mediately an additional six million francs for financing the Olympic games. This insures definitely holding the 1924 games in Parfa. Charles H. Sherrill, of .New York was elected today one of the Am erican delegates on the committee, succeeding the late Bartow C. Weeks. DILLON BEATS McCQLL TEAM Splendid Contest Won by 1 to 0 Score Dillon, June 5.?Dillon defeated McColl town team, here this after noon 1 to 0. R. Smith's single fol lowed by a sacrifice and Evan's single gave Dillon the victory. Rogers for Dillon was in great form, holding the visitors to two scratch hits and striking out twelve men. Only one McColl man reach ed second base, and not a single player on either team reached-first until the fifth inning. Thompson pitched the first five innings in hps usual good form, while those who followed him were not so effective. The game was played in one hour and ten minutes. Score: Dillon .__.1 3 0 McColl._0 2 7 Rogers and Smith; Thompson, Rhem, Gibson and Boylon. CANDTOATES FOR STATE OFFICERS Pledges Are Being Filed With State Chairman Columbia, June .,6.?Nineteen candidates have thrown their hats officially in the ring, and the cam paign starts two weeks from today. There are four candidates who have already filed their pledges for the race for governor; one for lieu tenant governor; three for state superintendent of educaiton; eight for congress; one for adjutant general; one for state treasurer and one for solicitor. The four aspirants for the gov renor's office are: Thos. G. McLeod, of Bishopville; J. E. Swearingen, of Columbia^; A. J. Bethea, Columbia, and C. L. Blease, Columbia. For lieutenant governor J. K. Owens, of Bennettsville, a member of the house of representatives, is the only candidate so far. For state superintendent of edu cation: O. D. Seay, of Columbia; J. H. Hope, of Union; and Paul Moore, of Columbia, have filed their pledges. For congress seven present mem bers have entered the race for re election; and one new candidate has filed. vThe new candidate is Sam H. Sherard, of Nineyt Six. The aspir ants for re-election who have to date filed their campaign pledges are: Congressmen Dominick, of Newberry, whom Mr. Sherard will oppose; McSwain, of Greenville; Fulmer, of Orangeburg; Logan, of Charleston; Stevenson, of Cheraw; Byrnes, of Aiken, and Stoll, of Kingstree. Hughes Withdraws. Hon. E. T. Hughes, member of the house of representatives from Marion, had announced that he would run for governor, but he has this week made public announce ment of his withdrawal from the race. In making this announce ment he states that he is tired of politics and wishes to devote his time to his law practice and his family. Sam M. Wolfe for attorney gen eral and Jerome F.-Pate of Dar lington for congress. The man who takes care of his welcome never wears it out. ? ? ? A bad way to keep a husband is in debt. Biting off more than you can chew is better than going hungry. ?'.Society Woman S?OOts Hus band"?headline. Well, that's more humane than working him to death. _ Winthrop College Commencement Two H und red Forty-two Grad uates Receive Diplomas? Address by Hon. R. Good wyn Rhett Rock Hill; June 6?Two hundred and forty-two graduates and spe cials this evening. received from the hands of Dr. Johnson diplomas and certificates, and commence ment exercises of 1922 at Winthrop College closed with the benediction j by Dr. Alexander Martin. Priori to the presentation of the diplo-1 mas and;certificates the graduates, and . a vast concourse of people listened with appreciation to a, strong address by R. Goodwyn Rhett,; of Charleston, who pleaded" that the women of South- Caro lina inform themselves as to the prinicples of government and the duties of citizenship, and then press forward to the end that they might become a potent factor in the prog ress of an efficient and enduring government. . The graduates from Sumter coun-. ty were: > ?Normal course: Mamie Alberta Harvin, fMnewood; Thelma E3ther Harvin, Pinewood; Fannie Adele McLeod, Rembert; Antonio Gibson Pitts, Sumter; Ida Lenoir Sanders, Hagood; Jeanette Lee White, Sum tre, Mary Louise WitherspoonJ Mayesville General Literary sourse: Dorita Gecile Moise, Sumter. Home Economics course: Marie Elizabeth - China, Sumter. Commercial course: E^iie Mae Allen, Sumter; Sarah - P. Brogdon, ? Sumter; Irene Leonora Dixon, Sum ter; Med die Mae Nunnamaker, Sumter. j Does Eden Face New Rebellion? Does another rebeihbn inVpend in the Garden of Eden? "News that - King Feisal has de clined to obey recent orders. of, Great Britain respecting her Meso potamia mandate may well cause surprise," says a buUetin from, the Washington, D. C, headquarters of the National Geographic Society. ?* "It would seem that the tradi tional land of Eden and Ararat, the: manger of the religions of Christ and Mohammed, the vicinity of the. Aryan peoples' birthplace, might be, fairly well known, to the world., But' -Mesopotamia of 1922 suffers from being almost completely overshad owed by its historic setting. Have Strange Reiiigon "Many a school child who can relate the nocturnal adventures of Hiirun-al-Rashid in ancient Bag dad never heard of the Star Wor shipers of the present-day King dom of Irak. And yet this strange people, who turn to the North Star to pray, who must-be baptized every Sunday, and have a sacred book where they may begin at either end and read toward the middle, are just as picturesque. "If he were shown a picture of J shipping on the Tigris River this child would think the rhyme of Three men in a tub* had eome true. The small boats are gooffas. huge round baskets, from five to ! ten feet in diameter, with their wickerwork tarred to make them water-tight. Then there are the rafts with blown-up goatskins at tached to give them buoyancy. "Modern Bagdad would cause, even the man who knew what to j expect-to rub his eyes. A city is a city all over Europe and America, with certain features that may be relied upon. With one major vari ation, such as canals instead of streets, w Venice may stand out as a shining exception. But when you enter Bagdad yon must accus tom yourself to interminable mud walls more monotonous than any standardized row of houses you have seen., narrow and deserted thoroughfares, dogs always under foot and, by night, only the star light to guide your way. A Land of Dates "Mesopotamia Is ? land of dates; both of the historical and edible varieties. Date trees rise i above the courtyards where Bag dad family life is shut from your Aiew, and these trees, along with cupolas and minarets, form a sky line that' typifie? the religion and the economic life of thousands of present-day natives. For the val leys of the Tigris and the Euphra tes, and the muddy banks of Shat |el Arab.-into which they merge, supply the four corners of the earth with dates. The Arabs of this re gion pick and pack and practically live on dates. "About a million and a half of Irak's population are Arabs. The rest are Persians, Kurds, Indians and Turks. Now the offhand opin ion might weH be that 'the Arabs, jbecause they are dominant, would j j be a nucleus around which a stable government might form. The dif- j ficulty so far is that these Arabs are divided into diverse groups, effectually separated by a wide va riety of religious beliefs. It has been said that there are more road^ to Heaven, as well as the opposite ( way, than anywhere else excepting the United States. The Moslem; sects are far less harmonious than! the denominations of our Christian | Church, and many of the latter are represented. Beside these are found gradations of Oriental phi losophic schools and pagan beliefs, ranging ;rom Buddhism to Star Worship and Devil Worship." Ruth slings dirt as if he were playing politics instead of ball. A man is flying around the world, j That won't get him anywhere. ? ? *? The city boy on his vacation thinks the farmyard sounds like a jazz orchestra. w m ? Ohio man w^as fined $100 for hit ting a dentist, but it may have been worth more thaa that* Is the North Pole Headed South? I Is the latitude of Sumter chang ing? Is your home closer to the equa tor, or the pole than it once was? These may appear to be, foolish questions to the average man. He has no doubt grown to look upon the earth's "belt" and its axis as immovable lines even though they are imaginary. But an astronomer in London was queued the other day as asserting that trie distance be tween Xaplec. Itaiv and the equa tor has been shortened by a mile and a half during the past 51 years, and C*at Gi.*een\v.Vh has ap parently moved half a mile toward the tropies in less than two decades. The possiu?ty of such changes ml latitude is discussed in the fol- j lowing bulletin from the Washing-' ton, D. C, headquarters of the Na-: tional Geographic Sru?cty: Small Latitfuie Chafes 1-.'? cognta ?<! "There is no question that fefe-r] tudes change but there is a very j large question whether the changes are of any considerable magnitude &nd whether they continue for an/ great lenfith of time in the saxaje direction. The variations that have been established are due to a slight .wabbliair * * the earth like that or a top which is not spinning evenly around its axis. Thr? -rregulariry does not change the direction of the axisrits?;lf but does change ,ihe poiut on tfte ear;n's sur?a<-e (iixe pol*: pojnt) from which the axis emerges." By such changes most points on the earUvwould. have. their position al-^ tered with reference to the. poles and: to the equator, which is always 90 degrees from the pole-point and. therefore follows it in-any move ment which it makes. "If the earth's simplest possible rotation had had a single wabble added to it, the pole-point would trace a closed path; that is, it would return to the same position again and again after the completion of definite, equal periods. But there are at least two 'distinct and un equal wabbles known; one com pleted hi a year, and one in about 24 months. Their combination causes the pc^e-point to .wander in a rath er uneven way, tracing lines that are very roughly ehptical and which cross and recross eaeh other. But these two known wabbles cause only a very slight variation from a steady rotation: the 'wanderings* of the pole-point because of them [are believed to be always within a [circle 60 feet across. The latitude j of any city would be changed., .therefore,, because of these two ree : ognized wabbles of the earth, at most only 30 feet north or south of its mean position. ' May Be Steady Move Soath "There are other possibilities, however, in regard, to change of latitude. One is that there are other as yet unrecognized wabbles ex tending over longer periods which cause the pole-point to wander in circles or eclipses that may be larg er than the 60 foot circle., An other is that-there may be forces in operation which shift the.polerpeint steadily southward practically along a certain line of longitude. Final ly, latitude changes might be due to local -movements either a slid ing of relatively small sections of the earth's crust, or to a recently j postulated floating* of the conti j nents. j "Whether there is a progressive change of latitudes has long inter ested astronomers. In 1900 the International Latitude Service was formed and a string of six stations was established forming a. band around the world, all within a few feet of the parallel of north lati tude, 39 degrees, 8 minutes. These stations wore situated in Japan, Russian Turkestan, Sardinia, Gaith ersburg, Md., Cincinnati, Ohio,-and Ukiah, Cal. Observations were .made at all the stations for 14 years. The stations in Turkestan and at Gaithersburg were closed at the end of 1914, and the international latitude work was discontinued at the Cincinnati station at the end of 1915. The remaining three sta tions are continuing the observa tions. Would Be Little Change in Million Years "The information assembled by thq International Latitude Service has been interpreted in various: ways. The changes in latitude ob served* were very, small and it is recognized that the possibilities of I error due to imperfect instruments, \ inaccuracies in star declinations, and the human equation, were j Jrtany. One careful analysis by the United States Coast and Geodetic ?Survey, however, seems to indi cate that the pole-point is shift ing progressively southward toward the continent of North America. This would mean that in effect the J cities of the United States are mov [ ing slowly to the north. "You need have little worry, j though, over the likelihood that the j North Pole will turn up some day j in your back yard. Even though ! one becomes generous with assump j tions and assumes that there is a southward movement of the pole point and that it will continue steadily, its slowness makes the assumed shift almost negligible. The 'analysis referred to seems to indi caet a south .-ard drift of the pole amounting to a trifle over six inches a year. This would amount to less than one mile in ten thou sand years. In one million years the change would equal only 95 miles. At the rate assumed, in a million years New York City would not be shifted as far north as the lontitude of Boston today, Fresno would have reached a point only 23 miles north of the present position! of San Francisco, and Memphis would be shifted to about the pres ent position of the south line of j Kentucky." -' It costs more to live now, "but j it's worth more. The average love affair begins with a kiss. That's why kissing is so-dangerous. A BETTER OUTLOOK (Manufacturers Record): * The advance which is taking [ place elsewhere in the world, and ? ' with the rise in prices, there is com- : ing marked prosperity, for there i could be no general prosperity so | I long as prices were unduly de-1 I pressed. Financial mismanagement !in this and some other countries i brought about world depression hr prices and world tagnatioh. - ! The Rational City Bank:-of X? ! York in its circular letter of 22nd says: "An upward trend in prices is now distinctly visible the- worlds over. There are several ways rfcyd which we may test the matter "Of :' prices at the present-moment as^ compared with those of a month or a year ago, but these various test*; I agree that prices at the present j moment are higher than they-were jone month ago and in: some biases several months ago. Price index figures as now compiled by the sta-: tisticians of the various .countries;^ of the world have for the past or three months hinted strongly [ higher prices. After quoting some of the J&idex | figures showing the advance;which has taken place, the National City 1 Bank adds: "These statements showing ad vances in prices in a dozen princi-^ pal countries of the world as re ported by their respective st cal experts, are confirmed in degree, by another and ei different process, namely the .prices.^ fin the country of production of:tSi? articles now entering the UniteA ? States. Xbe valuations fo theleaer chandise-imported are by law tfca % selling priee or wholesale prices* in the country from which the mer chandise is shipped to the States, and when wo find that thirds of the articles for which average import price is n.imed the department of commerce higher for the month of March, 1922, than In,the immediately pre ceding month or months, it sjeeina to confirm the impression that there is a clearly defined upward movement in prices the- world over:. Of the 75 articles m which the department of commerce -states-the. average import price month by . month," 50 are higher in March than in the preceding month or months. Raw cotton, for insfcua.ee, imported in March, 1922, av?ra?ea: 26.3c per pound against 24.9c ia February, 1922, and 2*:?c in Jan uary. Unbleached cotton ? cloth averaged 20.6c per yard in March against 17.<Se in January, and is in fact a higher average than in >?ny month since March of last year. - Coffee imported in March averaged 12.4c per pound against 11.8c in February, 1922, and USe in De cember, 1921; cattle hides araeaged m the March 1922 imports 14.2c_ per puend against lS.9c Fiebraary, 1922, and 12c per pound m Deeem ber, 1921, while goatskins imported in March; 1922, averaged->40.5c per pound against.38c in.February, la I'dia rubber imports in March of the current yeivr averaged 17.1c per pound againvt 15 c in January, 192*.. and 14.3c in December of last year. Raw sugar imported-in Marcs! av eraged slightly *uore than 2c per pound against slightly less than* 2c p m January and February, astd clothing wool averaged 2L4o*-p?ar pound in March, 1922,' against 119.3c in February, 1922^ and ?&2c^ ! in October of last year." : Since 1917 the Manufacturers Record has denounced the defla tion campaign which purposely put into egeetin order to' down prices and we have that there would be no p until prices commenced to This advance is now under and that it is world-wide in is one of the most helpful the times.-. For months- we been telling our readers that tide had turned and this report -of^ the National City Bank shows that; the turn is practically world-wide - in its influence. There is, of course, a possibility that it may run too far. There already in this country some indi- - cation of a growing scarcity of la bor in some lines, of industry and this may tend to bring abount sah: undue cost, a situation which must - be watched very carefully by those' who are studying the business out look. Assistant District Attorney. - w Charleston, June 5.-r-Lcute if. Shimel of this city, senior member, I of the law firm of Shimel & Rit ; tenberg, has been appointed assist ant district attorney and will^ sworn in tomorrow before the ing of 'the June term of f? j court. He fills, the office foi ! held by G. Buist Rivera, of this city, who succeeded J. Waltos j Waring, under* District Attorney Weston. . * District Attorney. Meyer sad. Assistant District Attorney Shimel make a very efficient staff for the government.. They will have^ to: plunge into a mass of work at once, as a very heavy docket of cases will come up before Judge at this term. Mr. Shimel here from New York several _ ago and is one of Charleston's leading lawyers. He is being coli- f gratulated generally upon his ap- | poimment. The enrollment books ? of the Democratic Clubs of Sumter coun ty are now in the hands of the sec retaries of the respective dubs .aid are open for the enrollment of democrats, men and women, who desire to vote in the democratic primary to be held on the fast 1 Tuesday of August, in which pri mary state and county officers wi& be nominated. Bach and -eWy "i person who is otherwise qualified to vote to personally sign the roll of the club if the district in which 1 he or she resides, in order to q?ali- 1 fy to vote in the primary. Under the party rules a citizen may .-fee- -] come a club member and.vote in the primary without having obtain- 1 ed a registration ceirtiftcate tro? i the county supervisors of registra tion. But it is advisable that each citizen obtain a registration certificate, as this is a requisite Sor J voting in the general election* .