Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-Proposition of Arm-; our & Go. to Create; - Bigger Combine Re^ ferred to the- Presi dent Washington. Xov. 17.?President [ . Harding -will make the final deeis- . :SOsa for the government on the .-proposal that Armour & Co.. pur-) chase Morris & Co.. another of the i "big five" Chicago packers, it was indicated today in" high adminis * iration circles. The president al ready has discussed the matter with J.rOgderi Armour and will' : go over it in detail with Secre tary Wallace, as soon as the "ex perts of the department of agri culture have completed their study j of the plan. v The executive was represented-as j being of the opinion on the basis j - of * the information now in his j -.- possession that there would he no ] ?^objection at law to the proposed j . consolidation in view of -the stricter government regulations of the packing industry provided for v in the packers and stock yards control act. It was emphasized, i however, that : he was keeping-/an : open mind until all the fact's bear J ing on the situation had been prey ... rented. . ' J 'Setrre&ry Wallace said today; there would be no deSnite decision ! for several days. He explained j . .jhat the matter was now in the j hands of the department experts! and that he would give the pro-j posal j uli consideration after they; I had completed their survey and! v made recommendations. The ex- ? 4 pert* were understood to hive j , asked for information supplemen-j tal to that originally furnished byj Mr. Armour. ^This was presented \ by F. E. White., vice president, j and Charles F. Faulkner, Jr., chief I counsel for Arrrrcur & Co. Among; other things under \ consideration | & it.was understood was the pr?b?ble | ""effect cf the projected merger up ,on the subsidiary corporations of ? the two principal companies. ? The administration officers said that a favorable decision by^ the government on.. Mr. Armour's pro posal would not necessarily set a precedent for' government approv s :-l of consolidation of "corpora tions in .other lines of industry, such\ as that recently proposed in "" the case of several of the so-called r independent steel companies. It * w as explained that quite a dif ferent situation was presented *' since the government regulation . "Of the packing industry was pro ^-vrced by law where there is no 'such regulation in the steel and " various other lines' of business. r* In outlining to the president the % situation which Armour & Co. be lieved made desirable and neces sary the consolidation of that cora *'p?hy- and" Morris '& C?l, Mr. Armour - "teas understood to "have em'pha * sized'that the packing industry was j particularly hard hit by the recent j geherteti business depression. His i "^pPffiicJn was that unless there were ~' mergers within the industry some ' of the packers would be unable to ! i"get akmg. Attention was caiied. to general I losses in the business in the case j 'of Armour & Co., standing over! Che past two years, and also it was I -nmnihgafcf only about '36 per cent j capaeit>^and Morris & Co., at about \ 40 per' cent, capacity. \ Facilities j ftf all-the" great packing concerns, ? it was stated, had necessarily been! greatly augmented during* the war j Hith the result that now there is; a consitFerable' amount of capital! 'tied apin fhcilrtles for which there* ?is no sse bcCatxMie of the decreas- j ed demand ;ain<3 for which there i probably vvffl te use in the near \ future. Mr. Armour. ;t was stated, offi- ! e'aHy had estimated that as a re ztiit Xit th*"*"proposed n:e:g?*r the < perating expenses of the two cor porations cou8d be' reduced by r-omething like StO.OoO.OOO yearly. J.'i'.ings woirld resudl: not only .through consolations ?nd aban donment of facilities augmented during the war but also in the con ..ra#lidation of accom-ting systems arid general overhead. Mr. Armour explained to. the liret??ent that his company had laid thew matter before the govern ment because it did not desire to -enter into a transaction of su<-h magnitude unless it was certain that the consolidation ivotrfd meet government approval. If the property owners of the! "'c*ity of Su niter do not kick against being taxed for the building of paved highways throughout *hr county while at the same time paying for all the paved streets in the city that are used "as a part j Of "the cross-country highway sys tem, the property owners in the county should not do so. Few j people know the fact that of every; $1,000 paid in taxes in Sumter I county for county ordinary and I road purposes the farmers con- j tribute approximately in taxes on j the property only $300. while the; merchants, railroads and city prop- J cr pay -$700. The property owners! the City of Sumter, the rail roads and corporations are bearing ; the heaviest part of the burden of carrying on the county government j and building and maintaining the! public roads and the benefit de- j rived by them is altogether indi rect. Hut they have evidenced a public spirited willingness to bear: *helr burden for the genera! good t*f' the county, for an efficient, pro gressive county government and aj ;;rst clas." system of highways are essential to the development and ^r^perity of the county. WOMAN ! SAVED BY SUES i ' *iT {'S? '. jMen Members of the ; Phillips Jury Stand \ Pat Los Angeles, Nov. 17.?Men ; mebers of the jury, which found I Mrs. Clara Phillips guilty of second ? degree murder for beating Mrs. [Alberta Tremaine Meadows to death with a hammer, were quo ted today as admitting Mrs. Phil lips' smiles saved her from the gallows. Had it not been for the defendants' smile, she probably would have convicted of first de gree murder without a recora j mendation for mercy, thus male ling death the only penalty, they said. "And she has the most appe?l I ing smile I ever saw," was the way I one juror quoted. But the women jurors were hot ; affected by it, it was stated, as all three favored a verdict which would have sent Mrs. Phillips to the gallows. They found a. compro mise was necessary to avoid a dis agreement." Aid to Livestock. Growing Carpet Grass, As a Base, Solves the Pasture Problem : FortheSput^i Although accidentally introduced | from tropical America before; 1S30. carpet grass has only very recently been somewhat generally recognized as offering the South; Atlantic and Gulf coast states a real opportunity to become pro ducers of livestock. So enthusiastic have some of our government experts, conservative by training, became. Over ' this grass, that C* V. Piper, Agrostolj) gist in Charge, and Lyman^ Carrier, Agronomist, office of' Forage-Crop Investigations, United States De partment of Agriculture, proclaim in Farmers* "Bulletin 1130, V. S. Department of Agriculture-^"C?r pet Grass is the most important grass for permanent pasture in the i Coastal Plain area of the South'.0 j The judgment of these men has! been sustained by the experience j of a number of farm and cut-over i land demonstrations carried oh in j Atlantic Coast Line territory1 in i Eastern North and South Carolina' counties during the past three years. ' ' ' . This discovery of "a pasture grass adapted to our soil and climatic conditions is fraught ' with " great importance, especially at this time, when we'mm? engage in the pro duction of swine, poultry^ dairy cattle, and even beef cattle and sheep, if we are to fortify bur selves a;?ainst the extra-ordinary losses sustained by' our most im portant money-crop, cotton. The carrying capacity Of a" good carpet-grass pasture is one cow to the acre for the five best months and one cow to two acres for three to five months longer. Dallis grass, "lespedeza, white clover, bur clover, black medic, and Augusta vetch are desirable in mixture with carpet grass. Italian rye may be used' as a wfhter mix ture, but heeds'to be sown each fall. - Carpet-grass pastures should be grazed to their capacity, as under heavy grazing the best condition is maintained. ; * While time of seeding is not at this season, (but at,any time from carry spring to late summer) I ana Uesirous Of arousing further inter est in this wonderful grass* so that when the time' for planting arrives arrangements will have been made for a large expansion of the present carpet-grass acreage in the j C;n olinas. :? . Carpet grass pastures are readily established in tilled land. but. the greatest value of the grass, to this section, is' due to its adaptability to < ut-over land. On unbroken" or stump land good results can be se cjred by burning or mowing the tall grasses, seeding at a favorable time (In early spring when mois- I ture conditions are favorable) and then pasturing to keep the native | Bunch grasses constantly short, l.'nder tbis treatment the native grasses are eradicated in one or two years and replaced by a pure stand of carpet-grass. The actual profit to t>e realized from a good pasture, is in itself, to be greatly desired, but the es tablishment of 3 00,000 acres in ?carpet-grass pastures in Eastern Carolina counties would result in splendid advertising tljeir Victual and potential possibilities. "If a man can preach a better sermon, write a better bock, build a better house, or make a better mouse-trap, even though he live in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." To give carpet-grass a trial is to become a carpet-grass enthusiast. Bulletin giving complete infor mation about -carpet-grass, .and in formation as to seed costs and where seed can be bought, will be j furnished upon request. G. A. Card well. j Agricultural & Industrial Agent, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. We have often wondered what kind of liquor the guy drinks that spells the names of Pullman cars. Only six more slopping months until spring. A French woman paid $100,000 for one new hat and you can read this to your husband. Coal Operators Teil-Their Troubles; Statement Filed by Operators; at Request of United States ! Coal Commissioner { Washington, Nov. 70.?Freedom from "artifieally provoked labor 'troubles" and adequate transporta tion, according to a letter from an authorized committee of bitumin ous operators, filed today by re quest of the United States coal commission, are the two require ments most needed by the coal in- j dustry. A denial that "acknow ledged demoralization" could be said to exist in the industry be cause of recent difficulties and aj suggestion that extension of thej ?'autocratic control" of the United ? Mine Workers of America - would j add to the difficulties were also in corporated in the report,, which was made through the National Coal association. ' The commission asked generally for the employers' view of the di rection which should be given its efforts in the endeavor to comply with the law requiring it to ascer tain all the facts concerning coal production, and the operators' letter j set out seven points which they i considered should be covered, as follows: 1. The effect~on production and on the price of coal, to the con sumer, of the monopolistic and absentee control of mine labor in the United States. 2. The opposition of organized labor to the introduction of labor saving machnery, 3. The non-observance by or ganized labor of contracts made on its behalf. ' 4. The existing prices of mining materials and supplies and a com parison between them and the prices existing prior to the war. 5." Thejexfstihg freight rates, and a ' comparison between them and the rates existing prior to the war. 6. The effect of inadequate trans portation facilities on production and cost of coal. 7. / The character and quality of j the *difi'erent coals, the uses to which they are put, and the de mand therefor. To' specific questions from the. commission ' concerning the cause of "Strikes, the operators returned answers criticizing the miners' union. ""Strikes occur from.time to time at individual mines by reason of j local causes," the letter said. "They I are always an economic loss. They arc usually- a breach 'of contract on the part of the miners. "There can be no doubt that the fundamental cause of such local strikes, as well as strikes of a na- j tion-wide character, like those of 193 9 and 1922, is the despotic con trol of approximately 60 per cent j of the mine labor of the United! States and Canada by a single or- j ganizatipn, with power to stop at j' will the production and movement i in interstate commerce of approxi-. j mately CO per cent, of the nqrmal { coal output of the country. In the j opinion of this committee the con- i tinuation, to say nothing of any| further extension of the autocratic power of the United Mine Workers -of America, would be calamitous to the general welfare of the coun try.' Wage payments can not be stand ardized, the operators contended in answering, another specific ques tion, because of variance in living costs and conditions in various sec tions of the United States. Further i a suggestion from the commission I that overproduction in coal mines j might be met by closing down j non-economic mines, under statu-1 tory authority to be hereafter ere-j ated, was strongly attacked. "We k'now oi no way in which 1 any mine may be closed down j contrary to the wish of the owner, j except by the operation of eco nomic law," the operators declar- j ed. "The closing down of so-called excessive cost mines, we suggest,' will be effectually accomplished by j competition whenever the play of j competitive forces is free from j the interruption caused by strikes j with their resulting panic among; j buyers and runaway markets." The letter declai-ed the following ! ; points were basic: "First, that eveiy man has a j 'right to work without, either inter-i I ference or compulsion when, for; whom and upon such terms as he) may see fit. "Second, that-while the right of j \yorkers to organize for legitimate j purposes can not be denied, such j organizations have no right to im- | pede or restrain those who- do not i care to join or deal with them. "Third, that the right of pri- j vate property is and must remain inviolable. "Fourth, that in the last resolve t the law of supply and demand al- j ways has and always will determine prices, that no legislation can long I interfere with this inexorable rule, I that any interference can only be justified, if at all, in time of war. i and that at any time it will in evitably produce greater evils than those which it seeks to suppress." i Seventy Missionaries Stundy Jap- i anese Language. Tokio, Oct. 17.?Forty-one new [student missionaries have arrived j from America to enter upon their [ course of training in the .lapa- > j nese language, making about 70 I I students in all at the Tokio Lan ; guage school. Speaking to these i new students and the congregation of the Tokio Union Church, the Rev. P. P. W. Ziemann empha sized the importance of such j study. Missionary work, he said, i attains far reaching results, as .1-! lustrate?! in one of the Prince Re gent's closest advisers on his trip! ! to Europe becoming a Christian' (Japanese/ This Japanese is Com mander Yamamoto of the Japanese j navy. All the eccentric dancers an- no; on the stage. j auty Dazzie< The Crisis in Cotton. New Ybrk.Nbv? lO.^The sim ilarity of present conditions in the cotton industry with those of the memorable bull season of 190.2-04. ?to which we pointed in our! last, review of October 6th?has been, strikingly maintained* during- the. month since elapsed. From 20 1-2 cents for December on Oc tober 2nd; prices advanced almost continuously to 26.80 on November 9th. or ever $31.00 a bale. The only reaction of consequence oc curred near the .24 1-2 cent mark, when the trade first felt the pres ence of a new factor in the ^cotton world?the Farmers Co-operative Marketing Associations, which have working organisations now in ;8. states. Sleeping, quietly until that? limit was approached, these asso ciations suddenly showed life-"-by offering ' for sale considerable, blocks of the cotton held in pool for farmers. . Equally suddenly, many bulls with fat profits, pro ceeded . to sell out, reasoning thai, when farmer leaders were content with the price, the top of the sea son had been reached, ..and the ] bull movement would come to an, end. The advance halted for a? couple of days, but in spite of un-, loading of a vast quantity of -specu> lative longs, prices lost ' only 60 points of the gain of 4-cents a. I pound. After this brief pause the I upward movement was resumed, and proceeded, almost without re-? action, $12.00 a bale further to 26.80 for .December. The new factor?thex Farmers' Marketing ? Associations?deserves,, or rather demand, serious consid eration. All previous efforts %-ih co-operation by ? growers failed, probably because' farmers and not j business men were the managers. ] In the present instance, cotton j growers have taken a leaf from: the highly successful history of the California Fruit Growers, and their selling organization is in the hands of men' thoroughly familiar with? the mill and expert trade and with connections in all American and European consuming markets,.! These managers profited quickly byj their first experience in making thej offers at 24 1-2 cents. Thereafter; they made no offers, but let it bei known that they hud ' cotton forj. sale when prices suited them. For that reason, there has been" an ab sence of the usual spot- pressure on the latest advance,' but th^i action of the market today would) indicate that the associations hayej successfully disposed of consider able cotton at the new high level.: No doubt more will be for sale'' when prices advance still further but it is safe to say that nothing j will be offered, on any declines.j As usual, when the holder is will-1 ing to sell, speculators hasten toj take' profits, and the'market at; the moment is, in consequence, inL a reactionary mood. However, re- j action can only temporarily retard the, next upward movement. Speculation has been attracted' so strorigfy' to cotton that it may, for a time, play as large a part in the government of future prices as the holding associations them selves. ? When scarcity in a . com modity is threatened, speculative outsiders invariably buy and take out of the market some of that commodity in order to profit by the expected rise in prices. It is easy to realize that, when the total available supply of cotton promises to be a million bales or more be low the needs of spindles, any di version or impounding of part of this snpply must make the prob lem of feeding the spindles all the; more acute; Cotton is in a fair way to corner! itself. ' but. when outsiders take; possession of a considerable per-' e'entage5 of available stocks, thej Fjucstion of forced ^ stoppage be-j comes a serious' one. American! mills are fortunate in having fore- \ stalled the crisis, by making liber al provisions for their needs at mu<-h lower prices than those now* curYent, and it is Europe ' which must be the sufferer by short j tim& What makes the situation; r..ost distressing, is that no relief j can icome before a new crop is ready for market ?S months'or J ia?,r.- ahead. Where speculation is rampant! tiuetuutions are ne^e^arily Wide, j Royal Eyes [and frequently sudden, especially I in the present! critical state of Eu 'ropean politics. It is imperative, ' therefore, that operations in cotton he backed by liberal margins, if the {benefits from further advance are 'to be secured. - Lannborn & Company. ??? m , REICHSEAXK TO ASSIST GERMANY Berlin, Nov. 13 (By the Asso ciated Press).?The German gov ernment tonight forwarded a for7 mal note to the reparations com mission in Paris, informing the commission that the Reichsbank is prepared to advance the German government 500,000,000 gold marks I' toward a loan to stabilize the mark, said an equal amount is forthcom ing from abroad and subject to the {condition proposed by the foreign [financial experts who recently vis I ited Berlin as essential for the II success of the stabilization mroject. Par From Agreement. t Paris, Nov. 13 (By the Asso I ciate'd Press) ? The reparations "commission at 8 o'clock this eve ning,' after three hours of discus sion..of the situation of Germany financially . and. economically, as viewed under the commission's ye , cent visit to Berlin found itself just , as far from agreement as I wheh_?he session began. The Amer j ican unofficial representatives, Ro land W: Boyden and Col. James A. Logan, Jr., participated in the ses sion'. A deadlock in the commission again'seems imminent, although it is reliably reported that M. Bar jthou, the chairman, has heen fa jvorably impressed with the pro : posed solution contained in the re , port of the foreign experts who re icently went to Berlin to study the 'situation. It is stated that Pre mier Poincare insists upon the im position upon Germany of rigid guarantees before everything else. J It is suggested in one quarter that the % reparations problems might be left in suspense until the inter-allied conference at Brus-| sels on the question of reparations! and inter-allied debts is held, but | those members of the commission i who can see no good in delaying I the present conference, are urging j a- decision by the commission. The j fear-of the collapse of the present ? government in Berlin is also con- j .idered a factor which it is argued j should hasten some conclusion on the reparations question. BUY AT HOME The one thing that people are the most in- need of'is education, not j necessarily the kind that the school ijia'am and the text books instruct in but the need of economic educa tion. There are a great many peo ple that believe . that any article secured away from home is a su perior article to the home product. A poor grade of. hay will bring a better price if shipped hundreds cf miles than our native grasses and pea vine and other home raisedl will bring on the local market ! Another mistake that a great } many people, especially farmers, make in- their marketing, is in buying an article manufactured to a price and not priced after manufacture. The best and most economical is not necessarily the least expensive. Service and dura bility should be placed above price in all articles. There is land near you that can be "purchased for $10 to $15 per acre, and still no one wants it. So it is with any article than sells for a lower price than the tried and true articles. This leads again to the point of why trade ;it home. The dealer who sells you an article at a price and has.an established reputation will see; that the claims for this article will be fulfilled or he will see why. lie .wants your trade, the manufacturer wants his trade, and thus for each to' be pleased adjustments upon any unsatisfac tory merchandise must be made for everybody concerned to receive sat isfaction. A reputable article from a repu table dealer at a living price is the most economical purchase that can be made and the public must learn this before prudent buying will be the rule of home economics.?Ex- 1 change. _ ; STATE D. A. R. , CONVENTION Annual Meeting in Spartan burg. Ends (With Election of Officers ' ? i * ' * ' Spart an burg-, Nov. 16.?The 2Cth annual conference of the South Carolina Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution came to a close tonight with a brilliant reception at the home of Mrs. W. E. Burnett. The conference began Tuesday night. Two vacant offices were filled and a new office, that of chaplain, was created at the ses sion this afternoon. An automo bile ride over the city completed the program. This is not the year for the gen eral election of officers, but the following offices, being vacant, were filled: First vice regent, Mi's. A. E. Baker of Charleston; gen ealogist, Mrs. E. L. Glenn of Spar tanburg. Mrs. Charles B. Chapin of Spartanburg was elected to fill the newly created office of chap lain. The morning session was taken up with reports of South Carolina D. A. R:, industrial school at Ta massee in Oconee county and of the committee on recommenda tions on state officers. Mrs. R. M. Bratton of the Tamassee board gave interesting facts! about the school and a detailed account of its finan cial condition. :? - Announcement was made that $1,000 had been raised through a committee of which Mrs. H. B. Carlisle, Sr., of Spartanburg is chairman; for taking over a; room in Continental hall in Washington. Furnishings from the battleship South Carolina will be asked for when that vessel is dismantled for use in this^rooim The following recommenda tions were1, unanimously adopted by the conference: That the "flag from the battle ship South Carolina, now in posses sion of the state D. ? A.: R... -be placed in the Old Exchange build ing at Charleston, of which the Rebecca Mdtt chapter has been appointed custodian. That the historic town of York. Va., be converted into a national parkL That a monument be built by the federal government on the battlefield at Cowpens in keeping with its historic importance. That the state D. A. R. ask for the custodianship of the sliver ser vice fronr the battleship South Carolina, a gift from the state, which was recently given back and is at present fh the hands of the D. A. R. temporarily; The- three distinguished guests Mrs. G. *M. Minor, president gen eral, Mrs. L,. L. Hunter, treasurer general, and Mrs. G. W. W. Hang er, organizing ? secretary 1 general, accompanied by Mrs. Franklin C. Cain, will visit the Tamassee school in Oconee tomorrow. WHAT ARE BIRDS WORTH? A gre.~t deal of" agitation has been put forward in the past' few weeks in regard to conserving the birds. This matter has been ad vanced not only by the A?bdoben Society but by agricultural experts and scientfic institutions'as welt for the care and protection of the birds of our native- land. ? And well may this warning be heeded. The small boy with his air gun or sling shot may not do a great deal of harm in his way of reckoning, but every bird kills is adding" to thousands of insects that would have been-destroyed. It is also taking from the birds one mate for increasing the number that we should have. * * <? - Among the most interesting and beautiful of nature's gifts to man are the birds and the study of bird habits. The native birds of the south are interesting and will soon with proper understanding become very tame and can be watched as they prepare their nests and feed their young. This is especially true of the mocking bird, brown thrush and many other of our beautiful feathered friends. Scientists say that mankind great est war will be with insects, and we are fast approaching that stage now, as the birds are thinned out. your father remembers when birds were common as sparrows around the city are now. Every clump of bushes and hedge had its many nests and raised its young almost at the doors of the houses. Now cats and air guns and other harm less weapon's?in a manner?have set about one of the greatest mis takes of mankind, and the time has come when a checking up .on this wanton, reckless waste of bird life must cease for the good of human ity and the future of the race. Let the children learn the love of the birds and not the sport of the gun and they will receive as' much benefit from that as they do from their destitution.?Exchange. Japanese Garner Record Crop of! Hice. Tokio. Oct. 17.?Harvesting was in full swing tlirougout Japan the first week In October.* Farmers are gathering the greatest crop of rice that they have had for many years while other cereals are equally as prolific. The season has been a most favorable one, a long dry summer after plentiful spring rains and occasional gentle showers dur in September. In some few isolated districts the crops were damaged by storms but on the whole Japan this year passed through the worst two typhoon months. August and Sep tember without having experienced any particularly bad weather. Bas ed on investigations made on Sep tember 20, the board of agricul ture estimated the. rice crop at G2.G2S.OOO koku, showing an in crease of 7.456,000. or 13.5 per cent, compared with last years yield, and that of 5.622.000' koku or pereon'. on a normal year's average: ? ? m m> ? - r-h^ers for something they wouldn't five aii) thing eise fur. ALLIES BOW TO ITALY'S NEWLE?DER Mussolini Shows Hisj Independence. Poin-| care and Curzon Forced to Meet Ital ian on His Own; Terms in Public Dining Room Territte, Switzerland, Nov. 19.? Mussolini, Italy's Fiscisti premier, this afternoon fiatly refused the request of Premier Poincare and Lord Curzon. which has reached; him here by telephone, to proceed to Lausanne and confer there with the French and British statesmen' and, perforce, M. Poincare and | Lord Curzon who had alighted from j their special train at Lausanne, got aboard again and came to Territte. They dined with Mussolini at the | Grand Hotel Des Alpes, and later,! [over their coffee, discussed the en- j !tente*s program for the Near East j ! conference. Arrangements had been made to serve this entente dinner in Lord Curzon's hotel near ' Lausanne f where the American delegates are lodged. When the special train bearing M. Poincare and Lord Curzon from Paris arrived at Laus anne the ministers started for their quarters while their secretaries telephoned to Territte urging thej Italian premier to come to Ouchy | by automobile but Mussoliin de-j ciiried replying that this was im- [ possible; This was Mussolini's first demon- \ stration of Italian independence and the'French and British lead ers bowed to it. The story also went around that Mussolini has disliked to ,travel in Switzerland since the day he was expelled from that conutry. The ban of expulsion was-officially lifted only the week before the Fascist! leader became premier. Tonight's conference was aimed, at securing unity of front, and it indicated that Italy insists upon complete'equality with France and Great Britain. The'"big three" din- ? ner was so informal that somebody j labelled it *}black shirt dijrtoamcy." It was served in the simplest man- ! her in the main dining room and | the hotel' gifests dining at nearby tables had a cidse-up of the three statesmen, who, wearing sack suits, at their meals leisurely. ! Mussolini met Poincare and Cur zon at the statten and welcomed them cordially: He explained that he preferred not to go to Lausanne, as he was convinced that the first meeting should be held at a place j not influenced by the conference I atmosphere. He agreed, how'eyer, ( to proceed to Lausanne on thei ministerial- special leaving at T.45, and spend the night there and continue the conversation. The first interview was said to have been entirely' satisfactory. The three ministers are understood to have adopted a common resolu tion to treat all Questions to be submitted in the conference on a ! basis of most cordial friendship and perfect allied equality. TIMELY POULTRY NOTES Is Your Ren House a Sky-Scraper? If I had a sky-scraper of a hen house I would put a straw loft in it before winter: It would make the house warm and the straw would absorb the moisture. Did you ever think that, for the hens* conveni- \ ence, the hen house could well be j made much lower? A hen is not much more than a foot high. a! horse stable five or ten times as} high as the horse and having one! side open would certainly be a "cooler." Building Tile Makes Best Floor For several j'ears I have been ex perimenting with floors for poultry houses. The best floor that I have] ever tried is made by laying hollow building tile as close together as possible and covering with a coat of concrete. Make it thin enough so that it will pour and it will hold the tile in place. Make the cdat ing one inch thick over the tile. This makes a rat-proof, warm, dry floor. The use of second grade tile will reduce the cost. This floor is easily constructed. Get the Pullets Inside Get the pullets accustomed to roosting in the poulty house, do not overcrowd and if they don't make you more money this winter than anything else on the farm just call me and we will talk it over. Sell the Weak Cockerels Having culled your hens, why not look your cokerels over now and f sei lthe ones with head's long and | slim pointed. He is loosejointed, ! narrow-breasted and lacks "pep." j Keep birds with masucline confor- j mation, head well set and solid | style. Notice his bright eye. I short beak, large comb and wat- j ties. The male is important in stamping the laying qualities of the offspring, and the early crower is the father of the early layer. It would be far better for the good of the flock to head it with a capon than with an individual like first named. Advertisement in the ?'Personal" i column: "Horace, plea.se do not | come round again. Father is { cleaning his gun." ? Knowledge! Box. ? ?*? "Jail Breakers Fail."?headline, j Pen is mightier than the saw. Peace is in sight. Insurance com pany finds Americans get fatter and everybody loves fat people. Well, let's have another Consti tutional Amendment. The jails ate getting full again. SESSION OF IGRESS Called Primarily to Enact Ship Subsidy Bill For Benefit of Shipping Combine ?Mrs.. Felton Asks For Seat Si * Washington, * Nov. 20.?Con vening in special- session congress today insured the breaking of at least one record in American^his tory. With the regular session to follow immediately, the sixty-sev enth congress is sore to hold' four sessions. The most ever held be fore was three. ? Remained to be' determined whether i:he senate seat the first woman senator, -Mrs. Felton- arriv-. ed in the senate chamber with Hoke mith an hour before the time to leet. Mrs. Felton said she wonid isk to be seated and if refused could seek to address "the senate. The leaders consulted over the proper procedure. Senator-elect / F. George said he would hot claim his seat until tomorrow to give Mrs. Felton a-chance. _ The extra session was called pri marily to consider the ehip subsidy bill. Washington, Nov. 20.?Congress convened at noon today.. The sen ate adjourned thirteen minutes-la ter in- memory of Senator Watson and the house adjourned at 12:49 in memory of Representative; No lan of California. Senate leaders reserved their decision as to wheth er to seat Mrs. Felton for the day. None of the new senators 'were sworn in.\ President Harding ?will address a'joint session at 12:30^ to morrow. : * Catholic Clergy- ^ v ProhibitioR League Says' Q^i?iWA^tyiW^^ Lay . Because of the misconception of many people that Catholics oppose prohibition, the Catholic Clergy Prohibition League, through * its president, the Rev. George Z?rcher, pastor of St. 'Vincent's Church, North Evans, N. Y., has given out for publication the following; state ment: The greatest objection ; among Catholics to Prohibition ured to be, that it would interfere with sacramental wine. Many " .^r 'r.the objectors were absolutely sincere. Since the advent of prohibition, there is not ?' single case, ^..rec ord where a priest fonn* it dif ficult to obtain the necessary sacrameratai wine. . ; Under prohibition -Cath'orics spend more money for education Some Catholic colleges find it dif ficult to accommodate -all ap plicants. The Catholic University of Notre Dame-, Indiana, is dis continuing its. preparatory school, in existence -ever since; the Uni versity was founded, because of the great increase in the enrollment in the collegiate courses. :.'\7? / Catholic' institutions formerly t trying to reform -drunkards, are now devoting more of their ener gies to the training of . neglected children. Where prohibition is not very ' strictly enforced, as in some cities in the state of New York, Catholic clergymen' entertain some ' doubt as to the permanency of prohibl-' tton, and are, therefore, rather reticent abgut its manifold benefits Elsewhere we find most favorable expressions for the strict enforce ment ?of ihe law-. The Catholic . Bishop of Great Falte, Montana. Right Reverend Mathias C'.: Leni han, under date of April 26, *T922, , wrote as of the general -attifcofte of the people of his ' state: '-We have an army of intelligent and patriotic citisens who are in favor of enforcing the eighteenth amend ment.' \' . ? * The liquor traffio has ruined - so many Catholics physically and spiritually; that the Catholic Church, in spite of the many Catholic immigrants, in. "spite of the . marvelous generosity with which Catholic edifices were built, and in spite of the hard labor of so many priests, and of thousands of self-saeriffcing nuns was* -ostng ground. Nothing ever happened in America that will make 'for *the spiritual progress of the Catholie Church, as prohibition. Fifty years hence the greatest wonder ment will be. why all Catholics did not work with tooth and "hail for prohibition. Among the most active, members of the Catholic Clergy Prohibition League are: Rev. C. P. Baron, Co lumbus, Ind.; Rev. M. Mahony. Mendota, Minn.; Rev. A. Jacque met, O. P. Priory, Fail River, Mass.; Rev Geo. Z?rcher, North Evans. N. Y.: Rev. M. F. Sperlein. Nadear;. Mich.; Rev. P.' -J. Mur phy, Dalhart, Tex.: Rev." 'E.~ A. Hannan. ? Washington: Rev." P. Saurusaitis, Bayonne, N. J.; Rev. M. J. Wyte, Sunnyvale; Cal.; Revl 3. MeNamee. Chicago, Right Rev. Hishoi> Lenihan. Great Falls.'Mont.: Rev. J. Kubacki, Cleveland; Rev. 1': J. OCallaghan, Catholic Uni versity, Washington. Every man should leave his widow enough' life"insurance to In tel est a better man next time. ??? ? ? The open season fortlies is about over but the dwelling place there of has not had an embargo placed thereon. ... The difference between laziness and hook worm is in who is mak ing the comment. *