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TO DIVERT SAVINGS
TO HOME BUILDING
Hoover Plans to Relieve EST.
mated Shortage of l,5OO,-
900 Houses.
USE p BILLIONS IN BANKS
With III Families for Each
100 Homes, Situation Is Crit
ical, Says Secretary.
NY Assorin,cd prc>.I

NEW NOnI<. July I..-Nc, Y,rL..
mc-hmilding campnign has pns.cJ
"'"o'o""'""" mark since the tax
'N''""''"" ordinance went Into cf-
'"'' 'nrry C"rriy,. president of the
thorough "f Manhattan. announced
tonight. Since February -. plan.
h"'c hecn h:cd and construction br-
gun for dwellings to house .U.S,,.
in"'iirs' nS compared with pInn. fur
buildings costing sI1. Iii.UU0 10 hou..
"'""t families during the same pcriod
last year.
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5,OCOF Federal Troops Are
Slain in Mexico, Report

VERA CRUZ. MENICO. July IL
II - reported tha, "a large dciach.
m"nt of government troops have
been "mhuscadcd aud totally de-
Str"N"d ~ 'ehcls More than g.
20" arc declared 10 have hccn ki!l.,:
when ;nc regiments were attack.n
between IucamiNu. and Tuxo.r.
u was the trSt light between
the rcvolutionaires and The Iowa,
troops in that section. and the en-.
tire Federal force was wiped out.
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HARDING
TO VISIT PLYMOUTH
Ilsy United News. !

WASHINGTON. July l7.-President
Harding will leave July 20 on tn,
Mayilower for Plymouth, Mass. whera
he VIII participate in the tcrccnten-
AIRY celebration OF the landing OF tn,
Pilgrims and the tcrcentenary OF the
founding of the crown government.
August is Presidents Day" ami
Harding is expected to- deliver an ad,
dress.
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JAP EMPIRE SPLITS
ON D|SARMAMENTS
bureaucrats Fear Anglo-Saxons
Will Dominate Conference,
Thereby Strangling Japan.
LIBERALS FAVOR MEETING
Demand That Country Enter
Into Deliberations, Fearlessly
Submitting Her Wants.
LIBERALS FAVOR MEETING
IHy Assoolatedr rrcss l

TOKYO. July I6.-Japan today
seems an empire divided on the rroot
issues created by the .ummons of
President Harding to q contor.,,c. -,
disarmament and Far Eastern nrob.
'e"'s IN one side, largely in the
Ia""S "i the burcaucrats there is
rear that tho proposed conference
VIII be dominated by the Anrlo-Sax
"hs ana may result in straurI,ny
Japhn'N political and economical de-
ve!opmcnt in Asia on tho other
side is q powerful liberal grcuu
which demands that Japan enter into
the deiibc ri.tions fcarlcssly. submit
t"E her want. rcsoiutc!y. combat
inS FOR ih"m with confidence and
not opposing just claims. IIaggliny
ana pickering they insist Will ruin
the cause OF Japan.
Jnpnn Facing Crisis.
Both camps agree tina, Japan is
facing crisis. requiring tact and
laTg"ncss or vision MANY u.,ubc,s
o! the privy council, according TO
the wcN-!nfcrmcd newspaper Chucia
Shog!o Shinpu. are pcssimistic about
thr conference, they contend tha,
the proposal TO discuss problems and
policies ot the Far East Indicates
CO. operation between the United
states and Great Britain to settle
lhtcrhhtiona! questions favyrablv for
them. an indication of which was to
be seen in the attitude of the English
toward the Anglo -Jnpancs. alliance
The invitation to China to join In
the conference. 1t is further urged
is additional evidence in support Of
thc theory Of secret purpose on the
part OF the hnG!"-Saxon nations in
calling the conference
They argue that China doubtless
VIII strive. with the support of Eng
iand and America. for Il settlement
OF questions in her favor, resulting
IN injury To Japanese interests In
China. The councillors are quoted as
saying Japan should make pa:t!c!-
patton conditional on the settlement
Of all questions between Japan and
the tnitcd states, including opening
the economic door OF all territories
IN Ia" Pacific To OrIcniais."
The newspapers Iij Shimpo ana
N!chi Nichi condemn The pessimis,
and urge Japan TO go forward with
out hesitation and present her case
tn the world. The Nichi Nichi says:
We nave become a sensitive. nervous
nation-ncurasthcni If we are
isolated We need not necessarily fear
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Many Reported Drowned in Jnpnn.

TOKYO, July 17.-Iiuhdrcds OF peo-
drowned in serious floods at Nagoya
and Kyoto. No details are obtain
able.
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Hn.sinn Army to Mobilize.
lBy United News.

i-oNDoN. July ia general mob
iiiZation OF the Russian army has
been ordered. according to uncon-
nrmcd dispatches from Iiclsingfors
Sunday.
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woman Tarrcd nnd I,eutlcr.d.

SHREVEPORT, la. July i7.-Nhs
fculah Johnson WAS taken from the
porch Of her hotel at Tencha. Ten.
and tarrol and fcathcrcd. accord
ing [" adivcS reaching here today.
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GBy Assoeiatcd rrrss

WASlllNGrON, July lI.-plans for
relieving the estimated shortage of
100000 homes throughout m, conn
try through the diversion of "a rr.,,or
proportion OF the nations So. 600 ooo
ooo IN savings deposits into home
ou'ldlhS are under consideration by
secretary Hoover.
The Commerce Secretary considers
that there has been tcndcncv 1ur-
ing the past few years for The say
inGs OF the people TO lind their way
INTO commercial paper. bonds ana
Sihiiar securities rather than into
nome building. while a critical hous-
'hS situation mas developed with
hpout ]l7 families for Ca ch 100 homes.
Chief Relinnrc or a. =.
The chief reliance of the c,uu,rv
III the necessary financing of home
building IN the opinion OF Mr..
Hoover. must be the savings ins,I.
tut!onS with total Of S22 600 600 :
GOO available from these sources. he
bcIiev"s II VIII bc found. after elm
mating the building and loan asso-
clations and actual savings banks.
Wh" devote about 20 per cent of
their deposits To home building. that
tn" savings departments OF national
banks, state banks, trust companies
ana insurance companies. comprising
more than onc-half of the total.
probably do not lend more than 10
to 10 per cent Of their saving
assets To housing
Divert Funds 10 Purpose
Mr. Hoover suggested that 40 or
90 per cent of the nearly Sl6O. .OOn. .00O
deposits in postal savings banks
could be diverted to this purpose. as
well as larger proportion of the
savings deposits OF national banks
through amendment TO the Federal
reserve act.
Il believe" Mr.. Hoover said. "tha,
we should have a very much more
stable economic system ii we had a
more regular proportion OF our saw
inGS available for home building
There Is. in fact. no other economic
tund than our savings institutions
from which our home building can
be safely secured"
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Mountain Excursion N. & w. July
10. I.ynchburg. $2.95; Roanoke, $3.yU
round trlp.-Advertisem
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The Weather

Fntr today and tomorrow and warmer
Tor NirgininI pnrtiy cloudy nnd sent
tered showers for North Carolina.
tFor weather report. SEQ Editorial Par.1
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The Seward gateway., 1921-02-12
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS =. MECCA FOR JAP
 ANTf.MHITARISTS

HONOLULU, T. H. Feb. H. The 27th United States Infantry, command cd by Col. E. E. Root, who received radio advices while enroute from Ma nila to take charge of the regiment re- gently arrived here and will be sta- toned here as part of Hawaii's perma- nent garrison. The 27th saw service in Siberia and since then has been in the Philippines. -....
 Accompanying the regiment were fourteen Siberian brides, two of them married to officers and twelve the wives of enlisted men.
 The present strength of the 27th is 1890 men and 35 officers, Col. Root said, who added that this contingent of fighters was the first into Siberia and the last out. -., '".
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JAPANESE LEAD
 i. WORLDN DIVORCE ::a- T; z SAYS DISPATCH

I. ., TOKIO,l Feb: '11G The assertie
 is made here that Japan leads u
 world in proportion of divorces
 marriages. Unofficial reports sta that the number of divorces in 19 were t58.701, as against 503, 3,236 ma
 riages, . ratio of .f12.s divorces
 each 4;008 marriages.
 This is compared. to the German ra of ,2l.6 per thousand which is said
 be the highest divorce rate in EuroI Unofficial figures indicate that J pans rate of increase in populati
 was cut about one half in 1919 by i ,fluenza and high cost of living. T estimated yearly increases of Japa' population has generally been assul ed to be about S0,000. In 1918 the c. tomary estimated census showed increase of. about. 600,000 while
 1919 he increase was only 30s,7M.
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AUSTRALIA. WILL SHIP ITS WOOL TO
 HELP OUT POLAND

PARIS, Feb. H.. Poland is to get aore than. 5000 bales of Australian and New Zealand wool under a con-: ;ract signed with the British Direct or General of Raw Materials. Poland s to, give bonds for 1,16o,ooo pounds s payment to the International Com nittee for Relief Credits which vii. finance the affair. ~
 The Polish government has agreed not to srequisitipn tha- mann sActuret goods and plans to have must Of the cloth held if export trzdHs .a za /
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ENGLISH SEAMEN
 DISSENTING SHIPS , Hs2 AMERICAN PORTS

LONDON, Feb. :1l-Large numb ers of English seamen are deserting' their ships in American ports and joining American vessels because ef the higher bay they receive from Am erican shipowners. r, tts.a: >, !, One magistrate before whom one of the deserters was arraigned ealle', the practice '"scandalous" and said it was prejudicial to Hltsi..suereantils. -. ,x,u.irvxI vxIeseE.s.a .a.G
 -a' 16e man.ineans.tinr .wscs3nasfs poundEand costE i,
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CRIME IN TACOMA
 IS ON INCREASE:

s'.gssls-.t 4i IiYg i.-4fAs3 TACOMA. Wash. Feb. IT. Resalu- sions protesting against what Wss termed aindiscriminase e1ersiss 6f ths pardoniax pewsri ! s.psp'ss W tee'r.ads 2. !l., lin sentiment" have been sent to Wash iagton sase-sYi esspH ofi!sislp ss lss }. conference ot ,t3bit g sssvsns = s IT. 4As li. churches. The resolutions said crime S6s,dsula ' - alsstla,l ils;l '; ais'sia
 d more sssiagsss satuscsnsas sr isw
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sHPa0WNERS HITssss.o ... BY COMPETITION
NEW cAsgLE oM TYNE, Eng

NEW CASTLE ON TYNE, Eng Feb. IT, Scsnddinasian & shipownsts hsvs hsashssa ttrthe eoqpssit,ssn of Amsrscans saipjs which have ;ds, veloped . big business silss ths va in carrying coal to NorwaySna wYk. cn. h consequence, the Scandinavian have decided 10 lay up 100000 tons = aaippiAg aHaaeir home ports for n + definite period. This has seriously II dqssd the coal trade of Ndsh sunbeF Hl1hEand ' DuEham, Ens. ,s.sz,;
 Tho Scandinavian aAi1ping mef. ailss,s1 M adl - uitr,ets aos tha ccnstruesiea sf nsw toanigs ss ssli, ss1k
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NEGRO CAPTURED ....% RESISTING. .., 'Nas MANY OFFICERS

PH1LADELPH1A, Feb. 11- A six hour battle between a negro who sho. and killed a woman near here, and . hundred police and firemen resulted n the capture of the negro who wa mortally wounded. Four policemen
 were injured in the fight which was featured by the use of pistols, axes, fire hose and sulphur candles, in ar
 effort to dislodge the negro who bar: ricaded himself in his home. ,-sa9s F-e,-s a
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PARIS BACHELORS
 T a7 ARE TORE TAXED

PARIS, Eek I-aBachelors of Pal.
 sare, to be taxed to pay bonuses t. babies. The General Council of thu Seine has decided that mothers giv- ing birth tea third child shall receive
 I5o francs, 4oe francs for the fourth child. and.4so foreall children beyond the fourth. -.: .-rt .. .,:-..-.' ..
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DISEASE AM0NGnALIENSt:::::: :: :: LEADS T0:,QuARANT|NE::: ]:
 0f SHIPS N. Y:,RARB0R:
Typhus Infected Immigrants On Steamships Enter
 New York Are Placed in Strict Quarantine by Off,
 ficials-To Check Immigration: ," '1
 '< h> .:I ;4. OVER FORTY .CASS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED
American Consuls Are Notified To Hold Ships Until Pre-
 sentation of Clean Bill of Health. Drastic Measures To Be Adobted.

NEW YORK, Feb 12-That typhus epidemic has been npped in the bud is indicated by dispatch iron this city The steamer President Wilson, which arrived yesterday with twenty cases aboard has been placed stone ntuned in their efforts to protect the American people from infection It is reported here that the situation presents strong argument for the checking of immigration from Europe
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LOS ANGELES, Cal. Feb. H. Horse racing is far from dead, accord ing to Tod Sloan, famous jockey who is in Los Angeles occasionally apcar- ing in the motion pictures. Sloan said recently that he expected to see the snort come back some day.
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AUSTRIAN MONEY .... :. USED AS LABELS
 ON BEER BOTTLES

ZURICH, Switzerland, Feb. H. A lecal brewery is using Austrian ore crown bills as labels for beer bottles An Austrian paper crown is now abou. 8 quarter of cent, while printed la bels would cost at least doub'e.
 The brewery firm finds this nove' labelling system a paying proposition for the reason that people eagerly collect the banknote labels in the hope that the crown may rise in value.
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sHN[1lI[]][G2llRR MqEIOlN zBlE :GGHlHH1EEClM1ED
SHIPS BRING TYPHUS INF ECTED: P AIlENTS
RAILROAD MEN !, E WON'T ACCEPT A : 7s;; pS 'ejWAGEsREDUCTION'

!. CHICAGO, Fsha11+ The Railway
 labsr board denied the request of the association ;efs:railysy' executes fol' tabsogation of; the nationa
 saesaagraanents with the brother. hoods and establishment now on. diff. ferent Ibasi& Because of the rate O.
 wage. paid unskilled labor which loca conditions indicate, would be reduce
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DEPARTNIENT OF
 :. JUSTICE HEARS OF. '; BERGDALL CASE

WASHINGTON, Feb. IT, Charge were made today by Met Coyey, idiittse attorney at Philadelphia, who told tho. house military committee that the de partment of jsstica had known las'i .octobsr that BsrsdDll. the millionair draftlsrsaor j. h,d s.tapsd to Germany.
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MARRIES AMERICAN CIR

se LANCASTER, Pa., Feb: 112-Virginia Macka Smith. daughter of the late Bishop Mackay Smith, te Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania is to be married Captain Boyd former German naval attache at was
 noton Iaccordinp to an announcement issued tods Captain Boyd was recalled at the request of Preside Wilson.
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ARCHBISHOP. TO GO TO ROME

ARCHBISHOP TO GO TO ROME .- PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12-A Rome dispatch says Archbishop Dennis Daughery of this city has advised Cardinal Ate of Rome that he will leave for that clty in few days representative of the church m the United States.
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WILLIAM RANDOL HAS KICK TO MAKE ''~ WASHINGTON Feb 12-William Randof Hearst owner of the Hearst newspaper syndicate, and acting in capacity of private citizen filed injunction restrain imp Hoston from making further loans to foreign gov ernments.
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EXPEDITION LEAVES FOR SOUTH POLE
 @~" VALPARAISO, Chile, Feb 12-Commander John Cope, of the British imperial exedon which hopes to reach the south pole by aeupang left Port Stanley Tn the Falkland Islandsw December twenty, according to dispatch recsived here today.a 2.::4
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HEROIC TEACHERS SAVE CHILDREN

,. AUGUSTA, Feb 12-Heroic devotion ot three won. e school teachers it is reported here saved the fes o many school children at 0conee when the roof of the schoo ildnp was blown in by tornado. The teachers held portion of the roof up with their soldiers until all the children had reached point of safety They barely escaped with their lives.
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More Cases Turn Up on Steamships

More Cases Turn Up on Steamships I ..
 - WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-The arrival from New of another ship carrying typhus infected patients led tho government to make plans promptly and take drastic
 measures to stop the flow of typhus infected immigrants from the sllms of Europe 7"a or
 All American corstls have been instructed that all passenger ships leaving foreign ports for the United States must have clean bill of health. -
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rApAN WILL, NOT REDUCE ARMY OR NAVY
 z,,T0KIosyeb. 12- The house rejected by an over- 1veina Vbta the Os IesOluion proposing the curtail, merrt of arrnamerts Government spokesman asserted conons in China and Siberia, made it impossible for Japan to reduce her army or navy.
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ARMY, LIEUTENANT IS KILLED
 WASHMGTON,Feb 12.Ahieutenant John Menken 1,,f" If the limited States army was killed yesterday while making practice flight in his plane near Guam tanamo Cuba ~-~~-@ 4-~
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=eNPfAHEDfSIIsSED FROM ARMY

wAsHfNlJ4y5Ns HIN IA Ilriesder General com ,r rx,,]ar of ie recommended the dismissal from the seFvico Herbert Page who was reprl- 1rere by Edlonef IMcen Sweet in connection with the fatal riots which occurred in Mania on Deember 10th last when eleven men aWere killed @s
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sas. ] RRNAN sA19D UEMO OCRACY

sslg,sgssa) REMAIN AMDDE @53 sEs
 sMy theory" declared Bryan, ahas been that demo- aielf the rule of the Derroratic party must reccgnize Authority comes from tho bottom ID md not down Au0a aAe tepr
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TREATY or PEACE SIGNED

HELSINGFORD Feb. R.-The treaty ot peace De- tween Soviet Russia and Poland signed at Riga yes terday according to wrles message received nere to day from Moscow. .,-.s,--.. -..-....: s.:'..+
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c.tae@ SUPERIOR COURT WONT,LET FEM
 SEATTLE, Feb 12-The superior court has temp s enjoiked the city Of Seattle from setting aside Municipal railway receipts for payment of interest he million dollar bond issue by which the purchased the system. s-~~~
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sd} TWENTY PER CENT CUT IN WAGES
 HOMEGROWN, Ohio, Feh 12-The 1ndepend ssesH HCehpat r}snts of Mahoning Valley have annou d.. 4,, eiaa of twenty per cent in wages affect >sorty tA0ussiid 1nel4@1 .> .sst,..
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BIC BUSINESS IN PAPER PULP

@1@::s.@sE--BIG BUSINESS IN PAPER PULP
 VICTORIA, Feb 12-Minister Lands Pattulo,, ported to the legislature that pulp paper products sold British Columbia mills last year totaed tweny million compared with tweve million the preceding year. l value the pulp paper products last year was $29oW 900 as compared with $70,00O,O00 the year previous
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;. NssE7tJUDGE MAY LEGALEF ARBTTRATE ~ WAHINGT0N, Feb 12-Federal Judge Landls
 within the law when he accepted the position of basel arbitratr inf addition to his court work according ruling by Attorney General Palmer Representative ty of Ohio introduced abill making it unlawful fol judge to receive compensation exceeding his duties.
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E .s.,.;: :: t.; .: IMMENSE STADIUM FOR BERKELY
 S EBEREKELY, Feb 12 An immense stadium cost aillion dQllars and seating sixty thousand people vii eractsdby the uaiversity of and will be re for the 1919 football game it was announced today.
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JAPANESE SHIP IS SEIZED

- JAPANESE SHIP IS SEIZED ssa HOUSTON, Feb l2 The Japanese steamer Al yve, seized ataG Galveston oatcs on esaIgs ,:s that that rested andeopf fined in jail T e
 ,sS sst :sss ss z.-.sseY fg N0I EN4ITJl D' 'I0 CITIZENSHIP
 SACRAMENTO, Fsha ssssegyice ii the Amer sasaF a11 ri sde1 1apansse nn Ather inc 5e alieIsS to natars - 9 1nnsi sialansd to snt1a1Qsy:a iis ssE@ Syst s;as saa avs iijlN Y kooIl5 [ JlIi | Bol Ii E MAN1fA s12 The leG is3ature passsd thaI
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Request Lower Rates

Washington. June 2.-Shippers Of
lumber and Of road building materials
from practically every section OF the
country held separate conferences
here with railroad officials today rel
ative to the immediate reduction Of
freight rates on those commodities
TO the level in effect before the gen
erai increase of last August. The rail-
road officials said they would reply
to the requests in a few days.
Shippers Of road building materials
representing associations Of dealers
in cement, crushed stone, sand and
gravel, contended that road building
so far as counties and municipalities
was concerned, was at practical
standstill because Of high freight
rates.
Representatives from the National
Eumbermen's Association, North Car
ohna Pine Association. Georgia Flor
ida Saw Mill Association and the Cal
tfornia Redwood Association urged a
reduction in freight rates.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-08
Cotton Picking Up
Warm Weather in South Helps
Crop

Washington, June Warm sun
shiny weather Nh:ch prevailed
throughout most o: tn. cotton belt
enabled the crop to make satisfac-
tory progress during the week, al
though in some localities it was re-
ported in poor to only fair condi-
ton, the national weather ard crop
report today showed. The crop
showed greater improvement in the
Southeast, notably IN Georgia where
late r.p!anted cotton has germinat-
cd very we'll. and in North Caroline.
where the plants have shown up in
rcplanting In the northwestern
portion Of the belt. the report sad.
planting is about finished and ger
ln!llation satisfactory, while good ad-
Vance was reported from the central
sections.
Considerable weevil activity was
reported in alabama, Georgia and
South Carolina
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-08
North Carolina Strike
A Few Operations Return to
Work at Charlotte

Charlotte, ". c.. June 2.-Resump-
ton Of work by a few operatives in
the Savona mill here today was the
only rift reported in the ranks of
approximately 5000 textile workers
at Charlotte, Concord and kannan-
oils, n. c.. and Rock Hill. S. c., who
walked ou. yesterday. closing down
p weaving and spinning mills.
At the Savona mill. which was re-
ported not thoroughly unionized.
about 40 per cent. Of the $50 opera
tives are reported TO have walked out
yesterday. Some of them were re-
ported to have returned today and
the manager announced that the mill
was running with rs or 50 per cent.
Of the normal force
No disorder was reported today in
any Of the mill communities involved.
The attitude of employers and st,'ik-
ers apparently was tnat Of quiet
waiting. a number Of representa-
tive mill officials announced that
no strike breakers would be employ
ed and that there would be 40 at
tempt whatever in the immediate III
ture to operate The mills closed.
The day brought no spread of the.
strike. which has not affected the
mills Of Castor county, about 100 in
number
1t was pointed out today that the
looms idle on account Of the strike
constitute slightly more than Is per
cent. Of those in North Carolina anG
III" inactive sp;ndles 7 ep r Mt
slightly more than 10 per cent more
than 100000 in all. About 12,o0G
looms are idle and something more
than half Il million spindles