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The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-05-10

in Eastern financial circles. Julian 4.
! Acosta, the present head Of the firm,
! is acknowledged one of the leading
brokers in the country and is cotton
expert Of note. He entered the en-
ploy of the predecessor partnership,
J. II. Parker & Company, at about
the time of it's inception in 1897. Mr..
Acosta has served in every capacity Of
the brokerage business. Since 1909 he
has been a member Of Springs &
Company and for some time has been
ranking member and head Of the firm.
He is a director Of the Continental
bank of New York.
The personnel of Springs & Com
pany and the predecessor partnership
has undergone little change in the past
25 years. Charles J. Burke is now
partner, while Richard A. Springs is
a special partner.
Commenting on the business out
look. Mr.. Acosta said:
Eve look for an early return Of
prosperity and are very confident OF
the future. The present upward
trend of business, in our opinion, will
continue. The basis for this expec-
tation is not that business must i'm
prove because it has been bad.
Rather, an analysis Of the fundamen-
tai economic situation-a strong Sc
curity market, low money rates, higher
prices for raw materials, increasing
of wholesale prices gradually pre-
dominating over decreases, improve
rlent in the railroad situation-reveals
powerful forces making for business
expansion.
e'The increase in the volume OF
manufacturing in the first quarter
shows clearly the result Of these con-
ditions in forcing greater production:
even when that effect was least ex-
pected. Textile mills are increasing
their outputs. Cotton is in good de-
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PREDICTS AN EARLY
RETURN TO PROSPERITY

BY far, the most notable business
change in the Metropolitan financ!a?
district during recent months is tht
removal Of the offices Of the nation
ally known New York Stock and Coz
ton Exchange house of Springs &
Company from the Cotton Exchange
Building, it's headquarters for quar-
ter of century, to No. 67 Wal!
Street, situated in the very heart OF
the worlds money center.
The firm of Springs & Company has
q remarkable business record. Es-
tablished in 1897 as j. H. Parker &
Company, the name was changed IN
1906 to the present style. The VOL
ume of commission business trans
acted has ever been on the increase
until today it is one Of the greatest
and most reputable factors operating
through the New York Stock and
Cotton Exchanges. 1t is also mem
Der of the New York Coffee & Sugar
Exchange, Of the New York Produce
Exchahge and of the Chicago Board OF
Trade. In addition, it has cores
pondents in the principal cities of the
United States and in not few OF the
leading cities of the West Indies, Cen
trail and South America and Europe.
The firm has one of the most import
ant clienteles Of any Of its class IN
the country, large number Of whom
are old customers. The members OF
Springs & Company take great pride
in retaining these customers, however,
It is said: "Once a customer of Springs
G. Company, always customer" The
service is reliable; not mechanical, but
personal. 1t is pointed out.that of all
the market predictions the firm has
made, they have invariably material
ICED. To cite a recent example:
When American Woolen stock was at
its lowest and when nearly every
BROKERAGE house was inclined to be
bearish, Springs & Company urged
their customers to purchase the Sc
curity for investment. Quite a large
number took advantage of the advice,
and like in other numerous instances.
they find that handsome profits have
been realized.
The members of the firm of Springs
& Company have long been prominent
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has reason to believe the Genoa Con-
ference will result in the gradual i'm
provement Of European economc con-
ditions. One thing he made very
clear and that is the United States is
on the very brink of prosperity -
Commercial and Financial World IN.
"
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A Choice of Evils .

George: Why are you soin' home
so soon?
Johnny: Cause I'm goin' to gel q
spankin' when l get there.
George: Why are you Sc anxious 10
get it?
Johnny: Well, if I so home now,
ma will spank me, but if l stay any
longer pa will be home and then he'll
do it.
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CHEMISTS SEEK
NEW AUTO FUEL

'Alcohol can never be anything
more than a help where motor fuels
are concerned" an official Of the Bu-
reau of Mines said recently. ''A.l
the alcohol We are able to produce
can be profitably used in the making
Of fuel mixtures, but, for all that has
been said to the contrary, the guam
tity obtainable is relatively small.
Much has been said about the
utilization of cornstalks for making
alcohol on an enormous scale, buI
there is nothing in the idea. Corn
stalks are bulky; it would not pay
to transport them in great quantities
to big central plants for distillation.
To make such use practicable there
should be plant for every five square
miles, run perhaps on cooperative
plan by farmers. But how many
billions Of dollars year would 1t COST
to watch the farmers and see tha;
the alcohol was not sold for beverage
purposes?
'In the year 1921 We consumed il
this country 7,os0.00o,000 gallons Of
gasoline. During the same period
we exported 1854, 100000 gallons.
Our production of alcohol in the
twelve months was about 100,G00,000
gallons. So you see how small
figure relatively the alcohol cut.
e'Alcohol can never take the place
OF gasoline as motor fuel. There
would have to be a special carbure
tor to vaporize it, and the power gen.
Grated by it is not nearly so great as
that obtainable from gasoline or
mixture.
"The so-called auxiliary motor
fuels are composed either Of gaso-
line and benzol or of those two with
alcohol added. Benzol, as you
doubtless know, is a by-product of
a large scale incidentally to the dis
til:ation of coal or toluol during the
war-the toluol being required for
the manufacture of high explosives
and since then the output of benzo:
has been continued.
I'm Brazil trials have been naa&;e
of mixtures containing alcohol, ker-
osene, sulphuric acid and even castor
oil; but they have not been success
full. Official reports on results Oh
tanned acknowledge, first, fewer miles
to the gallon; second. diminished
power, with consequent difficulty On
steep grades or with heavy loads;
third, trouble in starting the motor ir
the morning after several hours idle
ness; and, fourth, dissolvent effect on
tanks. pipes, ETC., with consequent
&: e13up.a ~ tho =cark.:retCr
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids will be received up to
Friday noon, May 18th, for the erec-
ton of a brick school building at Gas
ton in the County Of Lexington, at
the office of the County Superintend-
ent of Education, Lexington, S. c..
Bids are asked for design TB, Clen-
son Bulletin, which is building with
an auditorium and three class rooms,
brick and brick veneering, also for de-
sign U, Clemson Bulletin, which is a
four room building with auditorium,
of the same construction as design
TB. The Board OF Trustees ask for
bids on both Of these designs for the
:ree=vn E}2aG jil&y A3.Ts > llnt'Ieo
saIs aaaef s:s.altes 20 sasna sn5 yes:as
file IL .i,e asfsce. oss the CFgGi3ty- super
.utendenc. Each bidder viii be re-
quired to give certified check for
$50. 90 to show that he is in good
faith. The Board of Trustees re-
serve the right to reject all bids. Sue
cessful bidder will be required to give
a nominal bond for faithful perform
ance of contract.
NIL POUND,
Chairman of Board of Trustees Cas-
ton School District No. IS, Lex
ington County. 2w-c
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= rs53ss y ~
grad fis.s sssfsi a hiss,l1e'. sooasng POI !,
perasps even kereseat Ihoagh IN c1'
der to accomplish that we must work
out the problem of engine construction
on new lines"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
CALL THE KHAN UNAMERICAN
Lions Clubs Don't Favor Wearing of
Robes and Masks.

Hutchinson. Kan, April 2S.-The
state conventions of Lions clubs of
Kansas, in session this afternoon,
unanimously adopted a resolution pre-
scented by Thomas A. Lee of Topeka,
former department commander of the
American Legion, condemning as I'M
American the practices and the prin-
ciples of the Ku Kfux Khan.
The convention elected DIR. w. ..
Mendenhal of Friends university,
Wichita, as governor of the Kansas
district for the coming year, by a
close vote over Joseph Fuller of Eu-
reka.
Emporia won next years convention
by a two to one vote over Salina. 1t
was an enthusiastic and poppy con-
vention. Reports showed the Lions
clubs had grown in Kansas from four
clubs a year ago to tWenty-three.
Even W. Cameron of Minneapolis,
Mimi, international president of the
Lions Clubs of the World, made the
address of the aft ,rnoon, spea king
highly of the work done by District
Governor oBys during the past year.
Il am much gratified with the prog
ress of the Lions clubs all over the
country" declared President Cam
eroR. Among other things, am
very proud to have had the honor to
visit President Harding In the White
House and have the president of the
country tell me that from none of the
clubs to which he belonged did he de-
rive as much pleasure as from the
Lions club"
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Morgantown. w. Va. April as
Five new questions propounded by
William Jennings Bryan are playing
part in the decision of DR.. r. C.
SpangIer. professor of botany at West
Virginia university as to whether he
will accept a check for $100 from Mr..
Bryan which the professor claimed as
his reward for answering certain dues-
tons on evolution put by the former
secretary of state in a recent address
here DR. Spangler said he would re-
fuse to answer the questions which
follow:
Are you willing to put in writing
and sign a statement declaring that
you believe that you are the descend
ant of an ape2
DO YOU believe in the miracles as
reported in the Old and New Tesla
ments?
do you believe in the supernatural
as recorded in the Old and New
Tesla meuts2
DO you believe in the Virgin birth
Of Christ as reported in the gospel?
DO you believe that Christ ap-
peared to His disciples after His res
direction as recorded and made His
claim to power-all power in Heaven
and in earth; sent His followers out
to make disciples of all nations and
promised to he with them always, even
unto the end of the world ?"
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BONUS CASH PLAN
Lodge and Other Republicans
in Conference Over Finance.
Government Can Afford to Take
Care of Bonus, They Say.

Washington. April Ex-senator
Lodge and other Republican leaders
are of the opinion that whatever SOL
d.crs bonus plan is adopted finally can
he financed without imposing a serious
drain upon the treasury. it was ascer-
tnIned from official sources today
The cut of $3.50. 10000 which It
was said had been made in the ma
tional debt since 1919 has left them
convinced that the deficit OF S25O,-
600. 600 or even s5Oo.0O0.OOO. Secretary
Mellon stated recently was threaten
ing the country. should not stand as
an argument that the government can
not afford To take care OF the bonus.
Moro Bond Issues Loom
They believe the bonus can easily
he provided Tor by the issuance Of
additional certificates Of Indebtedness
for which the treasury was given am
pie authorization by the liberty bond
and victory note acts. until such time
as interest payments on the BRUSH
debt become available
Il was predicted that this method OF
financing the bonus would be adopted
cveutuaily- Senator Lodge and other
senators were not at all faVorably I'M
pressed hN Melons last letter on the
bonus to Senator McCumber. Of North
Dakota. chairman OF the senate fl
nance committee, i'm which he again
warned that the condition of the ma
lions finances was in no state to per-
NIT the assumption of an additional
obligation like the bonds.
Congress Has Enough Power.
The opinion of Senator Lodge and
Of other Republican leaders who favor
the bonds is that Mellon ought to eX-
'periencc no difficulty in finding a
market for additional certificates. as
the market for securities was never
better than II Is now. and as he re-
Gently demonstrated that money was
easy by his ability TO borrow 1t at
o = per cent
Il was pointed out that section five
or tho second liberty loan act speci-
flcallv provided for the issuance Of
securities by the treasury FOR any
purpose which congress may define" "
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WEATHER.

Continued from Page One.1
state were reported at the following
cities: Garden City, 1:42 inches;
Dresden. 10 of an inch; Concordia.
10 Of an inch; Hanover. So of an
inch; Lawrence. IA of an incl: Man
haitian, 30 of an inch and Hill City.
10 inches.
The highest temperature in Topeka
during the last twenty-fOur hours was
so degrees at o'clock this after
noon, and the lowest was SO at
1880 o'clock this morning. The high
est temperature in Kansas was Sc de-
grees at Anthony and the lowest was
80 at Goodland. The highest tenn
perature in the United States was SO
degrees at Phoenix and the lowest
was 50 at Goodland. Duluth and To-
ledo.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded in Topeka on this date was s 6
in 1886 and the lowest was IS in 1908.
At o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing at sixteen miles an hour
from the north.
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morning most of the domestic issues. al
well Mexican Petroleum, Pan American
Petroleum and General Asphalt gaining 1
to ; points Independent Steels scored fur
Their ADVANCES and motors and related sub
salaries rose 1 to 5 points.
Before noon realizing sales in Mexican
Petroleum, Studebaker. Chandler and In
dustrial Alcohol resulted in reactions aver
aging one point. Call money opened and
renewed into next week at 315 per cent
Covering contributed to the many substan-
tial gains made at the opening of today's
stock market. The rally extended to al
most every group, including investment
rails, high class equipments. motors and
the Independent steels- Secondary rails
were irregular Bethlehem Steel hardened
on maintenance of. the regular common
dividend and U. S. Steel threw off some of
Yesterdays heaviness.
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MAsTODONs IN PRATT CO.?
Finding of Tusk Fragments There Re
wives Interest in Relics.

Pratt Kan, April 2S.-HWas Pratt
county at one time the grazing ground
for mastodons?" Such is the question
the citizens of the county are asking
themselves.
A fra gment of a tusk ten inches in
diameter was found a few days ago
while digging a ditch, and prof. Rufus
Gray, of the Pratt high school. be-
lieves It is from a giant mastodon, a
skeleton of which was found thirty
years. ago in the same neighborhood.
The ribs of this skeleton were eleven
feet across, indicating a height of
twenty-four feet or more. This skele-
ton, according to old time citizens, was
found nearly in the same spot as the
tusk was found.
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FOR LABOR BOARD
Decisions of Body Are Binding,
State Court Declares.
Mississippi Supreme Bench in a
Reversal of Federal Judge.

Chicago, April 2S.-The decisions of
the United States railroad labor board
are binding as law and can be en-
forced in the courts. according to a
decision of the supreme court of Mis-
sissippi which was received by the la
Dor board today.
The Mississippi courts decision Is
opposed both to the popular concep-
only be enforced by public opinion and
to d recent decision by Federal Judge
Page of Chicago who ruled that unless
the parties to the controversy agreed
to a joint submission to the board,
the board had no power to rule on
to be hindered and who also ruled
that the board acted only in an adj
visory capacity in making decisions.
The Mississippi court reversed and
remanded the decision in the case of
Ed Rhodes, a track laborer who had
sued the New Orleans Great Northern
railroad company for back wages and
who lost his suit in the lower courts
Rhodes maintained he was paid but
20 cents an hour from January 1, 1921,
to June 80, while the labor board had
given a wage award for such labor of
36k cents an hour. Rhodes asked
for $239.0S lie claimed was due him
under the labor boards decision.
The carrier filed demurrers on the
grounds that the transportation act is
unconstitutional. that the labor board
can render a decision only when there
is a dispute between the carrier and
employees and an application has been
made to the board to settle it, or when
the dispute is likely to interrupt COM
merce and that no power was con-
ferred on the labor board to enforce
its DEGREES
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EIlG1RkEaETs
(Addftion1I late markets VIII be
found on another page OF this paper.)

Chicago, April 2S-WHEAT-wheat
showed a tendency to fall in value today
during the early part of the Board of Trade
session, with considerable notice being
taken Of a decided setback in Liverpool
quotations. The weakness at Liverpool was
aseribed in turn to developments at the
Genoa conference. Initial prices, which
varied from &c to lie lower, with May
81 .4015 to 81. 40A, and July $12515 to $1.257s
was followed by something of a rally but
then by fresh declines.
The close was unsettled at the same as
yesterdays finish to 11kc higher with Nav
81 42ls to $142A, and July $1.265s to
CORN-COrn and oats at first sagged
with wheat but later rallied: After 'Opeh-
market scored slight general gains
The close was unsettled, H@Ssc to "a
&c net higher, with July 65Isc to IS q
65Hc.
l. OATS-Oats started unchanged to &c
off. July 4O1sc to 4OAc and then steadied
at about the same 10 yesterdays finish
DEMONSTRATIONS were a little
firmer in response to higher quotations on
hogs.
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CAN'T AVERT WAR
Michael Collins Says Strife in
Ireland Is Unavoidable.
Mediation Efforts Gain Little
and Lose Much, He Says.

London. April 2s.-Armed men
broke into the home of an under
sheriff at CIonakilty. in County Cork,
today and killed his SON.
They then burned down the Ma
sonic lodge hnilding' in the town. said
a dispatch received here this after
noon.
Dublin, April 2S-Fol1owing two
days of attempts at truce making be-
tween the free state and republican
factions of southern Ireland here,
Michael Collins. former head of the
Irish republican army and now chief
of the free state, is convinced that
civil war is unavoidable. according to
information given by his colleagues
today.
The laborites are making no head
way in their mediation efforts. They
have been attempting to arrange
terms OF a truce between Collins fac
ton and the irregulars before the re-
sumption of the peace conference to-
morrow.
Two proposals. it was learned, have
been put forward;
1. That a committee of public safe
ty to administer the affairs of ireland
and that laborites hold the balance of
power on this committee.
2. That a plebiscite on the treaty OF
peace with England, under which the
free state was established. be held in
advance of the national elections.
: Neither of these proposals has as
yet proved acceptable to the contest
ing parties.
The Dali Eireann. which has been
in session for two days, is making lit
tie progress. merely refighting old is
sues in endless debate The clashes
between Arthur Griffith, president of
the Dali. and de Valera are most bit
ter. Griffith apparently controls a
ma jority of the votes.
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Chicago April 2S@CATTLE-Receip
1000. Market active. Beef steers and She
stock. firm: top beef steers. s. 90; Ions ing
bulls 25c higher; bolognas, $4.659I4 90 !;
best heavies, $500: veal calves and stockers,
steady bulk vealers. $7.50@S.00-
active 10015c higher, $102561070; pigs,
25c higher: bulk good 100 to 100 Founders,
50. JO@1050; packing sows, strong to 15c
higher.
25c higher; sheep and wooded lambs firm !;
top shorn lambs, SASS: bulk of sales, S1f.00
M1475 top wooded lambs, $16.25; good ma
tive springs, $1700; best handy shorn ewes,
So. so; few heavy, $3.50.
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Topeka. Kan, April IS.
Receipts of poultry continue very light in
this locality as producers holding their
flocks until after the heavy spring lay.
Farmers generally realize that with eggs
selling at present prices a laying hen is the
most profitable item of farm property.
Poultry prices have continued at about the
same level for ten days and are steady at
present prices.
Markets eggs weak. Receipts con-
tinue very heavy at Chicago and New York.
We hear of lower paying prices at country
points and it is expected that there will be
a further reduction in prices next week. On
April 1 the stock Of storage eggs in the
country was 100000 cases short of the
stock at the same date last year. Govern
ment warehouse reports at this writing in,
dictate that May L this shortage will
have been made up. which means that pro-
duction during April this year was approx
imately 1,0O090O cases heavier than last
year. The reproducing season being
several weeks late, it is expected that we
will more eggs marketed during the
month of May than we have ever known be-
fore for this month. Local paying prices
lie lower.
Prices as follows: Hens, lbs. and over,
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ELKs TO HAVE THREE BANDS.
FL Dorado Boys and Great Bend Ag-
gregation to Furnish Music.

Ell Dorado. Kan, April 2S.-Three
bands will furnish music for the an
nual state convention of the Elks'
lodges of Kansas. which will be held
in FL Dorado, May 8 and 10.
A few days ago it was announced
that Ed Chapman's RUDE Elks' band,
of Great Bend. would be here Today
the entertainment committee of the
convention closed contracts for the ap
pearance of the Ell Dorado Boys band
and the band of the local post of the
American Legion.
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IgE ALMOST BILLED HIMSELF.
Man Tried to XIII Wife and Eight
Childrrr-Not Successful.

Chicago. April 27.-Jacob Casper is
near death today after an attempt to
cut his throat that followed an at
tempt TO kill his wife and eight chill
drcu
Casncr turned on the gas in his
home but two Of his daughters fought
with him and turned off the jets.
Casper then stabbed his wife and cut
his own throat with n razor. Mrs.
Casper viii recover.
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LEVINE HAS TWO OPERATIONS
No Statement Sent Out as to BoIshe-
vIk Premier's Condition.

Riga. Letvia, April 27.-The Letvian
government telegraph agency says
that Nikolai Lenine. the Bolsheviki
premier, underwent two operations
two days apart.
The second operation was necessary
to extract a bullet splinter which was
not removed during the first opera
ton.
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CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, April 2S-WHEAT-CIose. May,
8 .42ik July, S1-261s Sept, $1,1sas.
.usN-May, 6ssc; July, 655sc; Sept,
.t.'ssTs-May. 1850; July, 4Ossc; Sept.
EYE-May- s1Os% July, s1.O4ss; Sept.
9T1hc.
I IABD-May, $ioso; July. s11O7; Sept.
nIBs-May. SLIGO; July. sos7; Sept.
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HARD LABOR FOR HIS LIFE.
Iowa Cattle Buyer Guilty of Woman's
Murder, Jury Agrees.

DEBORAH. Ia. April BIB. +.
Kneeskern, wealthy Castalia cattle
buyer, on trial for the murder of Mrs.
Irene Van Brocklin, was found guilty
of first degree murder by a jury in
district court here at 10:45 last night.
Life Imprisonment at hard labor
was the sentence recommended by the
jury, which had deliberated six hours
and seventeen minutes,