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Boy Hit by Auto

Suffering from cuts and bruises Of
the face and body, William Mullin,
llyeet. last night. was admitted TO rhe
Nest rhilsde phia General Homeo-
0othlc Hospital. The lad was struck
Slar his home about 0:l5, o'clock by
~ automobile driven BY Wallace Hub
~, l'(orl street. near Fifty. sixth,
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Mrs. Betsy Ann Wyman

Mrs. Betsy Ann Wyman, Of Wyn-
cote, died at her Crescent road home
this morning after a long illness. Mrs.
Wyman was the widow Of the Jere-
restaurant in the Reading Terminal for
Years Funeral services will be held
Saturday afternoon AT the Wyncote
PRESBYTERIAN Church.
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PHILADELPHIA Boy 10 an Editor

John Perry Horlacker, son of Mr.
and Mrs. ]. p. Horlacker, of this city.
has been made editor Of the Purple and
land College, Ashland, o., and will as .
sumo charge OF the commencement issue,
which goes to press this week.
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CHILE TURNS DOWN
PERU'S PROPOSAL
Rejects Plan to Arbitrate on
Plebiscite for Tacna-
africa
DOOR IS STILL LEFT OPEN
by the Associated Press

Washington. May 3l.--An unfavor-
able reply by Chile 10 the Peruvian pro-
posal to arbtratc the sovereignty OF
Tacna Aricn is understood 70 have been
presented At today's joint session Of the
Chilean Peruvian conference.
Tho Chilean reply. although not con.
sidcred ot a final character. was re-
ccived with manifest disappointment in
Peruvian circles The meeting ended,
however, without definite action.
There were Indications thct despite
, the Chilean refusal TO arbtrate the
question OF plebisci'e in Tacna. africa.
the door to further exchanges on forms
Of arbitration had been left open by
certain counter. suggestions on the part
~~+mW
Santiago. Chile. May 81 Rv A
P.l--The Chilean Government will in
, sist that the sovereignty OF Tacnn ana
africa be settled through plebiscit", as
! provided for under the Treaty of Anc"n
and will refuse arbitration on any Ques.
! ton except as 70 the manner in which
the plebiscite shall be carried out.
! 1t is suggested here that an arbi.
+ tration court. IL one is formed. be com
posed OF one representative each Of th'
United States. Brazil. Argentina, Chile
and Peru. Frank optimism over thf
/ progress Of the negotiations in Wash
/ !ngton is expressed in official circles.
Al the close Of yesterdays john
/ meeting of the Cabinet and the Foreign
Relations Committees Of both cham.
bcrs. under the Craftsmanship Of Pres! :
dent Alessandr! the following state
mcnt was given out:
The President and M!niste" OF For.
cign Relations declared during tnc
. meeting that they had well undeJ
hopes that an amicnble solution or the
pending Emergencies could BE- reached
The Congressman made cordial cxpres
sions in the same sense. congratulate
ing the Government on its manner o.
handling the negotiations.
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DEATHS

BEYER,-Msy 30. CYRUS u. PEYER.
Relatives and friends, also all organizations
rsT 2, wh'cs ssriico. ne W. aay "Smse 'ny,.ca to
at his late residence Belmont office West
Fairmount Park, lnterment private.
GIBERSON So May so. i02. MARY
widow OF John y. Giberson, aged so years
Funeral services Friday, =. NJ, at the
Tssdence OF her son. Frank =. Giberson.
1925 y Van Pelt at.
MAGEE., May %. MARY J. inee Mccall
lon) beloved wife Of Daniel Magee, in her 5Oth
Altar Society and Star OF Kensington Lodge,
No. 81, o, Of S. OF b., invited TO funeral
Thursday, $50 A. NJ, from her late resi-
denco 2s46 Boudinot vt, Solemn requiem
mass at Church OF the Visitation 10 A. nj
lniermsntv Holy StGqlchrc Cemetsry:
KILLEY. Funeral services on Saturday,
June 3, at 8 =. NJ. Residence. W. q. Iott,
Avon road Bryn Mawr, Pa Interment
Lower Merton Baptist Cemetery,
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B. Y. P. U. Meeting.

The second quarterly rally meeting
of the B. Y. P. U. Of the Southeast
Association viii meet in Kingstree
on Sunday, January 29th, at which
time all the Unions in the associa'
tion are urged to be represented
whether they have joined the asso-
ciation or not. All churches in the
association are requested to send rep
resentatives, and Unions wishing to
become enrolled as members OF this
association are cordially invited to be
present on the above date. The pro-
gram of the meeting will be as fol-
lows:
8 to 3:10-Song Service.
$40 to 3:15-Welcome Address, by
r. F. Kolb, Kingstree.
3:15 to 3:20-Response, by Vice
Pres. B. Wallace Jones, Lake City.
1920 to 3:50-Business Session.
$3.50 to 3:55-Special Song.
3:55 to 4:i5-Address, by Rev F.
e. Hawkins.
4:15 to 4:2O-Special Music, by
Church Quartet.
4:20 to 4:25-Special Reading.
4:25 to 4:30-Adjournment.
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Mrs. Louise Salley.

Z Greelyville, Jan. 22.-Mrs. Louise
Salley, widow of the late George s.
Salley of Orangeburg, died Wednes-
day night. After the death of her
husband about four years ago she
moved back to her former home here.
She had been in declining health for
about two years, part of which time
was spent in Saluda, N. c., in the
effort to regain her health. While
her death wes not unexpected, it was
the cause of genuine sorrow and re
gret in the community. She was a
devoted and active member Of the
Methodist church and was a young
woman of a gentle disposition. She
leaves two small children, Rebecca,
aged ten, and George, aged seven.
She is also survived by her parents,
Mr.. ard Mrs. R. B. Keels; one brother,
P. R. Keels, and one sister, Mrs. j. B.
Clarkson of Lanes.
The funeral services were conducted
at New Market cemetery Friday
morning at II o'clock by the Rev. M
r. Dukes, pastor of the Methodist
church. .
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News From Hemingway.

Hemingway, Jan. 24.-Mrs. L. G
Day spent the weekend at Mullins
with her parents.
Mrs. T. w. Edgworth returned
Sunday from Darlington, where she
had been on visit to ner sister
Mrs. ]. R. Newman.
Miss Ruth Harmon spent the week
end with Miss Mabel Koonce at Cen
tenary.
Mrs. B. J. Guess has returned from
the missionary meeting in Columbia
Rev. Julian Brown was unnble te
FIJI his appointment at the Methods,
church here Sunday on account Of
ILLNESS in his family.
Miss Annie Burney returned Sun
day from Charleston.
The Bates Trio gave an excellent
program here at the school auditorium
Friday evening which was much en-
joyed by all who attended.
Mr.. Frank Barron Of Charleston
was a pleasant caller here this week
Mr.. J. P. Haselden spent several
days last week with his son ir
Charleston.
The young folks enjoyed an in
formal dance at the home Of Miss
Hattie Venters Saturday night.
Misses Winn and Galloway spent
the weekend at the home Of Mrs. r
". Stuckey.
We regret very much the loss OF
Mr.. Calcut and family who have
moved to Pamplico.
The many friends of Mr.. ]. E. Hem
ingway will be delighted to know that
he is recovering from his recent ILL
ness. He is still confined to his bed
Mr.. Cartwright Of Florence, was
here last week in the interest of his
creamery at that place. He demon
strated cream separating at the home
of Mr.. L. D. Snowden Saturday after
noon. Mr.. Cartwright would be glad
to get in touch with anyone interested
in disposing of their cream and rails
ing blooded chickens of the larger
type.
The girls basket ball team OF
Johnsonville played the girls basket
ball team of Hemingway. here Fri
day aftenoon,F the score being IA
to % in favor of Hemingway.
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POSTMASTER GEN. TO RESIGN
Hayes Will Go Into Movies at an
Early Date.

Announcement that Postmaster Cen
eral Hayes will shortly resign from
the cabinet was made at the White
House Saturday.
After forty-minute conferece with
the postmaster general, President
Harding said he could not "wen in
terpose any objection" to Mr.. Hayes
retirement to become head of ma
tional association Of motion picture
producers and distributors.
The president personally gave out
the following statement:
The postmaster general and ] have
been discussing at considerable length
the proposal which has been made to
him to become the head Of national
association of motion picture produet-
ers and distributors. If the arrange
ment proves to be, when the details
are worked out what it seems to be,
I cannot we'll interpose any objection
to Mr.. Hayes retiring from the cabi-
net to take up a work so important.
It is too great an opportunity for
helpful public service for him to re-
fuse. I shall be more than sorry to
have him retire from the cabinet
where he has already made so fine
record, but we have agreed to look
upon the situation from the highest
viewpoint and seek the highest pub
lie good"
Mr.. Hayes made this statement:
with the presidents consent, l
have decided to undertake the work
suggested by the motion picture pro-
ducers and distributors. No contract
has been executed as yet. / am as
suming, of course, that satisfactory
contract will be possible and one
which will make certain the carrying
out of the high purposes contemplated
by this great industry"
The postmaster general is discuss
ing the matter, informally said NO
date for his retirement had been de-
cided on, that matter being left sDen
awaiting his negotiations with the
motion picture producers.
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can be almost certain to get the best
men as permanent directors.
It is hoped and urged that every
signer will do his duty by attending
his county meeting on January 30th
at 10 o'clock. The men you choose
will select men to handle a'$100,000-
900 business.
Every member is urged to take with
him on that date at least one or two
new signers. These will be furnished
ballots at the court house. This is
thought to be very important as every
new signer eliminates that much to-
.bacco from competition with the as
sociation, besides every pound put in
to the pool now will lessen the over
head expenses on the pound.
Any one who hns not signed con-
tract can get one from his banker, OF
his county demonstration agent, OF
by dropping apostal to the Campaign
Committee, Florence, S. c.
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PONTIFF SLEEPS
into ETERNITY
HEAD OF THE ROMAN CHURCH
DIES AFTER ILLNESS OF
FIVE DAYS.

Rome, Jan. 21.-Pope Benedict dice
to-day. Death was due to pneumonia
and heart weakness, complicated with
bronchial catarrh and influenza. The
Pontiff had been i'll only five days
TIE final attack dated back to last
Tuesday, when he contracted cold
The Pontiff had been sinking rapid
ly for twenty-four hours, and onl!
the natural vitality Of his wonderful
constitution sustained him.
During the morning a slight amount
OF liquid nourishment had been ad
ministered. The Pontiff lapsed into
semi-consciousness. This gave way tt
Inconsistencies. It was announced
at noon that the patient was in a STATE
of coma, but later it was said that M
had been sleeping and had fallen In
to "deep slumber."
Between noon and l o'clock the
doctors admitted that the Pope hae
not shown any improvement, ethel
from nourishment>o or sleep.
The Osservatore Romano, Official
organ of the VATICAN announced thai
DR.. Battisini, Papal physician, hae
informed the Pope's official family
that death was inevitable.
Belief was expressed in Vatican
circles that the Pope's successor vii
be Cardinal Pietro Maffi, Archbishop
of Pisa.
It was announced at noon that the
Pope had grown steadily worse ano
was in extreme agony. His breath
ing was very difficult end at time:
was barely pcrceptible.
kilograms had been sent by the
Vatican to all the Papal nuncios al
z o'clock this morning announcing
that Pope Benedict was dying.
The dying Sovereign Pontiff Of
the Church of Rome had lapsed ints
delirium early in the day. He hae
been in agony and failed to recognize
anyone at the bedside. Professor
Marchiafava, the specialist, who hac
been in consultation at the Vatican
declared that the Pontiff was sustain
ed by his naturally strong constitution
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WOULD TIGHTEN UP
BAD CHECK Law
BILL IN LEGISLATURE MAKES
DRAWING OF WORTHLESS
CHECK ACT OF LARCENY.

Hereafter the letters 81. S. F." on
the back Of check will spell "crime," !"
if the plans of the South Carolina Re-
tail Merchants Association are car
ried out by the legislature. The as
sociation is introducing a bill in the
legislature to put stop, if possible,
to the bad check evil. 1t will be a
similar law, if passed, to the laws of
other states, check on bank where
there are no funds to protect the
check is prima facie evidence of intent
to fraud. Under the present law a
person issuing a false check has thir-
ty days in which to make the paper
good, but the merchants hold that
this feature of the law is often abused.
The proposed law would make the
giving of bad check the same as
larceny, whether money or property
or credit is secured with it.
eff such check, draft or order is
not paid by the drawee, the person
making, drawing or uttering same
shall be deemed guilty of the larceny
Of such money or property or thing
of value obtained on such credit, and
the fact that such maker or drawee
did not have on deposit with the bank
sufficient funds to pay the same
in full when presented, shall as
against the maker or drawee Of such
check, draft, or money order, be
prima facie evidence Of fraudulent in
tent" reads the proposed bill, which
ia to be introduced in the legislature
by the judiciary committee Of the
house within few days
The proposed law would provide
that where the bad check be paid be
fore a preliminary trial before the
magistrate or before presentment to a
grand jury, presumption Of intent to
fraud shall not arise.
A bill Of similar intent was intro
duced last year, but this year it was
withdrawn from the calendar and, re-
committed to the judiciary committee,
The new bin will probably be substi-
tuted for Il.
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MONDAY, JAN. 80
ELECTION DAY
WILLIAMSBURG FARMERS WILL
ELECT SIX DELEGATES TO
REPRESENT THEM.

Every signer of cooperative to-
bacco marketing contract has beer
mailed a card with twelve names
printed upon it. These are suggested
names for delegates, who are to b.
voted for at the court house in Kings,
tree on January 30th. There are al
so blank spaces on the official ballot
and should you desire to vote fol
some other men, write plainly theil
names on the blank spaces.
Remember that Williamsburg coun'
ty is entitled to six delegates, anc
each signer of contract must marx
out all names appearing on the care
except the six that he wishes to vote
for. The six delegates will meet il
Sumter on February End with dele
gates elected from other counties te
elect a director for this district. L
is important that every member vote
on January 30th, for the six men who
are elected are to name the man thai
will represent this district in the as
sociation. The following rules viii
govern this election:
1. This ballot must be signed BY
you and in the office Of your County
Chairman (Mr. E. C. Epps) before
noon January 30th.
2. You are instructed to carry thi:
ballot in person to Kingstree Monday
January 30th, 1922, at 10 a. m, where
this vote will be deposited in a closet
ballot box at the court house priol
to the noon hour.
8. Should you be sick, or for some
reason find it impossible to attene
this county meeting, you can vote b!
mailing this ballot so that it vii
reach the county seat before election
dayJanuary 30th.
a.. Any new member who has sign
ed the contract, and has not received
copy of these instructions and i;
blank ballot, can secure ballot at th'
county mass meeting on January SOth
and is entitled to vote. ~
S. The ballot mailed you is th'
official ballot on which you cost youl
vote-do not lose 1t.
6. Be sure to mark all names yor
do not vote for. Vote for six.
Be sure to bring one or two new
signers with you to the county meet
king. They can get ballots and vott
with you.
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DRAINAGE PROJECT
IN THREE COUNTIES
EFFORT is LAUNCHED TO RE-
CLAIM AT LEAST FIFTY
THOUSAND ACRES.

The Florence Daily Tines says:
The Southern end Of Florence coun-
ty. with sections of Clarendon and
Williamsburg counties, are undertak-
ing two big drainage projects, center
ing in Olanta, that will involve an in,
vestment of over $1,0O0,000 and re:
claim more than $4,000 acres. Messrs.
G. T. Boyd, of Manning, engineer for
the projects, D. N. Baker, Maxey
Meyers, ]. L. Tonlinson, and others,
of Olanta, spent yesterday afternoon
in Florence going over the prospectus.
The major one of these projects
extends from Olanta to Nngstree,
covering reach of 20 miles long and
averaging three miles wide. This ein-
braces around $4,000 acres. It is
nearly million-dollar undertaking it
SELF. Between 25 and 80 miles of
deep bitches, 20 to Is feet wide, win
cut through this project. Beside, it
will have several miles more of
laterals.
The smaller one Of the project is
from the Sumter county line, across
Florence county via 0lanta, and well
into Clarendon county. It covers only
about 5000 acres Of land. About
eight miles Of main bitches and five
miles of laterals must be cut. y
Petitions for bonding the property
lying in the districts are being pre-
pared now by the land owners. These
are directed to the clerks Of Williams
burg, Florence and Clarendon coun-
ties, in which lie the two districts 3
Both Of these projects lead into the
neighborhood Of Olanta- There they
drain into Puden swamp, from which
the overflow is carried directly into
Black river. k
The value Of these improvements is
nearly incalculable, say property OWE
ers. These thousands Of acres of
land within the two districts are
among the finest tobacco lands Of the
entire State Of South Carolina. A sin-
gle overflow, in many parts OF this
basin, would destroy crops worth
many times the investment in the
drainage project. TIE completion of
the drainage plans will make avail
able many hundreds Of acres more
of land which are not safe today for
tiling.
The two districts are among the
most important drainage projects
which have been developed in this
section Of the state in q long while.
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The head Offices Of the Cooperative
Tobacco Marketing Association il
Florence has been the scene OF rea
activity the past week. Bundles Of
signed contracts arrive by every mai
accompanied by settlements. These
are classified and recorded each day
Calls for blank contracts from the
banks, business houses over the tobac'
CO district, and voluntary workers II
the field are coming in by letter ane
wire. Requests for contracts from
ten different banks came in by one
mail last week.
Those who have not already signed
realize that the time is very shor,
for taking advantage Of joining or
the same terms as those before Christ
mas. After February End the Cam
paign Committees work will be taken
over by the Board of Directors. Il
the Board Of Directors see fit they
can raise the price of admission, as
has been done by some Of the market
ing associations.
Each of the thousands of signers
in South Carolina has been sent a
letter containing fvll instructions as
to the method of casting his vote ron
January 3Oth, for delegates from his
county. This letter also carried a
ballot containing the names of nomi-
nees suggested by the respective
county organizations.
The Williamsburg county ballot
contains twelve names as follows:
DIR. w. S. Boyd, J. w. Cook, G. B.
Eaddy, w. Lucas Harrington, Geo. II.
Lovett, ]. G. Mccullough, R. c. Nc
Elveen W. K. Mcintosh. w. E. Ne
smith, L. F. Rhem, ]. !. Thomas, W.
T. Turbeville. Only six will be elect
ed. This being the number OF dele
gates Williamsburg county will be en-
titled to. The signer is instructed to
take this ballot to his county court
house on January 30th. It can be
mailed in case of sickness to the
county chairman. A copy Of the Tri-
State Tobacco Grower was mailed out
from the Florence headquarters to
each signer in South Carolina last
week.
Each signer is urged to lay aside
all personal prejudice and select the
very best and strongest men in his
county for delegates. This done, he
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Henry Ford Signs Contract.

Detroit, Jan. 25.-The contract COW
ering the proposed lease and purchase
of the governments nitrate and wa
ter power projects at Muscle Shoals,
Ala, was signed by Henry Ford and
returned to the war department by
one of the Ford engineers tonight.
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AN EXTENSION FOR
PAYMENT OF TAKES
SENATORS PAINT GLOOMY PIC
TURE OF CONDITIONS IN
STATE.

Columbia, Jan. 24.-The temper OF
the Senate, judging from the debate
this morning on Senator Wells reso-
luton to extend the time for the pay
nent of taxes, is to make an exten-
sion. This extension, if the tax ma
ehinery can be so arranged, will prob
ably be until September 1. An ex-
tension until June l may be said to
Be assured.
Senator Wells resolution provided
for an extension of the time until
September l and provided a l per
cent penalty in January, 2 per cent
in Feb~lary, 8 per cent in March, q
per cent in April, per cent in May,
and from June to September z per
cent. The finance committee report
Cd an amendment making it l per
cent in January, per cent in Feb
ruary, 3 per cent in March, a per
cent in April and Z per cent In May
and after June l executions to be
placed in the hands of the sheriff.
Discussion of the resolution gave
somc of the Senators ar opportunity
TO tell of the conditions prevailing
in their respective counties, and it
was a right dreary picture that some
of them painted.
Senator Wells urged the adoption
of the resolution as introduced by
himself. He said that the State can
borrow money cheaper than the farm
srs can and that it was up to the
State to do so in this crisis. He did
not think some people would be in
position to pay before next September.
Senator Alan tombstone said it was
not the purpose of the finance COM
mittee 20 hurt the purpose Of the
& resolution, but he called attention to
the fact that under the law counties
must settle with the Comptroller Cen
eral by July Is.
Tho Senator from Newberry said
hat he appreciated fully the condi-
tions prevailing in the State and the
necessity for relief.
Senator Hubbard, of Jasper, said
that the people Of his county are
ia worse condition than those of al
most any county in the State. He
urged lengthy extension of the time
for the payment of taxes.
Senator Wideman said conditions
were deplorable in Clarendon county
and he, too, thought that the time
ought to be extended as long as pos
ible.
Senator Lahey said that the dis
sussion on this matter had illustrated
the necessity of remedial measures
like the gasoline tax, the income tax,
the Inheritance tax, etc. He had
faith in the people and believed that
they would work out their own sal
vation.
3 The resolution was sent to third
reading and then was recommitted
to the finance committee to see if
the tax system could be changed so
as to permit an extension Of time
until September /. In order for this
10 be done it will be necessary to
make some drastic changes in the
tax laws.
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!. The Alderman. mercantile interests
q Manning and Alcolu have been sold
. to Joseph S. Dickson. The purchase
Lssciudes the Alderman ~twenty-stores-
hml" opened up in Manning about
tWo years ago. +
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We are dissatisfied with ourselves
in meeting a man with less sense and
who earns more than we-unhl we
meet another man with more sense
who earns lees.
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Making the best Of what you have
is the first rule for getting ahend.