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GfNERNOR SIGNS
REVENUE MEASURES
GAME PRESERVE BILL ALSO GETS
SIGNATURE; HEARING8 ON
OTHER BILLS.
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INCOME TUX BILL PASSES
Vote Close After Two Days of Continuous
Debate; Fifty-five Hour
Textile Bill Passed.
Columbia.
Governor Cooper signed the inhehitance
tax and the gasoline tax acts,
these being the first of the new revenue
measures to become law. The
governor strongly recommended the '
the measure in his annual message
and when the bills were passed by
the general assembly and ratified he
did not hesitate to afTlj his signature
t to them.
The gasoline tax provides for two
v cents a gallon on every gallon sold
or distributed in South Carolina,
which, it is estimated, will bring in
around $750,000 a year or maybe a
little more. One-half of the money
collected from ,the tax will go into
the general fund and one-half to the
' counties for road maintenance and
construction.
The inheritance tax is not calculat
?d to bring in much revenue this year
as the retroactive feature for 1921 as
originally contemplated was stricken
out However, the act will bring in
from $150,000 to $300,000 a year after
this year, according to estimates.
These two measures are the first
real important acts to be signed by the
governor this year. Another measure
of Importance to the low country
that was signed was the gamp preserve
bill providing for a tax on All
{arsons, firms and corporations, etc.,
oldlng more than 600 acres of land
as game preserves. The tax is 10
cents an adre up to 20,000 acres, 26
_cents an acre from 25,000 acres to
* ~6iF.dpO acres, and above 50,000 acres,
60 Scents an acre. Thia tax is to remain
in the county where collected.
. ' The governor heard parties interested
in the university trustee bill and
the Gerald arbitration bill. He heard
a number of parties interested in both
measures. The chief- executive is inclined
to veto the trustee bill, it is
understood. The Wells tax extension
^ resolution is also in the governor's
hands as are a number of other measures.
The senate passed the select committee
Income tax bill framed largely
on iha Unna aumrnol *?? O * ?
vm v<*v iimvo pu^fscoicu ujr oouniur o.
H. McGhee of Greenwood and pro?
vidlng for a tax of 25 per cent of the
amount paid to the federal government.
The vote came aftqr nearly
two days of continuous -debate.
In a nutshell the bill attackp all the
federal statutes, rules, regulations
and other enactments into the South
Carolina law and provides that the
tax commission shall enforce it.
Every person paying a tax to the federal
government will make a copy of
the return to the federal government
after this year, but for 1922 only an
* affidavit Is required to what was paid
to the government. Every person,
firm, corporation, etc., paying a tax to
the-federal government must pay 25
per cent of snch tax to the state government.
The 55-hour textile bill waB passed
and returned to the house without a
murmur against it. The amendments
were proposed by the .committee on
eoanlaerce and manufactures in the
form of a substitute bill to eliminate
useless matters from the house bill,
those promoting the measure said.
Senators Ybung, Pearce and McOee
were named on the free conference to
the J. O. Williams cut-out bill, the
house refusing to adbpt the senate
amendment allowing spotlights to be
u?au ?ucu VU1>7 WOID WIOIUMIIN LM\t
yards from an approaching chicle.
Senator Miller's bill to amend the
law in regard to the registration of
legal instruments was sent to the
house without opposition.
The confcnittee oa banking and insurance
returned without recommendation
the bill of Senator Williams to
prevent unlicensed foreign fire insnrknee
companies or aaeociatloas'from
doing business in the state; to prevent
persons in the state from taking
fire insurance on property within the
state in unlicensed foreign ire insurance
companies or associations.
Senator Belles' bill to require the
sinking fund commission to insure i
school hpuses nqd school buildings !
against loss or damago from wind
storms without additional premiums ,
was advanced to third reading. {
The moving picture license tax bill
was advanced to third reading with
, the understanding that the discussion
come then. The senate finance com- ,
mhtee's amendments striking out the ,
v ' tax on films and substituting a dl- ,
rect tax on theaters ranging from ,
S10 a 'theater a year to $160. according
to the else of the cltf and the ,
eosting capacity, were adopted upon ,
(motion of 8enator Pea roe. I
Representative Foster's bill to re- ]
on ire textile Industries to pay their
emnlOyeu during work hours was <
passed,and ordered enrolled for rati- <
fication without .objection. ,
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Senator Bethea's bill to regular at*
torneys' fees In cases of notes, mortgages
or other indebtedness or instruments
of writing was passed at the
day session and sent to the house as
amended after the senate had refused
to strike out the enacting words by a
ote of 21 to 15. The bill provides
that in such cases only a "reasonable"
fee may be taken by attorneys aud If
the parties cannot agree as to s "reasonable"
f?e the courts can decide.
The bill fs framed to prevent 10 per
cent collections on promissory notes,
etc. An amendment of Senator Watkins,
which was adopted, struck out
the clause where "r-rinfrort?" >>?<)
ready been made.
The general apropriatlon bill of
the ways and means committee was
sent to third reading upon motion of .
Senator Gross, chairman of the finance \
committee. The bill is still in the j
hands of the finance committee, but 1
the debate always comes on third reading
in the senate.
The "bad check" bill of Representatives
Sheppard and Barnett was advanced
to third reading with the fight
,to ?cotne then. Senator Harrelson
moved to strike out the enacting
words, but withdrew this motion to
let the bill be advanced.
Representative Barnwell's measure
to amend the law so as to allow mechanics
to sell property they have repaired
if their services have not been
paid for within two month's, instead
of 12 as at present, was advanced
to third reading.
Senator Yo-^ig introduced a bill to
amend Act. fW 105, approved March
13 ,1919, entitled "An act to authorize
any or all incorporated cities and
towns within the state to levy and
enforce an assessment upon abutting
property owners for the purpose of
paying for permanent improvements
on their streets nnd sidewalks," and
to confer additional power in relation
to special assessments and to provide
for, etc.
The Leopard measure was also sent
to the senate without further opposi
uoa. < in lis amended form the bill
provides for an annual tax of $250
on all dealers in cotton, grain, stocks,
bonds and other commodities for future
delivery upon commission. The
license fee will not be charged, however,
when actual delivery is had.
The Richland county Bupply bill
was also among the number of measures
given their third reading and
sent to the senate while the ways
and means committee bill to require
the levying of tho three mill constitutional
tax for school purposes was
advanced from second to third reading,
both without opposition.
Representatives M. M. Johnson of
Camden and F. W. Toole of Aiken introduced
a bill to require all transient
dealers in merchandise, selling and
delivering goods by motor trucks to
pay annual license fee of $100 for
eaeh truck load. The various county
authorities, under the provisions of
the bill, would be empowered to re- '
duce the annual tax from $100 to $50
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TOST HILL,
SEEKING HS
FOR OWmUGTS
YOUNG MEN'8 BU8INE8S LEAGUE
OF 8UMTER TAKES INITIATIVE
IN CO-OPERATlNG.
WILL CANVASS THE GROCERS
"Trade at Home" Campaign With Ob|ect
of Having Sumter County Produce
UAd In Local Markets.
Sumter.?The Young Men's Business
league is-about to begin a "Trade
at home" campaign with the object
of having Sumter county produce
used in local markets as far as possible.
One group of the league, composed
of George C. Warren, captain; J.
A. McKnight. II. E. Parker, J. Z.
Hearon, C. J. Lemmon, James Cuttino,
H. L. McCoy, F. M. Cain and
Hugh G. Brown, has this subiect in
hand to study and Is getting to work
on It. They are going to canvass the
grocers to see which of them use
home products, which of them ^vill
use them, and what quantities .they
are willing to use. Ttio group will
then take the matter up with the
county demonstrators and other
agents to get posted on what is to'
be had and to put the buyer and seller
in close touch. It is expected that
tjje retail buyers will help create a
market for home goocfe by asking for
Sumter meal, Sumter hams and so
forth when they go shopping.
Another group of the Young Men's
Business league is working up poultry
products. The question of having
hatcheries located here is betpg investigated.
These hatcheries use about
4,000 eggs a month and they would
have tb be supplied from local poultry
raisers. The group is working to
induce more people to make a business
of poultry raising and is finding
out about city markets. The committee
at work on this proposition is
composed of J. H. Levy, 8. F. Stoudemire
and W. M. Levi.
Another committee of the league is
that on trucking and fruit, composed
of H. A. Shaver. C. L. Strauss and
J. C. Bryan. C. E. Hurst, O. W. Warren
and H. P. Moses have been appointed
to took into the feasibility of
having a barbecnie an<T having at it
representatives from other business
organizations from other cities.
Standing committees, the membership
of which has been recently announced,
are: Tobapco industry, S. L. Roddy,
F. M. Moise, W. J. CroWson, Jr.; new
enterprises, R. A. Bradham. D. R. MeCallum,
H. P. Moses; lunches, F. M.
Hall, chatrmnn. The president of the
"league is Herbert R. Moses, and the
secretary is Edward S. Buok.
To Put Wires Underground.
Florence.?At its regular meeting
the city council passed to second
readincr ?n r>rH Innnro I
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phone, electric light, telegraph companies
and all other concerns maintaining
poles and wires to place the
wires underground. The ordinance,
without doubt, will pass Its third
reading and will then become law.
Under the ordinance the companies
are given 60 days after Its passage
to begin work of laying the wires underground
and nine months in which
to complete the job. A penalty of $100
a day attaches for every day the law
is violated.
Robbers Visit Little Mountain.
Newberry. ? Robbers entered the
stores of Counts & Shealy and W. P.
Derrick, of Little Mountain and broke
open their *wo big Iron safes. They
succeeded In securing $326 in 'currency,
$60 in silver, $15 in gold, $500
In T IKo.tv W/..J
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Bt&mps and $365 In cbecks. Two hundred
and froty dollars of the above
amount belonged to the express company,
Mr. Derrick being their agent at
Little Mountain considered It safe In '
his big Iron safe. ' 1
Hauling Fertilizer.
HartsvHle.?Farmers of this section
are taking advantage of the good
weather to haul fertilisers. Quite a
lot is being distributed.
Hear 8unday Again.
Spartanburg.?Rteps are being ttfken
now to send a-special train from
Spartanburg to Charleston. W. Vs.. to
take a party of Spartanburg people to
the revival which Rev. W. A. Snuday
will open there. The train will leave
here March 27 and return March 30,
thus giving those who go a chance
to hear Mr. Sunday preach four sermons.
The" engine will carry in front of It
a huge sign 4x6 feet with the Inscription:
"In God We Trust, and Believe
In Billy Sunday. Spartanburg, S. C."
Sell Cotton In Gaffney.
Oaffney.?Considerable cotton has
been sold in Gaffney this week, the 1
increase in price having the effect of 1
moving much of the staple. Farmers i
of Cherokee, almost without eacep- <
tion, say that they intend to reduce
their acreage this season and plant '
early, as they believe this Is the <
only way to successfully combat the 1
boll weevil. S. C. Stribling, county !
demonstration agent, is advising thie <
course, and the large majority have '
indicated a willingness to take hla 1
advice. ' '
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on small trucks. The bill was referred
to the ways and means committee.
Senator Molse's bill to fix the powers
of circuit judges at chambers also
occasioned a fight, especially upon
the part of Senator Laney, who declared
he had been fighting just such
bills to grant default judgments at
chambers for years and intended to
continue his fight to prevent any such
law. He said this was not the time
for such acts. After the amendment
proposing that default judgments be
obtained at chambers was tabled and
other amendments offered by Senator
Moise adopted so as to clarify the
present law, the bill was passed and
sent to the house.
Senator Moore's bill to mend the
criminal code so as to provide for tho
forfeiture of weapons to municipalities
where persons are convicted of
carrying concealed weapons was advanced
to third reading.
The house refnsed to concur in the
amendment of the senate to the J.
O. Williams cutout bill providing for
the use of spotlight when the lights
are extinguished within 200 yards of
an approaching vehicle and the senate
Insisted on the amendment. A free
conference will work out the differences
in the bill.
Senator Crosson introduce*! a Joint
resolution to authorise the sergeantat-arms
of the senate to employ and
direct such laborers as may be needed
during the session of the general assembly
in the senate chamber.
To Improve Ssrvloe.
The South Carolina Railroad Commission
has issued orders to the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad, instructing
it to install a double daily passenber
service on the Walterboro
branch of the Atlantic Coast Line
between Ehrhardt and Oreen Pond.
The trains are to be operated under
practically the same schedule as was
In effect prior to the operation of the
mixed train Bervire about a year ago.
This service, according to the order,
is to bo operated for 30 days as a test
out.
Mill at Gaffnsy Given Charter.
The secretary of state chartered
the Alma Mills. Qaffney, with a capital
stock of $600,000. The mill will
manufacture cotton yarns, cloth and
other textile products and generate
3team and electric power as well as
lo a fanning, grain mill and general
mercantile business. W. C. Hamrlek
Is president and treasurer and W. C.
Hamrlek. Jr., Is secretary.
The Conway Building company was
ihartered with a capital stock of $10,-,
>00. Henry L. Scarborough is presl
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GENOA CONFERENCE
TO OPEN APRIL 10
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PREMIERS LLOYD GEORGE AND
POINCARE AGREE TO POSTPONE
CONFERENCE.
IN FOUR-HOUR CONVERSATION
Reach Full Understanding Regarding
the General Lines of the FranceBritish
Treaty.
Boulogne, France. ? Agreement to
the postponement of the Genoa economic
conference until April 10 was
reached by Premier Polncare and
France and Prime Minister Lloyd
George of Great Britain at their conference
here. The conference originally
was called to meet March 8.
Mr. Llo^d Qeorge said- aftef the
conference there would be no necessity
for a further discussion of the
Franco-British pact as both parties
wero entirely agreed as to all its essentials
and that the pact would be
ready for signature in a few days.
The two premiers by the& meeting
broke the deadlock into which a brief
trial of long-range discussion after the
old diplomatic style appeared to* have
led them on questions concerning the
Genoa conference. This was accom
luiniiea in a iour-nour conversation
during which they reachod a full understanding
not only as to the conditions
under which Hie Genoa gathering
should be held and its postponement
until April 10, but also regarding
the general lines of the FrancoBritish
paot.
"There is nothing further to be digcussed
about the pact," Mr. Lloyd
George said after his interview with
M. Poincare. "We are in perfect
agreement on all the essential points,
and the document will be ready for
signature in a few days.''
' The question as to whether disarmament
would be discussed at Genoa
was not mentioned. Both parties
expressed great satisfaction at the results
of their talk. Premier Poincare
left for Paris and Mr. Lloyd George
motored off on his return journey
about the same time.
The official communique issued af
ter the conference read: ^
"Messrs. Poincare and Lloyd George
met in a four-hour talk, during which
they examined in a most cordial spirit
a certain number of problems,.particularly
relating to Genoa.
"They agreed on the political guarantees
to be secured in order to prevent
encroachments either on the
rights of the League of Nations, or on
the treaties signed since the peace conference
or the rights of the allies in
reparations.
"The experts of the different powers
will meet in London soon and the
Italian Government will T>e asked to
call the Genor conference for April 10.
"A complete understanding was
reached and i two premiers carried
away with them the certainty that the
entente may confidently be expected
to produce the best results, and that
there are no difficulties of a political
character that stand in the way of the
two nations working."
Shoots Wife and Cuts Her Throat.
Miami, Fla.?Edgar C. Frady, president
and treasurer of the Chicago Automobile
Sales company, shot his wife
probably fatally and cut l\is own
throat at a hotel here, according to
police. Both are in a hospital in a
critical condition.
Fruits From Chile In New York,
New York. ? One hundred tons of
peaches, melons and vegetables, the
full capacity of the ship's refrigerating
plant, were landed from the steamBhlp
Essequtbo, from Valpariso and
other Chilean ports.
The movement of South American
produce to a northern market first
attempted in experimental way last
fall, has becbme successful enough to
warrant its continuation, Chilean consular
officials announced.
Will Not Affect American Attitude.
Washington.?Postponement of the
Senoa conference, it was said in official
circles, will have little influence
an the attitude of the American government
toward its participation, unless
it affords the nations of Europe
? desired oportuntty to see their own
houses in order before the delegates
gather.
Entry of America to the proposed
conference is a matter contingent
more upon the agenda to be considerad
than upon the time or place of the
meeting, it was said.
Landru Pays Death Penalty.
Versailles, France. ? Henry Desire
Lnndru, "Bluebeard of Gambia*,'' convicted
of the murder of ten womeji
?nd one youth, gave his life in exchange
for the eleven he had taken.
The triangular knife of the guillotine
'ell at 6:05 o'clock, 25 minutes after
he time originally set for the execu:ion,
the delay causing many to express
the erroneous opinion that LanIru
was making a confession. Myste-ious
until death, Landru resented
father Lotsell's puery as to whether
le had any confession to make.
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BRIEF NEWS NOTES;
WHAT HAS OCCURKED DURINQ ^
WEEK THROUGHOUT COUN- j
TRY AND ABROAD <
EVENTS OMMPORTANCE ?
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Foreign? 1
Pope Plus announced the appoint- t
ment of Monslgnor John J. Swint, of (
Weston, W. Va? as auxiliary bishop f
of the diocese of Wheeling, W. Va. (
The Genoa conference will open t
March 15 or 23 instead of March 8, ,
as originally planned, it is announced (
It Rome, Italy, because arrangements f
have not yet been completed. ?
Lady Feodora Gleichen, unmarried
daughter of the late Admiral Prince i
Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, died l
recently in Londoh. <
It is stated in dispatches emanat- 1
ing from Dublin that the Irish fac- *
tlons have come to an agreement <
wherelfy it is hoped that peace will be i
established. " 1
Several persons were wounded at 1
Belfast in a fresh outbreak of firing on '
the East Side, said to have resulted
from a vendetta against saloon keep- 1
ers of that section having Sinn'Fein c
sympathies. Military guards were sta- s
tloned at all the saloons in York 1
Street District. *
Nearly 12,000 miners in the Pennr- 1
roya district went on strike recently 1
in consequence of an announcement by 1
l their employers thnt they intended to
I reduce the miners* wages 25 per cent, i
| The strikers' ntfttiifta an in '
but they express determination not
to return to work, declaring it is tm- ,
possible to live on diminished wages ]
while every article of consumption is, j
increasing in price on account of the (
now customs duties, says a dispatch t
from Madrid, Spain. (
Peter 'Ceregin, head of the Russia i
religious sect known as the Buckhob- (
ours recently confirmed "reports that i
he had suggested a plan whereby the
children of the colong under ten years <
of age, together with the aged Ihid in- f
firm, be drowned as a protest against f
alleged exorbitant taxation. Once rid <
of those unable to travel, Veregin pro- ^
posed that his followers abandon their t
farms and wander over the country, <
preaching the coming of Christ and liv- ,
ing as the "vagrant working class." t
A London dispatch says that Ainer- (
ica joined in the prpises of A. J. Bal- t
fcur, head > of the British mission at t
the Washington conference in his wel- j
come to the homeland, when the Amer- t
lean ambassador, George Harvey, ad- t
dressed the Pilgrims' Society dinner <
at which \hree hundred persons were {
present. The duke of York represent- ^
ed the royal family and the others j
Included ministers of the cabinet, civil ,
and military leaders and official and j
unofficial represenatlves of the Ameri- |
can community. It was a "personal
welcome" for a groat pilgrim, according
to Lord Curzon, In contract to the
official welcome accorded Mr. Balfour
by th<5 government luncheon recently.
W ashington?
The senate failed to decide what it
would do with the resolution of Senator
Heflin, democrat, Alabama, providing
for an investigation in nlleged
political activities of the Federal Reserve
bank of Atlanta, Ga.
Iiurton B. Sweet, Republican member
of the house from the third Iowa
district, announces he will enter the
Republican primaries in June as a
candidate* to success Senator Kenyon,
who will become a federal circuit
judge.
A movement to establish a prohibition
bureau as a separate government
agency distinct from any of the
deportments was understood to be
gaining favor in officials circles. Legislation
to the end, it was said, might
be introduced in congress in connection
with the consideration of the proposed
scheme for the reorganization
of the administrative departments of
the government.
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Consideration was continued by both j
the war department and the hovse mil- t
itary on the question of disposing of f
the government's power and nitrate ?
projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala., to private
enterprises or completion and
operation.
To write in the proposed contract c
a definite guarantee to produce- fer- "
tlllzera in their finished form at a
given annual mltilmum tonnage; to ?
capitalize tho operating company which
is to be created for the purpose of supervitins
the Muscle Shoals operations;
to revise the language of the
so-called farmers' clause in order to f
; insure the delivery of fertilizers from *
tho producing plant to the consumers d
at a profit not exceeding 8 per cent 1
j>ased on the cost of manufacture. c
These are the*three changes that Her- ^
ry Ford agrees to make In his bid for 1
the Muscle Shoals property. ''
President Harding has informed the
flenatj .that ho cannot comply with its S
runnnol #/>r " *vP *u" J
?...?. w. .evuiua ui ?.u?j tuurpower 11
Pncilfc treaty negotiations because no u
such records ever existed and because c
he considered it incompatible with the
public Interest to reveal "Informal and p
confidential conversations."
A resolution designed to bring about t
the recall from England of Ambassador
Harvey was introduced by Repre- v
sentatlve Ryan, republican. New York, ti
The measure proposes a congressional 11
investigation of statements made by fl
the ambassador while abroad. u
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Administration leaders In the sen*
ite cleared away many of the obstacea
In the pathway of the four-power
Pacific treaty by indicating that they
vould accept without a fight a blank>t
reservation drafted to cover the obectlons
of those who oppose unrelerred
ratification.
Di*/arenoes between the Republicans
if the senate finance committee and
he houee ways and means committee
?ver tariff valuation principles were
eccntly aired at a three houre' secret
inference without any tangible conre
ce result.
The Joint congressional service pay
sommisslon completed its work recenty
and ordered favorably reported to
he house and senate a bill providing
i new basis of pay for the personnel
>f the army, navy, marine corps, coast
kuoiu, puunc ueaun service, ana mo
:oast and geodetic survey. The measlre,
its framers hope, will save the
jovernment ultimately a total of $28.>00,000
annually in the pay of the
ilx services based on the present
itrength of each.
The condition of the wheat crop durng
the first half of February ranged
rom "generally good" in the East?rn
section of the country to only
'air in several of the middle Western
states, according to a report by the
lepartment of agriculture. Conditions
n the far Wesera states were said to
3e favorable. The state of the winter
*ye crop was reported as gcneally
;ood.
Investigation by a special senate
ommittee of his charge that officials
>f the Atlanta Federal Reserve bank
ind of the federal reserve board, had
>een responsible for a movement to
mrb his attacks, was recently proKJsed
in a resolution introduced in
ho senate by Senator Ilcflin, Demorat
of Alabama.
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Governor Lee M. Russell, in a special
nessage to the legislature at Jackson,
Miss., charged the old line fire insurance
companies which withdrew from
he state last year following instituion
of anti-trust legislation, with fosering
the $100,000 seduction suit filqd
igainst him by Miss Frances Blrkhead
>f New Orleans,. his former stenog-apher.
The Roma, largest semi-rigid aircraft
in the world, made a careening
jwoop down from the clouds. Sho
shuddered as her huge bag came into
contact with high-voltage' electric
vires 200 feet from the earth. Then
;here was a deafening roar and a towering
sheet of flame. The giant turned
turle and, keel in the air, crashed
;o earth at Norfolk, Va. Thirty-four
>f her human cargo?army officers
ind few civilians?were thrown ino
or about the blazing wreck?and
eerished. Eleven others, some of
.??ui iciiimj uijureu, survived. ui
lie survivors three were not hurt.
3uch is the story of the greatest disister
in the history of the American
irmy air service. As in the case of the
ntal explosion of the ZR-2 over Hullcnglan,
last August, the airship was
ine purchased from a foreign governnent
by the United States. The ZR-2
was purchased by the navy from Great
Britain. The Roma was sold to the
irmy by Italy.
Milton Drury, former cotton mill
worker, of Winona, Miss., a son of
drs. Ada Drury Converse, whose parially
burned body was found near
^lazlehurst, about ten days ago, is
jeing sought by Sheriff H. E. Ramsey,
it Copiah county, for questioning in
connection with the crime.
With the arrival of four companies
it Rhode Island coaft artillery at Pawucket,
following the most serious riotng
of the New England cotton mill
111 me, me city was very quiet.
Chief of Police Talbert arrested a
nan at Concord, N. C., suspected of
peing Edward F. Sands, who Is wantsd
In connection with the willing of
William Penmond Taylor, the movie
ilrector. In California.
Judge Morris, In the United States
llstrict fcourt, Wilmington, I>el., recenty
granted a dismissal of the complaint,
wfth costs to the petitioners,
'or a receiver for the Columbia Graph>phone
Manufacturing company.
The wife of Rev. Thomas N. Denny,
fr., aged 33, dean of New Orleans Colege,
Delaware, Qhlo, has preferred
ibarges against him for non-support.
Je disappeared last July, and she
hought he had suicided. When she
ound he was alive, she filed charges
?f ^non-support against him.
The Nebraska board of education
ias decided that Instructors In any
>f the Nebraska normal colleges hereJter
will ?be refused leaves of absence
o study or attend the Universities of
Columbia, Chicago and Northwestern,
because it has been shown that stulents
at these Institutions smoke clgaettes,
especially the women."
Supremo Court Justice Mullan of
Jew York denied application of Edith
Celly Gould for an order vacating the
llvorce decree obtained in Paris some
ime since by Frank J. Gould. The
ourt set forth that the action had not
ieen brought in good faith by the ac
rese and that "the limit of her hope
3 to coerce the defendant."
Fifi Potter Stillman, father of Mrs.
itillman, who has been in the limeIght
for some time, died in the eubrbs
of Richmond, where he had reently
gone from New York.
The Nashville, Tenn., electric light
lant was recently gutted by fire, with
n approximate loss of one hundred
housand dollars.
Lieut. Clifford E. Smythe of Chicago
rrote his father after the first trial
rip of the Roma in Washington, that
>. would be criminal to attempt to
ly the dirigible unless some Improvements
were made on the vessel.
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FUR LOSE LIVES IN FIRE
Wife and Three Children of C. E.
Monte Perish In Flames Which.
Destroys Their Home.
Aiken.?Mrs. C. E. Monts and three
of her children were burned to death
in their home here shortly after midnight
Flames had largely enveloped the
house when Mr. Monts was awakened,
and in his efforts to save his wife
and children he was seriously burned
and Is a patient in a hospital here.
The dead are: Mrs. C. HI. Monts,
about 85 years' old; Eugene Monts,
oldest Bon, 16; Clarence Monts, 14,
and Eugene DuBose Monts, between
two and three years old.
Mrs. Monts wa^ the second wife and
before marriage was Miss Nannette
DuBose of Washington, Oa. * *
Mr. Monts Is ticket agent for the
Southern railway here and is a hlirh.
ly reBpected citizen of the community.
It is not known how the fire sarted.
Appointed Chairman of Publicity.
Columbia*? Mrs. W. P. Cornell of *
the diocesan headquarters of the Episcopal
church, has been appointed
chairman of the department of publicity
for the dlocebe of South Carolina
and a member of the advisory
commission on diocesan publicity of
the national church. This commission
has just been recently established
with William Hoster, newspaper man;
at its head in New York city.
News bureaus are now being formed
in all of the 90 dioceses and missionary
districts of the United States and
these will co-operate with the national
bureau. *
Working with Mrs. Cornell in this
diocese the following publicity men
have been appointed: The Rev. A. S.
Thomas, rector of St. Michael's church
of Charleston; the Rev. Walter Mitchell,
D. D.. rector of the Porter Military
academy of Charleston; the Rev. H.
W. Starr, Ph. D.; the Rev. H. D. Bull,
of Charleston, and the Rev .Tnhn s
Llghtbourne, of Georgetown. The oresent
plan is to establish a diocesan bureau
at the diocesan headquarters,
1019 Sumter street, Columbia.
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Completes Highway.
Conway.?The last link In the Conway-Nicholls
highway has been co upleted
near Bayboro and, considering
the extremely bad weather of the la't
fewNveeks, is in fine shape. This gives
Conway two main improved highways
Into other counties now. The Conway
Marion highway has been completed
more than a year. On the ConwayNichols
highway a road is being built
from Tabor, N. C., to Whitevillo, N. C.,
where It strikes the Wilinlngton-Charlotte-Asheville
highway, thus giving
Horry another splendid outlet.
"Flu" Closes School.
Honea Path.?The Honea Path high
school was closed by the local board
of health for a period of one week on
account of an epidemic of influenza.
Out of 42 pupils enrolled in the high,
only about 20 were present for roll
call, and it was after this that the
board of health decided that it would
be best to close the school for a few
days. The type is very mild, accord
ing 10 a local pnysician, and the situation
will be easy to handle if the people
of the town will obey the rules of
the board of health. ^
- Heavy Loas in Firo.
QafTney. ? Claude B. Poole of the
Poole-Oriffith company, whose warehouse
and contents were destroyed by
Are, estimates the Toss of the company
at between $30,000 and $40,000. Mr.
Poole said that the loss is practically
covered by insurance, but that four
trucks which were badly damaged
would be a total loss as no insurance
was carried on them. There were a
number of cases of matches stored in
the building, and it is the general opinion
that the Are was started by rata
and matches.
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Laurens County Teachers Meet.
Laurens.?At the monthly meeting
of the Laurens Connty Teachers' assoation
the feature of the session was
the excellent address by Professor
Traywlck of Wofford college, who
spoke on the aims of education. A well
arranged program, including department
subjects, was carried out, being
led by the county superintendent of
education.
8partanburg Man 8h?ots Burglar. '
Spartanburg.?H. P". McOee, a former
president of the Spartanburg chamber
of commerce, and a leading merchant,
shot and killed a negro burglar In
hla home on Rast Main street here.
The negro walked fnto a bed room of
the home In which Mr. and Mrs. McOee?were
and discovering thalr presence
started to retire when Mr. McGee
snatched a pistol from the drosser and
fired four times and followed the man
into an adjoining room where he fired
two shots, all of which struck the man,
killing him instantly.
To Install Wireless Telephone.
Mc.Ooll.?The Pioneer Club of this
place has secured a wireless telephone
receiving apparatus. The device will
be equipped with tbe attachment for
magnifying tones and will be used to
give public concerts from the station
in Pittsburgh. Local pastors hRve arranged
for use of the equipment to
bring tho voicee of noted evangelists
to their audiences here. '
This club, which has been In existence
for two years, is becoming one of
the most influential organizations of
Its kind In this section.
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