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Governor Muglca ha* resigned as
governor of the state of Michoacan, e
Mexico, under pressure from the state g
legislature, it is stated. (
Earth shocks were felt in the Nic- 0
araguan departs of Grana, Caraxo and i
Rivas one day recently. Buildings t
were damaged and fissures are visible a
in the earth. The volcano Ometepe fl
, Is continuing in eruption. No loss of c
life has so far been reported. i
A strike of ship officers has been s
declared at Vera Cruz, Mex., against a
vessels owned by the Mexican Steamship
company, which is controlled by .
the Mexican government , 1
Arrival of Dr. Wlllliam J. Mayo, of
Rochester, Minn., at Mexico City, Mex., *
revived rumors that President Obre- fi
gon must submit to an operation on h
his right arm. b
Overthrow of the cabinet of Premier ti
Takabashi, the governmental crisis
growing out of disagreement on the L
new budget seemed averted tempo- ji
rarily. ti
Sir Robert Home, chancellor of the h
British exchequer, and Colonel Jasper
Theunys, Belgian premier and minis- g
ter of finance, enlivened the first con- a
ference of finance ministers of Great n
Britain, Italy, Belgium and France, y
according to newspaper reports.
The house of commons will probably N
adjourn to debate the situation created C
by unprecedented public recommen- it
dations on the part of the government tl
of India, relating to Turkey and re- d
Vision Of th? SftvrAn
When Luis Freg. leading matador, tl
was seriously gored during a benefit J?
corrida Recently, Dr. William J. Mayo, H
American surgeon, who Is visiting ti
Mexico City, was requested by Presl- pi
dent Obrego nto examine Freg.
The government has defintely decid- ei
ed to arrest Mohandas K. Gandhi, the k
non-co-operatlontst leader. He Is now o
in the Ajmere district, about 220 miles it
southwest of Delhi, India.
Removal of Lord Reading as viceroy a,
of India, it is believed in some quar- p
,ters, will be the denouncement to the h,
/ publication of the Indian government's a,
note. There is nothing tangible on n
? > ' which to base this belief, but it iB not
improbable as a sequel to the virtual
dismissal of Edwin S. Montagu as sec- ^
retary for India.
Little princes and princesses by the lr
score are available In Russia for adop- n
tion by wealthy forelghers. The parents,
where there are any, are willing,
and even anxious, to let their cl
children go because of their own pov- B(
erty and Inability properly to care for ^
. and educate them. ,E
The allied finance ministers has n*
signed an agreement for the distri'''<
button of the first billion gold marks a
of German reparations. The agreement
disregards the American claim of m
priority for its expenses in connection L"
with occupation of the Rhineland so F1
far as the actual sharing of the money
is concerned,'but recognises the claim w
by a special clause, which states that cl
mi the agrements on this question are
subject to the American rights as the 01
various governments may establish hi
'them, the finance ministers consider- re
> lng that they do not have power to o!
V decide this question. hi
Washington? ul
, Senator Underwood, who Is cham- th
* "pi on lng the tour-power Pacific treaty, je
stood on. his feet for three hours In ce
his place in the center of senate cham- bE
ber, and parried thrusts with his m
Democratic colleagues who oppose the F1
measure.
" Hearings by the house military com- {ri
mlttee on the various proposals It has e(j
received for private development of 14
the government properties at Muscle ^
Shoals, Ala., will be continued indefinitely,
Chairman Kahn announced bg
A dispatch from Honolulu. T. H., Bl
says that Harry Irwin, territorial attorney
general, has decided that a w
Japanese woman who marries an Amer- al)
, lean citlsen, does not automatically t
become an American citlsen. The de- co
clslon adds that an American woman j*.
, who marries an alien loses her identl- ta
vlv SB a ?n(??
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Prison employees of the Atlanta m,
federal penitentiary have earned ap- to
* proximately $45,000 under a bonus tie
system installed by Attorney Gen- mi
ral Daugherty, according to a report gt<;
on federal prison conditions submit- te
ted to President Harding.
- The prohibition "navy" will be ready ag
for action in Atlantic coastal waters ini
in search of liquor smugglers some an
time t$iis month. It Is declared at en- tie
v forcdmeat headquarters. chi
* Charglng'that the tour-power Padf- j
Us treaty resulted from a Japanese- ale
V British plan to offset the embarrass- tot
lng effect of the Anglo-Japanese al- trc
llence, opponents of the pact sought ma
without success la the senate to learn mo
; exactly by whom the original draft hid
^ h! the document was prepared. (
M Comptroller of the Covrepey Crtssln oea
legislatiOB qei
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Tl
8em naval subchasers now are
raising South Atlantic waters In
i?arch of ram smugglers. It was learnMl
at the treasury.
Major General Peter C. Harris, adlutant
general of the army since September
1, 1918, plans to leave the solve
service about April 1. It was
earned.
The crop stabilisation commission
Wing agitated before congress, * and
?k<Ak S ? ?...
uihi iirumiDem politicians say will
U8s, would be composed ot the seoetaries
of agriculture, commerce and
tbor and prices so fixed cannot be
ass than cost production. The lite ot
he commission would be one year, but
rould be continued If it proved to be
leneftclal.
The government In making a final
if fort to avert the bituminous coal
itrike threatened for April 1, h^s tstued
a warning that "it has a duty to
afeguard the Interests of the people."
This was considered an indication that
he government would- Intervene
hould the strike materialise and menice
public safety. The declaration was
ontalned in a final appeal from Seo etary
of Labor Davis to the miners
nd operators to meet in conference in
in effort to settle their differences.
Domestic?
Joe Mitchell, an Amarlllo salesman,
ras found frozen to death in the snow
orty miles from that city, after he
.ad abandoned his automobile which
ad become stalled in the snow and
tied to walk to the city.
Dr. Bailev nhon#? oi.#.???
VI. * la^ucilliut),
A. has been Indicted by the grand
nry on the charge, of having tried
3 destroy by fire the. house in which
ia wife was visiting friends.
Harry Kellar, the world famous maIcian
of a decade ago, died recently
t Los Angeles, Calif., where he had
inde his home for the last fourteen
ears
At a meeting of the directors of the
few York brokerage firm of Dier &
o., which recently failed with llabllies
of $4,000,000, it was announced
liat $1 000,000 was in sight to liqulAte
outstanding claims.
Police announce in Memphis, Tenn.,
lat $20,000 worth of diamonds and
jwelry are missing from the home of
Ilrsch Morris, banker, and have deilned
all the servants of the family,
ending further investigations.
Members of the United Mine Workrs
of America, in the Alabama field,
nown as district No. 20, have voted
verwhelmlngly to strike on April 1,
became known here.
That the "pay-as-you-leave" plan
dopted at Bend, Ore., by two motion
icture theaters is resulting in bigger
ouses and at least as large revenue
? formerly was the declaration of the
tanager of the theaters.
The national office of the Socialist
trty began sending .nut an appeal
t>m Eugene V. Debs to all its mem9rs
and affiliated organisation urgig
to work for amnesty for all soilled
political prisoners.
William Kotfensteln, fifty, of Cinnnati,
has started on a twenty-day,
df-imposed sentence in the Blnghamin
jail. Sentenced for ten days for
noxication, Kolfenstein found his
srves so improved by his rest cure
ist he begged for permission to stay
month. His request was granted.
Funeral arrangements were being
ade at Bartow, Fla., Tor Dr. C. M.
aw, prominent physician of Arcadia,
la., who was accidentally electrocutI.
Dr. Law was shocked to death
hile takfng an x-ray picture of a
1 lid's fractured arm.
One hundred pounds.of narcotic and
le alleged drug vender were in the
rods of the police at New York as a
isult of a raid on the headquarters
! a drug peddling gang believed to
ive engaged in the wholesale smuglag
of the habit-forming poisons. '
Jacksonville is to entertain its popatton
with a spring meet of some of
e best horses in the country, it was
arned, when announcement was reived
from Havana that some of the
ist horses now racing in the Cuban
etropolts will come to Jacksonville,
a., for a nine-day spring meet.
Damages amounting to $21,621.63
Dm the man whom she charges kill*
I her husband are expected (o reach
rs. Parish McPmbI# ??
e next few days.
The first arrest In the Arlington
ink robbery murder case occurred, at
onwood, near Dawson, Go., when
>ief Hill, of the police, and Sheriff '
ood arrested a man named "Lanier,"
las "Barron."
Dr. H. P. Brown fell dead in the
unty treasurer's office at Davenport,
., after being told the amount of his
see. He was 75 years old.
Ralph A. Day, prohibition enforce?nt
director for New York, has gone
Washington to confer with authorlis
in regard to preventing establishrat
of a "floating boose palace" outle
the three-mile limit with a ferry
rrice to New York.
k petition in bankruptcy was filed
ainst Theodore Bear, said to be the (
rentor of the "teddy bear," a worn- ,
's garment. His financial difficul
were caused by competition and '
anges in the styles, it was claimed. ,
k man riding a bicycle pulled up
mgside a man and woman in an au- (
uobtle in the northern part of De- |
It, Mich., flourished a pistol, de- j
nded and obtained the motorists' '
nay, then pedaled himself to a t
ling place. ,
Jovernor Russell of Mississippi, re- (
itly signed the Stone bill abating <
('billion dollar anti-trust suit re- i
itly filed In the chancery court or
rtngton county by District Attor- i
r A. J. Browning against the na -
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HE F
LEAST 23 PERSONS
KILLED BY STORMS
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LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, ARKANSAS
AND OKLAHOMA 8UFFER
BIG LO88ES. .
PROPERTY DAMAGE IS HEAVY
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8torm In Lonoke County, Arkansas,
Leaves a Trail of Wrecked Buildings
For Twenty Miles.
New Orleans.?At least 23 persons
, were killed and many others were
seriously Injured as a result of storms,
at places reaching proportions of tornadoes,
which visited isolated sections
of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas
and Oklahoma.
The heaviest loss of life reported
was at Gowan, Qkla., a village 15
miles eaBt of McAlester, where 12
persons were killed when a tornado
sWept through the foreign section of
the village. , Many others were slightly
Injured.
Six negroes were killed when the
storm passed through the northeastern
section of Jefferson county and
the southeastern section of Lonoke
county, Arkansas. The storm in this
section left a trail of wrecked buildings
for 20 , miles. Several were
slightly inlured here
At Sulphur, Okla., two white men
were killed. Nineteen others were seriously
injured and scores suffered
slight injuries. Property damage
here is estimated at $100,000. Fifty
buildings were completely demolished
and 200 people left homeless.
Eight homes were demolished at
Sunrise, a village two miles north of
Baton Rouge, L>a., and a negro woman
and her child were killed. Four
others were slightly injured.
Twenty-five persons were injured,
a number Beriously, when the storm
struck Corines, Miss. More than 150
homes were leveled. The storm swept
a path more than 100 feet wide, razing
every building in its path. Reports
from outlying districts tell of considerable
property damage. A school
building in which were 1,000 children
barely escaped the path of the Btorm.
An aged negro was killed and several
were slightly injured and a score
of houses were destroyed at Arkansas
City, Ark.
Only meager details are available
from the sections visited by the storm
on account of the damage to wire
communication, and it is feared the
.death toll will be greatly increased,
when complete returns are available.
Little efforts have been made to estimate
the property damage, which, in
addition to destroying homes and
ouier Duuaings include damage to
crops and destruction of livestock.
Rivers and smaller streams in practically
all the sections visited by the
storm, which was accompanied by
heavy rains, are swollen, and some apprehension
is felt on this score.
The storm was accompanied by the
usual freaks, the most outstanding of
which was reported from Kennet,
Ark., where a 12-day-old infant was
blown from a bed on which it was
lying, across the yard where its
clothing held it suspended to a picket
fence until the storm abated. The
baby's parents were seriously injured.
Cotton Consumed During February.
Washington.?Cotton consumed during
February amounted to 473,073
bales of line and 38,509 bales of linters,
compared with 395,115 of line,
and 37,565 of linters consumed in
February last year, the census bureau
announced.
Aviator is Killed.
Dayton, Ohio. ? Lieutenant F. W.
Neidermev?r -Tr nt MnPnnt
was killed when a monoplane In which
he was doing combat problems fell
several thousand feet in a tall spin.
Ellis Lewis Garreftson Dead.
Tacoma, Wahb.?Ellis Lewis Garret
son, in 1920, imperial potentate of
the Order of the Mystic Shrine of
North America, died suddenly at his
suburban home here.
Belfast's Casualty List.
Belfast?Belfast's casualty list from
the activities of gunmen and bomb
throwers in ten weeks total 83 dead
qnd 157 seriously wounded, according
to the Northern Whig, which declares
this 'relatively more terrible than
for the whole year 1921."
The list would have been greatly
swollen, the newspaper adds, if all
those who recently received bullet
wounds were Included. It points out
as the worst feature of the recent outbreaks
the number of women and
children who were struck.
New York Girls Need $250 Annually.
New York.?It costs New York
Slrls at least $250 annually to clothe
jhemselves properly, members of the
League of Girls' Clubs announced.
The report, filed after the worklM
(iris composing the league had answered
a questionnaire on the subject,
leclared that Topeka, Kansas, and
Thlm an olHma taa . >i>a tnn -
PMP^mtnRRW I ui u iuu?nm?IUI
few York.
A recent report of the finding' of'
fopeka merchants declared that $82
ras a sufficient dress allowance tor
> working girl.
Jftt, i s ii gi i is
. QmoiK Foreign Dirigibles.
ORT
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?OBT MM, . 0 , TO.
! DRASTIC GUT FOR
UPKEEP OF KIT
MEASURE REPORTED BY COMMITTEE
CARRIES LESS THAN
$300,000,000
GREATLY REDUCES THE ARMY
Would Return All Soldier* Stationed
in China; Reduction In Hawaii
' and Panama Canal Zone.
Washington.? W 1th the provisions
which would necessitate reduction of
the size of the regular army to 116,000
enlisted men and 11,000 officers,
the army appropriation bill, carrying
$270,353,030.07, was reported by the
house appropriation Committee.
The amount recommended for the
military and non-military activities of
the war department during the coming
fiscal year is a reduction of |116,000,000
from the total appropriated
for the current year and $87,996,086.80
less than budget estimates.
As drafted by a sub-committee
Leaded by Representative Anthony, republican,
Kansas, the bill would require
the return to the United States
by next July 1 of all troops stationed
in China, 6,500 men from Hawaii,
about 2,000 men from the Panama canal
zone, and all but 500 officer* and
men in the army of occupation on the
Rhine.
No limitation is proposed on the
uuuiuur ui men 10 De maintained in
tbe Philippines, the committee's report
stating, however, that Secretary
Weeks believes that under present
conditions "some reduction" can be
made in the force there. The contemplated
withdrawals, it was said,
would leave 6,000 men in the Hawaiian
islands and a like number in
the canal zone. The present actual
strength of the army was given by the
committee as about 13,000 officers and
132,000 men, exclusive of 7,000 Philippine
scouts.
An appropriation of $27,635,260 is
lecommended for continuance of work
on various river and harbor improvements,
for which the chief of engineers
reouested $43,000,000; $12,431,000
for the air service against $15,000,000
requested and $21,130,200 for the
National Guard, about $9,000,000 less
than budget estimate.
Worthless as Fertilizer Producer.
Washington. ? Charles L. Parsons,
consulting chemist and former technical
adviser to the government on nitrate
fixations, said before the house
military committee that Henry Ford,
any other person or company would
"lose their last penny" before they
ever produced commercial fertilizers
| nitrate plant No. 2. at MubcIo Shoals,
Ala. The plant, which has cost the
government about $69,000,000, the witness
said, was designed to be operated
only by the cyanamid process of
nitrate fixation, an obsolete method,
and was worthless as a fertilizer producer.
,
The cyanamid process "* was condemned
by Mr. Parsons ns obsolete
and economically impossible, having
been superseded, he declared, by the
Haber improved methods. It was his
conviction, ho added, that the Muscle
Shoals plant could not be redesigned
to produce commercial fertilizers.
This Judgment was based, he explained.
on a thorough investigation of the
Cyanamid plants in Europe, many of
which were being closed down by
bankrupt operators while others already
had gone out of business because
they could not compete with establishments
using the Haber improve
raents.
Bank Runner Robbed of $13,000.
Philadelphia. ? Robert McGuire, a
bank runner, was held up and robbed
of $13,500 as he left the Southwestern
National bank, at Broad and South
streets. Two men waylaid and blackjacked
McGuire. In the chase which
followed two policemen and one bandit
were shot. One of the policemen"
is said to be in a serious condition.
The robbers' automobile was pursued
more than a mile before they were
caught and the money recovered.
Kills Wife and Holds 8heriff at Bay.
Perry, Ga.?After shooting and killing
his wife, Sidney Ayler, 40, farmer,
defied the county officers to touch his
wife's body or to attempt to arrest
him. He held the fort for eight hours,
being captured at midnight in a running
gun fight. Ayler was shot two
times, but not seriously wounded.
Sheriff T. 8. Chapman, after several
unsuccessful attempts to arrest
Avler. hesrsn r?r??nl*In<r iumm
More than 50 shots were exchanged
between Ayler and the poese seeking
to arrest him.
8eek Solution of Bombing My story.
' Chicago.?Federal authorities Joined
in the seeking the solution of the
mysterious bombing of the suburban
home of William P. Dickerson, president
of the Security Trust and Deposit
company of Chicago. A heavy charge
of dynamite placed under the front
porch explodod. causing considerable
damage but Injuring no one. Mr. Dickerson.
a housekeeper and *her two
daughters were In the house.
Dickerson has been connected with
several enterprises. Among them
were ,the Memphis and Pa^aeola Ry.
Meat Packers Operating at a Lees.
Chicago.?The annual statement of
iWUam^^^^^aekers, reveallSg aa
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TODAY, MARCH 16, 1922.
STATE LEGISLATURE
ADJOURNS SINE DIE
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FINAL CURTAIN OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
RINGS DOWN ON
8UNDAY AFTERNOON.
INCOME TAX LAW 15 PASSED
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Governor Cooper Approves Appropriation
BliT Which Was Really Last
Work of the Body.
Columbia.
Ending perhaps its longest session,
the South Carolina general assemhly
adjourned sine die Sunday afteri.oon,
the senate at 3:45 o'clock and the
house of representatives at 3:38
o'clock.
Just before adjournment the governor
notified the two houses of h'c approval
of the general appropriation
bill carrying an aggregate of $5,839.108.04
and a levy of seven mills. This
is a decrease of $928,029.28, or approximately
15Mi per cent, of the appropriations
for 1921. The levy last year
was 12 mills.
The general assembly had been In
continuous session since early Saturday
morning, and the officers, members
and attaches of both bodies were
thoroughly fatigued when final adjournment
came Sunday afternoon.
The spirit of levity which characterised
the closing hours of former K?neral
assemblies was entirely lacking
this year; there was too much work
piled up to indulge in horseplay, except
sporadically.
The engrossing department did an
herculean job. The young women und
the solicitors connected with that
branch of legislative activity worked
from 10 o'clock Saturday mornin? until
the legislature adjourned. Tha work
was so exacting and so thoroughly fatiguing
that many efforts were made
to adjourn both houses Saturday night,
but without avail. The majority of the
members were determined to stay until
all the business was completed and
they could go home for good.
Throughout the long vigil the clerks
and attaches of both houses and a
handful of members of both bodies
were In constant attendance, keeping
company with the half dozen newspaper
correspondents who had continually
to nurse the general assembly
in its somnolent hours.
The conferees-on the general appropriation
bill worked incessantly until
t^e^flnal sheet of the measure was sent
to the engrossing department. The
act was completed Just before the report
of the committee was sent to the
general assembly at 1:30 o'clock.
The senate adopted the report with
very little debate, but it took the
house of representatives just two
hours to concur in the conference report.
A spirited effort, led by Edgar
A. Brown, of Barnwell, was made to
adjourn debate, or reject the measure
in the house, but this proved unavailing.
There has been resentment among
the farmer members of the house
because the house conferees on the
general appropriations bill were all
lawyers, and they blazed into open revolt
on the floor of the house in the
discussion of/the amendment to the
measure. The house conferees consisted
of E. T. Hughes, of Marion, a
lawyer; Claud N. Sapp, of Columbia,
a lawyer, and Eugene S. Blease, of
Newberry, a lawyer, and, on the part
of the senate. Senator H. H. Cross, of
Dorcheeter, planter and banker Senator
Thomas B. Pearce, of Richland,
wholesale merchant, and W. S. Rogers,
of Spartanburg, insurance man.
The claim w&a that the interest of
the farmers, who have 54 representatives
in the lower body, were not sufficiently
safeguarded. It had been
whispered that there was a movement
among the farmdr members to organize
and reject the bill, but. after consideration
debate, opposition melted
away and the report of the conference
committee was adonted. \
Both the house and senate accepted
the report of the conference committee
fixing a state Income tax law.
Under the agreement finally reached
every person who pays a federal income
tax must also make a return to
By a vote of 20 to 16 the senate
killed the Wightman bill to abolish
the state board of public welfare.
Senator Wightman asked that a vote
be taken without debate as he was
willing for that and at his suggestion
the bill was killed.
The measure by Senators Laney and
Bethea to authorise the superintendent
of the state penitentiary to sign
the cotton co-operative marketing association
was passed and sent to the
house after a motion to strike out the
enacting words had been lost by a
vota of 31 to 3.
Governor Cooper signed the Miller
railroad commission bill creating a
new railroad commission of seven
members and abolishing the existing
railroad and public service commissions.
All the powers of the two old
commissions Are vested in the new
body and additional powers.
Under the terms of the act the present
members of the old railroad commission
will remain aa members of
the new body until their term expires
and Frank 8healy will remain chairmln
until bin term expiree. No provision
Is made for the members of the
public service commission.
. By an overwhelming vote of SO to
10 the shnate at the day session killed
the luxuries tax bill on motion of SenTlUlMlfew
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the state and par one-third of the
amount paid the government ot the
United States to the state. Corporations
are affected as well as lddlvldpals,
with the exception of Insurance
companies, which are exempted. Other
exemptions Include federal emoluments
and state employes.
The Goodwin resolution, which was
passed by the senate last week, met
with some little opposition in the
house, a number of members contending
that it was foolish to so attempt
to fix any definite hour ot adjournment
when no one knows exactly when the
annual appropriation bill will be finally
agreed upon. Thomas S. McMillan
of Charleston and John B. Greer
of Greenville spoke in favor of the
resolution, while J. K. Owens of Benj
nettsville opposed the measure on the
floor. An amendment proposed by
Representative F. O. Harris ot Spartanburg,
to strike, out the provision
in the resolution preventing the turning
back ot the clock also furnished a
minor contest and was killed after
brief debate. Representative W. R.
Bradford of York spoke against the
amendment on the grounds that the
general assembly should not work on
Sunday. The resolution in its unamended
form was then agreed to.
Governor Cooper signed a number
of acts passed by the present general
assembly, chief among them being the
Blease law to prohibit carnivals or
like tented shows from exhibiting in
South Caolina except at state and
county fairs, and then when no gambling
devices or games of chance are
allowed. This act does not effect
circuses, as they may be licensed for
48 hours at any one place in the
state. Chautauquas, "Billy Sundays,"
dog and pony shows are not affected,
the entire object being to rid the state
of carnivals.
The text of the carnival act, which
became law with the signature of the
governqr, follows:
"Section 1. Be it enacted by ths
general assembly of the state of
South Carolina, That on nnd after the
approval of this act. no carnivals and
no traveling shows exhibiting under
tents shall be allowed licenses or allowed
to exhibited within this state;
Provided, That the provisions of this
act shall not apply to circuses, which
may be licensed for a time not exceeding
48 hours at one place in any
one year; and prodded, further, that
the provisions of this act shall not
apply to chautauquas and carnivals
at state and county fairs; Provided,
That only carnivals to * which no
(c,anifp ui uimutc ur ^UIUUIUIK ufvu ou
are attached shall be allowed to erhiblt
In this state, provided this 3hail
uotsnpply to dog and pony shows.
Auction 2. Any person violating
the provisions of this act shall be
fined not ipore than $500 or imprisonment
of not more than three months
for each day said tent snows ?uu carnivals
arc exhibited.
r" "Section 2. A11 acts or partr-of acts
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed."
A general decrease of all telephone
rates in the state to the charges in
force January 1, 1921, is carried in the
Foster telephone bill passed by the
senate and agreed to in its amended
form by the house and ordered enrolled
for ratification. The measure
1 therefore lacks the formal routine of
ratification and the signature of the
governor to become effective.
The bill as originally introduced by
the house provided for a scale of
minimum rates for the state, but the
house judiciary committee to which
the bill was referred substituted instead
a measure to provide for a return
to the rates in force throughout
the state on January 1, 1921, prior
to the last increase granted by the
state railroad commission after several
months of bearings and deliberations.
The senate amended the bill
In two important particulars, providing,
first, for the reinstatement of
the free interurban toll service, which
the railroad commission had eliminated,
and, secondly, that the telephone
companies might. If they desire,
appeal to the state railroad commission
for any changes from the rate
schedule as provided in the bill. These
senate amendments were agreed to by
the house without rebate or opposition.
This measure in reinstating the
January, 1921, rate schedule provides
for decreases * in practically every
city and town in the state, with the
exception or one, in wnicn tne commission
in drawing up its new schedule
reduced the charges to make them
conform to the rates in other exchanges
of the Bame size in the state.
The house of representatives, by a
vote of 41 to 44, sustained the governor's
veto of the bill to increase the
number of the members of the board
of trustees of the University of South
Carolina. The bill was passed almost
unanimously by the house last year
and was supported over the governor's
objections by practically every
alumnus of the institution in the
house. %
The Leopard chiropractic bill was
sent to its legislative grave by the
house of representatives by the overwhelming
vote of 39 to 19, after a
lengthy and very heated debate.
The bill would have provided for
the creation of a board of chlroprtctic
examiners to examine and license
chiropractors for the practice of their
profession in the state. Dr. U. H.
Barnwell of Charleston, Dr. S. T. D.
Lancaster of Spartanburg, J. W. Hanahan
of Winnsboro and A. O. Kennedy
of Union bore the brunt of the tight
against the measure, while Claud ff.
I SaDD of ColHmhia marin nrnrtl/??llv tlia
only argument In favor of the bill.
Jamea DeTrevlllo of Colleton spoke
briefly In opposition to the bill, while
J. R. O'Rourke of Charleston asked
that the measvrs be passed.
Two New Chapter*.
The Carolina Clock company of Co*
' lnrabia was chartered by the secretly
of state with a ^a p(M stock of $2,000. I
The Arm will sell and exchang? clocks.
-The Chlpley corporation of Ore??n
file wis chartered with a capital
stock $200 000 in cash. n* its eqttivslent.
TAN Arm i?Jll buy srrt *?H r"sj
sad Arsenal property. cV?on" grVn^
and oths* proddcfW;
Prtgatfes *r.d ctfp'i ">* * "n~>r?.*a
V.Mned".
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SLOW PR06RESS ON BRID6E
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Structure Over Catawba River la Not
Likely to be Completed Until
Next Pall.
York.?Work oo the York Mecklenburg
steel bridge over the Catawba I
river is proceeding slowly, according
to York people who have vtalted the
bridge site within the past tew dareJudging
from the present rate,of progress
the structure vtfll not he completed
until the middle of ne\t foil, they
say, which means that there will be
but little travel between the White
Rose town and the Queen City by the
new route this year.
Travel will contlntfe over the Rock
Hill or Greensboro routes, each of
which necessitates a wide detour and
make the distance to Charlotte 45
miles. The bridge will be the means
of shortening the distance to only 29
miles.
But even if lihe bridge were com*
pleted, there are no funds with which
to improve the road from York to the
river. There is an ordinary York
county road?good in dry weather but
bad during wet spells and it would
not stand up under a heavy traffic under
unfavorable conditions.
The legislative delegation was petitioned
to make a special appropriation
for the improving of this road
and its failure to do so caused some
disapointment among the citizens of
York and Bethel townships, which are
traversed by this highway. The solons,
however, declare it was impossible
to make the appropriation without
increasing the county levy and
they deemed such a step unwise in the
face of the business depression, menace
of the boll weevil and general protests
over tax burdens. Although
many York people were heartily in
favor of building the road they realize
there is much logic to the legislators'
views and are not inclined to
raise a howl over the situation. %
The delegation appropriated $2,000
to build a mile and a half of new road
from the bridge to connect with the
nearest highway to that point.
Medical 8oolety to Meet.
kock mil.?Tne annual meeting of
the South Carolina Medical society
will be held in Rock Hill in April and
the local physicians are engaged in
planning tor the entertainment feature!.
Between 400 and 500 physicians
from all parts of the state are
expected to be in attendance, and the
program committee Is understood to
be mapping out a program of more
than usual Interest. The doctor* of
the state are deeply interested in
Wlntbrop college, and the entertainment
plans will probably call for a reception
at the?college. The Fennell
Infirmary will be visited and the Br.
Summer,hospital will be Visited.,and r
it Is probable that a clinic will be held
at the first named.
To Seek Injunction.
Greenville.?Holding that the bill
enacted by the general assembly prohibiting
carnivals showing in South
Carolina except during county and
state fairs is in 'violation of the provisions
of the United States constitution,
in that it Impairs obligation of
contract." and of the state constitution
because the act Is discriminatory,
attorneys for two carnivals served
notice that they will seek an Injunction
before Judge Frank B. Gary
of Abbeville to prevent officers enforcing
the law, thereby making a test
case and sending It to the supreme
court.
Columbia Man Ends Life.
Columbia.?Austin McCrelght, prominent
citizen of Columbia, aged 36, was
found dead in the cellar of a hardware
store with which he was connected,
with his head badly shot as the result
of the firing of a shotgun In his own
{lands. No coroner's Jnquest was had
as the family was satisfied it was a
case of suicide.
McCrelght is said to have been despondent
for the past few weeks because
of poor health ^
Takes on More Men..
rhnrl??tnn ? An Inriiratfrm thnt
business is getting better is shown in
the fact that the Southern railway
shops here have recently taken on a
larger force of skilled mechanics than
they used before the reduction was
made in personnel several weeks ago.
About 100 men are now on the payrolls
where formerly not men, than Tl
were employed.
Try Irish Potatoes.
Andrews.?Realising the difficulties
of growing cotton under boll wevill
conditions as a money crop, a great
many of the fanners In this section
have turned to Irish potatoes for financial
relief. Approximately BOO acres
of these tubers are now under cultK
vation in the vicinity of Andrews. This
is a large increase over last year's
acreage, as only a very few planted
then.
The acreage in sweet potatoes will
also be materially Increased around
here this year.
Barker Will Speak Here.
Greenwood.?Dr. Charles A. Darker,
former private physician to William
Howard Taft during his presidency,
will come to Greenwood March 27 under
the auspices of the local Rotary
club to deliver three lectures.
Dr. Barker will speak in the morning
before the city schools, in the after
noon before a meeting of various women's
clubs of the city end at night before
a general meeting. He la a nationally
known exponent of better
health and wwe formerly on the Chautauqua
platform.
Voting Will Net dm.
Charleston. ? State Senator Arftn*
Young haa announced that be will not,
be a candidate for re election to (he >
upper house |hia year, having decided
to retire after aenrlag tWwyOaraHsg
Ltn* to'm for
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$1.60 Par Y J
JAMES M. COX IS J
HONORED GUESffl
FORMER DEMOCRATIC NOMINEt
PEAKS IN MOUSS OF REP- i
RE8ENTATIVC8.
PRAISES WOODROW WILSON
Houm It Packed With EnthiwIaatio'V ' 1
Audience That Heaftlty" Applauds
Two Addreese*
Columbia.?Before an audience thai
packed the floor of the hall ef the
house of representatives to the walla,
that filled the gallery and overflowed J '
into the aislee and wlndowe. Jamas M. .
Cox, democratic candidate for Presl- 'r,X
dent in the last eleStion, called upon y.
his fellow, democrats to remain true
to their principles, to follow the
straight path, to refrain from tsmporizing,
promising them that as a reward
for such a policy "we will win
as sure as the coming of the day.**
The sight that met the eyes of
former Governor Cox when he mounted
the speaker's stand at the house of
representatives was a iflbet Inspiring
one. In the flag bedecked hall, from
the walls of which looked dowa/the
portraits of many of the distinguished
sons of South Carolina, had assessbled
an audience that must have reminded
the speaker of stirring days
of his campaign?with one striking exception.
Everybody in reach of his
voice was a friend to Jimmle Cox, gave
him an oration when he entqr*6>
cheered hie eloquent periods, yeUed
like mad when ha mentioned Wood
row Wilson and save him an attentive
and sympathetic hearing?no man on
a political campaign ever had ao kindly
an audience?an audience so lacking
In hostile elements. And the distinguished
visitor sensed it and responded
warmly Ao it?and quit speaking,
not when he had finished, hut a
striking clock reminded htm that the
hour was late.
In both his public addresses Governor
Cox paid glowing tributes to the
services which- Wood row Wilson "has
rendered hie country. "The prinetplee \
of Woodrow Wilson are our treasured
heritage," he said at the theatef, "and
I shall contend for them as long aa I
have lire. Wiiaon has contributed* as
much for our country as has Thomas
Jefferson or Andrew Jackson and we
all hope he shsfll live to see the vlndlcation
of hie position.** In his speech
at the statejumwa he is
Mm a* ^tfcufpenscfc^tfv^Wtsshmr"^^
His references to Mf Wilson were P
greeted with outbursts of applause.
Sumter Building Roads. ' ' .
Sumter.?At .the moathly meeting
of the county board of commissioners
$75,000 was authorised to be borrowed
to retire a note for that amount to he
due April 14.
The chairman of the commissioners
was given power to act in the matter
of installing new lighting apparatuf
In the court room, the present lights
being inadequate.
County Engineer Jeffords reported
that the main road gang was engaged
In the construction in the second road
in the Concord section and the claying
of three sand beds on the 8umterMannlng
road. Work during . the
month had been very much handicapped
by had weather. The mala gang - j|3
was soon transferred to maintenance
work on couftty roads. The Jail gang
was engaged In work on bridges And jii
culverts and on roads leading
the city. The PInewood and fihlh?* v '
gangs were ongaged as usual In thbsa
sections. / v'l
8earch For 8tepharia. i
Greenwood^|iarch has beiu renewed
by members-of Ipyillhy of ?
John D. Stephens, Greenwood n^erch- '*
ant, who disappeared mysteriously on J
December 2fi. Mr. McFSdrlaa stUtes
that the disappearance of his atep- j
father 1s still shrouded In mystery j
and has asked anyone having helnrd
of hl^l to notify him. 1
Stephens disappeared no the afternoon
following Christmas Day. 'Ac
next morning the safe of hla store whs
found-unlocked and about HOP andla^Bel
pistol missing. ; lfl
Still Coots Two Llvea^ .ffHtt
Walterboro.?As a result oiTa stifr^w^
and barrel of mash, two nogroes are
dead and one is in jail charged with
murder. Levi Brown was shot by .,j|
Durant Thompson at Williams, Ja
upper Colleton, two pistol shot wounds
having been laflleted at close range.^
It Is reported that Brown and Thotkd|^H
son Joined left hands and agreed qHg|
"Bhoot It out," using their right h<">d*/^H
Several shots were fired but Thompson
escaped unscathed, while Brofmr
got two bullst wounds from whlchjHh y
mea ai me uun bmuotu linraunf. .1
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Bottlers Ra-eloct Patterson* J
Columbia?Ravenel Pattersoe of 0| J
lumbla was re-alected presldm* of th#h, jl
South Carolina Bottlers' aatoclcUa* ;tO|
for his fifth consecutive farm at thf IB
annual business session of tha assofflgfl
tlon bold at tka Jsfferson hotal. BH
proximately 60 bottlers froJa evBgg
section of tha state wero la Colamifi
tor the convention, tha siBiiiilsiii^^^B
eighth annual meeting. )|IB
Ouelledge sad R. B. Pools, both ot^^H^H
Huabla, ware re-elected secrefcuB^^^H
treasurer of tha association.
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