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the sorrcn watcjomax, Esti CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,3 SENATE HAS CHANGE OFjffiART I Resignation of Sena tor Christensen as Chairman of the Finance Committee Brings Tax Question to a Focus ' Columbia. Feb. 22.?A complete change of heart seems to be com ing over the state Senate, following the resignation from the chairman ship of the finance committee of Senator Christensen, due to the fact that the majority of the people of the state agree with Senator Christensen in his position as to the tax reform' program, judging from expressions made privately and in the public prints, as well as fr?>m various platfonns and in vari ous political and legislative assem blies. The resignation of the Beau fort, senator from the chairman ship of the important finance com mittee brought the situation to a focus, with public gaze centered on the senate with buminz fier-cene?-s. One strong evidence of the change of the Senate's heart was t&e action, taken . Tuesday night when the upper branch recommit ted -the luxury tax bill to the finance committee, of which Senator Gross is the new chairman. There was sojDoe objection, to the recommit ment, but this t\as overcome. The former unfavorable report of the finance committed on this bill was taken as omen of its certain defeat. The recommitment is taken to mean that the committee may now report it differently, possible fa vorably. Within recent days the attention of the state U&s been called in various ways to the fact that th? House passed the half dozen or more big revenue producing bills, which make up the ,.U*22 Ja~x re form program and that this pry -r ram was; meeting strong opposi tion in the Senat*', so strong that one of the. bills, ihe hydro-electric tax proposal. ha3 already been kill ed by the .Senate, influenced no doubt by a Strong and outspoken h.bby against ther bill. - which was carried on for-many. week,^. There is now talk of a >e->ntro duetion in the House of the bill to create a *ax on hydro-electric pow er, and if this fa&es "plae^u it will lively be passed in the. Hour;" rap idly, and then sent to the Senate as?lo. in order that ? t*f?. upper branch mas' have another chance t*? vote on the. measure. This new turn in th?? program has not been finally decided by the ^rays and me?ns committee the House as yet. tjioucb the proposal is being given consideration. The r?*v sentiment regarding the tax program, the pending import ant tax measure?, the hearings be fcre the finance committee of the Senate on the appropriations bill, and other important matters yet to be disposed of. including elec tion of University trustees, make it appear more certain than ever that the legislative session will e-t^nfj far 5nt?> the middle part of the month of March. The now income tax bill, ??renar ed by a special convmittee. of which Se-nator McGhee. f*f Greenwood, was chairman, was reported to the Senat? Tuesday night. The tax provided js about twenty-five per c<mt of the federal Income las' schedule. OPPOSE RAIL ROAD STRIKE Chicago. Feb. 22.?The United Mine Workers do not want the rail road employes to join them in the strike. John L. Lewis, president of the miners, said today iu opening the conference of leaders of mine and raliway unions. TROOPS PRE SERVE PEACE s *? Pawtucket. I:. I.. Feb. 2? - The Blaokst?nc Valley textile plaots were quiet todsy under military sur veillance. HENRY FORD'S BID MODIFIED - r Washington. Feb. Zt.?Modifica tions to clear the intent of tin1 of fer made by Henry Ford for Muscle ifhouly wa3 agreed to by ih ? Detroit manufacturer. NO EXPLANATION OF ROMA DISASTER Norfolk, Feb. 22.?Major (Jen. Patrick in a Statement eaid the disaster was due to an accident in control regulating the ?ltitud" o. the Borna and declared there was no explosion or flro while the ship v.a3 in the air. Captain Walter .1. Kecd, chief pilot. In a ??tateincut. declared he doubted if the cau-' of the accident will ever be known. Boston. Feb. 21?District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletir. of Suffolk county waj? removed from the supreme1 court today, having been found guilty on several counts of charges of malfeasance; miVfea-otnce and i nonfeasance in office. I ibiished April, 1550. 1881._ MILLER'S i RAILROAD ; BILL PASSED ; Commission Enlarged and Combined With I the Public Utilities Commission J Columbia. Feb. 23.? Without a j simple voice in opposition, but after a long and somewhat sensational debate, the house of representa : fives Wednesday night voted unani j mously in favor of the so-called i Senator Miller railroad commission I bill and sent it to third reading. I where it is apparently safe on its i way to become a law. The bill ; would enlarge the railroad com S mission to seven members, the ? four additional to be elected by , the legislature, with the three pres . ent members to hold till their terms j of ollice expire. j The debate in the house Wed 1 ncsday night was on various ; amendments offered in turn by ! Representatives taclnnes and Bar j nett. One of Mr. Mclnnes'^ amend - I ments provides that the railroad I commission shall meet at least once I a month, with special meetings cali i ed by the chairman at the request ; of at least two other members. Another Mclnncs amendment pro\ides that the commissioners j shall receive not more than ten dol ? l&rs a day for the days the com I mission is in session, with travel 1. expenses added. j Of the several Barnett amend j ments. one of those adopted pro | vides that the commission regulate j service and rates furnished by all j public utilities of the stale. An j other Barnett amendments adopted } provided that a tax shall be levied ? against the railroads and public j utility corporations for support oT I of the commission, ju^t as the rail I road commis.-ion is now financed j by the railroads. j An amendment that caused a I most unusuaT legislative limit was j one t'J continue the present present commissioners in oflice and also to j continue the prevent public utilities i commission in olhce. to act jointly I with the present railroad commis | sionersi but the seventh member of the commission to be elected by the legislature. The house voted for this amendment hud was on the verge of putting on the parlianien tary. clincher, when Representative Hughes made a speech against i?. j arguing that the amendment would I be legislating the present utilities j commissioners into office, where the } oom.titution and too new bill have j to do with the railroad commission J and provide for territorial repre J sentation. one member from each J congressional dist?iet. Represen I tative fcJapp made a strong speech ' along the same line, and whereby j the house had passed the amend ' ment by a vole of 5s to 34. it re ! considered that action and, rcvers j ing itself, killed the amendment by : a vote of 55 to SC. j An amendment was also adopt ; cd to the bill to eliminate any j amount of money for financing the j commission, this being left to the \ appropriation bill, j When ihe bill becomes law, it j will mean the election by the pres ! ent general assembly of four rail | road commissioners. I MAJOR RICHARDS i MAY BE IN RACE j Talk Also That Prof. Daniel, of CJemson May Run Columbia. Feb. 211.?Politics is j being talked around the halls of (the legislature and there are ru | mors of interesting things this j summer. Major John O. Richards, j of Liberty Hill, is in tin; capital ami it is said that he is being approach ed with the request that he run for governor, as advocate of tax re forms. He was at one time chair j man of the ways and means com ! mittee of the house and is consider ed an authority on tax mal tors and a strong tax reform advoeate. It is also rumored that Prof. V. W. Daniel, of Clemson College, is being urged to run for governor. Prof. Daniel' is a brilliant omtor ; and would, it is said, make a strong [campaign. He ha-, hosts of friends land admirers, also it is pointed out. and would make a good governor !' -*>?.?.. ? MORMONS FIND HARD SLEDGING Plymouth. England, Feb. ; A number of Mormon missionaries j were pursued through the streets by a mob. because of utterances ; made in Market Suuarc. Newspa i j pers recently conducted ;i cam paign against Mormon activities. ! alleging that talstnonaricH wer? I trying to obtain women converts j who would embrace polygamy They I denied it. j ANOTHER GUT IN RAILROAD WAGES j Chicago. Feb. -3. ? Another pay I slash, hitting ten thousand rail 1 road firemen, and oilers was mad" ; by tile United Stares railroad labor j board, when it announced rules l effective March 1st, eliminating ex tra pay until after tenth hour, and setting up split tricks of eight I hours within period of tw? Ive I hours without jvertime pay. "fie Just ami Fear ; NO DEMOCRATS ARE ELIGIBLE Senators Criticize Action of! President Harding in Nam- ' ing All Republican? on Funding Commission Washington. Kot?. 22.---President! Harding'? appointment of four Re publicans and no Democrats to the ' allied debi funding commission n*as i attacked by Democrats and defend- | cd by Republicans today in a lively j partisan ;ilt in the senate. Earlier tli" senate finance committee bad i reported favorably the four nomi nations?Secretaries Hughes and Hoover. Senator Smoot ( Rcpubli- 1 can) of Utah and Representative! Burton fRepublican) of Ohio. "Keen disappointment" over the fact that no Democrats were chos en for the commission was express- J ed by Senator Simmons of North ! Carolina, ranking Democrat and J former chairman of the senate fin- ! ance committee: Senators Walsh of i Montana.'Heflin Of Alabama. Wil liams of Mississippi and McKellar I of Tennessee were other Demo crats who criticis* d the appoint ments, while Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the Republican Icad er. and Senator Kellogg (Republi can) of Minnesota defended them. Senator Walsh announced that he would oppose confirmation of Senator Smoot and Representative Burton on the ground that they were ineligible under the constitu tion to act as "officers" of the gov ernment Senators Simmons, Walsh and Williams STlid they had ho personal fault to find witb the four ap ' pointecs. Mr. Simmons said all : were "able, upright, experienced I and competent,"' but be added that pat least one Democrat should have been named to the com mission. ' Senator Williams urged that two I Democrats be chosen and two Re 1 publicans dropped. ' Recalling that there had been "sharp conflict'' over the allied debt commission bill. S?:;ator Sim mons said that under the circum i stances and "in view of the gen eral interest of all of the people in i these loans it doc:- seem that pro priety calls for the opposition party to have at least one representative. ; Senator Lodge, declaring that, the 'country';? finances were in charge 1 of Secretary Melton who by the [.provisions of the act as secretary of the treasury will be ex-officio [chairman of the debt commit ion. ! argued that the Republicans would [be responsible for any action tak en and suggested that their au ; thority should accompany the re ? sponsibilP"y. II? also said that when for: icr President Wilson retired all members of the federal reserve [hoard were Democrats. Senator ; Ileflin. however, took exception to this statement, saying he undcr [ stood that there always had been I at least one Republican member of ! the board. Senator Kellogg pointed out that tlie allied debt bill did not receive a single Democratic vote in the ! senate when it was passed. H" [added that the president had ap pointed men "in sympathy with tie plan of settlement" of tin- allied loan.'. Former President Wilson's letter of CM* asking election of a Demo cratic congress was recalled by Senator Heftln. who said its*- Re-: publicans then said "a great deal about Wilson wanting to shut out the Republicans." "And now you ain't going to let even one Democrat in to s<-.- what's i going on." he raid, addressing his remarks to the Republicans. "Von Democrats," be added, turning to that side, are good enough to put up the coin of fne realm, good j enough fo pay taxes to help win the j great World war. but. you're not | good enough to sit in the council chamber." Senator Heflin said that if Mr. Wilson bad acted as President Harding had regarding the dcbi commissioners. Senator "Lodge and other Republicans would be indig nant and "would be bobbing up and down like one of these cuckoo clocks." Senator Williams recalled thai Mr. Wilson had appointed "nearly all" Democrats on the Parte peace I commission to "make action and | responsibility synouoinous" ami ! had been criticised by the Rcpub-1 licans for not giving that party representation. IT And now you won't let ?im Democrat even act as an observer." said Mr. Williams. COLD WAVE . PREDICTED Icy Storm Moving Southward From the Northwest Chicago. l'*eb. 23?-The storms and cold w?v?\ which have made the northwest icebound, an- reach ink towards the Ohio Valley. Ten nessee and Cast Culf states and will ovt r^perad the Atlantic Cons;al r< 5fton by tomorrow says the v.eath er bureau. KARDOS & BURKES LIABILITIES LARGE 1 NYw York. Feb. 23.?^The liabili [ tics ot the brokerage hrm of Kar dos -v Kurke, which went into n ; receiver's hands last night, tire es timated at seven hundred thousand ! to million and a half dollars. ] John Lurke, former United States [treasurer, and governor of North [Dakota, said be lost every dollar I in He collapse. Not?Let all the cuds i.hou Aims'*a Sumlcr, S. C.. Saturday CHICKENS TO ROOST Henry Cabot Lodge Pestered by Reser-i vations to His Own Treaty?AppenU to! Harding For Help j Washington. l*Vb. 23 ?The ad\ice | of I*rr: iii> ni Harding u.fi to the ac- ! I ceplasicc of reservations to the four' power Pacific treaty was ?;111 at : a conference with U>e executive byJ Senator Lodge, 'j lie conference is regarded as having the important i bearing on the progress of tJie pa el to v. a Vi t ili< a t Uju. DAIRY INDUSTRY CAMPAIGN Specialists to Make Speeches in Sumter County Hundreds of letters are being j mailed out from the Sumter Cham j her of Commerce to farmers atidi j honkers, merchants and other bus-j in ess men about the creamery and! dairy industry drive next week inj J Sumter county with the view also"! I of interesting farmers in Lee and! Clarendon counties in producing butter fat tu sell t?> the Su inter I Creamery company. Sumter has an established market for hotter fat. Mr. Everett Russell of the Inter national Harvester company, and Mr. C. \Y. Schmollte, dairy exten sion pecialist of the United Slates dep.if ?..ent of agriculture, will be the speakers ;it meetings ;js i>< r schedule below. Mr. Russell is the I "Billy Sunday" vi i lie dairy ;udu< Jtrv when it cumes to "selling the idea" to farmers and other busi ness men. He furnishes a line of information about 'be "Mother o? Prosperity." the dairy cow. beating the boll weevil to it. and the milk cow as "the factory on every farm" bringing in money the year around, |and puts tin- information so inter estingly and convincingly that those v. ho heyr gel the proposition into their own systems and go out prepared to sell it to others. .Mr. Schmolk': is a dairy special ist of practical as well as scie-ntifi eal success and experience, and a splendid talker, also. A committee j f .?nt the Voting Men s Business I League and the Sumter Chamber J ??f Comioercc. cooperating, will be I with Messrs Russell a nd Schmolkc. i as "expert exhorters" to help "put j if o\er the top." Three day- will be given to the work with the ?'>?' - Jci:il dairy evangelist talking, and [the public men and women, arc ur::ei1 t<i attend these meetings. Friday's program Iu<s not yel been I arranged for. bul will be aunounc j ed later. Schedule <>f dateg <.f nicetings': Wednesday. March 1st? Trinity School. Sbilob Tor nship. j at 10.30 a. m. Norwood School. Shiloh Tov n I ship ;?f 2: 30 p. tn. j Shiloh School Shiloh Township, at 1:30 p. tn. Thursday March 2nd ? Sumter County Mass Meeting. r>t Sumter Court House ;it i 1 :?'" Hi Bethel School in Privateer Town !ship at I:30 p. m. DECLARED HUGE AIRSHIP UNSAFE Chicago. Feb. 22.?Lieut. Clif ford E. Smyth'-, of Chicago, killed in the rtoma disaster, wrote to his i father just after the dirigible's re-; cent trial (light to Washington that j the air-hip \\;ts so unsafe that it \ I would be "criminal ncgligenee to; fly her again without making] changes in her const rue?.ion." nc cordiug to Dr. J. M. Nicholson. J friend of the Smythe family, who] made public the letter tonight. I "The Roma behaved so badly on j her first trial over Washington thai she was declared unsafe." said the I letter, according to Br. Nsehol-mi. I "and the majority ol those on board were advised to mak" Hie return trip bv train. If an vt hing h-u been i ? j don ? to aller her. e;;cej.?i Jo change j the ??ngin? a. I don 1 loiov v b;ii i! i ? is. It looks to tue Ii I v * - criminal! f n?; gligeiiee to lly b?-r vviihyiii mak ling changes in h'*r coir*tru?"?ioii. j Rttl V bat e;i i, I do '.' j "The dirigible .??? to. ??] sluggi b I and slow to respond i?> t!i<- c??n-; j ; rols. Wl.il.' r.h-- t nded l Ii? ti ;;, ''riebt, she disobeyed her ruddm j < \i-r;il times in :i way t!i:i! was ( alarming. The r? tilt v :< ? thai on j her return ::-i;> from Wavbinglor ' [ unnecessarj passengers and j members of the crew who could be I .spared were advi>ed to back f train." ' Robert Siiiythe. Jr.. Lieutenant I Sniythc'a brother. .*'<(] LicuteuaT.} j I StijA the mad* Mo return trip from ' ! Wa hit i-ton |>y boa' JEWELRY BROKER HELD UP BY HANOIT New York. I-' j::. Tvban dits forced Ja? ob V> isiiack, ;i j< el looker into ati autoiuobib with1 pistols, and stole tWeiitA thousand dollars' worth of diamonds. j .Japan may i. . I ;i little mortifi? d, j oi't . v ? n t hat i- chtrapcr t ban con tinu.ed effort to be fortified. it Im? thy Country's, Thy God's and , February 25, 1922 TROUBLE IN CENTRAL AMERICA San S a 1 v ;i d o v and Honduras About to Fight Over Question of Central Ameri can Union i San Juan Del Sur. I*7ioaragiia, Fob. 23?The relations of Salvador laud Honduras arc reported to be j critical over diiter?uces concert i ! ing the Central America union. Troops in San Salvador City arc re - i ported to have rebHlcd and are ? concent ratitig on the Moiiduran ' frontier. I THE MAN WE CANNOT FORGET i - I House of Representatives En '? dorse Woudrow Wil on Irv a I Rising Vole ; Columbia. Feb. A dramatic ? ?-?-Ii?-, was witnessed in Mi-' house Wednesday night in the midst of a .program in honor of the name of IGeorge Washington, v. le u a motion f was introduced as tribute to Wo?>?J ' row Wilson, and by a standing i vote, unanimous except for one [.member, the hon?. adopted a res olution expressing eonlideie-f in I and love for the ?nan who led the .v.o'd'l to v i?-t? >r.v in vre world war. ?Tbc only member who did not ['vote for the rcsomilon was K*>pre r-scntativc Manalian. of Winnsboro. ;;i!nl in a f?fl r< marl'.- preceding the *vote be declared t hot he consid ered Woodrow Wilson the "worst 7 >"j:)n; r.il we ev?-r had." nod he fndd'd. " tlon'i believe he's any Democrat at aII.'' The rem?irfc le Mr. Uanahau ?precipitated the vote of a?tecliou for the former president and |.?rought unpi.ii]'?' for Wilson not Only from the gallery but from ' i he floor of l be house. A- the conclu i'"i of Hie reading of George Washington's farewell St.dd.rct :. a: appropriate to the day. representative C".an", of Marlboro; iinoved tliaL the recent editorial in ?Tollier's Weekly, on "The Man ; They Cannot Forget," and quoted fin many newspapers of r11>* *;*ale. be rea.d to the bouse and printed in 1 he journal. Representative i Sapp expressed the belief that it should be read. i.?m thai reading it was not necessary, as tnost of the members bad read it and the time v. as h??* 'I"?i for business of legislation. To this Representative, -Hauaihaji agreed and declared that, he did not consider Wood row Wil son a good Democrat, adding that "that's why ''olliers. a RepubU'.-an j magazine, printed tie editorial. This remark precipitate*] .\ beat wave. Mr. Evans jumped to his 'feel and demanded that the e<ji .toria I be read. The m",'i',j, carried j witb a loud ' aye." an.I during the rea.diug the hou: " uas still and ftbe members leaned foi***ard At ?the conclusion Representative Cur It is. of Clarendon, slating that lie ! wa i a veteran of the world war, who fought nnder Wilson's leader ship, moved thai by a rising vote the bouse endorse ibe sentiment of the editorial read and express its : sympathy and devotion t<? the fanner president. The motion was carried unanimously save for the one voic. Another feature of the George Washington prog/am in Ibe bouse was the adoption of resolution by Mr. Blease. of New berry, to the effect that the ffoudon statue of Washington on the capitol plaza be repaired. This was adopted. BLANKET RESERVA TION MODIFIED Washington. Feb. 23.--Modifica tion of the blank?*! reservat?? i to the four power Facilic treaty, pro viding thai nothing in the treaty ran l?e construed '?>< committing the Cijit?*i1 Stiles In e\.-r i.e nrni*-d force withoul congress consent1-*, was laid before Hie foreign rely Hons conjjiitttee by ? *ha irma.n Lodge. Several Republican and Demo*--rat ie members opposed. Comnjii*ee adjourn* ?I until touior row. -? , 4? -. NO (KIM IN Ah NEGLIGENCE Newport. Feb. 23 Col. A. S Fi l < r. chief of tJi?- lighter I ban air servier at Ltuigb-y Field, .'aid "Knowing Lieut. Gliffoffrd Smytbe. as J did. I cannot believe ie is cor rectly <i"o!? d in the letter in v. had) he is said to hffve declared the Koma uns.de." Coi Fisher s*:id he was certain there van no criminal ti**glig?-n**c and mere v a ? nothing wrong with fl?e Ronta when the tti-rbi began. Columbia, Feb -3?Th< general appropriation t? i!I was s**ii'i to third reading in the senate today. Tb?? bill as ? 1 a me o\ er from t he hou :e is still with the finance committee, but was placed u:i the calendar by agreement; amendments and argu ments will be offered on third reading. The Senat? is paving tin way for adjournment if possible by March \. though this is doubtful. | Truth's." GASOLINE TAX BILL RATIFIED Conferees Agree on 2-Cent a Gallon Levy?Corporation License Measure Report Also Approved by Both Houses Columbia, leb. L'2.?Agreement on the conference report on thoj j gasoline and corporation license taxe3 by both Houses, agreement among the conferees <->n the bit] ; increasing the membership of thej j oocU'U of trustees of the University! I of Soutii Carolina, passage by the i i House of the Leopard bill providing ! a license on cotton and stock ex 1 changes, decision to debate the , ; consolidated railroad ami public j I s-rrvice commission bill in th? House and the rejection by the Sen iate of the Hubbard bill to require railroad trains to stop at important : crossings were sumo uf the salient features of a busy morning session of the General Assembly, Although it has met death in tie Senate once already this session. the ? i.'i to provide a tax on hydro electric power was rCintroduc? d in the House by 15. T. Hughes, of Marion: Eugene S. Blcaso. of X? \\ - berry, and Thomas S. McMillan, of Charleston. The bill requires quarterly payments of one-third of one mill on each kilowat hour Cor plaids producing :.'.'?. 000 kilowatt hours or more during th.< three months" period. The b?l is a du plicate of the one introduced and parsed by the House during t!i" first part of the session and re jected i>y the Senate by a vote of l'f. to IS. It bar been contended by many that the hydro-electric tax is tlm keystone fo Hie entire structure of revenue legislation and that ?3 crumbling has jeopardized the whole fabric. lr is believed by mawy. and the gossip in the lobby I S'-c-iiiingly b ara this out that there ?;: a reversal of the sentiment re garding the revenue legislation ?since <ii<- Christ'^nsen resignation and doubtful measures now have ? good ?d:ane?? of passage there. The gasoline license t-*s carryinsr a levy i>f fo cents a gallon was! approved by both Houses and or dered ratified. As the measures will ; become a law. if approved by tie-; [Governor it will divide IJ"- tax ???-' [ween the State and counties, one-: h;ilf going hi the State and 'bei ; ?ither half to the counties for n ad ! piirj>?>s?*s. The House accepted the 'Senate amendment which increased the line tox -feom <>?<*? to two c uts nod eliminated the petroleum product ft. Another revenue measure on which the conference report was 1 adopted wus the tax on foreign; corporations. This makes three of: the revenue measures whi?*h hav*? b?ejT iriven their final consideration j by the General Assembly?the in-j horhnnee. gasoline and foreign cor-j n< ra tion I a ses, ! AUGUSTA WOM AN \ FATALLY SHOT Mrs. Essie Hays Dies on Way; to Hospital?Bullet Glances From Tree Aiken Feb. 22?A fatal ending to a stolen joy ride and clandestine party occurred this H.ft?'rnoon at i ? o'clock when Mrs. Essie Hays, of j Augusta. Ga.. died en route to the] Margaret Wright Hospital from ;< ritlc bulle? fired ;i> a target by W. II. Demure, for yi ars connect ed wil ii the shops uf the <'. and W. . <'. ra iiroad. 1 rom tli?- story a *, fold by De nn.? re. who Is how in Aiken jail. Mrs. C i" Hays, another Augusta j woman. ;i man B?nred Heese and himself lefl th* city of Align?!a on ;\ stolen Joy ride for the Ha.ni-*: burg woods, across on the Carioina : , j ? i * - of th?? Sa'ati nali river. When! near \ iylei I (ill ihe 1 ?ura.nl car of Demore's was parked by tie* road idn and tl?*> lour alighted, 'jue of tii" parly had earned along .'! rille for the purpose ul shoot lug. The four scattered through i.he woodland and when about lo re-en'cr* the car saw a Kord ap proaching, goiu" towards Augusta when the two w?>nien. fcarinc it i- a I leg d. Hew wvujd be seen b> parties w ho knew tli m. ran oh! and hid on Ihe bill. To disarm ah* u t>ieiona Dctuorc slates he cotu Uj.-nced tO SllOOt ;l' Objects ;i! i,;;; the side of the road, lb- shot .1 ana.ll ti. and the bullel glanced., entering the breast oi* Mr. Mays, who ran to him. crying out. "|?ick. i you have shot me." She was her i i> ?Jly placed in the automobile arm ru bed to the Margaret Wriglit Hospital, w here upon arrival it v\ nr found by physicians thai she v..is dead. She and the other woman have husbands and children and bot Ii meu have families. Demon- .it once surrendered lo Sheriff I'laukett. of Kichmond county. Georgia. who telephoned' Sie rift Howard Ol the affair :<nd turned hi.; pri oner over to Deputj Sheriff Butler, of Aiken. Mr. H ?? < wa;; about ibirty-four year:-! old Coronei Tarver, of Aiken. vrill hold an iuque t 'ouiorrov morning. SK< . DA-VIS-MAKES STATEMENT Lima. Ohio. Feb. 2?J.- Uelief ??( the unemployment situation lo the removal of over two million chil dren from industry was advocated by Secretary of Labor Davis ;i an address here. j THE XKCE SOI SINN FEIN CONVENTION De valera Will Make Final and Decisive Fight Against the Irish Free .Stale Dublin. Feb. ??').?-The hotels of Dublin were crowded tonight with delegates who tomorrow v. iJ! at tend the opening of the Ard Eheis; or National Sinn Fein convention. More than 2.009 delegates bad ar rived up to a late hour this even ing. The convention is expected to have an important bearing on the efforts ??? Kamon De Valera and his followers Lo prevent the treaty with the British governmeiU from being carried into effect. Mansion Ho;;. is expected tomorrow t<i be the centi r of a momentous assembly. Mr. De Valero as president of the .shm Fein, wit! preside. 11 is ?-xpect?'d that the conveution will las? on- day. as Hi* executive committee of the party has recom mended that a vote be taken to iuoitow'evening at s o'clock. 1( has been recommended thai the num ber of speakers on each side of ?!-.<? "lue:>iion:' he limited, t ut the fol liiWT.: ??r Mr. De Valera may pos i <ly disregard the recommenda tion! J *!a !<!?! a* ?? arrangements have been made fbj r v. rdins the vote, but. even if the balloting tak?s place at ?? o'clock the r suit mav not he determined until ;i o'clock. Therefore it is considered possible that the figures will not he availa ble until curly Wednesday morn ing. 'J O" icsue to bp determined hy the delegates is clear!-, recognized : s being fi r and against the treaty. Mr. Dc Valera has griven notice ,;f a r Solution that the Sinn Fein organization will continue to ad here to the spirit and the letter of the constitution adopted by the Ard Bheis in 017 and that "ac cordingly, until international rec ognition ! f Ireland as an independ ent republic has been secured, the aim of the organization shall he. as before, to secure that recognition.*' At an executive council arranged for t .e Ard Klvds Mr. Do Valera t<.<i;<v made evident bis determina tion to construct the Irish coi-stJ t ut i?. 1 ? in its 5!rieten sense. It un doubtedly i:< bis view that, accept ance of the treaty would he a de parture fr>>m the constitution and that *h(- Ard Khei3 can not depart from the constitution except by a t w o-thirda majority. It v.as conceded tonight that a two-thirds majority can not be ob tained. There is much interesting speculation concerning the line M<. Do Valera. as president of the as sembly, may t:<).<* on the effect of the resolutions. The meeting will determine whether fbe Republicans or the adherents of the Free State shall control the barly machine, which is an independent considera tion i" view of the forthcoming elections. Control < f fund.- ould follow control of the organization. The fund- in miest'on. however, would not mean the war chest of the Sinn Fein movement, but merely the working Capital of the party or ganization. There ''and.--, ii is be lieved. do not amount to more than r???? pounds it 13 regarded as certain, no mat* ter which side vies in the contro versy that the defeated party will not submit, but will start a rival organization of it" own. Dublin. Feb. 22.?An agreement adjourn Art Tilers, the Sinn Fein national convention for three months v a ? reached today, provid jug no vote in the datl circann shall reouire the recognition of the pro visional government and no elec tion is held meanwhile. When the election is held the new constitu tion Uy\der the Anglo-Irish treat" shall be submitted to lbs country. RUDDER WAS DAMAGED Dirigible Koma i [ad an Act. tlcut Sometime Afro Newport News. Feb. 23- The bodies of the Roma disaster vie tims wer*" claimed by relatives to ?luv ami ii;an> were here to >tteud tic* public funeral tomorrow. I became known that a rudder acci tfeni occurred at tm* field sometime ago when .'h<. Roma was making a' landing, a bole t?eing torn in a rear compartment. Reports that the K?m.-, was out for a record the d;.?y she was wrecked is denied by the sui" Ivors. SEARCHING ~ FOR A REMEDY Delegates Meet in New Or IrjNtiHi A ;cci*tairJ "VYM Cotton ??? Unprofitable New Orleans, Ftib. 2 >?Delegates appointed by the < i>tton states go" - erjiors met here to e tabllsh the r< ason why the production ot cotton is unprofitable and to find a remedy if possible. fine ?notto: Open y shut your mouth. :' nd THRO-V. Established June 1, 1S6G. VOL. Uli. NO. i Attitude of Cltibsj in Regard to Questiori of Free State mid Republic to Be De fined at Meeting in Dublin ! Dublin. Feb. 21 (By the Asso i' iated Press).?There i~ a possibil I ity that a split in the Sinn Fein j i.vrr the ,Vnsi"-jri I> treaty" will 1? avoided. The Aj"d Fhels; the n3t j ional Sinn Fein Convention, which i roet ^f tlie Mausten House toda.' for the purpose of defining the at I titude of 'h^ Sinn Fein clubs on the treaty whether for a free "t?te 01 j h republic, adjourned until toroor i t-jvj with instructions to the leaden j of the two parties to come togeth er and devise a plan to keep the Sinn Fein organization united; ?? - ! This imeEpected outcome was due to the direct initiative Of the I meeting in general, and was not j prompt? d by the leaders of either j side. Attci Eatuon de Val--ra had. j presented a resolution pledging, ad j h'-renee to the Constitution adopt J by ti,o .-\rd Fheis in tS17, look ! ins i<> "internsitlona] rV?0"g?U$eW*>l Ireland as zd ind.epe]i3em' republic * and stmed his objee-tions to the treaty on republican p*ii'nciplesJ tl*e debate. unlike the discussion in the <iaU eireann. did not Settfc down into an exdioination of tlxo merits and demerits of the treatv I Arthur Griffith, president of the ! flail eireanh. ropieios: ?0 Mr. do Ve I . - iera. raided no oo,v point*; he mere j !y reasserted that the treatv" gavs I Ireland the oTvport unite it re-edfd. Cheers from both sidvs ?-"??=?{? d suggestion of Father Gaynoi*, t a r4 influential member of the Stand ! ing committee composed of both i support* rr- and oppoiWrts* Of the I treaty, for a three years' posr J incut of the elections and yrced that the prevailing sentiment of [the convention was for unity in the organization in view of possible j eventualities and that it should | no" be difficult for Mr. de Yaiera, and Mr. Giirbth to reach an ar rangement avoiding disruption of ' the organization 00 which Irelantl j in t Jm-cave r? a breach b -tween the* British minister aiA Ireland might be compelled to rely. Mr. o'e V'akra argued that elec tions at the present time would be. j unfair because the Irl 1. pseplb i would bave only the vaguest id^a j of v. hat they wert offer*. .1 i" c:c ehahge .for the republic, Michael Collins dii2 hi a best to thia objection and indicated that he did j not .desire that the elections t>*> rushed but was imable to i- e a [guarantee against elections. ! He poiuted out that gu i*-ng as j the elections were delayrd ;t was j open to the supporters oi de .alera j to defeat thqj provisional -rovern [ mcut in the d^ii and that defeat J by even one vote o>' a n-hior point } would compel the goverameat to resign. Mr. Griffith emphasized 'be same points and charged that de val-era was trying to avoid a decision by j the people. Mr. de Va?era resented this and meeting the ebjsV*iaa of Collins and Griffith that they could not guarantee that ? Mr. Lloyd J George would not toree elections, j contended that no elections would ihe hold without rUe sanction of j the dail eireann and tlie ariuy. ? Subsequent speakers, reinforced j <h.> plea that, tho p lidsrs-sbjould eu I deavor to avoid a -pUt.'the most ! notable being pru sts, who withou ! exception took this line. The ma?r ! :.er finally was settled by the inter.- ? j vention of Kichard Maiean-. -aho. ! a ? a minister of defense and' he-d of the army, carries great v eishj^ .Mr. Mulcahy framed a rest Union directing that the Iea^ers/iu^t^ I night and acek a basis of agree- . merit for submission tj the conven i t ion tomorrow. j ROBBERY AT ! } JTTLE MT, \ Rkhhmd and Newfeer^- Offi 1 cers [luRti.ng P*or Yecvrnicn j Columbia, Feb. y - O^x^r' of Richland and dewberry coun*ie<?t \ are searching foe - ^cz-n^v \\o > robbed two store? Littie Moire ! tain ^t3^.<?i.J^? nigh*, blowing to ; .:s big safes ir both stores T<\o ? stores robbed were the Com>ts K. iSheali' Co.. and the Derrick Co. I tn the first ?V3 yeggs entered ! through a door whose lock they } prised. The other they entered I through a window The booty se cuied totaled only about >J.0-"o\ in ! Liberiy bonds, wan savings! s.-aijip*. [.currency and checks. ; a general alarm h;*$ been s?nt to : *kugusta, Greenville. SpartaabuTg: 1 harlestort and o^h0?- cities. | day Moitday a grizzly ?uan?r ! er was seen hi Little M??"mtair-. bur i ai: actions did not arouse suspicion ! ^1 the time !r is no^ recalled thai j once he was seen m the itar ot ' -Tr of ?he ?-toras robbed. j Los Angeles. Feb. 21.?Ins s':it against the Los Angeles Eeening I Express by the Ku Klux Klan, de-' j manding one thousand dollars' damages for the publication of al leged libclous articles was dismissed I in the superior court.