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THE SCATTER WATCH-MAX, Esta CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 AS WASHINGTON SEES HARDING YEAR'S WORK - Worthwhile Achieve- j merits are Almost! Neglible and Credits i Claimed Due to! Democratic Policiesj -? By WAJLT.ACE BASSFORB* (Special News CoiTespondent.) Washington, March 16.?This ad- | ministration has completed its first year: the president s?ys that it's great accomplishments ''speak for r themselves." If they do, their voice remains unheard by the great majority of the people, who are practically agreed that it has been a year of wasted and misspent tirms and that the people who voted Harding into .the White House have not even "had run for their money." To hear the voice of these wonderful but unlisted ac complishments, the ear of the pub lic wroutd have to be equipped with Mr. Edison's new invention, which is said to be so capable of multi plying sound- that it- can hear a molecule when it turns over for another nap. : The president may have thought the list of achievements so tedious that he had no time to enumerate every great blessing flowing forth to gladden the happy and prosper ous toilers who make the welkin ring with their shouts of approval as. they cast their sweaty caps in air. Or could it be that the list is like the short and simple annals of the poor and youjd remind the public that the administration has been trying to dip away with a teaspoon the ocean of our difficul ties? What is the answer? Here it is?here is the. list of accomplish ments completed to date: 1. " The appropriation of twen ty million dollars from the grain corporation's funds (profits made .oft the wheat growers) to relieve starving in a section of Russia, whlie starving at home is over looked. 2. The passage of the maternity bill with most of the good features left but. 2. A good roads MIL ' ?4. - The:Ala"s*a-bi1^-tpxnm'g;over all of Alaska's resources to the Secretary of the Interior, so he can reward the friends of the ad ministration to his heart's content. 5.. Buying a senate seat for Newberry at $200,000 per. To*'list the failures would re quire columns. The tariff bill is dead-locked; the're-apportionment bill faikd in the house because the Republican caucus could not agree on it. The soldier-bonus bill has been dead-locked repeatedly and ho prophet is so bold as to predict the outcome. Rut the ship bonus (in this case the money would go to the rich and powerful khip-owners) is being energetically pushed by the president. (It all depends on who gets the bonus.) The treaties made by the disarma ment conference are held up in the senate. This conference, by rhe way. was provided for six years igo in the naval appropriation act of 1916, i??a Democratic congress and the^Iaw was signed by a Demo cratic president. Even the money to cover the expenses was ther ap propriated; all Harding had to do was obey the law and call it. On .foreign immigration there has been an utter failure to legislate The taxation laws have been revised with measures which even the Re publicans admit are unsatisfactory compromises. Taxation lias been reduced very slightly and the ?x -penscs of the government not at all. The irrigation and reclamation bill has been lost in the committee? no action of any sort. Budget re form a failure. Almost every mem ber of the house who has spoken on the subject has attacked it. And so on through the list?ninny thou sands of bills introduced, billions of dollars appropria* 'd in excess of pre-war appropriations, bur no re lief afforded to anyone anywhere. Wheat has risen in price?but it is all out of the hands of the farm ers; they get none of the benefit, but nil of tile people have to i?:iy more for their Hour and their -/read. In only this one thing has the administration kept its prom fee, and this pronii.se has r?een kept to the ear only, for the in crease at this time is an evil in stead of a good. The Washington News appeared the o?her day. on the anniversary of Harding*s inauguration, with a group of ten pictures of the presi dent on the front page, pictures taken at different times when he was engaged in various occupa tions; curiously enough, only one represented him silting at his desk, at work: in the others he was fish ing, golfing, strolling in the park, horseback riding, yachting, etc. Rut, with all that, it can be truly said that he never went on more than one week-end vacation in any single week. 01' Doc Sawbones, fearing the president might acquiru lens-para lysis from standing in front of the camera too constant ly, ordered him off to Florida; oi course that great Brigadier-Gineval of Homeopathy has to go along to *:ee that the president doesn't re ceive a fatal golf-bail wound in the cosmogony. Attorney General Daugherty, failing under the ter rific strain of sending hordes of Wished April, 1S50. 881. PLAN TO CONSOLIDATE RAILROADS Inter-State Commerce Commission Orders Hearings to Begin Next Month Washington, March 15.?The in terstate commerce commission has ordered a hearing .on April 24th to consider the plan' to bring about the consolidation of the prin cipal American railroads into nine teen major systems. The consoli dation of the railroads of the southeast region is scheduled for the first part of the hearings. wealthy malefactors to the stocks every day, also hears the call of Palm Reach: Secretary Christian, contracting the golf and camera maladies through infection, gets the same prescription: Mrs. Hard ing, weak from trying on many ermine wraps, is also in the party. Germany is again meeting her reparations payments. It must be galling to a million or tsvo of Ger man democrats, who helped put Harding in the White House, to realize that it was Secretary Hughes' imperative note to Ccr many, just after Harding was in augurated, that settled Germany's fate in this respect. The govern ment of Germany, knowing how much German-Americans had done toward the election of Harding, delayed and stalled in every pos sible way until Harding reached the White House, depending on his moral support to weaken and break down the demands of the allies for settlement. But Hughes spoke on May 3. 1921, saying: "This gov ernment strongly urges the German government at once to make di rectly to the allied governments clear, definite and adequate pro posals which would in all respects meet its just obligations." It was that sentence which broke the hopes of the German government and caused it to bow in the dust before the French and English. Did Republican politicians lead the German-American voters to be lieve the Harding government would lentTits moral aid and sup port to the Fatherland? If not. how did it happen that this solid vote was cast for Harding:-? And what are fhose voters' feelings now when they think of Hughes' note? Chairman House of tho Demo cratic Congressional Committee has issued the following statement: "Recently there was a luncheon at the Raleigh Hotel in this city at which a number of Republicans who expect to be candidates at the fall election and several managers of the motion picture industry were present. At this luncheon it was pictured in glowing colors the things that could and would be don*- for the Republican party by using the big moving picture trust to flood the country with propa ganda helpful to the Republicans." "The Democratic organization in charge of the congressional elec tions desire to take tnis means of notifying' Democrats everywhere of this declared intention." "I do not believe tho men who own the controlling stock in the motion picture industry will coun tenance this plan. In the first place, they have too much sense ? to jeopardize the success of their business, and. in the second place. j I believe most of them are Dem j ocrats. Even the Republican the atrical men know that everything j shown op the screen in recent j months connected with the present I administration has been nnpopu ! lar. Every theatregoer comments j on this. Before this procedure is allowed to start, it would be well for the heads of the business to re I fleet, and to ask themselves if they can afford to go into politics at I this time." I "My own belief is that the movies should and do play a great part in the education of the young and j develop good sentiment, but they will fail In his great mission, and fail from a business standpoint un less they do two things?keep <dean and keep out of politics." Real Americans are treated at too frequent intervals to nause ating exhibitions of Ambassador Harvey's undignified boot-lit king of the English. After the last inci dent occurred some American newspaper man in London got out :i story that the president was |about to recall Harvey. Of course tin- Associated Press immediately asked the president if this was true, giving him an opportunity to at bast give Harvey hint by de ?elining to discuss the matter: but t!i" president bluntly denied it. thus leaving the inference that he endorsed Harvey's perform ances. The newspaper man over in London prbh&Mv realized thai there are some men you just can I I help. j A Missouri editor luts suggested ja hew way to pay the bonus?he '.gets the idea from the recent ac tion of the senate in voting ibnry j Ford's scat to Xewberry. He says lit should be easy: if a scut in the j senate is worth $200,000, why not sell (hem all to the highest bidders and use the money to pay the sol diers? And then there is the Su preme Court?the big predatory in "Be Jost ami Tear TRAINING CENTER FOR VETS ; United States Veter ans' Bureau Leases j Chick Springs Pro perty for Use of Dis abled Former Ser vice Men Greenville, March 15.?A govern ment training center for disabled soldiers will be established near Greenville within CO days, official announcement having been obtain ed here today that the large Chick Springs Hotel property, now used as a sanitarium, has been leased 'by the United States Veterans' Bu i reau for five years and that tin ad ditional large brick building is to be i erected there by the leasing compa ?nies. the Chick Springs Water com jpany and the Steedjey Sanitarium. ? before the grounds are turned over \ to the government on May 1. Lea*. ! ing of the property represents tin j outlay by the government, it is unp Iderstood. of around $100.000. ! The signing of the lease brings to ja successful conclusion a great 'amount of work in behalf-of Grpen. | ville, covering a number" of ?Mpj|ths i past, by Major C. Heyward Jfahon I Jr.. J. A. Bull, Fred W. Graham j and others connected with the ! Chamber of Commerce and the j ? ? 'American Legion. The training center will be the J only one of its kind in this district i and one of the largest in the South, j Two hundred and fifty men and in ! structors will be brought here when ' the property is taken over and this j number will be increased later. The i new training center is to have no 'connection with the Public Service j Hospital at the old Camp Sevier Isite. Veterans of the World War ? sent to the training school will bo i taught a number of trades. They will come here from points through out this district, which comprises i North and South Carolina, Georgia, j Florida and Tennessee. i The'present building, which was j formerly the Chick Springs Hotel, : will be used for a dormitory arid ? the new building will be used for j class rooms and work shops. CLOSING IN ON ! REVOLUTIONISTS i * _ . I South African Government Determined to Destroy Bolshevism London. March 14.?The govern - j mcnt forces tire closing in on the i revolutionaries from the east and ! west, according to South African j advices. A locomotive was rterail ! ed and the railway line was dyna j mited near the Transvaal border. ; There were no casualties. j COAL MINING CEN TER CAPTURED ? Johannesburg. Union South Afri ca, March 14.?Tin? government I forces have captured Brakpan. the coal mining center. AUGUSTA ' STREET CARS ARE IDLE j Traction Company Decides to ! Discontinue Service at Once ! - ! Augusta. Ga.. March IS?Follow 'ing intense jitney competition which has cut d?*eply into already depleted revenue, the Augusta-Aiken Kail way and Electric Corporation an [ nounced tonight that it would I cease the operation of all street { cars in Augusta, beginning tomor ! row. i This is the only street car ser j vita* here. The line from Aiken to l Augusta is not involved. Nashville. March i*>.~ Pr*&f&\ : ing innocence of the murder of j Mrs. Bertie Lindsey. of Knoxville. i Maurice Mays, a negro, was elcc I troeuted today. Merest should be willing in pay :i j million dollars a piece for live or six I of the jobs, and a few millions for th" presidency?last lime it cost I the Etepublican party almost nine millions to i>ie;< thai plum. And ; then th*-!--- is the control of ihe ? house?the tariff heneiiciaries and the fellows who have to pay the ; tug surtaxes might use at lot of lie ; jo)?s ar $100.lion (?.ich. Even Her trick's seal might gel it bid. The eiiy of Saeo, Maine, bad n mayoralty election the other day ? and the Democrat, who was win tering in Florida, was elected. <:\v ! rying every ward in town. The place had not gone Democratic ! since l !? I I. Tin-r e was a very L"heavy vnic of both sexes. ; A Washington undertaker adver tises ;i funeral tor ?> I L'.V ID thai is [guaranteed in please even He I corpse and invites "any interested paiiy io investigate." Could that word "party" refer in the one now holding all three blanche-: of the j government? Not?I>t ail the ends* Thou Aims't ? Sumter. S. C. Saturda i The Start of Ma: Princess Mary and Lord Lascell i their train pulled out on the start MARKETING PLAN SURE OF SUCCESS I Marlboro, Darlington and Sumter Coun ties in the Lead For Cooperative Cotton Marketing j Columbia. Mareh 14. ? Three ! counties, Marlboro. !>arlingtqn and {Slimier, have already signed 51, j 2*>3 hales of cottoii; or more than j one-eighth 6? the quota .for the ; whole stair, according to a state? ? me'nt given out at the he.adfiuar ! lers oi* the South Carolina Cotton ! Growers' Cooperative AssociaCtion ; here today. j A telegram fom E. Wallace j Evans, county el airman tor Marl I boro county, says That Marlboro I co.un.ty expects to sign a total of i 40.00ft bales, or one-tenth 01" the j quota of the whole state before the j campaign closes. To date Marlboro has signed ; 21.G67 hales: Darlington, IS.7C0 I bales and Sumter IG.SOG bales. [These .ire the three leading coun , ties. ft. <\ [lamer, chairman of the I campaign committee, speaks at :i ; big mass meeting of Lattrens coun ty farmers Friday. Saturday Mr. j 1 lamer and L. T>. .Jennings, of t Sumte)-, will speak before the ag ricultural bureau of the Greenvilb Chamber of Commerce: Alfred ; Scarborough, member of tin- organ ization committee, is speaking in (Jreemillo county this week also. Committees of S pa r t a u 1> 11 r g farmers, who have signed the con traet, are canvassing Spartanburg county this week for additional sig natures. This is also being ob served as "sign tip week" in Sum ter! Governor Cooper will speak in Anderson-, Abbeville. Greenwood und NTewborry in behalf 01* the movement. The ilutes for bis speeches have nor yet been an nounced, but will be announced in a few days. -? ? ?? MOOREFIELD REMAINS IN OFFICE Statt' Highway Commission Requests Him to Continue His Work Columbia. March I.V. Charles II. MooreiieM. who resigned as chief engineer of the stab? high way department, but w ho has been holding ovi r in the otlice ;it the re i;uest o ?' the high w:t-y com m ission until the March meeting of ihat body; was Tuesday afternoon, when tin- commission met. requested to remain in olhee sidl longer. No ? i.:ie i.. set fur his retirement. London. March !??. Lady Alice White whn was found unconscious in :i London libtel room yesterday, died this morning. A burglar is believed to have inflicted the in it he thy Country's. Thy God's and y, March 18, 1922 es at Paddington Station Just before of the royal honeymoon. PAYMENT OF STATE : INCOME TAX j State Tax Commission Will Probably Grant Extension of Time for Payment of First Installment Columbia. March 1.4.?The state lax commission, according to in formal ion obtained in Columbia today, will likely extend the time for payment- of the tirst install ment of the state income tax. in order to give the commission lime ' to set up th<- proper machinery for collecting the.'*:tax. The first in stallment is due VVe'dnesday. under ; he new act. which is identical with the federal income act, but as the Son;:-. Carolina aci only be came law with the governor's sig nature Monday afternoon, the tax commission has not had time to . make arrangements for handling. A meeting of the tax commission will be held Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, and at the meeting the details of the income lax collection will be worked out. The act allows the tax commission to set the date for payment of the : tax. The state income tax is exactly one-third of the federal income tax. In <>iher particulars the new law is identical with the federal j s.tatute, the exemptions being the : same and the matter of payments of installments being the same. ? ? ? RAILROAD COMMISSION IN SESSION Meeting Hold to Organize With Now Members Columbia. March I.".?The st:ii< railroad commission, enlarged by the legislature from three to sev en members, is in session hero to day, the first meeting of ihe new commission. The main business be fore the body today is organization. The commission \\i!I determine its meeting dates. Another important inn tier will be ;i consideration of the Columbia street car situation. Members of the commission have expressed the opinion that I lie commission should take ;i hand in this situation, the charter of the Columbia street railway eompah\ having been granted by the stare and the recent railroad commis sion net specifying that the eom mi>i>a shall see that service ia maniiaincd on suburban electric Sines. The street car strike in Co lumbia I;.is l?e< n on for four weeks. ANTI-Kl1 KLUX KLAN ORGANIZED llealdton. (>kla . March IT?. - Anti-Kuklux lv lau Known .is Knights Visible Kmpire was form ed le re to .protesi against mob rule ;:s exemplified in teachings of the former, according to John Hyde, the organizer. Truth's." $10,000,000 i FIRE IN i CHICAGO Entire Block in Loop; District Destroyed: Early in Morning? I One Fireman Killed; ? - . j Chicago. March I?.?A spcctae- j ular Uro. starting at I o'clock this . morning and continuing until five. > destroyed a full square of business ] buildings near the loop district, j with loss of between ten and fif- j teen million dollars. The fire destroyed every struc ture on the block, leaped north i And wrecked the twenty-one story j office building of the Chicago. Iiur- I lington and Quincy Railroad, j which houses the Mercantile Trust & Savings Lank. One fireman was' killed and over ten burr. An tin-] known number of the hundred thousand spectators were slightly hurt by falling brick and burning timbers. The origin of the lire is believed tt. have been ineendiary. accord ing to Shirley 1'. High, city ftr?? at- j torney. who announced the arrest ; j of an unnamed man on informa j lion supplied by 11. T. Schiff, pres ! id-, nt of tlie Confection company, j where the lire started, j Over twenty-live thousand were j made jobless as a result of the ! II. S. EXPECTS SHARE IN PAYMENT - j United States Does Not Intend For Allies to Get It All _ i ! Washington, March 14.?It was [stated on highest authority today; that the American government] j dues not intend to allow the allies j j to take all that Germany can pay lin reparations and leave nothing j for the United States as recom pense for expenditures incurred in \ the occupation of the lihiueland. i This pronouncement of Ameri-j can governmental policy was oc e**mMx-d by?'iv press dispatch from j Paris to the effect that allied gov-| srnments contemplated deferring payments to the I'nit id States for the Rhineland occupation on the: ground that the American govern-j merit had not ratified the treaty of j Versailles. j Such a position on the part of j the allies, it was stated, would be: I indefensible as it could not be ! maintained for a moment, either I morally or legally. The further! j statement was made that under the j terms of the armistice, the Ameri can fore s remained in the Rhine- j land at the expressed request of the allied governments and there was an explicit agreement that ! this country should be reimbursed for the cost of keeping its troops i on the Rhine. L'nder the Versailles treaty, it j was explained, the cost of occu pation <>f the various allied armies! m Germany was made a tirst! charge against war. costs assessed upon Germany/." It was agreed by the allies, it was said, that the, United States should share equally with the allies in these payments, and no technicalities, it was add ed, can obscure the plain issue. The United States has been ex tremely indulg( nt fn the matter of payment for its army in Germany, j j it was said, and intimations in I press dispatches from Europe that I the United States was applying undue pressure in seeking pay ment of money rightfully accruing I to it w ere characterized as malic-j j ions. The American government j has been trying to deal in a most sympathetic way in this matter, it j was asserted, and its request for j payment, which was transmitted to the allied finance ministers last j week, was made only because re-j (ports from KUtrope had intimated; J that tin- allie would partition the j payments from Germany without I considering the right of the Unit j ed States. I Ii was said that, while the Uni- . I ted States ?ioes not want to ere-j i ate a situation which will be inimi-? j < al to the best interests of all, it j will stand on its righrs under the ? terms of the armistice. ? -? ? m i MINERS DEMAND BIGGER WAGES [Meeting in New York to Ne-j gotiate New Agreement For Anthracite Field New York. March 15?-Ambra-i . ite miners and operators will meet :?> negotiate a new wage agreement . to lake the place of the two year contract expiring April 1>; Nine teen miners demands are to be pre sented to the operators who are expected to begin consideration mi make a statement of their po sition on I'riday. The miners are I asking for a twenty per cent in crease in wages among other things while the operators favor a de crease below i he working basis. Montgomery, Ala.. March 15. Mrs. W. ! >. Kdmondson of Deeatur has tiled a declaration to run foi congress. tiii: true son BUCKET SHOP I GAMBLERS ARE SUCKERS Southern Speculators i at the Mercy of New! York Brokers, Wit- j nesses Say How thej Trick is Worked Xew York, March 1 ',.? Charges that the American Cotton Exchange is n huge bucket shop, where, ao tual trading is rare, and where the southern speculator is at the mercy of the Xew York broker, were made today by former members of the exchange at a "John Doe" investi gation conducted by the district at torney's office before Chief City Magistrate McAdoo. Witnesses testified to numerous instances of "cross trading," fic titious orders, dummy accounts, "scalping." secret manipulation of unrecorded transactions, sensation al advertising designed to woo the accounts of small speculators in the south and undisguised bucket ing or" orders. W. B. Wilson and J. II. Watson, members of the firm of Wilson &? Co., which was expelled from the exchange last February 28 on charges that they had warned their clients against further dealings with the institution, were principal witnesses for the prosecution. "When there was cotton for sale in the ring we made bona fide sales for our clients." Mr. Wilson testified. "But the southerner, who is an optimist about the cotton: market almost invariably, bought.] As a result there seldom was any cotton for sale and brokers sim ply 'bucketed' tlte orders, taking a chance on covering themselves when cotton eventually was offer ed in the ring." The. witness declared that he withdrew from the exchange after repeated complaints to officials that "it had become absolutely im possible to transact business with out bucketing." At the time of .his resignation in February he de- ! dared conditions were such that little trading was done on the floor of the oxohauge, most of the orders! from customers being bucketed out right. A score of the most prominent members of the A?neriean Cotton Exchange, some of them its direct ors, were named as constituting "the inner circle" or the trading ring. Only last .January, the witness testified, George W. Pratt, secretary of the exchange, sought to pacify complainants with an announce ment that "the district attorney had examined our books and given us a clean bill of health. Every thing had been fixed." STATE TAX COMMISSION First Meeting of Body Since Adjournment of Legislature Columbia. March 15.?The state tax commission held a meeting in Columbia Tuesday afternoon, and last night announcement was made that the date for the payment of the slate income tx. enacted by tae recent legislature, had been post poned from .March 1"> to May I, "The reason is evident." stated J. Fra-ser Lyon, member of the commission, in making the an nouncement to the pre**: "the law was enacted only last Satur day. The governor signed it Mon day, ami the date for first install ment of.the tax to he due is today, ihe 15th. It would have been im possible f<>r the tax commission to get the collection machinery start ed even by the 15th, and if we had received the payments on that date, or anywhere near lhat date, we could not posslMy have handl ed till ihe money, without making some office provision for it. The extension of time was necessary."' The state income tax law is identical with the federal law. ex cept in a very fen particulars. The main difference 14 the amount of the tax. the state tax being ex actly one-third of the federal tax. The state tax will he payable May 1. or in quarterly installments. For this year ? ach person who pays a federal income tax will make an affidavit to the state tax commis sion of the amount of taxable in come, and he will pay a tax of one and a-third per cent (if his income is less than $5.00^) on this amount. Xext .war the state tax commission will have forms for making returns, similar to those used by the federal collector. Tin- tax commission is hoping to have access, b\ government author ity. :<i the records of the federal collector, in order to ascertain what people in the stale pay the federal income lax. NIGHTIE PARADE OF DIVORCEES Largest Hotel at Ueno De stroyed by Fire Keno, March 15.?Scores of guests escaped in theo n ig h t clothes as the Riverside, the largest hotel here, was destroyed by t; earlv this morning. UROX, Established June I. i.si;?s. VOL. LIII. NO. 10 ELECTRIC RATE REDUCED FOR JOOKING City Council by Major ity Vote Decides To Make Cooking Rate of Three Cents and To Order Electric Ranges At a regular meeting of council Tuesday night, March 141it. there were present all members of Coun cil. The minutes o: the regular meeting of February 2Sth were read and approved. Reports from the police depart ment, civic league nurse and city physician for the month of Febru ary were read and received as in formation. Councilman McCallum referred to the matter of broken and dam aged curbing at various points in the city, and the cit; manager wax authorized to repair all such curb ing, and also the small drains or gutters that cross the sidewalks. Superintendent McKagen of the water works department was au thorized io lay a 4 inch water pipe through West Oakland in order to supply the various cemeteries with water, the cost of this work to be borne by the city. Mayor Jennings brought up the matter of establishing a cook ink rate for electricity, and also furnishing electric cooking stoves to patrons at actual cost plus the freight. Council discussed the mat ter at some length with Mr. Doughty, manager of the light plant. Mr. Raftiold stated that he. was not in favor of the o*'ty going into the stove business, and still <tood by, his actions of some months since. He was net in favor of a cheaper cooking rate unless the rates for lights and power were reduced in like proportion; that in making up the schedule of rares for power lines and cooking,' It was. Jigured that they were in the right proportion. Mayor Jennings stat ed that he favored a 2 1-2 cent rate for all cooking, heating and purposes of that kind, and the city ordering out electric stoves, attach ments and appliances for any one who would deposit the money in ad vance to pay for same, no profit to be made by the city. lie stated that he was nor in favor of reduc ing power and lighr rates in the same proportion because there are three classes: a lighting class which includes everybody, a power clazs and a cooking class which also in cludes everybody. I favor this, first, because the city will make profit on the current furnished at this price, and secondly, because it. will enable the people to get a reason ably cheap cooking rat-- against the outrageous rate now being charged by the gas company. Mr. Raffield further stated that he did not agree that under the price of 2 1-2 cents for cooking that the city would make a profit, hut if it did. that this was sufficient argu i ment to justify lowering the light and power rates. Mr. MeCailura stated that he favored a r, cents rate as he thought this was fair to all parties. He also agreed with j Mayor Jennings that the city order stoves for patrons ar actual cost, j Mayor Jennings agreed to the 2 ! cents rate, and the vote was car ried. Council authorized the payment of bill of Mr. D. J. Cain for repairs to windshield broken by driving his automobile into a street light which had been lowered by a lineman on the corner of Salem and Hampton I avenues. Mayor Jennings opposed j the payment of the bflL I The city manager took up several j routine matters with council, and I asked that the fire department be j especially commended for their ex cellent work in handling the fire j which damaged the stores and con I tents of Siberts Drug Store and j Cooper's Jewelry Store. The cletk submitted a report j showing in detail the cost to the. i city in handling the sanitary cans, and after settle discussion it was decided to reduce the charge made for such service to ?4.00 per year I instead of $6.00 per year, effec tive January 1st, T.'22. As ori ginally ordered by council $2.u0 must be paid for the first six months of the year 1 f?22. and $1.00 will be collected for the other six months of the year, or. if this service has not yet been paid for the first six months of I f? 22. tin" property owner can pay the $4.00 charge and there by close the account for the year, and beginning January 1st. licj:;. a charge of $2.00 will be made for the first six months in advance., and on July 1st. $2.00 will be due for the remaining months of the year, or the full yearly charge of $4.<H? can be paid in advance for which a receipt will he issued to cover. Council then adjourned. TORNADOES KILLED 24 Xew oilcans. March 15.?The death t<dl resulting from the se ries of tornadoes in Louisiana. Mississippi. Arkansas and Okla homa Monday and yesterday stood at twenty-fpur today. Nearly a hundred were injured. The prop erty damage is estimated at several hundred thousand dollars.