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COMI Tti/rw r\ iWU Ih 64 Th Admissior Legion Commander Wnlrlc rnnfprpnfp 11V1UO With Southerners Birmingham Ala.. Mar. 6.?Franklin D. Olier, national commander of the American Legion, was in conference here today with state commanders of ten southern states and it was ^decided to maintain an agent in Washington who shall attend to all civil affairs of of the Legion. Formal resolutions were adopted regarding civil service laws as applied : to ex-service men which read In part: "Whereas, the civil service laws and regulations confer certain benefits upon ex-service men; and, "Whereas, instances have occurred where ex-service men have been deprived of said benefits by illegal and j irregular practices: "Re it resolved by the state com-' manders of the American Legion for, the states of Arkansas, Louisiana,; Mississippi. Alabama. Georgia. Florida., South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee j > and North Carolina, In conference as-, sembled, that the President of the( United States be required either to take steps to secure a fair interpreta-j tion and administration of said laws, and regulations, or to ask for the re-, peal or revocation of said laws and, regulations." j In?BJ5JSf5J5J3fSSe!)t33JaSlS?3MSJ3M3J3SMr HADD( ! Spring Stock is You are cordial | We handle ? women. Our prices w to make them c ^1 If you can t c % your orders. f ,-i I " I j HADE ING DORC ie Rig i, Childr< MARRIAGE WRECKS BARK. OF LOVE ( Seattle.?It was only the tril'le of Warrant Boatswain R. L. Cornell's marriage that wrecked the bark ;?f ! eve that he and Yae Lee launched here. The two were traced to Los Angeles. They traveled on Yac-'s ol money?$1,700 of it. I can't love ir iin'm nnv more." savs Vae. "I don't 1? j ove him any more," declares Mrs. ci I Cornell, so here in the c- ^sily ail the G j >ailor averred "it isn't wovtuwhiie." e About 90 per cent of all the work- f< ers in Pennsylvania are covered by n the workmen's compensation law. I, tl Texas Democrats y Oppose Joe Bailey K Dallas. Tex.. March 6.?Endorsement of the administration of President Wilson and arraignment of the ^v anti-administration sentiment as exemplified by the "Bailey faction" marked a statewide meeting of Texas j Vl Democrats here today which is form-! ulating plans for sending a pro-ad-}p ministration delegation to the Demo-1 cyatic national convention. Women from several sections of I the state participated in the conference. It was declared Texas proposed to send several women delegates to iu lie San Francisco convention. h; DN WILSOI now complete in every llv mvifprl fn look thron ilmost everything usual ill be found as low as insistent with first clas nmfr-i cHQ in nPf5f rV/illV' LW VAW *** vv ON WILSON MJWBW?I?BHaiBiafBIBJBfglBIBIBfBIBIBIBiaBBi >TliY II> ;ht tc ^n 15 Col. Roosevelt Left j" an Estate Valued \]> at $727,713 Id i e .Mineola, X. V.. March G.?The State g I New York will receive $8,891 as an iheritance lax from the estate of the p itc Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, acording to the report of James X.! a) ehrig, state inheritance tax apprais-1 e; r. Hied here today. Tlie official trans m jr tax appraisal shows that the for-; aj ter President left an estate worth i^r 727.713 after all expenses and debts !jr. ad been deducted. The total value of i le estate was placed at $781,082 di- j ided between $630,107 personal and; 150,975 real property. Colonel Roosevelt's widow. .Mrs. ennit, has a life interest in the esite placed at $724,763. the remainder iing divided between the children. itli the exception of .Mrs. Nicholas j Diigworth. as her father, in his will.. th lid that she had been amply pro- "c dert for previouslv. ye thi Ian a National Campaign Against ^ the Drug Habit!da Chicago. March 6.?Plans for aiin. i i itional campaign against the diug' ihil by the most stringent enforc h I lj1 m< M CO. i ? fin R fe Wl k\ 1 th I? re 9 ] Pj - V! l!\v W cli [2 . p, 111 {3 Irs | (,( department. I u I gh our stock. & | n, ? 11 bn ,.;i ly bought by g w< Ini wl to wl it's possible I 1 ra wl >s goods. 1 r< S w; a an r=n. a 11 C 1 V I toi >n - oenckus | I, j1 s^' |j est P '6'!' i'a Hi a CO. I ij 01 Ij .lc l|Wi aaaaE?sie?e?B?B?a^^ J cents: / lent of the Harrison anti-narcotic j ct yet attempted are being formed! y officers of the internal revenue epartment. it waa announced toay by Charles Rogers, assistant suprvising collector at Washington, iio is in Chicago to direct a re-oranization of field deputies. "In the cry against liquor, the ublic apparently has forgotten that lere is a more sinister social men:e, the drug habit," said Mr. Rog- s. "Just as soon as our departent had received reports of an arming increase in the number of" ug victims and in the smuggling, affic. j Vant a "Fair Margin of Profit" in the iieorgla Cotton Mills ? - ; i Atlanta. Ga., March 6.?Declaring , at one cotton mill in Georgia * lea red $1,000,000 during the last I ar of the war" above hundreds of v ousands of dollars spent for im- i ovements, and that another had i id 100 per cent dividends in the'i it two years. John A. Manget. fair- , ice commissioner for Georgia, toy announced appointment of a corndetermining a "fair margin of pro- 1 lis. " i, iter-Church W^rld c Movement Plans 0 >Tcc:ro Hospital? t !i ?. Ya.. March (5.?Provi>n has been made in a budget adop- f :1 by the interchurcli world move- S ?nt for the erection of general hoslals for negroes in Virginia. Ala-, ma, Georgia, Kentucky. Mississippi. a issouri. North and South Carolina d d Texas, it was learned today. According to a communication reived here from Richmond head- e larlers of the Interchurch World ; ovemcnt in this state. $3,100,000 ill be expended for the hospitals. The communication points out:5 at"a recent survey of the Southj ;n<? miiv tlivon linsnitals r negroes in the Souther:'. Pf?t'-s. . "" o are in New Orleans. Jackson !le and Nashville, f The plans of the >. Interchurch _ orld Movement, it is said, also in-r ude the establishment of a train-g school for negroes in New Or-; ins; and the erection of homes foi^1 ;stitute negro children in South;, irolina, Arkansas and Mississinnjl a cost of .$450,000. I 'ARKVTLLE. MISS.. KAS A II . FATAL SHOOTING SCPAPE j S'.arkville, Miss.. March 6.?H. K.'{ uisseai',, chief of r.olicc of Shirk- I He. was killed and three negroes I j jre wounded by stray bullets as a !i suit of two shooting affrays here to- ;] ght in both of which Henry Redus. j! ho later was arrested, was alleged [ have been one of the principals. j| The first exchange of shots in jj lieh the three negroes, bystanders.'-! jre wounded, occurred when Redus j) st a brother of Mayor R. C. Bridges [j 10 had arrested a companion of 11 ;dus on a minor charge. Rousseau j! is then summoned and when heij proached Redus he was fired on j d mortally wounded. Other officers j ok Redus into custody and placed ( m in jail. Great Lumber Organization,. I New Orleans. March 6.?Forma-.] in ot the American Lumber asso- \ ition bv> leading American whole- j le dealers, created one of the great- { t lumber organizations in the world { was announced here tonight. The new association will be^in } erations this month with head-jj rrtcrs in Chicago. Its member-1 { ip comprises wholesale lumber | aler.s i.i all ha porta lit American ji ies with selling connections in all | rfs of the world. _ ^ost Card Shower For Winthrop i CoI!?^p. It is not customary for one to ask = a "post card shower," but Win- ! op College wishes her 6000 daugh- i s to give her such a "shower" on { mday, March 16th. 11 each one write a card, giving (1) | r home address; (2) teaching or f i ^ i i i s-^sr? spine; Adults 2 lusiness address; (3) maiden name s well as married name, if married; n.l (4) date years of attendance at he college. Give any other informa-j ion of interest; for example, if one j las a daughter at Winthrop now, or! ias had, tell it. . Address Miss Leila A. Russell,! I Alumanae Secretary, Winthrop Col-: ege, Rock Hill, S. C. The Winthrop Weekly News will! tate which class sends in the greatst number and percentage of re-j ponses. NINETY YEARS OF AGE Anderson, March G.?Mrs. Aselath Sherard of Iva, is receiving her riends today in celebration of her Oth birthday, and is bright and < fell, despite her years. The only in-! irmity which Mrs. Sherard has is r er eyes, and she has been partly! lind for several years. She is inter-j stcd in all of the vital questions ofj he day. Mrs. Sherard was speciallyl iterested in the welfare of the sol-! iers in the gerat war, and while she; ould not see to knit, assisted the) thers by rolling the yarn into balls, j Irs. Sherard is the oldest member of he Generostee A. R. P. church, havig been a member of that church or more than 50 years. W. C. herad of Abbeville and R. S. Slierrd, of Iva, are sons of Mrs. Sherard nd she has a number of grandchilren and some great grandchildren. 1 A irrII. ? r there %^bs*5 iav;i<.iii1j l>i???1. .LMI mBtBOSaUSmSB Fire Torn; W. D. Wli Insur New Brunswick 1 New Brunswick, N. J. Georgia Home Ins bus, Ga. Rhode Island Fire I dence, R. I. hor those who desir reasonable rate insur companies cannot be Call on me and let the advantages of the ! offer. W. D. WILKIIS S55!BErol5llH6>fTBWV)inll'n-irill:i HiMiiH'nirliifim ik-h .i??i"r-rni.mir>,M < ss 99 5 cents Mary Pickford's Future i Local movie fans who have been following with interest the news of ! the divorce of Mary Pickford from ; her husband, Owen Moore, will be j interested in the following which had its source in Kansas City last week: MioS Mary Pick ford's family and ! friends have always declined to discuss her marital affairs, but because of her religious faith it was a surprise 5si motion pisiure rireles when word of the decree had been rereived. Late in 1918 Mrs. Dauglas Fairbanks, wife of the motion picture star, brought suit for divorce from her husband, and various insinuations linked the name of Mary Pickford with Mr. Fairbanks. About the same time it was announced that Miss Mary Pickford was to retire. Mrs. Fairbanks was granted ihe divorce and shortly afterwards was married again. So far as known, Mr. Fairbanks still is fancy free. There had been talk a long time of domestic trouble in lhe Moore family and finally Miss Pickford and Owen Moore separated. The divorce now follows and Miss Pickford also is fancy free. nAiKrlnc Pairhanbc was hPTA April 22. 1918, lie was asked about the Piokfr??'fl o'op'. iiiiii stu- said Douglas sol"is (' mi n propaganda." ' Nothing i ) i*. absolutely," said lifciinie Zt:(l...ai!, his liress agent, waving a deprecatory hand. Douglas lighted a cigarette and went 10 buy a book. "Now." said Zeidman when he had . gone. 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