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STOPPED HIGHWAY WORK IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY All Hired Help, Over 400, Thrown Out Of Employment?To Ute Only Chaingaogi Approximately 420 laborers who ave been engaged in working upon tfce roads of Spartanburg county viU necessarily be thrown out of i-mployment as a result of the ina bility of the county to provide suffi cient funds for its mintenance of voad construction. Attorneys have ; +V10 /TMintv that it has its I font of bonds now and cannot issue mere without amendment to the con stitution of the state of South Caro lina. The legislature at is last session j authorized two bonds issues, one of i 9830,000 and the other of $125,0001 In addition, the legislature appro-! priated $75,000 for highway pur-j pgses, this amount to be divided j among the various township commis-; akmers and tile county supervisor, j The total bonded indebtedness ofj Spartnaburg county, including city,, road and school bonds, will exhaust! the amount permitted iby law when the issue of $125,000 for back in debtedness as sold. The law fixes the anount that any one department of a single unit may issue at 8 per cent ^ however, the tota/1 for all depart AntA mav not exceed ll per cent. This leaves the county highway com mission without sufficient funds to prosecute the woTk now (under way is Spartanburg county. AH hired h^lp will be discontinu ed and the county roads will be maintained only by the county cfcaingang. . At a meeting of the Spartanburg county delegation yesterday the borrowing of $50,000 was authoriz ed,. bis amount to make possible the maintenance of the chaingang. * : . ALL CLASSES AFFECTED IN RAILROAD WAGE CUT Chdcagp, May 19.?A general r? iuction of wages ior unskilled rail road employees effective July 1, . -vhich was forecast by the railroad labor board in an announcement last sight will be made the basis of re * ductions extending to all classes of railroad employees, it was under stood today. Although only the Chicago, Great Western, the Chicago & Alton and a few other carriers have re quested that the wage reductions be4extended to all classes, provision! was made by the board in its an- [ nouncement for the filing of other petitions up to June 6 and it was be lieved others of the 180 Class A roads would amend thedr applica tions to include shop, train service and other classes of employees. The new application filed up to June 6, the board's announcement said, would be decided to take effect also 1/ oo July 1. . The June 1 decision, it was an nounced, will cover applications * filed prior to April 18, and those filed since will be decided June 6, all to take effect July 1. Nearly half of the 180 Class A roads in the country filed their dis-! putes in time to have them locket ed before April 18 <but only a few requested that the wage decreases apply to all classes. No Intimation at to Extent vt_ titq a imwn in the I X?U iUUliiawvii nuw board's announcement as to the prob able extent of the cut. Last July the board increased wages of unskill ed labor and some other classes 20 per cent., making it retroactive to May 1, 1920. ' "The general effect of the deci sion will be to retard track work," l said S. M. Felton, president of the Chicago "Great Western. Railroad executives said track maintenance and repair crews had been kept at skeleton strengt hoping for a wage cut effective April 1. Disappoint ment was expressed that the, cut was to be delayed until July 1, as by that time, it was said, the heaviest part of track rehabilation work is gener-i ally completed. The decision last July affected ap proximately two .billion men and granted increases totalling nearly $600,000,000 a year. The average x. mL - raise tnen was zu per cenv. im: uvi-j mal number of unskilled employ-j ees on Class A roads, railroad execu-| tivee said, was 500,000,000, but in anticipation of a wage cut, the num ber ]bf maintenance employees has been kept considerably below that figure. SEEKS TO AMEND j COTTON MEASURE Wiishintgon, May 19.?Represen tative Stevenson of South Carolina introduced to the hotjse nn amendment to the coxxon futures | act under which a Tsoyer on the cot- j ton exchange would have the right to select one-half his purchase in any of the legal grades desired by him, and the exchanges would have the right to deliver the other half in THE NEW EVE ARTURO T0SCAN1NI AND LA SCALA ORCHESTRA PLAY CLASSIC SYMPHONY utber Famous Artists Heard in Tasteful Selections of Music Old aud New . *' rturo Toscanini, one of the great est orchestra con ductors living or dead, in two Victor P<M*np^c fnr gives the Third Movement and the" Finale of Mozart's \ Symphony in E flat. These two magnificent works arise from the si lence like two vast temples rising amid the 1 a n d - scapes of the hu man soul. No sound fascinates the ear so completely as the gradual unfolding of musical visions that throng the brain of a genius?and Mozart s genius was never more perfectly understood and inter preted than by Toscaniui. The La Scala Orchestra which Toscanini leads comes from the home of grand opera, La Scala Theatre in Milan, Italy. It is probably the world's most famous mu sical organization. With "When Chloris F eps" Mmc. Galli-Curci issues the firs jecord since lh e r marriage t o1 Mr. Homer Sam uels, who Com posed the song. An odd original theme, rendered with faultless vo, calization and a certain, individual quaintness of ut terance, is han dled in musiciantyr fashion, beauti fully rounded, ar tistically perfect. "Colleen o' My Heart" is Wer Tenrath's offering this month. It has a lightness and colloquial char acter certain to make a wide appeal. The artist's intonation' in this Victor Record is exceedingly clear and fine. Galli-Curci It 15 a gUUlL llilUK, aUIUVkiitiW kV 4 V* member that the "old folks" have play ed their part in making America. Miss Merle Alcock, \Vith her beautiful, pure, sweet contralto voice, has made a great w '"name for herself in such numbers as the March Victor Record, "I Have .A Dream" and "I Cannot Sing the Old Songs." The quiet chords resemble the rich, faded hues in some gorgeousr In dian shawl of old time. One of the most pathetic and touch ing of recent popular songs is sung this month by Henry Burr and the Peerless Quartet?"I Used to Love You But It's All Over Now." .On the opposite side of the Victor ReWrd is opposite music, "Dolly (I Love You)," a wedding song in which the bells are ringing, the choir singing, the love-birds winging, and other joys appropriate to the cele bration of that event. The bow and violin of Jascha Heifetz lead the way into new demesnes of en chantment with "Berceuse (Paul Tuon)" and "Valse du Ballet Raymonde. The cradle song seems to lead not into drowsy sleep but to an opaline trans parent landscape whpre the dreams of a lifetime gather in one rapturous and eternal trance. The waltz that follows is decorated with fantastic passages Kke thte filigree-work of some ancient master. I ? ? _ De Gogorza Sing* Rugged Hunting Song "John Peel" is a song to stir the blood of any man. Emilio De Gogorza, in this new Victor Record for March, follows its vigorous measures as a hun ter would .follow the hounds at dawn through mist and frost. To a distant harmony of hunting horns the wonder ful prolonged notes echo seemingly from hill to hill. He sings exactly as the old John Peel of the Scottish border might have sung if Peel, instead of " merely a hard-riding fox hunter had been also a world-famous baritone. ^ A love song particularly well suited to Frances Alda's voice, and to her faculty foi* putting worlds of emotional beauty and meaning into a single splen did lyric is "Thoughts of You.' It comes forth as if its storv were imoa tient to burst from the singer's lips and be told at once in living words. "Interludium in Modo Antico" a Victor Record by the Flonzaley Quar tet, has the rich, brooding quality that distinguishes Russian from all other music. If the name does sound a trifle long and grave, it gives no idea of the power ana subtlety of this Glazounow masterpiece, which for lovers of the finest and best in music is an experi ence to heart> An interesting St. Patrick's Day peep into the vast- treasure house of Irish balladry and folk song, is John McCormack s new Victor Record "The Next Market Day" and "A Ballynure Ballad." Poetically and musically they are Irish to the last note. The great tenor sings them as freely and skil iuny as any wan dering balladist of his native land. "A Young Man's Fancy'' sung by Olive Kline, is in a light whimsical strain, sspposed to be 6ung by the Dresden ofcina shepherdess who stands on an old-fashioned music box. Lambert /&?orm of any of the grades they might se lect. The amendment differs from the Dial amendment only in that the lat ter stipulates that the buyer and seller must select their halves on the cotton from two of the ten grades. Mr. Stevenson ! srtates that the representatives from Mississippi, Louisana and Oklahoma, where low grade cotton is produced have found no fault with either his or the Dial NTS IN MUSIC Murphy sings "Roses of Memory" on the other face of ttys Victor Record, j Around his tender yet manly voice, a violin weaves a delicate, clinging coun ter-melody?like \the twining of the roses th'emselves in the consciousness I of the singer. , Two popular love songs by John Steel, "Rose of My Heart" and "When 1 Looked Into Your Wonderful Eyes," j arc done with fine expression and vocal power and beauty far beyond the or dinary. "Gems from 'Jimmie'" and "Gems from 'Honey Girl' " make up the de lightful March contribution of Victor Light Opera Company. ' New and Fascinating Dances The medley waltz from "Honcydew," Zimbalist's new musical play, shows how beautiful a .popular composition may be when written by a great musi cian. Both the waltz and the medley one-step on the other side of this qew j Victor Record for March, are remark- J able melodies, the themes gliding into one another with the utmost natural- 1 ness. Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra j plays them with clean-cut skill. "Biddy" a fox-trot of the Benson Orchestra of Chicago, is what Mr. | George Ade might call a "lollypaleezer" of a dance. It starts deliberately, with heavy chords, but soon begins to fizz, while the trombone and the saxophonie exchange compliments. It will make you turn your eyes to the ceiling and forget everything but* the surge of the rhythm. "Somebody," a swinging, vigorous one-step enlivens the other face of this Victor Record. Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra play a medley fox-trot "Rosie," full of dry humor and ending with a curious doubling-up of the beat that adds even more life and gaiety. "Honolulu Eyes," a medley waltz by the same organiza tion introduces special whistling effects by Miss Margaret McKee, sounding as i if a whole forest full of birds surround- ' ed the waltzers. Short of actually i looking into a pair of eyes, dancing to this waltz is the most pleasing of occu pations. A lovely sentimental song "Broadway Rose" is just as beautiful and even more moving in a medley fox-trot played by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Interesting surprises are cow bells and trombone jazzes just where you don't expect them. "Sweet Mamma (Papa's Getting Mad)," the title of the opposite face, tells it own story. After many curious passages a weird African ; voice hoots out the refrain at the vory *.j end of the record. The scarcity of poteen on American j shores this vear mav orevent a full and generous old-fashioned celebration of < St Patrick's Day,_ but there ought to be no lack of music and jollity. With a medley of Irish jigs on the accordion by John Kimmel, and one of Irish reels played on the Irish pipes Patrick J. Touhey, any one having this new Victor Record c?n set the ancient bog-water circulating hard in the'ancient blood. I * * * Bet j&mino Gigli Makes Debut with Opera Record The first Victor Record by this new tenor whose initial American appear ance this winter with the Metropolitan Opera Company places him very high among the world s great living tenors, is his March performance?"Mefistofele - ?Dai campi, dai pratf." His voice has a thrilling beauty, strength and sweet ness by natural endowment. He is a native Italian trained in the world famous Schola Cantorum of the Sistlne .Chapel at Rome. He passed easily into the domain of opera, and has already won fame and distinction. Mme. Louise Homer sings this month the lovely and seductive spring song from Saint-Saens' "Samson et Delila. The music i9 among the most suave and delightful that ever flowed from the brain of any composer, and sung with magnificent power and splendid purity and variety of tone. "Lassie o' Mine," a song well calcu lated to repeat his .successes of the present and past, is Edward Johnson's latest contribution to recorded music. It affords a full opportunity for the splendid masculine emotional power with which he seems to infuse every song he gives the public. "Lassie o' Mine" brings in a few bars of "Angie Laurie'* set to strange, moving modern harmonies. A wonderful eighteenth century air written to be sung by a lover at the grave of his dead beloved is "Nina" played for a Victor Record by Hans Kindler on the' violoncello. The beauty of the melody, the deep, strong tone of the instrument, and the refined reserve of the artist make it a thing to hear and to iwmember. Billy Murray and Victor Roberts have tak en the B. & 0. to the banks of the , , ; O-hi-o where Billy is going to marry a country girl?so says the song. "Down by the O-hi-o" is a story in march time#with special effects, such as a B. & O. whistle and the wail of imaginary offspring. "Marimba" by Billy Murray is about a girl from Chili who does enough odd things to make this an interesting and amusing song. Charles Hart and Elliott Shaw have ! a Victor Record of exceptional artistic finish and emotional power. "Beautiful Annabelle Lee" is not a musical setting of Edgar Allan Poe's poem, but is about an Annabelle who did much the same as Poe's. Some wonderful touches of harmony are introduced in "Louisiana," which is beautifully and sympathetically sung. The pleasure of hearing these March Victor Records is not confined to Victrola owners. Any Victor dealer will be glad to play them for you at any time. ' You will find in them a j wealth of music from the most exquisite . classical and opera selections to iV.e latent dnnccs and popular wr.?s. ? amendment. They defeated the Com er amendment last yeaT because of their belief that it would eliminate & market for low grade cotton. HISTORIC TREE IN WASHINGTON DEAD Washington, May 17.?The fa mous Morse Elm, at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Four teenth Street, one of the oldest land marks in the national capital, rs gone. It was removed at midday af ter a long but losing fight for its life, which began with the severing of some roots when Fourteenth I street was widened some years ago. This tree has looked down upon I every inaugural parade held in | Washington. It was named for ! Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the \ ' telegraph, who, tradition relates I rvTf/iTi caf QTirl ivirti+n/1 +a I I v.i'wii ituv u^iicauii iv niiu i<u j interested listeners, the wonders of j the telegraph. In the olden daya many famous* politicians also were wont to gather in its shades to dis cuss affairs of party and state Th^ trunk of the tree has been presented^ to the American Forestry a:>sociation. ^The elm was one of tite first trees to be given a place by this association in the Hall of Fame of trees witlh a history. LANE'S ASHES TAKEN TO CALIFORNIA PEAK Ckicago, May 19.?The body of Franklin K. Lane, former secretary of the interior, who died%in Roches ter, Minn., yesterday was cremated here todav and the ashes will be taken to the top of El Capitan Peak in the Yoseanite Valley, California, and scattered to the winds, in com pliance with a request made by Mr. Lane prior to his death. Relatives of Mr. Lane explained the unusual request by saying that he had spent much of his life in the Ybsemite region and had grown to kve it so much that he wished his a<shes to be taken there when fete died. The body arrived here this morn ing and was immediately taken to 'I / / 1\TEW.C . "S' tisirn of local } \ touchef 0 sourcesi ity. It g l advertise portuni consume locality. THE I Graceland cemetery for cremation. There were no funeral services? another request of Mr. Lane's?and only Ae immediate family attended the cremation. "LAND OF THE SKY" 3CENE ON HANDSOME NEW POSTER Asheville, N. C., May 19.?West era North Carolina, the far-famed "Land of the Sky" , will be given wide advertisement by the distribu tion of a strikingly handsome poster just gorton out by the Southern Railway ^System. The poster is 47 to 27 inches done in colors which produce a pleasing effect, and shows a vista of moun tain scenery with a Southern Hail- < way limited passenger train on donble liraek. and a modern rpsort hotel in the background. A sketch of one of the well paved automobiles roads which add so much to the at tractions of the North Carolina re sort section is also shown. Five thousand copies of this post er will be distributed from the Sou fJwrn's offtcee &Q over the country. They will be placed personally by representatives of the Southern in public places where they will be sure to attract marked attention and will constitute a permanent adver tisement of Western North Caro lina. ' J f ~ > I , ?. #* f 5PAPEK adver y is the lifeblooc trade, because il 3 all consume) n everycommun ives the nationa J jr the same op ty i or complete ::r appeal in anj u ?.i n. last year for ncwi by merchants and >RESS AND BA DATES ANNIUNCED FOR HOLDING CONFERENCES OF METHODIST CHU&CB Columbia, May 14.?Dates for tke two Methodist conferences in Sontk Carolina are being announced to the Methodists of the state tbr? fkn A /^TTAiMlfo WUC KJUUI/11C1JI \jiil totiau published in Columbia. The Upper South Carolina conference will be held at Lancaster, November 2. Ike South Carolina conference, known as the "lower" conference will be bell at St. George on November 30. The* dates have just been announced lor the College of Bishops. Bishop IX V W. Darlington has been returned to Sfcuth Carolina: for his fourth year of service. He has also been nanei by the College of Bishops, at its re-i cent meeting to be associated witk other bishops in the superintendence of the Methodist church's work m Europe. S * V;y! \ ;y* ? 1 )4 wen Brothers [arble and ranite Co. IGNERS ^UFACTURERS CTORS largest and beat equipped mona nental mills in the Carolina*. GEENWOOD, S. C. f i ' I . 1 1 V 1 \ & r 00,000 v? apent tpaper adrertUing manufacturers. NNER