The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, January 18, 1920, Image 1
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THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PPESS DISPATCHES
26th Year.
rencc, S. C. Tuesday Afternoon, January 18, 1921.
$6.00 a year.
SOUTH CAROLINA NAVY OPENS PROBE CORONER’S JURY
TOBACCO GROWERS OF BALLOON TRIP EXHAUST SOURCES
of information
n T iflRFARF! COMMANDANT SAYS THAT COLD
lu Uwl HUflLHUL WEATHER CONDITIONS • FA
VORED Acrial test.
TARIFF REPRISALS, | FINAL PLANS FOR THE
THREAT OF CANADA INAUGURAL ARE GIVEN
APPROVAL BY HARDING
GEODES EXPECTED TO DISCUSS
PROPOSED WHEAT DUTY
DURING LONDON VISIT.
GLEMSON KITCHEN
CAM AC £ CF %2b.000 DONE BY
fLAMCS AT THE COLLEGE
TODAY.
Executive Committee De-I \ Rockaway. x. Jan. is.—The naT-i Will Not Render Verdict For ; Ottawa, Jan. is.—"if uncle Sam. j Ceremony ftis Been Set for
cides on Reduction of ^ boar<l of inquiry appointed iy sec-i ^ Least Two without provocat^, undertakes to the East Portico of
00 T 1 P#»r Cont ■;retary cf the Navy Daniels met.hero, Weeks practically embaiKO further Importa- ; Capitol.
33 1 "3 xrci v ' c ll * ' i^ogterdav to begin Its investigation ot; * | tlons from Canada he must get reafly^ c
the balloon flight of Lleuts. Kloor. ‘ ttt^aoo c uryrp ; for something like an embargo hy TQ
HER E, Farrell and Hinton which took thera HYMAN HEARS SHU1 'Canada upon importations from thO'riAYo IS
on a month’s hazardous trip intoj | United States,” ^' ys today’s Toronto 1
CONVENTION
Action Taken on Authority
Voted By It Last
Week.
northern Canada. Rear Admlra* i
George Washington Kline is the pre-l
siding efllcer. * I
In anticipation df a large crowd or!
spectators, as a result of an announce-;
; , . I meat that the hearings would ba pi.vt
A Reduction of thirty-three and ono,,^ offlcers o{ the u 0C kaway Point
third per cent, of the 1921 t oha cco | naval aJr fltat { 0n (jii^ ,h 3 assemhiy Josh 2L. Hyman that he had hoard n j of business her iost customer,
crop, compared with that of 192 ). was | hRre ex t ra S oats to nec.or. o- j jstol shot in the woods about a half I I? is hinted t|at Canada can an#
Clt.mson C dleg,?, i?.n. IS.—Tire this
merning parti^tfy destroyetl the kit-
chen-and commissar.' at Clemson Co!
i lege.
' Tho loss ii estimated at Jiii.OOO ful
CALLER ly covered by -Insurance carried with
i the sinking fund commission of the
i state.
COOPER PLEADS
FOR THE CAUSE
OF EDUCATION
Makes Second Inaugural
Address Before Joint As
sembly of State.
W A N
!,000,000
That
tho simple ceremony on the east 1 'por*: Prod t’A> conPagration to its original
tico of tho capitol, which will mark ; liruirs, There wore no accidents.
I (HillHr rst’v l X l ill v l ms U: «t*I . V IIJIL. V UlllUillifcr- Ml J.IV U ’ V
stated, according to the sentiment oflbe directed that the flight he attempt- t-ngedy in which I
the committee.. Jed “on a sultahif day,’’ and gave no to have s):
Young, secretarv of the association, ^ bj s order. Cant. Cummings srid t.o new d-'v«-Iopment» today in the | United States tfriff on Canadian i Mr< 'V-oods came to Marion to ter scheduies.
which L. S. Righam is he-1 wheat * IT'A Harding formally that the.inaugu- \ temporr-- roof wilt construct
shot and killed hfs ! Meanwhile. wLt ,the wheat marker ’ Kd committees had acquiesced to his j ed over the kitchen and 'commissary
Immediately r.pon passage of the! further orders, vAjtten or verbal. H'* Mr?-. M. M. Pighani. his sis-1 confused and difjprent srhgmes of dls-! lk' : >POsals that the east steps <if thejond slor - w’!: hn taken at onco to re
resolution for reduction, official ne-jsaid he went on a leave of absenc - , t. .Mrs. Marjorie Htnck, and the lat | posing of the cr<<> under consideration j *'<* made too scerm (.t toe j n.nco such eiulpmotit os Is not usai)’e
tice was sent to Xorth Carolina that | December 12, the day before the star:, t.-r's two adopted children, and then; in the west, t^’- situation is being , father than the Senate enamber. He The ti’e fioo s and the refrigerating
her sister state is with her for the (leaving Lieut. Commander Douglas o have sent bullet through his own 1 watfhed closalyWhy the government i 8^° sought tire President-elects eon- plant located in the bn'-ement wore
betterment of the tobacco industry. : command of the station. br>in. . I:\ndvarJoiisropriiMrtations a8towhat -' ont t0 Ph.n for the ercct.on <n a not damaged. The origin of tho Arc
The wire was to Mr. F. O. Carr, of
Wilson, as follows:
"Executive association of state as
sociation today passed resolution to
reduce tobacco acreage in this state,
by one third, also favoring passage oi i
Explaining that the purpose of the The declaration of Mr. Hyman, a ! action to take |l” being mad*'. In
flight was to train pilots. Capt. Cum- well known citizen of the Pamplico * identic, the polfical consequence of
mings said: , community is considered importan* any action are b.^iug considered
Cold weather is especially desira-, because of its relation to the sunpos-. Among tho
small platform on the cast steps from f s not yet determined.
which the inaugural address will no 1
delivered. It was agreed that the p;:,v HERE FROM Y/ILMING1
bio for balloon flights because the b:g ed suicide of L. S. High am, whose body pome friends
Tiave rtiore buoyancy then. The; was found at noon Sunday on a ditch, the complete n
c snircstion broached bv! form would he built., hut it would t,- 1 .
s of he government arc I nir.roly a small affair designed to as-
ON.
dlonalizatlon of the ! sdst the President-elect
elimination both | himself heard.
tlon. This bill will likely pass. Com-
mitfeo feels that this state will be
keeping good faith with hep sister
states in this movoiro
MT. Sydney Croneuh'rg of Wil
maklns^ icinyton. X. C., irt in t!» •> city today
i having been called here by the ex
during the winter months.*’ petrated the crime or killed himself, and the groin ex$h’ftn£e, nud, as an ai- cabinet conferences preparatory to a:s Huater.
lie added that he since h:ul issue* Coroner Smith returned from tho tenifitive, the esphlishment of a grata j departure for Florida, but wnetuer ae
orders that “flights which are to be scene of the trae«dv last night after hoard fit Fort WMiiams,»a government irciich a corclusion h: re
*nt on this basi duratiop must be doiuiled to spending ill of Sunday and Mondo- j selling agency, ip connection with the grad to several pressing questions
i-.w fnreinp "VHiliuo ami Heine which Kns lest is least when the beat Is bank In the woods and the doubt tn gra'n trade and-3k* ettminatlo ■ , , ... -
meafts another lark* cut in ' prodne- end when tho sun Is lew, as the minds of somo that h« either tier- j of the farmers^^operative concarrs j ;' lr Harding todaj continued his ^rou»* i.lt.e-.s of bis aunt. Mrs, V
EXPECT HARDING
TO LEAVE SOON
tn view of fact that we cut ovpr . the commanding officer.
18.000,000 pounds lart year, and wcj
call upon our .sinter states for faithful j
performance of our mutual obi: 'a ;
tions.” ,
Probably the best indication of the,
reduction sentimant in South Caro-|
lina lies jn the Information which the'
secretary pineod before the commit-1
fee. He obtained it in a census ofj.
the meet log here last week. Of tko^e:
attending the meeting ?3R expressed J
themselves on reduction, wfith the fob |
lowing reFult-’.: fix for 50 to 100 pm j
rent, reduct
flat ?ut. one
there in the effort to procure all avail- publicly owned Rtvators there. This, j iouid not bo learned,
able evidence concerning the trageij*. it is ropresente'.jP would bo a stop to- Lowden and Hays
As stated yesterday, the coroner* ward national (ffnership Without go-! Among the visitors were Frank c;.
lory will not make its report until it b'g to the full 's\tont and Incurring | l/owden, former governor of lilinots
has exhausted every source of i'-fo*--1 all its incident all expenses. ; who is reported to be supporting
mation bearing on the case. ft is The prime minister was asked Sat- j Charles G. Dawes of Chicago, for see-.
thought this will take about two urday regardin>L,a report emanating i votary of the treasury; will H. Hays
weeks. i from Winnipeg t the effect that the , chairman of tho Republic nationa*.
All of the dead were burled yea- 1 Government waFi ronsiderlng some | conimlttee, spoken of for poatmaater-
terday afternoon in the cemetery ort plap for r.atiomnzing wheat in order j general, and Charles D. Hilles, of Now
WOULD MAKE WIVES
RANK AS
BILL IN KANSAS LEGISLATURE
GIVES THEM RIGHT TO RECOV-
I ER DAMAGES FROM INJURIES.
i Governor Declares
Education is Our Fun
damental Need.
Banks To Close
(Wyatt A. Taylor)
Columbia, Jan. is. -Pleading v
Mile General Assembly far lilr n 1 ; - 11
| making appropriations for r4-yai I a.
and for a total for tho state d
ment of education r,f approx':',;:’ !v
!two million dollars. Governor C * ; •..•
;today delivered to the Joint nr- : ' •
I of tlie legisiature ids sci on 1 I
ural address, or th*' subject• t f In-
j cation, an<l he took the oath e: o.'.'-ce
tl:e record time, standing -it t!u*
threshold of his second term in rflioc.
; Tne oath was adminis ered by a ,v
! elate Justice Watts, of the supr- iu*
] court. In his address, which w-. a -i
strong essay on the educational ■' •
,tem ef the stale, the governor uvg - 1
I education as tho first neces i*y f •
any high achievement in Hi'o. *•(: •
fimdamentai need is eduentio”." ho
said.
‘‘There ar* 1 miiln-ic; of idle ac ‘e •• ii
tills state.” In* said: “there av" v.
oth^r natural resources i*fvl-- I-- 1 .
There are hundreds of fhar f
tnre?; of cip-ovrr lands that rhow ;’ ■>
ruthless hand of ore who r- tr, in *-.o
.absence of Intelligent foresirv
there are possibilities for d!
agriculture which are uTn ’’ n.rrl,
there avo ebaneep, nlnof-; v.' '*o t
; number, for making this state a nlr, »
that wdll Jure the best, eliiss of set
tlers, a niace where men may <lw !' i
i tho midst of smiling p'entv, ;
home owning will become far mow?
general.
, where
the con
I’T’OU
c,i
■ss will
rise Id
eh pi
• v:\ ir 3
pdane.
But it
is id
! ^ •*>■» •/
yes, it
ir irUi'
to att
to
the hid
host life
of v-
Moll v:r»
stating any amount. 13 dul not rx ■ "" "■"‘T . are understood to be I the family or respect for the dead,
press themselves, and seven favored P^on*! ^ i Th( , statement cf Mr. Hyman is aa
,'“Iv''! exneoted here during the remainder 1 me statement ci .ur. Hyman
two to two and one half acres to the, e *m^ iea nert auring me renuuuuii .. ..
hfe i of his stay. There was evidence of | 8 •
‘Mens were taken also to ret on 1 his early departure today when a mor- I «as ia front of the Ligham honw
.itfps wen taiun also to ge t en h.»cin ca-rvine awav furnl- ! about six oclock Saturday afternoon
acted into law a bill now pending in | V f J“ b t e h ga n^ a de r ^J K -and heard a gunshot In a southerly
the general assembly to compel tie , trom tne res.aence. wnd wef . fprly dlrP( , t , on It fi0lin(le<1
ing and grading of tobacco in South; ______ ___
rarolinn. In. urging th<* support oil MUST DIE IN CHAIR
this measure. W. E. Lea. of Timmons j j at the time. I did not mention hear-
women meffibers
i like a pistol about half a mile away.
' Mr. E. D. Eigham was at tho house
WOMAN ELECTED
JUDGE OF PROBATE
; who is regarded as a likely recipient | the two
| of the post o? attorney general in tho; House.
! Harding cabinet. Mr. Hays made vj
plain that he w islied it nnderstooc; BUSINESS PICKS UP
I that there remained complete har-1
s with prescr
homes: friends.
;es for,neiiiev*
inning;are capaHo unlers we first hav o
term"-1 cation."
fVeas.L laJtig addgesii„Goy£iBm'
ane of. pc*at«*d his d**sire for »
of the ! people “of nil possible fmanml pr
j sure.” ’But we r.’*e rot so p
i he added, “indeed we e<>uhl nev ;•
| so poor as to .justify us in trk
i away from oi,r people the one th
money among the group of men who ; INDUSTR , AL CONDITIONS
managed the Republican campaign. I PROVE IN MARION
I “I carafe to Marion at the request j
j of Mr Harding to go over several,
cAwwir eArtVT en/vrmc ‘ Important matters with him.’’ sah*:
FANNIE SCOTT SUCCEEDS i .. *t ovc »i| nm horn
! Mr 1 , 1 .” ay * # 1 am l f . h n . 80 vostonlay and tho opening of tho rr-
i P!?!* 11 ® i tire Anderson Lumber plant a few
none.
\lile, submitted an inter.-sting com j IVEY LITTLEJOHN RESENTENCED ing the shot at the time. Dewev MRS
parison between returns of tobacco, AT SPARTANBURG. ! Hines and D. H. Williams said they! HER HUSBAND TO OFFICE
crops in North and South Carolines 1 ■— i heard, the shot. It was a clear shot.-, IN GREENVILLE.
for the past id year:-. Including o, Spartanburg. Jan. IS.-Ivey Little-' j
phenomenal retun in 1919. when;.John, the negro who slew J. f?. Ho*-| THE DEAD BURIED. Greenville, Jim. IS—The first wo-1
North Crrollna av-vn/d 31 centsjbirt. guard on the county chaingane.; Pamplico. Jan. 18.—Yesterday at. man in South Carolina to be elected
above South Carolina, the northern will pay the penalty for his crim»*; eleven o’clock the murdered momlierr, j to public rtffee was elected here to
state received >38,714.000 more for! on Friday. February 18. when he wilt of the .Bighrim family were buried at! day when Mrs. Fannie C. Scott was
her crop than the southern state. Oth ! he electrocuted In the state penile*-; Reulah Cemetery near hem named Judge of Probate in Gre-m
or years. North Carolina has received, tiary at Columbia. Littlejohn wa>; Rev. Wallace of Johsonville, as ville county. She had no opposition,
an average fiv<» to si*w cents porI sentenced some months’ago, but at>- sisted by Rev. W. P. Simpson of She sueeceeds her husband who was
pound more than South Carolina. On j pealed to the supreme court. Ho wan j Pamplico conducted the services. ! killed recently tn an automobile aecl Idle of January the state highway tie-
this basis, excepting the unusual; sentenced to die os May 2, 1920, bur 1 l n one large grave by the side of dent. partmont has collected, for 1921 mo-
year, she would have made 813,3(57.0001 his appealed stayed the execution.!the late Senator L. S. Rtgham were; tor vehicle licenses, more than one
Ito-
Marion, Jan. 18.—With the opening
of the Marion Guano company here
any altercations over cabinet appoint-1 ( , ays ft „ ^ industrial conditions ar-
ments. for as far as I know there arc bflginnJnR to intir0VP . It was report-
Collections Good
| ed that the Marion Guano company
i would not op A n nt nil this year an*-
; only the planing mill had been in op-
eration at the Anderson Lumber plan:.
(Wyatt A. Taylor) , The scale of wages has been much re-
Columbia, Jan. IS.—Up to the mid- j dured here and manufacturers state
there is no difficulty in getting labor
now.
most necessary for the neenmr! Men
, of wealth.”
1 The governor stated that conoul-
( sory education, in its first year, i; o,
iipcrrnsei th*-* sehool at'end'n ’e by
'89.000, bringing the total cche t' e*i-
rollment tn a half million. Approxi
mately a thnimand school dh^riets vo
ted special school h vies h:rt ven-, he
su'd, leaving only a handful ot d'a-
triets not doing so.
| The governor asked for the nut
prlation of 1600.000 to er.rrv out t':o
state's contract under Hte hi di s , . d
art, declaring that there s-touM ' *
more than this state.
A special committee on ways and; Saturday.
means to affect this program and tej
watch legislation, was appointed., CRANE FALLS DEAD
Judge Molver resentenced Littlejohn I deposited the bodies of Mrs. M. M.
MAKE BISHOP A
Bigham, Mrs. Marjorie Ulaek. L. S., »<? a
! Bigham and the two adopted children MASON AT SIGH l
' of Xfrs. Black. ' i * of last
third of the total amount collected
Inst year. The 1921 licenses, to Jan.
13. have brought in $199,149. For all
year the total was $527.868.1
TURN THE MACHINE
GUNS ON COSSACKS
school,
rry out
months
Members are B. F. Williamson, of! ’ [ The coroner's jury has not yet an i UNUSUAL CEREMONY WAS HELD, License fees are higher this year, j RUSSIANS RETURN FIRE OF THE
Darlington, chairman: S. B. Poston, well known MARION MAN sUts-'' 10unrP< l a verdict. Outside of the! in CITY OF COLUMBIA TODAY. however, graduated according to cai FRENCH BLACKS KILLING
of Johnsonville: W. F. Lea, of Tim! CUMBS SUDDENLY. f amily occupying the premises prior! weight. ! TEN OF THEM.
monsvllle; C. O. Dixon, of Mullins; ! the return to South Carolina of; Columbia, Jan. 18.—Bishop William:
T. Benton Young, of Florence, secre , Marion Jan. 18. C. J. Crane, super- D - Bteham. and the latter's family j A. Guerry of the lleiseapal diocese of GREENWOOD BANK
tary. Intendent’of the Marion County Him- lot ^ no ins r. live to throw light, South Carolina was made a mason at' tkt t totttty a HTTCYlVT , , , ,
The legislature will be asked abo. jp er corporation here for 13 years, l 111 t * 1, ‘ matter, the. tragedy happening, sight here today at an occasional llM U1JJA i lUIN j "pp.s e n tlm mutinous cossacks of
upon adoption of the grading and tie I dropped dead at his home on Harllec* i a t,ino when most country lodge which had been called for the ■ Gen. Wrangel's former army enrnmn
ing act. to adopt in South Carolina j street Saturday night around nine; were at dinner and on a day purpose. It was tho first tim* in the! PEOPLES BANK AFFAIRS WILL BE rd twenty-five miles from Imre on Sat
Constantlncplo. Jan. IS.
black troops tarred their
- French
machine
the North Carolina schedule of ware i o'clock. His death came as a great I : ’ f _ J*’ 0 woo,< w,:f ‘ n many wore in
house charges, which are a reduction. H hockto his wife and his many frames
Boride adopting these very 'specific
policies, tho committee stressed the
fact that' tobacco planters. If they
town.
No one has be«n located who heard j has taken place,
fbe c hots at the house. Tim pistol ir ! —
history of the state, as far as is!
! known, hore, that such a ceremony
t
HANDLED BY BANK OF
GREENWOOD.
hare,
A short time ago Mr. Cralne gave .
up his position with the lumber mill i J* 10 ant * *■*• s - Bigham rrh-mi found | U
hope to make anything on their crops on account of his health. He had j in t v° ' voo< i 3 had one snapped bullet I
this year, me t turn th* ir attention j been suffering with his heart. 'an<» nnft cm h ,v - and one other loaded
urday right after tho cossacks had
disarmed Ihe'r officers. T h>* Rus
shins returned the fire killing ten
Senegalese and. wounding twenty oth
wholly to quality of production, and! while in a bae condition, he’was able! aho,J -. With tho passing of these!
S. District
Court Convenes
Greenwood, Jan. 18.—The Peonies
hank with a capitol stock of two bun-j era and two French officers,
dred and fifty thousand dollars has
ue
gone Into voluntary liquidation the at- GOVERNOR COTPER
fairs of the bank will bo handled by BEGINS SECOND TERM
the Bank of Greenwood. Depositors
I
—J while in a bae condition, he’was ablej
not to quantity. Where available j to get about. Only the dav before h».s I mnT^ ‘ b ' ,r,, onl >' survive. Kd Big-i (Wyatt A. Taylor)
also, they urge ttuing home grown I death he was on the streets, talking 1 h '’ ?M Bros with his family at th ?j Columbia, Jan. 18.-—United States j will be paid in full. The embarrass-i Columbia. S. C.. Jan. 18.—Governor
seed, of successSnl typos. ! with his friends. It Is the common ; P* 800 tragedy; and nnoth''.* - 1 court for the Kastern district con-j ment of tho bank is due to heavy loans j Cooper tofiav br^an the second term
brother. Dr. Cleveland Bigham, who! vened in Columbia today. There were! and failure to collect. of liip administration. He was inane-
a fugitive anli whose whereabouts| 82 cases on the roster before Judge! i ucate l before a joint s^-sion of M "
Three important resolutions were j opinion that the worry and-trouble o»
passed. One of those requested the! operating a plant of the magnitude o»
general assembly to invite Mr. Aaron the Marion Lumber company dunn?r
Sapiro, of San Francisco, Calif., who'the trying times of the war overtaxed
spoke here last week and made a his constitution.
most impressive presentation, to ad
dress the legislature on marketing
legislation. Another extended sincere
He Is survived by his wift* who
wan a Miss Ada AUensworth, ofc A»-
lanta; his father and mother. Mr. anc
is unknown.
STATE BUDGET
OF SEVEN
I Smith when he e.iUed the court. Many
| of these were already marked “con
;tiuued’\ and In some cases the de
fendants had not been arrested. The
; Im no majority of the cases were for
violation of the prohibition act.
YOUTHFUL BANDITS
LOOT MAIL TRUCK
thanks to the extension servici* of j Mrs. A. P. Crane, of Baltimore; two
Clemson College, and recognized Dr. 1 hrmhers. William Crane, of Hichmona'
W. W. Long, director, as “of invnhi and George Crane of Chicago, and a I
able service to his state and one upon j sister, Mrs. R. G. Wiggins, of Estil!.
whom we arc depending for leader ! S. c. Mr. Crane was in his 54th year. REDUCTION OF TAX LEVY PRE-
shlp in helping us to solve our seriousi The body was taken to Atlanta Ins* OICTEO IF LEGISLATURE KEEPS
problem of marketing." The other ’ night for burial. Mrs. Crane has no- WITHIN THE FIGURE. !
one. in full is as follows: •'Whereas y pt decided whether she will con-i
our production questions have* in a tinue to make Marion ber homo or go i Columbia, Jan. 18.—A state budge
CALLED BEFORE
NAVAL BOARD
LIEUTENATS KLOOR, FARRELt.
AND HINTON TO GIVE FIRST
INFORMATION OF FLIGHT.
asrombly. Llputenant Governor Wil
son G. Harvey, of Charleston, wa*
Sworn in as president of the senate
and Welter F. Duncan of Aiken, the
only other new state officer elect, was
li sworn in ns r^nintroH 'r. Tho rov-T
! nor inaugural address was large.lv de-
j voted to educallen ai d to a review of
ESCAPE IN AN AUTOMOBILE WITm sc’ieol work in the state.
12 SACKS. 10 CONTAINING j
REGISTERED MAIL. BANKS TO CLOSE.
iTO
THE WEATHER.
large measure leqn at least tempor jAtlanta to live
nrlly solved, and whereas, it is urg ; there,
ent now to link t« and emphasize,
more tho question of developing the,
marketing side of agriculture. i
“Be It resolved by this executive.! t* 01 '
committee of the South Carolina To
bacco association and the organiza
tion conunitiae of tho Tri-State Co
operative Marketing association that
with her sister totaling $7,111,688 was submitted to;
Chicago. Jan. 18.—Five youthfu* Tomorrow be'ng tin' birthday .of
bandits held up a mail truck at the Genera! Robert R Inil of the
'Union station Imre early today, os- hnnh* of the chy will In closed for
Lieutenants caplng in an automobile with twelve j the day.
Rockaway, Jan. 18.
the legislature today by Governor Kloor. Farrell and Hinton were asx- sacks of mall, ten of which contain
Cooper. The 1921 budget is thus over ed to appear today before tho secomt ed registered mail.
KILLED OVER TEN CENTS
South Carolina: Cloudy to
night with rising temperature tonight
and Wednesday. Fresh and strong
north-east and east winds.
the extension forces of this state IK* J ton; B. F. Williamson, of Darling-
called upon to exert every effort iniR. Len. 0 f Tlmmonsville: W. C. Hem-
that direction; and. the* we mernor-jRigway, of Hemingwav; J. Russell
islJze the legislative delegations from j williams, of Monks Corner: VY. H.
the tobacco counties that the usual Andrews, of Andrews,
appropriations for this extension ser-! Rrieht ’Williamson, of DnrHngton,
vice be taken «nr.' of by tin* legis’a- Dr. W. W. I^ng. of Clemson College,
lure now In session. i Mr. Young. Mr. Fusion, and F. A. Hur-
“Signed by every mrmbor, an fol | roughs, of Conway, will go to Raloigh
the total appropriations of last year
of almost an even million dollars.
The printed budget report also
shows the resources available for the
state this year these totaling more
than eleven million dollars, an in
crease over last year of nearly five
million dollars.
If the legislature appropriates
day’s session of the naval board ofin-j The police say the best information
quiry here to* give first hand reports obtainable indicated that the pouenes j
of their historic balloon flight into the cxntinod part of a Federal Rescrv?
wilds of Canada.
Columbus. On.. Jan. IS.—“Candy
Cobb, .a well known cltDen of cirnrd
! bank money shipment destined for n! Alabama, is dead and Ceorge West is
i train leaving for St. Paul at two-thtr-! pnJrfuJlv hurt in a local hospital.
ACTRESSES DRIVE ty O’clock today. while the nolice arc searching for
r*t?mC*r* tm r>Ar*t? ^'* 1c l )0sla l authorities while unable! Jack Vonsey. who is I'lcm d to )r*vo
ULlLblii liM KAL^r^ to eslirnatt* the amount stolon said shot Cobh and West, following a dis-
I that shipments to the northwest; pnte over n di’”e, in front of tho
moor than the budget, calls for a rn- SPECTACLE MARKS OPENING OF which usually go out. at two thirty store of C. J. Windtn-m. just arrives
duoMon of the t;fx levy is predicted. NEW YORK POULTRY SHOW. average about on<* hundred thousand the Dillingham rt!'*‘ t bridge in Gl
Tho budget contains nothing for — 'dollars. ran'. The shooting om-mred ' early
repairs to university buildings exeept, New York, flan. 18.—The spectacle - ! yesterday morning.
an item of $5,000 for repairs to rear-!of eighteen actresses from the load Qnmigh Pihinet
donees. Jng Broadway musical comedies hold | ^ . J , TODAY’S COTTON MARKET.
In the Citadel budget, of $461,615 Ing ribbon reins in a goore race was * Decides To Resign *
there are items total $300,000 for the,a feature of th** annual Madison , jam Mar. Mav .bdv Out
J?' ,,08t < ,n * of Johnsonville;'N. C., next Friday to attend the or new building program. (Square Garden poultrv show opening Paris. Jan. 18.—A <lecision to r- Ooen 17 2*) Diir, 16 18 16no 16.20
”• . K : ‘ “T- V.. or * l0 ”‘ nc ® : . !ganizatlon committee nierting for the; Tho budget does not include any ,today. Tho well footed racers will be! sign has been reached by
o i.u . .. r ,. « i -- - — not include any today. The web-footed racers wil! be j sign has been reached by the Snanlrn High
hinitb. of Mullins; R. M. Jenkins, rtf, Tri-State Tobaecr. Growers Co-opera ifems for new baildingu.nt Winthren. groomed after the derby for a mid cabinet, according to a Madrid diss- Lew
St. Lharles; L. L. JIcGIII, of Darling-1 tlve Marksting association. ^though $300,000 uras requested. i night feast tor their drivers. ^ patch.
. 17.70 16."> 16.1« 16.25 16 25
. 17.40 16.0'» 1.5.97 16.16 16 13
Lust sale 17.53 1G.02.15.97 16.12 16.'23
; 30.000 boys and girls in bjaj
'instead of the present 14,000.
i He asked for $525,000 to c
jtbt law guaranteeing seven
iof school term to weak rchn,y*-..
He asked that *97-).090 La .’iij
i printed for the provN’or.? cf
! Equalization law and the Rm. 1 c»-
School law. He asked that 8R0.
; be appropriated for the Imildfra i
grom railed for'under tlie act t* 1‘
(He urged also liberality in mr.i ■
210:18 for the fight against iT' 4
among adults; for the betterment
i negro schools; for rural schcol ■
vision; for mill schools, and t •
expenses of tlie education t’ •
( mont. The cost of ndmir.isteri
; school funds in 1920 .ho t- : !. \
j less than two ptr c'nt. Jt'-t . *
Ision should now be unthinkable,'’
said.
Four and a Half Mil!':.
Tho governor told his hear r t
: tho tax necessary to prod .. ■
funds asked for public eduenti n I
j year would reach a total of four ,•
i a half mills, or possibly four e ! th
quarters, t “A quarter of a century s
it was thought that the constitutio
! three mill tax would tie sufficient,'’
oommontoik
j The govagnor suggested that the c--
i flee of county superintendent of e
j cation be put on a professional f •*-
1 time has*s. He said no person sh : i
i be allowed to hold this office mt a
i possessing the necessary qu.hv-a-
I lions. The governor expr .>ed L --
■view that the county board of *«'i -
. lion should be elective by the ] *opt *,
' and that this bf.ard shonld eniplo 4 , tne
1 county superintendint of education.
The Celleges
1 h<* governor also urg* d that th c *■
! leges be given careful consideration
when the legislature came to the i*,;.*.
ter of appropriation: 4 . “I In-: of - . -j
i that In eurlailing, as we must.” lie
i .-ahi, “you consid. r the whole of \ne
educational system in the light of the
. public good.”
Other Officials
Lieut. Gov nior-olect Wilson G. liar-
j vey, of Cliarh ston, was also sworn
! into office today, as president of t:u*
j Scnat *. Walter lb Duncan, of Aik :i
was th;* i nly otliei new state offic: •
i to b** sworn into office. H<> t ulay a.-
I stinted the office of cfipfroM* r r i-
eral, to which he was ek i ted la v
Falk witHout opposition.
The inauguration ceremonl toe-t
place hefoi 4 (* a distinguislied ; n ’ler’c
•ill state officials end a number < *
judges b dug in attendance. Metn-
. hers of tlie United States Uongr
were also Invited. There were manr
visitors.