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Ti i,. 9.. .. — . J 1 26th Year >.00 a vear. BIG COMPANIES LOOKING FOR SITES “ FOR STEMMERIES ORI SPLF.NDID PROGf MATTE3 OP PRIZE HOI Several To Erect Plants In This Section This Summer. v Capitallzntion of Flbronco Storage warehouse Company was ordered In creased from *25,000 to $50,000 at a j meetme of the stockholders at the WAREHOUSE ALSO j. * tin'r'r of Co n nsrc? rooms yes- . — ■ 1 terday afternoon. This was upon Mr. Meeks Believes These i nrot Ion of Mr. S. I. Sulzhaohoi, .cv. Industries Could Be j '‘ v Mr - J - c - Kend!,11 > u i ,on Drawn Here iscertair.lng that $25,000 would that adsouate for project m view. Purchase Site not Phe erection of another ♦obacco [ warehouse in Florence would practi j _ _ cally assure the city of three or loin Messrs. J. C. Kendall, -ake Berger. Presidential primary snow Hftrom \\\ Ferry, four mile seast of Lowndes- stadt and other ]f wlth In ,„ n -. ravish Howard Cannon and W .1 Wilkins, Johnson leading the Republicans with ville. Sunday evening at t> ©clock, uiiiue as a reprisal for the Clerman’ajS"" 11 ' vlnnoih nnZJt he company Hosed late last nigh, a hundred amf threethoulnrtivotos. Acco^lng to.the ^ entering the Ruhr valley. The Cer-j^ Tto <SZT pSSt wnm flftj- rea^he^here^ ^^ l0 mn;i withdrew before th ; men . f 1- mi a Path. Anderson county. Hoover is the'fourth Republican cross from the South Carolina side French arrive.i. The French troops wWl > more stemnieries at once, Mr. B. S. Meeks, commercial agent of the At lantic Coast Line, announced here to day. He stated further he lias inloi (nation that tho J. P. Taylor Com 'er Mio site announced in The Times General Wood U second vesterdaV aftrrnoen. They pa!<i nine thousand. $4,250 for site whi * 1 is considered pany of Henderson, N. C„ the China ; v«*ry desirable for P'trnoses. American company of Itoi-ky Mouiti, N C., the Kxport Leaf Company an.i Seqin Payments Pnvniejit of Initial assessments on the Imperial Tobacco Company, both 1 “P 1 '- 1 * k this morn of Richmond Va„ are all planning I .j 1 ' 11 ' M , r - H i oward <'a:mnn. who erect stemmeries in this section this ’»'« f ’heck with the summer. They are now looking ov«i | >r, ' ,v ‘* nrV- ‘^^ r - ^niter J.-Johnson, for the u-rrltmv. ascertnfning the faoil.IOther stockholders are expect- ties and merits ot the various locali ^ Payments nt once ties to select' their sites, accord!nt to Mr. Meoks. DISTRICT MEETING COUNTY AGENTS IS NOW IN SESSION Home Demonstrator From Fifteen Counties Hold, Three Day Session. FIRST IN THE STATE Meetings Held In Home Demonstrator’s Office In County Court House. In 101 ( ' Miss Mar!'' Creamer, a young lady school teacher fn Aiken countv. South Carolina, was appoint ed a held worker by the United Stat es Uepartment of . Vgriculture. She was the first woman in the United States to hold any such position. The work that she commenced Just ten years ago has grown so rapidly that- today there are thousands of these field workers all over the cou.i try. There are vtry few counties in any state but that have their Hom< Domonstrator. South Carolina being the first state to take up the work is perhaps better organized than any state in the Union. In this state -there is but on* county that has failed to make at: . appropriation for the maintainaneo of the. Home Demonstration work and that is Leo county. Tnesq young ladles from all ove. the state attend a 20 day short course, at WInthrop college In January where they study their work, and this ^ear the state has been divided Into three districts ami In addition to their work at WInthrop they will have from titpe to time District con ferences at, which they may exchange ideas, and through the experts sent out by <he. dcpaMinei.t and the state colleges, mere thoroughly famillarl/.*; themselves with the details of their w’ork. Florence has the distinction of having the first District convention of these Home Demonstrators The demonstrators from the Peo Pe« section, eompUsing fifteen conn ties, are In «*c:-.!on here now. Those present are: Williamsburg, Miss Hattie McMur. ys Rorkley. Miss Maude Russell; Sumter, Miss Caro ,Wuluck; Dillon, Miss F.Ua Sue Scl lers; Mnrlbnro, Miss Kdna Earle; Marion, Miss F.dnh McPherson: Hor- ypy, Mfss Helen TtfoAtim; ■tfefirgelownfHW' how' assured also, irs. Minnie Dear; Ctieaterfleld, Miss lary C. Haynie; Clarendon, Mra. 8. O. Plowden; Kershaw, Miss Blanche Tarrant; Jjineaster. Mrs. Elfrin foag: Darlington, Mrs. llaiilo Ham;! and the hostess of the convention. ■Miss HarMte P owder, our own court ty demonstrator. l The meetings arc being hold In Mis-'. FIrvt'. rv's ..tfflee u i stairs In tr.e court house.. The first meeting was held yester | day afternoon and the first speaker. . , . to address the convention was • ion.' , h ^t« .nrt g .(hL t nrS° e3 ‘? ^ rt n m . chants and other interests of Flor- O. B. Mait in of the impart men t of ence dependant upon the railroad Agriculture r.t Washington. Mr. Mar-j Rervice( has bpen callod for Satur . tin is a native Sonin Carolinoan, a (j a y afternoon, 3 o’clock, at. the rooms former Stat^ Superintendent of Edu j0 f the Chamber of Commerce. Rail- ration anc he er) I n.m'-c.'f as road men will he Invited to aitend. being delighted to he privileged to. The conference will consider 4 the visit the fir^t dlstrieo convention ot 'question of service at this point, the Home Demonstrators of this. The railroad company is understood • state. Ho is a flnofu talker and an to have in mind a great Improvement 0 oqu m' fpt-pki i .a.i'l he told of the * n *he service in the very near fu- work being done and the rapid de-! ture - ^he merchants expect to indi- velopment taking place throughout cat ? certain lines in which they es- tho country, of tpw the great work pe< l L a y ,,e8ir c attention, was started just ten years ago by (he ,,, v . ery one . Interested in this ques- young lady school teacher in Aiken 8 e-xpee ed to he present. county and how it had grown to such' T * t>ot> r'T^tr'rc mammouth proportions. 1 riOHIo Dr. Robert S. Bailey, county phy- 1 FOR ITS FRIENDS siclan of Orangeburg rounty made a ^. bright and catchy talk along the AND WOE BE ITS ENEMIES IN A lines of Home and Community sanl-i POLITICAL WAY, SAY tfltJcn. LEADERS.' Mr. Mulford, who is also connect- — hd with the Department of Agricul-, Charleston, West, Virginia, April 6.'usual interest, his offense was of such ture at Washington, made a most in —organizations function in ] a rare variety, that of being plain Republican Candi- Tate Is Leading Demo cratic Opponents. JOHNSON" IN SAVANNAH RIVI 1HADOWS GOSSETT TRIAL. [NS TRUE 1ST BOTH ISSETT BOYS r-- ^ a Vnler.inn. April 6- Preparatlona | to drag tho Savannah river have I been made in the effort to recovri (the bodies of ten people drowned LEADS I'll ’.y l.i tho swanp'.iig of a flai f! ■ boat. Watchers on both iianka have German Garrison^^fTth- Defendants Are Charged draws-And Averts { With Attempting Crimi- 1 Clash Of Arms. . nal Assault. GRAVE SITUATION TROOPS ON HAND Has Wide Margin Over for ,hr> h,,,,if>s ,0 ,il Gen. Leonard Woed Who , PckmAc Abbeville, April 6.—Completely over L>ome.- OCLOTOI. shadowing the trial of the Gossett ~T~Z7, 1 -y . boys- here yesterday morning was the Detroit, Anril 6. The returns from now ^ of the ( t rown ing of ten persons Throiigu «i comumiue ccmprlslng half of tho Michigan precl«cta in the ln {be Savannah ytver, at Harper’s French Action A Reprisal Change Of Venue Has Been F01 Germans Enter- ; Asked. Judge Sease ing Ruhr. : Presides. Mnycncc. April 6- French troops I Abbeville, April 6.—Presented her* occupied Mayence, Frankfort, Darm- by the grand Jury In a true bill on cities across the 1 the specific counts,- of criminal as- with eleven thousand. to the Georgia side on tho ferry. The w (|| withdraw when the German ; Edwards coming second with ten river was up seven or eight feet and have evacuated the neutral zone. thousand. • ,the swolleu waters were known to be • Hoover i w th efourth jLepuhllcan 1 dangerous, but it was believed that with twenty-nine thousand. the ferry was In good condition, j About half-way over the wire ca ble to which the ferry flat boat Is Clecr Ruhr Valley Uu-fin, April C—German troops ar'* eiparing the Ruhr valley, accord- I for their alleged crime, although whether they will be tried In Ahbo- ville county is not yet known, as an effort It, being made by their attor neys to have u change of venue ruled.- Tbe argument for a change of ven ue, on the allegations that various - "“V""* ; <, “ r sn.oifloot.ion. nni ("Ip. manner to,- (lonoral Wo™! and-« pounila ot ,obaro,i, n ^n'lth tbo oaToo" "' l >‘ tho Ufclot,-, !oonattt«- t-*'"-. Florence Logical Place. “Florence Is the logical place fo evej-y one of them to locate.” say# Mr.’ Meeks. “All roads lead to Flor mice. Another warehouse, I believe would mean making Florence the To hacco buying, selling and distrihut ing point for .this section of Soutt Caroling. “A very Utile effort here now 1 believe would mean very short'' Florence would he handling four five millions of annually.’ A. C. L. Co-operative Mr. Meeks stated sueh u ware house might be used for other pu poses and suggested rr railroad sid Ings were desirable, he believed Ih A. C. L. negro hospital site would b available very shortly. The q mi pan v intends to move the liosidtal to anc .tlirr location, and the' present, ground might he procured under very libera’ terms l y the company. Such a warehouse as Mr. Meek- suggests would cost $25,000 to $30. 000. He is proposing a warehouse it adlHUon to thr. nrt»t- whlci WILL DISCUSS RAILROAD SERVICE MIIIPQ TH ’ h ‘ boldr nTroke !n " ,ho I ,lan ° ,ri,,ial announcement ,.. tURPS w , n not "permit the accused UtMANU mlLLCn III ‘ind u o Hail n«r boat was swept out »•>’*. youths to receive justice in AbbevllU. I MO .hi r« »rwa“iTlS" Sa.an »! *«>'»<'■ 'Vh«,p,n«,le yMordw. Tho two Oos- - QUIET THE II6I0N "” h — t8, Kpnnpth ’ a marr d y th ^ NO [in order to nav for the building site.. Building Committee A be-'Ming committee was appoint [ id by > e chairman. Mr. J. M. J.yuilt on motion of Mr. Tube Burger, and seeorded bv Mr. E 8. Oliver. It eftmorlsos Messrs ,T M 1 awt.nn. J E Stacklev. .T-ibe Berger. II A Dargan. md S T Sub'hpeVr. This commltloe we- pulhorlzed to proceed at once Legion executive wilb the vi w of having the ware- today to demand the resignation of house rend" for next season. Thomas W. Miller as chairman of the njnff Adont Un t Plan 'legislative committee. Tbc cotniultten was Instructed tol They declare that M1II*9»J|1 cam 0.0 Of tho entire nartv of eleven Ad/ans? Cantinuss. 18. and his cousin. John, aged 22. are only 1 one was "’avcd P This was a Dinseldorf. April 6—(By the Asso i still in the Greenville, county Jail and' I voime boy nimed Bradshaw. i Hat- ! Press.l-The advance of the they will not be carried to their place !' Aa received here tho list of the Reich-wehr In the Ruhr region con-[of trial until the change of venue ap- drowned includes: Mr. Lester Brad- , Himes and Oh-rhausen. Uortmund I^al |s decided by J * ,d f e ^ • shaw, ferryman; Mrs. Lester Waters, and Lfied.-nseheid were occupied to- 11 th ^ ^5 P hn R ™ n 5 8 kL ,, iMiss Lucy Bradshaw, 18; Miss Allie dav. Only a few hundred commun arc J ,sert w ba ' r Fort. Worth April 0-Tim American I' f «>' Bradshaw. 15, Alfred Slither- is , official.-d of the occupation. Com ln La,,r * ns ' f,re ' nW00d 0r N-** 1 ”*' cnnimlttoo derided land. 18; Miss Alice Mesi-hine. l.»; mur.lcatlon with the occupied towns committee. ** 1(1 Charles Meschflte. t9; Robert Man- havo hoen out offi POLITICS WILL BE TOLERAT ED BY THE SOLDIERS ORGANIZATION. , 20; Inez Manning, 9; Annie 1 Manning. 15; Mr. and Mrs. Waters hud been married only ,a month. Mrs' Alisa Scoggins, of Ah Att tude Defined. probably the latter on account of the proximity of the two former counties to Abbeville. No Disorder in City Although ther ewas a crowd of men Mon of hnlldino three units of the warehouse r-f once. A singlo nnU eomprls"*; r.ftflo square feot, this he in" adonted hv fire underwriters for safetv nurp-ses. The question of material to h- used in warehouse wits •Mscussed. Mr. Cannon urged that it h rt pood fire proof stuff for perma nent construction, for best protection again nt fire. , Dft necount of Inability of Mr. I C. Kendal | to continue on commi-'- <ee soliciting stock s-h-s, Mr. W |{ °vdnor was anpoinlt-d In >ii« place tion. GREENWOOD AND CHESTER GAIN TRAVIS WALSH DIED IN CHICAGO TWO SOUTH CAROLINA CITIES SHOW GROWTH IN Cei#8US FIGURES. POPULAR CUMBS FLORENCE BOY SUC- AfTER BRIEF ILL- NESS. French I’m-s. April fi The altitude of thejj' rom every section of the county cot)- French Government in the present gregated at Abbeville, there was, go German < ri. is is defined and explain- disturbance and the town was'quiet ed in a not" issued tonight. After and orderly. During the course of the ’•elterating that the government has hearing today, Judge Sease took oi^ no hostile designs toward Germany, casion to say that no milltafp com* desiring, on the eOnirary, the resum pany could come onto the court * to ptlon of normal relations with that R’iar<l the prisoners wihlout hi<,',ordgr, .... I ** I i* * V» !■» r» xl rv V» f\«*A ♦ /w4 A m* t* ‘ * • WZA rourtry. and oxpro»8ing n*alizatio'i < Mrs. | of the difficult situation of the Berlin j gr-vbmment. th<» note Anna S. Parrot received thlr.! «»'<* Germun government has given ‘afternoon a telegram from Chicag..! way 10 pressure by the militarist pat ty. ‘'not fearing to Infringe the im- peru'ive ar.«l most solemn stipulrt The census figures of two other .. . ... iU . ^ South ''iiiOH huvo h»c„ Kl» annohm-thK <lm '1™ h In Ihnt rlty ... on, „y ,ho ^«m™,&»h. , This..h-iMwt W' nlnee additional slock which was au- of If.O ^ Hear of Uls untimely death. He-left thorizod yesterday. Upon edrfonrn-| J '' r horihlatlrtn Is S ?(V^ hprP p^verrl vnars ago and had serv- went of meeting of stook'.rrtrtors.! . " increas^ o'f "089 or 21 fi ed overseas, being discharged from I building enmmlttee held brief bps-;' ‘ ^ the service only about two .monthsi slon. Mr. .1 M Lawton was r Florence figures have not booul a K in - He contracted Hu which de-, chairman. This committee determ mn(t . ..... „ ju a f orPKnno .-on-1 v, -lope*l into pneumonia and was sick Ined to st-rt building plans at once. I o" Jii .‘m k??^ or,,. I only a short time. His ffisly will he If they had come here today,” ."hO stated. “I should not have allowed Viini them in the court room.” . ' Proctor A. Bonham, one of the coun sel for the defense, asked the judge what his disposition was relative to the tnllita, which has been ordwAfl' by the Governor and Adjutant Gen* live md moht solemn stlptilations of i ( , ral t0 , )ro tect the prisoners, and the Versailles, treaty. .Judge Sease replied that he had given the matter no thought, hut hla pro em opinion was that , they were dot DECLARE mm) MEETING OF SHIPPERS AND OF, FICIAL8 IS CALLED FOR SATURDAY 3 P. M. Stock Subscriptions Stock subscriptions today are as fo'lows: M T. Rhodes .. .. .. ..$250. f .I W Wallace f.-.n* .1 M Lynch L S Morrison R S Meeks S. Vaughan Fnrjiltur** Co. Florcno'' Hardware Co .. r 'hac. F Luhrs Geo. M McCown Florence Shoe Store .. . F 1, Wllloox 100. 500. 100. 300. 200. 100. 150. 200. 500. cluslen that Florence will he Ihe fifth ian *-' ® citv in population In th, state. She |'‘'“•f 1for "'* «'■ f i now occupies the seventh phu . 0 .,'noth, r he h, survived by a s.ster Mr.' (Rock Hill is yet to hear from hut it 1 ' 08 is no* believed by those who know that Rock HIM has kept pace In; growth with Florence during the past decade. Just what the census fig ures will give Florence is of course W. Moore of this city and r, I brother Dr. Edwin Walsh of Andrews ! Georgetown county. UNION OFFICIALS WILL PRO TECT MEN WHO WANT TO RETURN TO WORK J W Howard .. .. 200. Total $2,350. Tiiis makes a total of $24,900.00 POLICE COURT problematic and just what the figures will he Is purely a gftess hut h very j conservative view' Is that the city’s (rank will certainly be from 7th ft j 5th place, anions: South Carolina l towns/ i A telegram from U. L. Mooney, chief detective of Chicago, to the chief of pilici here this afternoon, stated that Travis Walsh had been •killed. No details were given. SHOW LAST NIGHT Mr. (’. M. James, engineer of con • struction of the Atlantic Coast Line, Florence is getting to be so good, j and two rrombers of his staff were So good thn tthe police department , in the city yesterday examining the is having a real .vacation. For the i contracts between the Coast Line past several days the mid-day mati nees held by Recorder Gilland have been tame affairs. All cases heard by the recorder thl s week have been minor offenses. Several have been _ Business Before Pleasure” play ’ ed here last night at the Opera House Keady bor Work !p,leased a large audlpt<’p. It is a On The Underpass! comedy calculated to produce laugh ~ ter. The entire cast portrayed their parts well, hut Bud Schaffer, as up for violation of the traffic laws and were fin*l or forfeited bonds. There w-as only one case of more than “Ahe Potash” was indeed a top lin er and making a decided hit with the audience, Cecille Elliott, the vampire of tho cast was also ahovc the aver and the Citv of Florence, regarding f,n< ^ portrayed her part well. . the under pass on Cheves street with [ A*ora a view' of beginning work at an ear-, CARD ly date. ’The last obstacle of tho im-j provement nas been removed and Mr., THERMOMETER IN FLORENCE Jamer. stated yesterday he hoped, REGISTERED FREEZING GARDENS KILLED teresting talk bn Landscape garden- 1 eyer y subdivision of the state have ing vividly illustrating the points of been * orme d in West Virginia by the his lecture wjith actual* photographs 1 * i ’ e< * eration °! L-ibor, according to C. taken Uv the agents. | Keeny. district president of the Ronnd tablt discussions were then !" ine w W0rkers - A committee of five entered into, led by Miss Elizabeth , have l)een nanied in eacb precinct. Forney state agent in dairying and A _ , _ „ . Mr. R. H. Wilkins state agent In Poul A Labor Official South. s ,„,o Slugged And Agent and Mlsa^ Amnnriu Edwards, district ' ^HCt In L,leveland soon to seo tho work completed. The railroad will build a steel bridge across Cheves street. The city will drunk. The fellow when arrested de-, b "K In the work of grading when this posited with the polce a $25 bond , w01 ’k is turned over, which he forfeited. Tw r o w’otnen were 1 up for vagrancy, each found guilty -DANGER FROM and one dosed to the tune of $100. LAST NIGHT. needed. The green villa Guard company, under cop f’apt. Orr, has hena directed’tp cop- \TRlKr II I Ffvnl i dUrt tbf * prisoners to Abbevtlnl ; and 0 I illlVL ILLLUHL guard them against possible violence. The question ot probable mob vlo» lence was brought up In the bearlpg when an affidavit from Attorney Bon ham was read which asserted that If James Wallace and Lee ftoume, of Greenwood, who were first arrested t «/- as suspects in the alleged crime, had Cleveland, Apr _'rT* - b^n brought to Abbevillo Instead of n. t\m Brotherhood of Railway Train- b Hn g (akftn to thP Rtnt , p^nltenUary men. declare,! today that the switch Columbia they would have been nvn s strike in Chicago, * H B* eRa ‘j lynched. The affidavit affirmed that and that meml ers of the brotherhood , j[j r p 0 nham received this information would he protected in taking hack r rom many prominent men Of Abhe- t-heir places. He .will cooperate with V iu P _ „( tl,e railroad officials and the govern-1 Alleged Crime March 14 meat in carrying out .* te contracts; made by the brotherhood. The Gossett cousins on Sunday. March 14, while automobile riding Ob the outskirts of tho town of Abba* DADTTCTC AdJAMni? ville, are alleged to have accosted two AKKAmjJth ypung women of the town as they , FOR A MEETING,were walking to Abbeville to attend,a [young people's meeting of the first SERVICES TO BEGIN MONDAY ATjBaptist church and asked them to MAGNOLIA HEIGHTS. COTTAGE Hake a ride. PRAYER MEETINGS. I The girls. It l s said, consented to be [driven ot the church, but later were Ther6 will be a series of protract-! pursuaded to take a ride Into the ed services at Magnolia Heights Bap- country. It Is alleged that when the tlst church beginning next Monday, automobile reached the vicinity of tbp April llth. The serio^ of services are bridge crossing Long rane creek, being ,preceded: bjy cottage Jrjhiyer about four miles east of Abbayllla, mooting preceded by cottage prayer one °f ih fi girls was criminally assault he done by State Evangelist Rev. (). ed. » . H, 1 W. Triplet of Sumter, who is a well They wer brought back tp Abbe- known pulpit orator. The public Is ville by the Gossett hoys and lot out • lie omciai inennomeier ir me ens- 4 S lt 'all 'hKercMeil tile fhe'nMset'rpIckeii up U»*i?rt8 about * |™'raluPl“ ’are ojcloek in the utteruoon »d £r y ri.ei-s noticed . wbit, WrtUw «• •* Vl'ock ^ter dark Wra ^ 8 and Rome any there wa» ice. Aa a -“"J- l* thf entire a clock, oi artcr oarlt. the other getting off with a ten spot, her case not being an aggravated one. r^twitt sgent ar^fiat tendance and taking a leading part in all discussions. Cleveland, April 6.—A business Following is the program for to j rrnw; . . Japanese Troops Al! Soldier Relief Bills Are Referred! result* of the freeze gardens where not FLOODS PASSES ;} i,n £ l « utrl R bt - ba '; ft rPceh :°, , ? I a SG ! j hack. Some fruit also was killed last night. TENNESSEE RIVER IS RECEDING AT CHATTANOOGA. community. Chattanooga, April 6 see river is receding and all danger j from the flood has- passed. , There Conditions At Camp The Tennes Oteen Are Corrected Enter Vladivostock • The convtntion is in session and f R ent waa sbot through the leg and will close tomorrow. There were- , P r ‘' f, ^ ( t ei, t of the labor federation quite a number of visitors present; tbe boa,, while doihg yesterday afternoon and at today’s Jirivoro result of the van session and the public is invited t° : party escaned ^ Pre Tbe attacking all meetings. ' * p ' • morrow The entire session thlh morttlnei was devoted Ip conferenceR In*which Ihe demonstrators took active pnri.J Vladivostok, Ajh'H C.—Japanese accomplishing much good and having, troops have occupied Vladivostok new light thrown on many phaRok of, aftereelght hours fight ing. The revo- their work. .n—n - iliitlonaiy regime .leaders-have been — ’; j arrested. (RussJans Jhavo been dis- Academy StudehtF ^rmed. - Plan Summer Cruise 1 DEBATE BEGINS On The South Carolina ON ARMY BILL Large Audience Enjoys Concert Of Wofford Glee Club The Wofford Gollege Glee Club ap peared last night before a large audl- jeoun. enco at Central school auditorium ami | ed to Columbia Washington, . \pril 6—The house, waB no frost last night and the’weath | " aab,ngtnn Ap . ri ! *’ ^ on ' ,,t,aaa a f , - ways and Means committee referred!^ »« clearing. Conditions are fast the Koneral hospital at Oteen. gave a performance that was fullj state prison lor safe keeping. By a peculiar coincidence, James Wallace and Lee Bourne, of Green wood, who had been to Abbeville on the afternoon of the alleged- crime, were suspected, and they were ar rested in Greenwood that nlgbt at midnight by Charles J. Bruce, deputy United States marshal, and E. L. Cann, deputy sheriff of Abbeville They were immediately rush- and placed In -the On all pending soldier relief measures ( a PPi' oa chlng normal, to five sub committees. SAILS WITH Don't Expect Armed Uprising In Ireland Dublin, April 41— While reports of the hurtling of Ihe police barracks continue to come In from many plac es, Ihe general opinion Is there will he no armed uprising in Ireland. 300 BODIES | N T . C„ complained of have been cor rected. Surgeon General Ireland of the War Department, announced to day. Brest, April 6.—The transport Mer cury sail h Friday with bodies of three hundred and fifteen American soldiers who died in France. Nnapolis April 6—The battleships Connecticut. Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas. South Carolina, and New Hamnnhire comprise the wquordon which will convey a regiment of nYh! ehlpmen on t*aeir annual VIGOROUS OPPOSITION TO UNI VERSAL TRAINING PRO VISION. - * Robbery In Atlanta A flan tv. April fi—Approximately twenty thousand dollars worth of Jeweiry. eight thousand dollars in cash and cheeks were obtained by robbers front the Chamherlain-Jolin- son-DuBose Company. CABBAGE SCORNS THE ROSE THE WEATHER Washington, April fi.—General de-- summer hatp has begun ou the army bill. Op ; For South Carnllpa* cruise from June to the latter part of pofients of universal training are. Probably cloudv tonight. Werlr.es- August. according to n na*U academy, launc^ng^a^vlgorous^ fight against j day warmer. Fresh west and north- « j r.. ^ west winds, « announcement made today. New York. April <5.—The plehian cabbage, first among ihe proletarians of the garden, has caught the spirit of the ago and now’ rears its proud head above the aristocratic rose, as Its price went up to 10 cents a pound today. Owing to the strike of the longshore men and the inadequate handling of freight hy the railroad*', cabbage is now selling in New York for $50 a ton for domestic and $fiO for the im ported article. Any one who edn afford It may now order corn beef and cabbage in the restaurants aud look the whole world iu the fade. Women Resume Picketing Embassy up to expectations. The program | Wednesday, March 17, the two young consisted of quartets, solos, read- [ wminen went to Columbia and Immo- ings and instrumental music by the diatoly .stated that Wallace and jazz orchestra, and every mem her | Bourne were not the moh wanted. wa s generously applauded. The work, They were immediately released, of the quartet was especially pleas ' Gossetts Are Arretted ing and struck the popular fancy. M | On the following night Konnotb C. Pearson, the baritone singer, was r.ossett was arrested at hla home lu , easily the favorite of tho evening. If*' Ifonea Path and John Gossett «t * Washington \nril 6—Women nrt,i was ca,l<>d u P° n for rn, ' oro afler T! 110 "' 1 at Oreenvillo. where he had rag- nrmei ts nf the Rennhlii* h-ivo! core an(1 to tho (1{ > li K 1,, of ,b ' , audl ' Istered under an assumed name. They ponei.t. f th Bi h R bHb,u . av ! ence. He cheerfully responded to the were taken to Columbia for safe keep- resumed picket ing the British „ calls. The Wofford hoys have a s pl»’ n - ing a „d placed in the .state peniten- hassy. say It will continue indofinlle-! . organ j z(l tion this year and hav*- [ tiary, and were transferred to the No police Interference has tak- hpon accor( j 0 d fine houses wherever ^Greenv''te cornty Jail last Monday. ■they have appeared. ' '• ly. en place. j Young Boy Killed Trouble In Finding . FROST EXTENDS Bv An Au tomr)hlY<» Men For The Place TO FAR SOUTH ( By_An.Automobile i ' Gaffney. April fi—John Horn, a Washington. AdHI 6—The Presi-.ALL OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC 1 | ( o V 1 w years of age, was run ovei 1 and dent is having trouble getting men to 1 STATES SUFFERED DAMAGE |killed hy an automobile on Cherokee give up their business to take plan- 1 LAST NIGHT. avenue, in Gaffney at 5:45 o'clock yes es as public representatives on the! [terday afternoon. Paul Leech was dr tv ftailrrad Labor Board, the White! Washington. April fi.—Frost was re- ingt he car which was going at a moder HoiiRO sayn. " ported in’ the South Atlantic states ale rate rate of speed, ft;« said, when ' and as far South as the Fast Gulf. | me accident occurred. Mr. Uugglna. a More Italians live in New York 1“ cental and southern Florl-'traveling man of Laurens, wa & 4o the than in Rome. - -"-i * , ^ - i car at tbe . 4