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. ''' The Florence A « Times THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES 26th Year Florence, S. C. Tuesday Afternoon, April 20, 1920. $6.00 a vear. TIMMONSVILLE IS 4 THE STRIKE FEVER I; VIGOROUSLY PUSHING' RECEIVES SETRACK IN ! ! lu, CLEAN-UP-WEEK Enthusiastic Mass Meeting Held. Campaign Begins Monday. CLEAN SWEEP MADE CLERK’S DISCUSSION FINAL CONVENTION OF SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION H t Thousands Of Handlers And Clerks Leave Case To Labor Board. * v i •*'Ui QUEEN ViaORlA HELPED TO - BUILD ST. JOHNS CHURCH TESHESSK 0 ■r Prospective Development Awakens Many Interesting Memories Connected With the Erection of the Beau tiful Brown Stone House of Worship. The Work of Mrs. Frances Church Who Was Granted a Personal Audience With England’s Good Queen. Keenest Rivalry Return Be tween Contesting Teams. Winners To Banquet. A clean-up and paint-up campaign for Timmonsville was inaugurated at a mass meeting held in the city hall one night this week. The idea of the people here is to make Timmonsville a cleaner and a more beautiful town in which to live. The points of ad vantage of such a vigorously pushed campaign were forcibly stressed at Ihe meeting and it was the unanimous opinion of all present that such a campaign would help work wonders for this town. The following were elected at the mass meeting as offi cers for the week’s campaign: M. H. Purvis, Chairman; R. O. Rollins, secretary; members of publicity com mittee as folloys: J. K. Keith, chair man; C. Ij. Smith and Eugene Rask ins; surveying committee: J. K. Han cock, chairman; J. H. McSween and J. l£ Peterson: ladies committee: Mrs. I). McKenzie, chairman; Mrs. Frank B. Swails and Mrs. John H. Me Sween. The surveying committee will make a complete survey of the town and make its recommendations as to the host methods to he observed in a gen eral clean-up and paint-np campaign. The publicity committee has al ready started their campaign and al ready signs ami posters are to be seen everywhere giving vivid pictures rf the clean-up spirit. Resides this the publieity committee will issue a special edition of the Enterprise. The publicly committee will hold a mass meeting of colored citizens to morrow night when they will enlist their help and co-operation in the cam paign. The town has been divided into four sections and each section wil ho un der a captain, and team of workers. There will be the keenest rivalry be tween the different teams to see which can have the cleanest section of town. The losing team will pay for a big banquet to be given to the thr_ la weak of April 26Ui to 30th has lesignated as mo week of the paign. lursday, April 20th all places of biminess will be closed and all em ployees and employers will don the overalls and put the finishing touches heauliful to the business section of the town. All trash will ho hauled away on this day by a committee of citizens wh 0 have volunteered their services and teams. The trees have already been white washed to a height of eight feet which presents a pretty appearance. Tile campaign will bo vigorously pushed until the town is thoroughly cleaned and every effort will be made then to keep it in a clean and beau tiful condition. IMPROVEMENT Wage Increase Now Up To Railroad Board In Washington. Eg %, Chicago April 20—Strike fever rc- ceived a nthack whm eight thousand freight handlers and thirty thousand railroad c orks decided to leave for i hearing their demands for a wage increase to th -1 railroad la bar board at Washington.. Freight rtaffic throu ghout the country continues to im arove. TO OFFER $10,000 MORE OF STOCK (By Mrs. Hartwell M. Ayer) the most interesting facts of Ibis The projected purchase of a new p or i oc i ) 8 that she even obtained a s.te lor St. Johns (Episcopal) p 0rs0111l j audience with Her Majesty, Church carrying with it the building of a large and handsome new build- Q uoen V ictoria, t*plaining the bigb ing. awakens in the minds of old aims and great difficulties of her un- Fiori utine ■ many interesting memo- d‘'rtaking. received a donation from lies connected with the past history ‘h^Quoen -• private purse, of the baautiful little house of wor- Fir - ill,y the church was ship on South Dargan street. Away hack in the eighties, the first ) built. The dream had materia’ized. and with the beauty and picturesqueness of the Episcopal church was built’on whut one w , a8 disappointed. 1 Rev h now Darlington street. There it ' miam Alexander Guerry now the View at the opening of the final convention of decided that the association should go out of existe the National A nee. being stipe merlcnn Suffii rsetli d by tits e association In < League of Women hlcago. It was Voters.* WILL AFFORD ADEQUATE SUR PLUS FOR OPERATING ’ PURPOSES. About $1fi.00n more of the stock of the Florence Storage Warehouse com pany will hep iaced at once to carry through the the present building plans, the directors determined at a special meeting yesterday afternoon in the offices of the Chamber of Com merce. This will give the company a paid in capital of around $40,000 and not only fully finance the build ing of the first three units but al«o afford an adequate surplus for oper ating till the first, rentals accrue. The building committee hits called for bids for thr contrac t to erect the three units already planned for. In time two more units will he* construct cc|. 'I'lio five units will measure forty feet front and 108 feet long each, nnd give a total floor space of 21,60) square feet. BAR ASSOCIATION SUBSCRIBERS TO MEETS THIS WEEK HOTEL PROJECT ANNUAL CONVENTION IN COLUM BIA APRIL 23-24. P. A. WIL COX, ESQ., PRESIDENT. Florence* Times Bumni. Wyatt A. Taylor, Correspondent. t Columbia. April 20.—Prominent law yers from all part.-, of South'Carolina ; are expect'-d in Columbia the lift of this week for the 271 It annual e«m- Hotith Carolina Bar dittos for which are This promises to hej conventions' the law- Irdd within the IMPORTANT MEETING IS CALLED FOR FOUR O’CLOCK TO MORROW. SHERIFF SANDERS TO SHOW CAUSE stood until the little building fell into dispalr. when It was decided to pur chase another site and build a church which should be substantial and per-' in iic-iit. Rt. Rev. Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, was, rector at this time. The building was modelled-af ter the Episcopal church in Lincoln- (ton. X. C. The beautiful carving of A MO E Ft SON SHERIFF. CHARGED Vj/ITH IMMORAL CONDUCT BE FORE SUPREME COURT. NEW STTE FOR CHICORA COLLEGE EXCELLENT LOCATION IN CO LUMBIA SUBURBS WILL DOUBTLESS BE GIVEN BY CITIZENS. GOVERNOR BECKETT TO MAKE ADDRESS FOUNDERS DAY AT COKER COL LEGE TO BE OBSERVED APRIL 23rd . Governor T. W. Bickett of North Carolina will speak at Hartsville on Founders Day at Coker College, Fri day April 23, at 12 o’clock. Other appropriate exercises will ha held during the day to which the public i scordially invited. Gov. L'ickett Is an eloquent spcakei nnd a treat is in store for all who attend the exercises at Coker-college next Friday. Ex-Sheriff And Three Negroes Killed Winston-Salem, N. C.. April 20.— Kx Sheriff Lee Joyce was killed,\jim Matthews, special deputy, was shot through the neck, probably fatally and Uu^pffegroes were kiFled in a figh|*^oen officers atd negroes at VVWnut Grove, N. C. 15 ciRes^g^li this city, Sunday even ing. According to reports received here, the officers attempted t 0 break up a card game. -lorrnce Times B.treau, Wyatt A. Taylor Correspondent. Co’uinl ia, April lO -South Carolina Presbyterian;, are inetrPsted in Hie Tcnoup.;rment made h/ Dr. S. Byrd, president >f Chhora College for women in t’n'mnhia that the college trustees had selected the Bur ney site, jp ihA Shundon section of I Celutnhia, hot\weon Shandrn Annex and Wales Garden, as the she for ihe new Chic.nra C<Jilfge. Plans have been prepared -ff*r a rollege plant to include 16 or .18 hni’dings, and ur. Byrd says the aim of the trur-tees is to nave an hist tutio n tiial will at- 'vmniod.it: nil the .students who io sir'. 1 t(. on o r it and whic h will be In keeping with the aims of the col leg'- foi tlie education ol the Presby terian young women of the state. The new site contains 60 acres and Is one of the finest locations in or around Columbia. It Is in the b-vt re: idontial section of the common- itv. The tract wi l he adopted as the new college site on the - condition that the money for its purchase be raised by Tolu Haitians and the prop- erty prer eute^j to the college by De cember 31, 1!)20, r ’ • —i n: Industrial Conditions ! v<*nt ion of the Association, the April 23 and 24.. i one of the best. yers. have ever - state. I The chief speaker ror the gathering is United States Senator William li. King, of Utah, who will deliver Ihe annual address on Saturday night ! Immediately following this address ! the annual banqtiel will he (endcred I al the Jefferson Hotel. At th's lime a number of the leading lawyers of the state will respond to toasts. The ‘lawyers of the state are ho- J ing urged to bring their waves with i them. On Friday evening a recep tion will he- given at Ridgewood Club, especially for the jadies attending Hie convention. P. A. Willeox. of Florence, is presi dent of the liar association; C. S. Montcith, of Columbia, is secretary. PROTECT INDUSTRY AGAINST STRIKES Tlv ■ me; Una: tomorrow of tii>- -t cl b « aibars ol' Hit* new ho: -11 I”- i h < t is m.-pocted to prive tiiol mr* nipn t■ tnt gathering ever In 1.1 j i:Y FI '»ronco 0 n the subject of hotels, j \ 1 k ry impoi ‘ant plans and policies \v 11 In di;y •ujsed amt determined at tb ri ■ i. :i Mr. J. M. Lynch, chair- in in cl, th * campaign organization, ;u :n> ilirerl today. Tirrel’ore he arg os i ’ : t ev ry subscriber he present P 1 ticipa te in tin* proceedings. W illi t’u ' project well financed to ; 1. is ji ijnt, I’m strek ssh-.i work lias b( '11 SllSJI mi-d tm-ij orari’y, pemi-l in f ; * i'> acti 11 ai d decision of the sub | <•< 1 in JF3. 'i h* subscribers are e:;- p rtf >i to ! :l<i' over the furi'ier pro- ill it'ii 0:' pii'cing the remainder of Hie ; •pc.k. \ A ; |)f vie usly a* nounced, Ihe meet in *’ v .ill 1 held in. thr* council chain In 1 s ol Jim city -hall tomorrow at lour e« kn March 3 allowed the res o’cloi k. ’ Attendants should be on hand prmoptly at 4 o’clock in order to avert. Joss of time to others.- NEGRO SENT TO COUNTY JAIL RECORDER HOLDS PRELIMINARY IN HOUSE BREAKING AND LAR CENY CHARGE. OTHER CASES. M'sslssippi Convention al Protection of Favors Fcdcr- Industry McKinley Long, a negro man, and a former employee of the Mint Cola company was given a preliminary St. Denis April 20—The final en actment of federal legislation, guar anteeing industry against strikes and aggressive foreign trade policy was advocated by speakers in the opening session of the Mississippi Valley As sociation’s convention here. j hearing today before Recorder Gili- ;i>nd on the charge of house breaking cloi-cncc Times Bureau, Wyatt A. Taylor, Correso indent. Columbia, April 20.—The supreme court will today hear arguments in th^ Anderson sheriff case, whereby C. JJucrdon King is trying to oust. J. Olin Sanders from the office. The case was first called two weeks ago, bu( it was postponed to April 20th, on'the ground that the time limit al lowed Sanders in which to reply had not! expired. The case was first call- 0th. The twenty days espondent to file his an swer, after hcjiirg served with the j coult order, expired on March 31st. ; Sunders lias been ordered by the' couit to show cause why he should not ha required to surrender the of fice to King. Sanders was recently ord« red by Governor Cooper to vacate for , ving. whom he appointed t 0 the offic*. Sanders was ordered to sur- renj ar the office because of charges inVwving immoral relaeions with the wife of a former police officer of An derson. Sanders is represented by Bon r ham and Price. The attorney gener al's office and T. D. Watkins, of the Anderson bar, represent King. , , . , ,, the rood-screen (at that time the .( tins time, the congregation was only one j,, t)ie p.j oce8t ,| the letter- M in in numbers, and Hinds were fjr | nK on the arch over the chancel i.oni a bun dam. But never ha s a and manv 0 t her partlves of the congregation woik'd with more fuilo decoration are hand work, some of it ml devotion to attain its ambition presented to the church, we have Ilian did that of little St. John’s. h „ on lo - d by thfl arc hjtect. who be- ! lie women of the church were uu- c . a;1 io deeply interested in his work, tiling in their efforts, and it is great ^- 0 ( (|, p ip a . t beautiful feature of p.Mt dll'* to tiicir untiring labors that st. John’s is the ivy which cover* .he picturesque tittle stone building it ., Will |s. This was pis stand ; where it docs today. Mrs. Francos Church, well-remem bered by all old Florentines, gave ?2.*0 fer t!i«' specific purpose of pur clue ing a rile for the new church. The lot on South Dargan street, where the prosmit church building planted and lovingly tended by the late Mrs. W. \V. flarllee. the plants being brought from her old home in Marion. The mother-vine i., said to have come, origina ly from Melrose Abbey. There are K o veral very beautiful memorial windows in the church, b» stands, was accordingly bought from sides baptismal fount, pulpit, com- Mr. James Allen Lott, for an addi tional the congregation purchas ed the adjoining let for the Rectory. The origin:-! rectory was burned ebmt twenty-five years ago. munion set and many other church furnishing.. which have been present ed to the church members, la memory of their beloved dead. Few churches have had built into Building the church, beginning them more love, more reverence and more faithful service than little St. John’s. Maybe it is the memory of all this, beside., its own beauty, that make: It so sweet, so peaceful and so restful to “make glad both heart and eyes.” with the small nue’eus in hand, was an v,.piling work, hut these faithful and loving people were undaunted. When Mrs. rhureh went on a sum mer voyagi te Europe she asked contributions far and wide. One of COTTON FARMERS MEET IN COLUMBIA HUGE SNAKES BEING EXHIBITED MANY MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE BOX FULL OF TEXAS RATTLERS MEXICAN SITUATION j GROWS MORE ACU^E Decidedly Improved and larceny, and wa? bound over to the court of General Sessions on de fault of $1,000 bond. He was caught last night In the plant of the Mint f’ola company, where he had effected an entrance through a window In the rear of the building. Sugar and vari ous articles had been missed from the building recently *;nd a watch was being kept out for the thief. Viola Scott and Ida Thomas, two 'damsels of the color pursuaision he SEABOARD INDUSTRIAL HEAD TO a obstreteous last night SPEND THURSDAY WITH and -were arrested by the city police LOCAL AGENTS. j on Ihe charge of disorderly conduct. I Viola planked down a perfectly good TO MAKE TOUR OF FLORENCE COUNTY Washington, Aiifil 20.—The improv ed conditions and a revival of busi ness activities, following the cancel lation of government, contracts' for the year are responsible for the in creased volume In employment in March as compared With last year, ac. cording to the Department of labor’s announcement made public: today. TOBACCO GROWERS I Mr. Jesse M. Jones, of Norfolk. Va., head of the argicultural and indus trial department of the Seaboard Air Bine, will spend Thursday in Flor ence. Messrs. James N. McBride and Henry Malone, local Industrial and commercial agents of the Seaboard, are arranging to show their excel lent work being clone i Flor- I once c-ounly while he is here. ! J. Ward McLendon, county $25 bond which she forfeit ed at the midday section matinee fail ing io make her appearance when the roll was called. Ida was required lo deposit only a ten spot and she in like manner let the ten dollar William go without any explanation or excuse. Bhyd Douglas charged with parking Messrs. I wrong was dosed lo the tune of a agent, i five s Pbt for his neglect. CARRANZA PLANS FOR ATTACK OF OPPOSING FORCES Ag’ia Pricta, Sonora, April 20—Car ranza plans to send sixty five thous and soldiers against / mora, accord ing to Juarez reports. Both sides continued preparations for a clash. FLORENCE BOY RECEIVES PROMOTION MADE COURT STENOGRAPHER FOR SPECIAL TERM Or SUMTER COURT Preston B. Thames, Jr., stenograph or for Arrowsmith, Muldrow. Bridges £ Hicks, has been appointed Court Stenographer for the special three weeks term of court being held in Sumter by Special Judge Mendel B Smith. This is quite a recognition rf the young mans ability as an ex pert stenographer and his friends in Florence are congratulating him on his appointment. Auto Kills One, Injures Another New Berne. N. C., April 20.—Paul Taylor of Poliocksville was killed and Sam Wilkerson of thin city fatally in jured Sunday afternoon when they were run down near this plac-e by Harvey Gaiskins, a negro, who was driving a touring car at a fast clip. TYPHUS EXACTING DREADFUL TOLL THOUSANDS SUCCUMGING IN SI BERIA TO TERRIBLE DISEASE. 1 and ’Walter J. Johnson, sec retary of * ' Hie rhamher of Commerce, have bo-m TRF.ATV TT-TTT T^^TTP' Nashville, April 20- Tobacco grow- invit( . (l to , 1( company them on an ex-j A a w ers In the dark fire cured district of tended automobile tour of Florence' tJN UrL.UKUlA 1UUAY Kentucky and Tennessee will orga-lcounty. \:f fjpl nize and establish a common sellingi ■' PALMER SMITH >.ND WATSON IN agency. | BLIZZARD SWEEPS WEST IN THE PRIMARY SCORES KILLED IN STORMS IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS Victoria. B. C., April 20.—Typhus has killed thousands of Siberians and thousands still succumbing to the dis ease. Dr. A. K. Higgs, head of the American Red Crofis, said on return ing here today. BROTHERHOOD HEADS MEET i WITH THE LABOR BOARD Washington Apri' 20' Heads of the, four brotherhoods aid oth.-*r repre-i sentativevs of the railroad men.were*! prerent .when the., railroad labor j hoard Bogan fon^af'. hearings 1 on the demands for increj/sml wages, involv ing fifty two mljnMi railroad em ployes. • v* P • MAKES FIRST TRIP l— Clyde Steamer Apache Has Arrived At Vacl<Mrnvllle / —¥*<■• ’ ’ JaskronvilH. PfeUc-Afnil 20 The. Hyde liner Apache" arrived here to ( .day with tMc* firsl load of freight I from New Fork since the beginning j of the long^ioretnon’s strike there on March J.* 1 Denver. Colo., April 20.—The* hliz- zardr which swept several states Sun day have abated. Several passenger trains have dug out of (lie snow. Throe ministers who were passengers on a stalled train conducted services in one of the coaches. EARTHUQAKE IS RECORDED AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Washington April 2ft \n • earth quake of nird-ratc intensity about 21 hundred inilos from Washington was recorded at thr* Georgetown uni ver ity relsmographic observatory. Atlanta, Ha., April 20—Georgia’s c-hoic-r. for the democratic nomination for President will I-e expressed in a prelctontial primary today, in which, time candidate..: arc* entered. They are Attorney General Palmer, U. £,.' senator Hoke Smith of Georgia nil'll Thomas E. Watson. The peace treaty and league of me! (ions have been brought into lhe con; test. Georgian,, have been asked to, indor: e tie Wilson administration h.v ! voting for Palmer. Senator Smii.n j Bittle Rock. April 20.—A score of persons were killed and many injured as a result of storms in northwest Arkansas Sunday night, according to meagre advices. CANADIAN VETERANS TO ADOPT OVERALLS Ottawa, April 20—(’anadian war veterans association have voted to organize themselves into an overall brigade. A message has been sent to the veterans urging them to weai denim to eomhat the living cost. Death List Grows Larger Bittle Rock. April 2ft. The death list as a result of the tornadoes was raised tr, twenty-two victims. Barge section is still unreported. fHE WEATHER. For finith (’arnllna: Showfrs probably tonight and Final Plans For Convention Chicago, April 20.—The arrange ment committee Is making its final Sz'L* ! ‘„zr~ Fr “ h r* east to joutn winds., j to convene in San Francisco. ha;-: taken the stand that wlii'e lie ad inlrra Hie “great achievements’’ 1 tlu* ndmini: trillion, lie does net in- dor"* it in its entirety. H" favors re serrations to the league*. Mr. Watson long has been an outspoken critic-.of the* ndmini; (ration nnd the league. THE CABINET MEETS BOARD REFUSES TO HEAR FROM STRIKING WORKERS Washington, April 2ft.—The rail road labor hoard has announced that it would not receive complaints from the striking railroad men. PRAISES OVERALL CLUBS TO BE TAKEN UP AT SEMI ANNUAL MEETING -lorence Times Bureau, Wyatt A. Taylor Correspondent. Columbia, April 1ft—The formation of a state cotton finance and expoit corporation will he discussed at the semi-annual meeting of the South Carolina Cotton Association in Colum bia May 5th, which wi l lie attended by prominent planters from every eoutiTy of South Carolina. A largo attendance in expected fo r this con vention, according to an anemnee- ment made taday by R. M. Mixon, preside nt o f the association. 1 Another matter that will he dis cussed by the farmer:’ at the meet ing May .»th will be Ihe question of erecting warehouses all over the state. Reports will also be made of the meeting of the American Cotton Association held in Montgomery last week. A number of prominent men arc on the program for the state meeting of the -cotton planters. MUST DEVELOP ISLAND WATERWAYS AS SALVATION Stt Bouis, April 20.—America must develop inland waterways transpor tation to retail her position in world commerce, speakers at the Missippi Bailey Waterway Association declar ed. They said the milroads have reached the limit of their capacity. FIRE THREATENS TERMINALS Now York, April 20.—Fire starting on the steamship Halfried threatened destruction to the Bush terminals at Brooklyn. After two explosions am- hulanees were sent and tugs were hur ried to remove the ships to safety. MANY POLES ARE JOINING THE UNITED STATES ARMY Camp Bix, X. J., April 2ft—Many members of the First Detachment of the Polish-Americans who recently arrived in America after serving with the Polish army abroad have enlist ed in the United States army follow ing discharge from the ilolish ranks. ALLIED PREMIERS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT IS ON DISPLAY NEAR A. C. L. FREIfiHT DEPOT. In a wire covered box. near the Atlantic Coast Bine freight depot, are six or eight huge ratlesn&kcsj all alive and vicious looking creatures. | They are singing their rattles, lick ing out their tongues and winding themselves up in the box. They are in charge of a young man. who Jian- , dies them like one would handle a I baby. He is from a rattlesgake farm at Brownsville, Texas, and, his occupation is that of raising rattle snakes for experimental purpose^ He says the United States governyient uses quite a number of snakes v his farm. He talks quite tntere| and so far as the reported kno^ telligently on snakelogy. He 1 that It is a false idea that a rat age can be told by the number ■ties on its tail. They growl Tattles each year and sometimes one or more by it- being broked Snakes never eat anything They swallow their prey whole and an ordinary size snake can swallow a big rabbit. He feeds his snakea on frogs, rats, birds and rabbits and they eat only once every months and go the same leng time without water. A snake live a year without either. A snake's bite does not hurt a hogj hogs wall eat rattlesnakes wj in the least fazing the hog’s live organs or upsetting the sv stomach. The young fellow says it is a false idea also that whist good for snake bites and he is prohibitionist either. There is a stone found in Texas that whe plied to the snake bite will draj the poison. He doesn’t sell the either. The thing to he done snake bitten is to bind the plaj stop circulation and cut the flesh so as to drain out the and if a chicken can be procure mediately cut the chicken open alive and apply the warm insidj the bite and this will draw out poison. He says he will have hibit within the next few da snake about thirty feet long. Sun Remo, April 20—Premiers of the a filed powers concerned have agreed to the principle representa tions »o l-e made to Germany concert ing the execution of the Versailles treaty hut differences in the nature persist. Only Matters of Routine Nature Con sidered Today Washington, April 2ft President Wilson met with his cabinet again today. It is said routine matters weie considered. * Washington. April 2ft.—Senator Dial praised the overa.ll and calico clubs speaking in the Senate yesterday. HELP FOR HEARING New York, April 20.—Thomas W. Simpkin, who killed Dr. Markoe In a church here Sunday, was held without j hail for a hearing tomorrow, 1 BROTHERHOOD HEAD DOES NOT SANCTION STRIKE Detroit April 20-The walkout of a hundred thousand rmlntenance of way employes is threatened in Chi cago for April 28 unless the demands for temporary emergency increasesof a dnPar a day are granted. The strike will not receive the sanction of the brotherhood, president R. E. Bee Bra hie announced today . AUTO DEALERS ADD FEATU1 STATE ASSOCIATION CREi ' CLAIM AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTS. Florence Times Bureau, Wyatt' Taylor, Correspondent. Columbia. April 2ft.—The S< Carolina Automotive Trades Asg_ tion, composed of the automoi dealers of the state, has recet created two Important departmei legal and claim. A. M. Lump] prominent Columbia lawyer, is pointed counsel for the associat! and T. C. Cross, of the claim dep ment of the Columbia Chamber Commerce, will handle claims for organization. All members of the soclation have the privilege of 1 Ing their freight bills audited by claim department of the assodati The state automotive associat also has a credit department, an 1 ployment and a publicity depart up