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The Florence Daily Times / THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES 26th Year Florence, S. C. Friday Afternoon April 30, 1920. $6.00 a vear. CHAMBER COMMERCE IAS SPECIFIC VALUE TO VARIED INTERESTS Secretary Johnson Emphasiz es Strong Fonts if the Re-G'rganization. MAIL ORDER LEECH ABOUT TO LOSE , BIG BATTLE IS HIGHWAY OFFICE EXPECTED TO TAKE ili PLACE IN MEXICO 'STORAGE HOUSE AT THE FAIR GROUNDS LACK OF OFFICE SPACE IN PLOR ENCE IS BECOMING DE TERRENT SWEET POTATO ENTERPRISE WILL BECOME AN EDUCA TIONAL FEA'.oRE Floreneo is about to lose any chance of getting the c;visional oflke; of the South Carolina highway com- i mhsioiY, Walter J. atchiiMou, see.fe-1 tary of the Chamber of Commerce, ! rpiji-Ni-Nj-vc, — staled today. He has not received a ; * KOOPS single offer of office space in reply j — to his recent announcement of this gg Ccess jQ n j s ^ Clash Near Pulpito Pass Indicates a Gathering Storm. potato curing the Planter; FEDERAL AGENTS UNCOVER PLOTS TO ASSASSINATE A. C.L. YARDS CLEAR FINE RACE TRACK ;0R BUSINESS NOW CONGESTION OF MANY MONTHS STANDING IS ENDED HERE NOW. FOR PEE DEE FAIR IS NOW ASSURI Nearly $30,000 a Month Is j opportunity. Sent Away From Flor- i . a" F,iIed j J Every little nook and cranny of an! ASSEMBLE Are ence Is Estimate. office in Florence must bo filled, flic Agents Said To Be Working Throughout Mexico. Agua Prieta, Sonora. April 30.—A secretary accordingly observes. 1 Specific values of the Chamber of have personally visited a number j clash" betw«^n Ca^rranT'/nnd* Sonora P«-ol.-ably will be, an.- t:.e swee Commerce to the varied business in-; the office buildings without success, i r>etween tananza an I Sonora tuin ) . ||| . jnK am , st0| ., n „ h0Uf . ipmstH roprosentocl in its member! We nhail mak** this last call in the * orces near Pulpito Pass forecasts a' 1 I « - _ ship was emphasized today by Wal-| hope of finding ouarters. One or ter J. Johnson, secretary, discussing two rooms will he sufficient. I ba the re-organization of the associa-J lieve The commission does not ask lion under the comprehensive plans'for these free of charge. They will adapted by the Board of Directors. be paid for Retail Trade Here The location of Mils office in Flor- •‘Reliable authorities inform me. ’! once would b'* a valuable asset. It said Mr. Johnson, emphasizing value j would afford Florence, city and coun to the retail merchant, “that $25,0001 ty, ready and expert good roads and to $30,000 per month is being sent | streets building and maintenance ad- out of Florence by money order to| vice. Besides* making our citv th - mail order houses. A thoroughly or-! good reads center of this section. ganized and efficient retail mer-J chant s association, such as a iner-l JOHNSON DIFS chants’ bureau in the Chamber of uiXLa Commerce wohld effect, would not i permit this practice to continue long. “Merchants in neighboring towns SWITCHMAN WHO WAS HURT IN are bidding very strongly, and sue-! cessfnlly to some extent, for business; AWA v i which our merchants should have. ] AWAY. We have no grudge against the other I AI . „ . merchants if they are able to get thf f ! ‘ ’ .Johnson, who was hurt i.imlne.s but the live wire mer- at V' e Coast L, lnp railroad yards yes- chants organization doubtless could | <,ied f, . oni '»j"- retain this l usintss by meeting such 1 ‘ ‘ >'* f : terd:1 y afternoon outside competiiion. ! was tak^n ^ W ’ ere , hp Private Citizen was taken tor medical attention im- "\s to the value to the individual ra « d ate, y the accident. | citizen, who often, questions the ’ - AuJstT inr h 6 i fj 110 his hcm? worth of his membership in the Cham t wentv-flVe SLrs old -nH 6 / 38 ah0 ^ ! her of Commerce, officials tell me. a bv J widow who n, t, 1 petition is pending for action for pav t , f . .. . ‘ ^ at the larger and more deeisive conflict with the rebel leaders. Boht sides are concentrating troops on either side of the pass. ' Secessionists agents are said to Ik-J working throughout Mexico Tilted Refugees Plan To Restore Monarchy Tokio. April 30.—Among 293 Rus sian refugees who have arrived at FROM HIS INTURIES ^ ,nsan Vladivostok is a party J ^ of ter. titled men who, soon after the death of Efnporor Nicholas, escaped roAc-r . .t.t- to Vladivostok. They have a plan to L NE YARDS PASSES restore monarchy in Russia, it is said, and from Tokio will send repre sentatives to London. Shanghai and other points. names. With our citizenship organ- H . . —* *"• •» <"» Chamber or Comment ; t such public Improvements would nol i *eg cut orr. long lie held up for any such reason a. 3 this. The paving incident is only one small item. Others may be easi ly enumerated, and will certainly! develop with the growth of Florence. A concerted citizenship to watch and direct the growth along the _ best lines, certainly would, be an Invalua ble factor. J5ot Action “Again, take for Instance the whole- rale' merchants, for a year or two years, so rthey have told me, they have been complaining Individual^ and continually about the freight service In klorence. Two weeks agO|„uc nuc m , k * wo had a conference in the offices of ing to entertain hundreds of visitors I " al FLORENCE AT THE MARION FESTIVAL TO CONVENE HERE NEXT MONDAY DOCKET ARRANGED FOR TWO WEEKS TERM. JUDGE DE BORE TO PRESIDE. j Court will convene here Monday morning with Judge DeVore presiding A two weeks session will be held and the local bar has arranged a roster of. ‘cases that will be disposed of during the term. The roster was published The Florence sweet and storing hou; ? of Produce and Storage company maj become a distinct educational insti tution for Soulh Carolina, rivaling 3ven the colleges, according to plans which were disclosed in the announce nient that the company had taken an option from (lie P**e Dea Fair As •ocintioil on a sile whAti r now pari if Hit fair mounds. Feature of Fair In event th<» deal is closed, as it et j o house is 'milt in such juxtaposition in the fair grounds, it will t ' the object rf visit ’nt.’iest and study by hundred < o' 1 he farmers and otb'- ; who .titenu tin fair. Thus the fair direitois actually expect it will 1 3com.» an added attraction and feature of the mmtal show. Vine . when erected and in sncces , u! operatirn, it will It;* a co’.iegi. te iomonstiat Ion oi. the vork of tlic nrocess and pro’oahK set tht pace lor nctieally a’.l the rest of South Caro] lina. ‘I he rptlo’i was s'oseti yest'rd.i' , l afternoon by •• eonferenee of the officers of the two associations in the ollite of the Chumlit. t.f Com merce. Bc’ieves i.-i “Taters” Attesting the va'ne o sweet oota toes, as a crop in this s ction. J. C Wiggins last ver.r planted three Here of them—one for market, one for his family, and one for his hogs. Hr gave away five bushels off of his mar ket acre, fed the culls to the hogs and thep cleared $683.50 on the mar- kei acre. Tie found he siJII had more potatoes than he conTrt use. so he sold enough more that his total cash nroc-eds from the three acres was $1150—-and still he had plenty fen - his family and fed several hundred dollnif worth of potatoes to his lings “I grew these potatoes with half ihe labor rnd expense of cotton,’’ hi states in conclusion. “I used only stable manure and 400 pounds o commercial fetrilizer.” For Diversification Now Mr. Wiggins is a diversificationist. He is Radicals Plan For May Day Demonstration Is Discovered. OFFICIALS Directors Purchase Twalii^ Acres of Additional Land. Of vital concern and interest to per sons shipping or receiving freight by ] the Atlantic Coast Line at Florence, B. S. Meeks. Commercial Agent, an- 1 nounced this morning at the Chamber WARNED of Com merce that the congestion, ! which has prevailed In the local yard I ____ ^ r * r> for an extended period, was ended T ^ Department of justice Puts| yesterday afternoon when the vard Improvements Represent A Score Of Officers < r ^' s 1 ' vo >' k " 1 and P ,a ^‘> the last car ' Total Outlay Of _ ^ , awaiting their dispatch. J On Guards. , Huge Task r j This Is understood to he the first Washington. April 30.—Warning t.j m p j n several months that the yard NEW FEATURE Over $26,000. Meeting yesterday afternoon that they had been’selected by radical at Florence has been clear, because'tho office of the Chamber of Co elements £o f r 1 tremendous volume of traffic 1 mm . e> the dlre ctors of tho Pee as a part ot the May Da> demonstrat at this point, and congestion which ,, . ... , j » lion had been received from Depart- could not lie averted. During the pc- I a,r AssocIa t lon emsed with Mr. J, mnt of Jutioe agents by more than a Hod of congestion fho work has been ’ J, e nnln P ;s an option at $16,000 on I: score of federal and state officials. from three days to two weoks behind acres of land adjoining the presem Washington. April SO.FFederal all the t'lne. despite the very best ef- agents have been instructed to go as forts of all persons concerned, far as the law will allow in breaking Officials are determined to keep up May Day ardica demonstrations, the yard dear, and avert the possible i congestion -in the future. Railroad Yards Again ; Tied Up By Strike ! ECONOMISTS/ — j TALK PRICES Buffalo, N. Y.. April 30—For • tho seernd time wilhitt two weeks every ) JOIN WITH BANKERS AND EDU railroad yard hen* is tlrd^ip as a re suit of tin* strike of freight switch men and conductors. CATORS IN DISUCSSING PROBLEMS. W. G. EICHELBERGER HAS BUSY MONTH ! New York April, 30.—Economist*, bankers and educators will discuss problems arising from the war, chiof- j ly Hi they affect the high cost of liv- | ing and price inflation, at the semi annual meting of the American Aca-' de.uy of Political Science to he held !here (oday. Professor Samuel McCune Lindsay, CAPTURES 22 STILLS, MAKES 59 RAIDS AND SEND 22 CASES TO v^oURTS. reference therto tell Just what their ease will be called. day MISS FLORENCE MURCHISON) GOES AS QUEEN, mayor i Spring Clean Up Of GILBERT INVITED. ‘ Criminals In Chicago 1 o* ,i.„ !.» , re P r ® sen J ed Chicago. April 30—More three hnn- nevt 1 wJnnLftnv* y f h St Va h ° f A ‘ ari °, n I dred and fifty were jailed here in next Wednesday, when she is expect-1 uhlt , chie , Garrlty called a spr i,,g Florence will be well W. C. Eichelberger, chief state constable, returned to the city this morning from a trip to Manning | where with the assistance of a rural policeman and a state constable, lie captured one still and destroyed 135 | gallons of beer and issued warrants for the arrest of four negroes charged with violating the prohibition law. I Mr. Ekhelbergcr during April, has confirp''''’1 had the biggest month’s business he planning over had since being on the force. He of Columbia University, in making the announcement, said the prime purpose of this national forum was “to bring together the best thought of ( ad(led to , he ent ]ant the nation in an effort to remove the . ^ u „ j , hazards of the era of rceonstruetion fair grounds. Unless a flaw should develop in titles, stated one of the leaders of tfc fair association yesterday afternoojj this means the asociation will pc chase the additional ground. New Features and Improvement* The additional ground is being chaseq to provide room to build up-to-date race track, which will come a new feature in the annual exposition*. A tkalf mile track Wf be built as soon as possible. Ultimately (he directors probabt will build the athletic field within circl# of the race track, and conve the present athletic field into ex$ sition grounds. $10,000 Wilt Be Spent Improvements now contemplated the directors will mean an addltk al outlay, after buying the site $16,009, of around $10,000 stated of them yesterday afternoon, makli a total investment ot more than I25J FUND REACHES SEVEN THOUSAND in these columns several days ago, ^ - „ , , •md those interested in eases mav by . th,H - VPar acres cf sweet po-|has captured during the month twen- and those interested in cases ma> i>> |- fatopfl wh!( . h hft r( , gar(]s as , )is h'.^'^two illicit distills, destroyed 550 paying crop, 10 acres of oats, 4 1-2 ..gallons of beer, seventeen gallons of of tobacco. 14 of cotton ami 20 In whiskey, made 69 raids and sent to clean-up of criminals. the Chamber of Commerce, and uni- from all parts of South Carolina, ted on a plan to procure relief. The Mayor is Going net result Is that within thlrtv jlays Mayor H. K. Gilbert announced yes from the meeting they will have In- terday afternoon he is going, stalled and in operation a system of ( Besides the mayor, <1 young lady modern and efficient package freight and a sextette of the prettiest girls cars. Thirty minutes conference and | of Florence will be there respectively united action accomplished more as qiieen of Florence and. her ladles than weeks and months of individual, in waiting. The queen yrill be Miss romplaint and kick. 1 Florence Murchison. Her attendants “The wholesale merctiants have] will he Misses Lucile Cole, Ella Rog- many other problems which they ers, Louise Calais, Kyle Keefe, Mary will find they can handle just by uni-! Scott and Belva Haynsworth. ted action, such as they can get by | For Co-Operation having a bureau in the Chamb°r oft “Co-operative spirit between cities" Commerce, as they did in the in- said Mayor Gilbert, in announcing his stance of the package car service, j intention of attending the festival, “is Need* Are Great j quite as good for them as it Is for* T?KTCTr‘XT •xrrvrtxT/" 1 “In tho ease of (he farmers, bv or-j individuals. I hope others from Flor- “NolViN YOUNG HOMES FOR THE EVICTED SALVATION ARMY PLANS TO CARE FOR A THOUSAND NEW YORKERS New York, April 30—The Salva tion Army has announced that tents be erected on the training grounds here to house persons made home less by eviction proceedings. Plans will be made to care for a thousand persons. coin. Incidentally he expects to make .- •barrel more money out of his various crops than he would out of an equal acreage cf cotton—with less work and the added certainty the boll weevil cannot bring him any lean years. The new company is urging farm ers in the shortage or tcnacco plants to plant sweet potatoes, an over acreage of cofto 11 is imminent he cause there is a tendency to put in cotton. the state and federal courts twenty- five cases to be tried. SUBSCRIPTIONS COME TO THE MEMORIAL FUND The grandstand, now fronting the athletic field, will be moved put into position to view the rafl and the new located athletic -field. ! is one of the largest In the state will accomodate several thousat of people. Invite Horsemen Here J' Tentatively the directors are J sidcring plans for a dinner for SLOWLY horsemen when they get ready ; build their track. The suggestion HARDING DENIES ' HIS WITHDRAWAL DECLARES OHIO VOTE WILL NOT INFLUENCE HIM IN RACE ganlzlng them Into an agricultural ence will accept Marlon’s invitation. APPEAL TO WORKERS Effort to Work up May Day Demon stration in Boston Boston, April 30— An appeal to workers to show their strength bv n united strike tomorrow contained in posters purporting to be the May Day proclamation of the central exe cutive committee of Uic communist party of America circulated here. At BLUE BEARD CONFESSES Least Two of Huirts’ 25 Wives Were Murdered by Him bureau In the Chamber of Commerce they will he able In (he future, hy concerted action, to create reserve storks of fertilizer—with the result that they may avert any such diffi culties as they are faciner at present in regard to their fertilizer. They might have created just such re serve for the present season had they acted altogether. “They are continuity faced with overehanglng problems of marketing freight rates, and service, pest con trol, and a thousand and one other things which seem ever to confront ihr man in the field. Advertising Campaign The Chamber of Commerce tills af ternoon fired the first gun in its naid f i.->vspaper advertising campaign, preliminary to the reorganization work. This was a full page adver tisement in the Times contributed by the Florence Clearings House, comprising the City Savings Bank, the Aj^lKercial and Ravings Bank, the Bank of Florence, the Farmers & Mechanics Bank, the Palmetto Bank gr. Trust Company, the Peoples Sav ings Bs«Wc & Trust company, and tho First National Bank. Other leading interests of Florence will contribute a page of advertising each during the preparation tor and the conduct - of the reorganization work. Splendid Interest Splendid interest has been arous ed in the reorganization of the Cham ber of Commerce, wrlth its new and most comoreheiiHlve p*ans. officers of the association believe. They ob serve this in the general discussion one mav hear of the new life being shown in the Chamber of Commerce One prominent citizen, discussing the rejuvenation of the Chamber of Commerce and the reoganization now being undertaken said. “One can count right off. on his fingers actual achievements of the Chamber of Com merce for the past month. He does not have to atop and nuzzle or study. .... to convince himself whether or not and glows too greatly to be overlook the Chamber of Commerce is doing ed bv anyone, save the person who » a 1 as* liaoaaatal n n al aaa-i a a a at - ^ aa aaa^aa a-a a-\ IS HERE TODAY May be, some day we shall have a party to when we will wish for our Wi|| Give mu8trat(!d Lectore neighbods to come and seo us.” 1 Lau«.«c t««i«i,* Very probably other prominent citi- ] ® zens will accompany their popular mayor to Marion. at COUNTY CONVENTION CONVENES MONDAY Now Albany, Ind., April 30—Sena tor Harding denied reports that he would withdraw from the race for the republican presidential nomina tion following the Ohio veto. I been made that the association The Florence County fund for the [ a Wf5 dinned for the horsemen State Memorial to soldiers who made I lnvit o them 1»ere tw gel tTwr the supreme sacrifice in the world j of their advice and experience, war has now reached a total cf' unlikely some of the horse! seven thousand dollars. The quotal w0,dd P’Jt money into tho track, is $12,000. It will be necessary for. directors believes, five thousand dollars more to be I Whether the race track will raised if Florence is not to he clas-j road V f° r sP° r t this fall, when that sed as having failed in her duty. position* is held, is not certain. Subscriptions in the city are being niuck * s certain, however. It will received comparatively slowly. Tim- a R reat and new feature to the monsville and Lake City hav vnot yet 1 and mark one of the greatest exj reported. I stons reported in the state for fat At Ebenczer today in a very y ear - minutes $560 dollars was given. AI ^ a * r * s onG 0 * meeting was arranged there by Mr. and most successful exposition Benton Young. Subscriptions in anv amount may he left with F. L. VVilTcox, chairman Sain H. Husbands, Treasurer, or i! DELEGATES TO STATE CONVEN TION WILL BE ELECTED. LITTLE INTEREST MANI FESTED. Gen. Pershing Has ‘Dao/'Ho/I Panama I dP! i, '‘‘ d to Florence Daily Time.?, Keacnea ranamaj^ <hie r , cknowledgement of every subscription will be made through Panama. April 30—Gen. Pershing hai arrived here to make ai> inspec tion. Ensign Young, Capt. Stevens and Cadet Morris cf the Salvation Army will give an entertainment at the corner of Evans and Dargan streets between 8 and 9 o’clocx tonight. The entertainment will consist of an il lustrated lecture of the Army’s pork Tho County Democratic eonvenlion will meet here in (he county court house Monday at noon. All the clubs of county* were reorganized at meet ings last 'Saturday. The mealing of the county convention usually marks the opening of county poltics, which this year has been unusually quiet thus far. The county convention will elect delegates to the slate convention and! TWO STORES BRING $31,000 INTFRESTING SALE OF BUSINESS PROPERTY ANNOUNCED TODAY S. !. Sulzbacher sold lo M. W. Ka- for (wo store buildings on E. Evans • troot for $31,000. The property changing hands was the Consumer'll Grocery Company nullding and the will be the Times until tho campaign is suc cessfully completed. The subscriptions to date are as follows: Previously reported $6,050.00 J F Stackley $100.00 f). M. McEachln 10.00 J W McCown 50.00 in the South. ANDERSON SHERIFF CASE Supreme Court Sustains Governor Removing John Sander* > t ■ ■ ■ Columbia. April 30—At 2:30 tl afternoon the supreme court hand« down the decision in the Andersoi Sheriff case. The decision Is thu (he defendant. John Olin Sanders, not and lias noi been since the dat of ids removal hy the Governor, til lawful slurifi of Anderson count) It K Rutledge 20.001 .j s McKenzie 50.nol all, i tlu.t he surrender the rsid omo Dr. H. Tucker Graham 25,00 j ai, d the records thoreor to the plall J P McNeill 100.001 tiff. C. G. King, upon his demand List of Contributors from Ebenezer.J therefore, and that he pay the coa 25.09, and disbursements of this action 5,00 he taxed by the court, the opinion 50.00 was pr' 1 oared by assoefate justice ..25.00 E. Ilydrick. A D Flowers .. J O Boswell .. It S Hepburn .. Howard P Cole lustrated lecture of the Army’s jvork, delegates to the slate convention andj occupied by R. P. Scott as a] , here and in France by Ensign Youngj whether the county will send an in- L‘ bt . r « h()n it'has a frontage of;' structed delegation to Columbia is is not yet known or whether the coun-j d(> (h of 14S feot rf h; , sa i e W as ty convention will endorse any presi- , h o nf i.ucns & who passed 'wo years in the war zone The city lights will be cut out during the lecture so that the pictures may be clearly seen. There! dential candidate is a guess. The will also be a musical program. J state as a rule sends unnstmeted dele gatins to the National Convention. And its a rare thing that a county the' 37.7 feet on East Evans street and a sends instructed delegations to state convention READY FOR REVIEW I/is Angeles. April So—At least 2 of the women James R. Huirt Is al leged have murdered were murdered bv him. Two others me: accidental deaths and he might have murdered more according to an alleged confes sion made public by his attorney..!. Morgr^p Marmadtike. and county of- floialtf: More twenty five marriages have been attributed bv officers to Huirt. Several women are listed as missing.' ; Secretary Daniels Off to Atlantic Fleet Meet the BROKERS CALLED BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE Washington, Anril 30—Print paper brokers have been subponaed to ap pear before the Senate Committee in vestigating print paper. Negro Kills Another Coroner Smith wa scalled to Aider- man eamn near Paul Jones store yes terday afternoon to hold an inquest over the dead body of Isiah Burgess j who was shot through the head and instantly killed by S^m Davis. The' » , „ , - • difficulty arose over a trade in wives' Amerlcan Bankers Association to Con any presi-j n){ ; d<J through the offices of Lucas & Brunson. It has not been stated what will be done with (he property but it if understood it will be consider- ably improved in the near future.' It is indicated that the two stores will h/ thrown into one building. Newport News Va., April 30—Score tary Daniels boarded ship today to re view the Atlantic fleet when arrives in New York. POLICE COURT J W Parker .... • • . . .. ..100.00 W Humphries .. 10.00 S V Ward .. .. . # ....10.00 A P> Hamer ._ . 50.00 W P Cole .. ..20.00 S R Phillips .. . .. ..60.00 S E Jeffords .... » • . .. ..50.00 B P Ward . .. ..10.00 S W Gee 50.00 E E Ward 10.00 S I Cole 25.00 J 11 Mitchell .. .. 10.00 J E Lunn .. .. .. 50.0.0 $550.00 DEFLATION SOUGHT DISCUSS FACTS Business and Prefessional Men Seek Remedy for the High Cost of Living. New York, April 3,0—Bankers, educators and economists of the II. S. and Europe discussed the facts which haveocaused inflaL’on and high prices and their remedies at the semi annual meeting of the academy ot political science. AH parties are colored. Davis im mediately after the shooting made his escape and has jiot yet been appre hended. fer with Federal Reserve Board REPORTS RESOLUTIONS Would Declare State of War With Germany and Austria Ended Police court this morning was of short duration. Several cases of mi nor importance were called but the de fondants failing to appear forfeited their bonds. A little while boy was charged with riding a bicycle 011 the sidewalk and was fined $.T. A young negro was up on the charge of vagrancy. He had not work ed since April 4th. He Is a clothes presser by profession and husincs in his line was juiet ho testified. His mother was sick and he had to stay 1 at home and wait on her. He was FALL TO EARTH Two Aviators are Seriously Hurt at New Orleans Tot’jy Lima. Peru. April 30—Pilot Simon and Mechanic Wheeler, American commercial aviators, were seriously injured when their airplane crashed at the military aviation field shortly after arrival from New Orleans. Pinohurst, N U., April 30—The ex 1 ecutive council of the American Bankers Association has appointed a ^ committee to confer with the feder-, found guilty, but owing to the illness , Woolen Mi'ls ■»1 reserve bond on orderly methods of his mother the sentence was sus-1 Night to bring about the deflation of cred-1 pended during good behavior and on; 'condition that he get a job ilmmedlate 1 2,000 WORKERS OUT Forced to Suspend Shifts Also Itf. anything for the upbuilding of h lor- ence—the 'record is too rrmly fixed is biased and prejud ced unreason ably against such organizations. Washington April 30—The state of No Meeting Held war both with Germany and Austria! There was no meeting of the Over- would be terminated under a reso- a, l Hub last night. A meeting was hit ion reported hy the Senate For- called for last night at the court elem Relations Committee as a sub- house bat only about twelve men at- stltute for the bouse resolution. . | tended and no meeting was held. ly and go to work. senterfee Is $100 or thirty days. Passaic. N. J. April 30-Man ifac- The suspended ■ Hirers said the suspe-islon of 1 irge REPUBLICANS OPPOSE THE SALES TAX Washington April 30—Soldiers legislation, completed by a mojority of the republican ways and moans be considered at a many families ness for spiders aim caiHimutrn as — republicans tonight. have special designs, that are handed article ol diet, and would eat them 1 The minority republicans will oppose jdown from one generation to ano- with apparent relish. l tho proposed sales. The great lace inductry of Malta The eminent French astronomer,,-- -- --- - Is almost exclusively confined to wo Lnlando, possessed an excessive fond,‘‘onim ttee win men and girls, and many families ness- for spiders and cateplllars as caucus ot house orders and the uncertainty of the wool market would cause suspension of night work. Two local mills have already laid, off two tJiousand work ers. THE WEATHER For South Carolina: Fa'r tonight. Saturday cloudy. Not much change in tem perature. Moderate south and south west winds. SOLDIERS GIVEN TITLES TO FARM* Berkeley April 30—Thirty sev« former soldiers were given title t« farms by the California land settle mont hoard. PARDONED CONVICT HOST AT DINNgf Ossining, N. Y.. April 30—Seve ♦ een life termers In Sing Sing wet the guests at a dinner given by Wll- llaf Perrv who was released aft serving 15 years -e nf P f prm sentenoi Tim Dinner was held In the warden’* residence. Perry's scntefca was commuted 'bv Die governor whosa rc end ary noticed Perrv’s politene while nerving In ihe warden's house. WOMAN SUFFRAGE COST MILLIONS Washington April 30—The catt>; palm for the ratification of the fedj eral woman suffrage amendment ba coot the nation'll woman’s par ninety three millions, five hundre thousand dollars, headquarters am nounced. OUTLAWS TRY AGAIN Make Another Effort to Secure Hear ing Befqjre Labor Board Washington April 30—Another ef fort t» gain a hearing before the ray partly road labor beard "as man by repre sentatives of the non-recognized railroad workers association wbu have quit their Jobs.