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v-hA The Florence Daily Times THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES 26th Year Florence, S. C. Saturday Afternopn, May 3, 1920. $6.00 a year. JUDGE DE VORE ILL SERVICE BEGINS I^COURT ADJOURNED NEXT MONDAY, ‘ RECONVENE MONDAY Vanitie May Be Defender of America’s Cup •pis® im'm I RAILROADS ASK $500,000,000 LOAN BESIDE RATE RISE CAMPAIGN A SUCCEI CANVASSING TEAMS TURN TO BUSHBS De ^i!.!^?^L:n From Illness of J ud S e Temporarily " T ' Stops Proceeding in Common Pleas Session ■W: Florence Will Be Great ly Expedited. FINE SCHEDULE In ^ A m All, $1,600,000,000 Is Needed For New i Equipment. JUDGE SHIPP PRESIDE Supreme Court Issues Order And The Session Will Continue. Court of Common Pleas adjourned Paltrons Requested To Re port Slip In Service v Promptly. All arrangements will be included for installation Monday moruing of here yesterday afternoon on account the package cars which the Atlantic of the ilMesS of Judge DeVore. who I Coast Line will install in Florence to'has been indisposed all the week.! her trading territory. The service | This caused some little contusion as has been advertised extensively so,to the convening of court next week,; that the Florence wholesale mor- but the Supreme court has issued an! chants and their trade are well ac j order for Judge Shipp to preside and (juainted with the undertaking. [court will convene Here Mondav :m i! The schedule, as it will be installed a N Jurors summoned will be expect- is as follows: led to be heie. Pfl 500 Members For Chamber Of Commerce By This Evening. FOOD SHORTAGE THE RALLY NEXT Senate Warned That Trans- Officers And Directors To portation, and Food Pro- ; Be Elected Within duction Would Suffer. [ Next Two Weeks. m Washington. May 8 The railroads Membership campaign was a ot tilt? country imif>t lici\p iniincdi&tc trcnioncious success * * financial help from the Government j q-jjg plans for the actual reorganisa it they are to cope with the short- (| on t) j ^| 10 chamber of commerce ;.go ol equipment, which threatens w mj t |j e centralization of the leading serious interference with the trans- C | v |j activities in this office, and the pollution and even the production of classification of the membership tvUI lood. as well as with industry, said be taken up immeuiately by the sec- railroad executives today in testify- retary and other officials. This tvttl For the first time since the outbreak of the wnr Sir Thomas Upton will race his Shamrock against the choice of ' ins: bstoie senate interstate com- involve a large amount of office the United States for America’s cup. The Vanitie, shown In the picture, is being put In shape at City Island L 1- 1 merce committee. j work, including complete and thor- Northeastern Railroad to points The (ase takt n up yesterday between Florence and Charleston 0t E ‘ VVilH8 VS Th,, A: " olu load daily in Florence, and delivery’ ? a ,road <«">' ' vas terminated by will be made the next dav - Judge -DeVore ordering a directed W r & \ k ♦ ! verdict in favor ol defendant. Horace t J' s"r.-r P td ta'ocr «“» »,'» *• ence Monday and Wednesday, and P r ,®? e . , Th,s case was fl‘‘ 8 t make deliveries the following day af * 0TP . • Tf . ,h ’ , s ter loading dates to points as far as who ordered a directed verdict and Sumter 1 wjj uecis.on wa.s appealed to lie w. c. 4 A. Eusl, point, between IZ'—TI' ““ 1*lorence and Cbadburn. load in Flor, . , , ence Tuesday and Thursday, and I Tlle ( ' ou rt then eat-red rto tie making deliveries the dav ater the |CaS j ° f 116 A aut ‘ L . rail- i?*.* }?**** Fl0rente ’ t0 monsvil™. PanV " The l0Wn 0t Tim - WM& ) Western Newspaper Union! ■* l * MEMORIAL DAY TO BE THE NEWS OF A DAY FITTINGLY OBSERVED GATHERED BY THE WAY I POST PASSES BUCK as far as Chadburn. Florence Railroad, between Flor ence and Fayetteville loads Tuesday *7 and Thursday in Florence, and makes Jwar “ ea - , , , next day deliveries at points up to m!J ? Prhap " be the first Fayetteville, and other branches of t6 b 1 Monda >- this line. C & D R. R. loads Wednesday iu Florence and makes delivery the next day between Florence and Wad esboro. Three thousand copies of this scheduje will be printed and circu lated threugh' the local wholesale merchants in their trading territory. They have been instructed also to for Its nice with file Resolute to determine which of these two yachts shall have the honor of defending the cup in 1 'Hie government, the executives ou ^ 1 revision of the by-laws ^td ____________ _ . .. ' . „ other governing articles of the or*a- Haid - 8h0Uld make $125,000,000 immo- nization to provide for the new fea- liately available from the $300,000.- turcs being incorporated in the chain : HO revolving funu creat-'d by tlie rail ber ,,f commerce. t\cd act, and should follow this with As soon a - s thest ' 1>1: ' ns are »*«»• -*« slsx freight talcs should be increased, the rally which probably will be* held in i executives ••aid. ry about 38 per cent, the 1 next ten days, or two weeks. 't in e-ci.ci’ivps app.^ud befon- the first annual election of offledrs ,(f.iiti't ttee at .lie request of senator and directors will lie held at this jC'iroi iUH he said that l : \estock and 'membership rally. Every memher lo’ijcr -(ol p’ i,,u, e: s tf tlie middle vviil be expected to attend, and will „ „ ... _ . hall t.,!d the c r.tuiUee that be given a part in the occasion. • El I aso, May 8 I-rom venous parts j If , . 0| - ... (1 equip .| The next big problem after this of Mexico reports of revolutionary ( ment was making it impossible to' b, « offl ce job. will be to get the ffc- gajns continue to arrive. Matormor-1 move perishable and semi-perishable r i° us bureaus effected under the das- os and Utedras Xegras are tottering, j food to market, and that as a result sifloation functioned and Vitaliedd. Camargo has fallen, and Nuevo La- a curtailment of production was in Officers of the organization and the redo is menaced, according to revolt; sight. _ new membership recognize that there WORLD WAR VETERANS WILL ALSO JOIN !N PARADE AND I CELEBRATION Mcmotit l Day will be fittingly ol»- The jury as selected and sworn, when Judge I) served here next Monday when the Vore became ill and court was ad- town will be comifletely turned over to the few remaining old veterans who wore t!»o Gray. The young sol diers of the recent war will all be ' a Ph ie c.ative auaieyce, so many b dug SPLENDID EXERCISES At HAN NAH. SALEM SCHOOL CLOSES. THE MEETING HERE. « Rev. S. J. Parker of Charleston, pastor of thjs Union Baptist church at Hannah, conducted Children Day exercises the first Sunday in Maj and were witnessed by a large anu REBELS CONTINUE TO GAIN IN MEXICO REVOLUTIONIST REPORTS RE CEIVED TODAY INDICATE, 'Oimi-.UH SUCCESS OF MOVEMENT ; here to help make the day one of festival nature. Everything possible Chargss Delay in Deportations to the wiil be d , ;rie for the entertainment Commicsioner General i ,, I of the old vetertiuj!. An interestin g Washington May 8--Assistant sec- ,>rCBram ba - ; ,K ' fn arranged. The rotary of Labor, Post, defending his graves of the Co.rfedeiat e dead will present that the large church would not accomodate them. The congrega tion is planning to build a larger church; a part of the material is al ready on the ground and work will commence in the near future tionist agents. Brooklyn Car Lines official conduct before the house be decorated as will also the graves ' the folks of the Edward X. Brown, Chairman of tlie ls w °rk to do, and they intend to board of the Pere Marquette and Kris keep it going right ahead from now eo lines, told the committee Hint on - Mow Q.iffor Q+tGlr* when t,le * roads were returned to! Tbe membership is grow-iug stegdi ividy ouner oirirte their owners, they had neither cash, *- v - Many more having been rei'ielr- “ . j credit or adequate equipment. , ed’ during the dSy. At noon the , ^ ew ’ ork > May 8—The possibility; As a result, Mr. Brown said, the retary expected the membership i here is located at Hannah a hand- a strike by the Brooklyn trclleys, j ,). suortage or freight cars is would not be more than 25 short of some rural graded school house and j •’•'•vuled and subways loomed up to-j 228.600, passenger cars more than Ule 600 ms,rk - rule-, committee, declared that com- of the three so'diei-s^nf the v di 1 8tr ‘i t are j lls, ly day "*' b t' 1 - publication of a letter 6.000 and 3.190 locomotices. Mr.| Officers of the orgauization are* sell for deliverv according tn • mlssioner general ot immigration, war who lie burrS in v , n 0 '' 1 ' 1 ° T St ' b ° o1 - Wh,le ' 1,1 f/s <?m, ’ loyes Brown said that the Railroad Execu- elated over the success of the mem- ule of these cars Oominetti. had delayed action in the cemetarv ‘The lo i hh,. i, , -n L the n effi t tu ’ nt Pnncipal and that the company prohib. its cm- ( lives’ Committee had reached the bership campaign. There is no doubt tremendous success, and thereby in-' ca,,e8 so thot h " m,?ht compile an tin fire salutes over the graves of sure its permanency. j authorized and unlawful meraoran- fallen comrades. The school The railroads are giving it aTIO rTay j d,w,k ^^* w,nen< l ,n ^~ tttra, l -a< ‘tion. trial, in which to determine whether the tonnage Is sufficient to maintain P.D. PRESBYTERIAL AT TIMMONSVILLE the service, or not. Tills package! car service will be equal to fast ex-1 press service, according to scheduL- mapped out. Commodities may be} loaded here one day and deliveredi the next to points within a reditts tfj '<0 milfcr of Florence. It will be one! of the most modern and up todat' INTERESTING CHURCH service possible and is expected to mean a great deal in the expansion and upbuilding cf Florence’s trade. The railroad officials have request ed patrons of the service that they dren will also join in the parade ! PROGRAM FOR ' T-. q 7 —--- , _ _ '4.000 passenger cars and 2.00o loco- tbc 500 mark. The voluntary subscrip closed amoKl haS ^ CHARGES CORNER l a '; H,ves 8b »Vi d b « ordered jit once to tioa alone will put it to this .mark. . i.win-»v!!. 1 U ^ TM PRINT NPW'n Ta]i '“ tare of “ilwlo'um needs. This I Soliciting organizations htve been sing exercises were held this week! r'KIN 1 IMHiWo would cost $810,000,000. he said and Practically disbanded . and a Community Basket picnic _ would not be fully available for use! 1 nmrked the final day of the session. PRESIDENT OF NEWSPAPER AS- durJng t he present calendar year I PROFITEERING 18 CAUSE STINHAV school has hatl a most successful, SOCIATION DECLARES I ; | _____ ouinijmx ^UiNL.liKl year under the management of the MANUFACTURERS IN FLORFwrr teachers who were Mr. D. H. Laird ot CONSPIRACY FLORENCE BAND TO PLAY AT Swansee and Misses Lorena Lam- 1 .— ' ! vtNTRAL SCHOOL AT ence of Leo and Lucy Casque of* Washington _ May 7--President | FIVE O’CLOCK. Marion. i Smith.of tlie American Press Associa WITH MEETING ! GOOD MUSIC BEING ENJOYED Special to Florence Daily Times: Timmonsvllle, May 8—Tlie Pee Dee report promptly any flip in the ser-l ,>re8l ' ytcrh, l Auxiliary holding an vice, in order to facilitate checking " ,terf “' ti " K 8(8sion ln 11,0 Presbyter- up on the service, and determine ,an church ,n Timmonsville. This is whether it is functioning properly or tne taxt ‘ eth a »nual meeting and there UOt t are some sixty or more of the promi 1 nent women of this section in attend ance. The devotional exercises are he New York Banker is Against Increas •"* conducted by the pastor of the ing Loans to Railroads i church. Rev. J. P. Anderson. } Greetings from the church am] Washington. May 8—Jerome G frmn the Societies of the other de- Hanauer. banker of New York, be- nominations were rendered on Iasi SUGGESTS EXTENSION Another excellent program arranged for the band concert Sunday afternoon at five o’clock at the Cen tral school grounds. A. B. Kaiserman, ■director, announced it today as fol lows: March—Colonel Tfiprnton--Reeves. Overture—Schanspiel—-Bach. H mnoreske— Dvorak. Uncle Tom’s Cabin—Lake. Synopsis: Uncle Tom is drows ing before the log fire in Hie en joyment of the quiet of his cabin in old Kentucky when there . passes before him familiar scenes of the old South. WaltzWedding of the Winds—Hall. Hearts and Flowers—Tobani. Selection—Glowworm—Lincke. March—Invercargill—Lithgow. Star Spangled Banner. t i ne following program was beau- tion. charged there was a corner i has been tifuly carried out: * print paper, testifying before H Song—America. Greeting—Cyril Harris. Drill—Little children. Recitation—Georgia Harris. Recitation—Maude Evans. Song—Twelve little girls. RecitationJWilliard Jones. Drill—Small boys. Keciatation—Georgia Bozen. Recitation—Tessie Powell. Duet Missess Laurence que. lAtefary Blount. LUTHERANS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN SUNDAY ■ Profiteering and not Increased W' ges Given as Cause of H. C. L. senate committee. He raid that na- per tnanutacturers were in conspir acy to limit production and consuinp tion. CAPTURES STILL tV. ('. Eicheibergcr, chief stale constiiMo, witli Sheriff Register of Burlington county made a raid yes- Wsshington. May 8—The steady proffiteering in American industry made under the auspices of the rail way brotherhoods was presented' to - - the railroad labor board in sppport of TO RAISE NEARLY TWO MILLION tbe rall,a y workers demands for high FOR RECONSTRUCTION WORK i er P ! ' v an d * a order to refute the IN EUROPE. j charge that increased labor costs are , responsible for the high cost of 11 v- Florence Times Bureau, Wyatt A. in F- The study seeks to show that Taylor, Correspondent. jprofiteeiing in industries is a funda Columbia, Map 8.—The. nation-wide m p " ,a l cause for high piices in. wac- Lutheran campaign for the aid of re- tically all commodities. . Hgious work in war-torn Europe will 1 and Gas terday near Darlington and captured! be launched next Sunday. The cam- WAR BRIDES GO BACK HOME a still and Issued a warrant for the I paign is headed by Dr. W. H. Greever,' ’ arrest ol a white man charged with | managing editor of the Lutheran Sur- lappy Once More as They owning and operating-the still. Thejvey, of Columbia, and Dr. Greever re-j Shores of Dear France. man wi\l be given a preliminary hear | turns from New York Saturday night. , before Commissioner Fulton { where he has been for final "orders” Pittsburgh, May 8.—Incompatibility .'with regard to the drive in South f American and French custpms hih ■ * Carolina. 1 caused 12,000 of approximately 60,000 GREAT SERVICE The campaign is for the raising of French' war-brides t(/ return to' Addf’ess—Rev. (VV. C Reach fore the senate interstate commerce Thursday morning by the pastor ot committee suggested that congress lbe ^hurch, Miss Mamie Still, M j extend the period of the three bun- Harris o f the Methodist church. Mrsj dred million dollars already provid- c A Smlth of the Batist church ed from five to fifteen years rather and °lhers. than make additional appropriations' Mrs - M - s : McKinnon of Hartsville for railroads to buy cars. is Piesident and Miss M B John of! - ,. _ Bennettsville is vice preseident, Mrs i CALL FOR 20 PER CENT ISSUE Julia Ervin of Darlington is secre-1 TODAY BY THE SECRETARY tary. The various reports from the I FIRST PAYMENT OF HOTEL STOCK AGAINST SOVIET GOVERNMENT. National Conference Protest Against Our Recognition ' j secretaries of the various organizu- 1 First payment on stock of the Ho New York, May 8—The National J ion8 showed marked and advanced tel Development Company will b. Confederation through its president, progress frem proceeding years. made Monday. 'Official notice celling Alton B. Parker, announced that they: Interesting addresses on the Pres, for twenty-percent that date were filed protest with President Wilson! b y tef,ia n Progressive Program. Home against the recognition of the R U s- Ml88lon8 a 11 * 1 tha Manse Fund, were sian Soviet government and has ask-! made b y Rev - E - E - Gillispie of -York ted that all presidential candid^, 1 and Dr. J. M. Holliday of Marions, rtate their position on the return- tion of the Soviet government. - mailed yesterday afternoon by th» Secretary, J. M. Lynch. Payment? should he made to C. \V Alderman Jr., Treasurer. Dr. P. F Price for 30 years a mis-j Persons who wish to pay on the sionary in Chinq, delivered a very ( 10 percent per inon::i basis should fine address on conditions there, notify the secretary, and due provis- which was pronounced one of the | ion will be made to accomodate best presentations of things and con them The first payment must in ditions in that country ever heard in’20 percent, however to enable tlu- this section company to proceed with the incorpo- Many distinguished visitors are in ! ration. attendance upon the mieetng, atnon-C whom are: Mrs. L F Mayes of Green ville, Mrs S C Byrd of Columbia, BERRY AND FRUIT C£OP PROMISING BEST CROP IN PAST SEVEN 9 YEARS SAYS EXPERT. A man wRo claims to be a borticul- tcrilist of more than passing note Miss. Mary Dobson of Charleston, Mrs claims that the fruit and berry crop, Laura McQueen of Dunbar. Miss Dug this year will be the best that this ^au of Florence, and many others, fection has had in seven years. H«| A. delightful and-helpful feature of also claims that the corn and oat the meeting was the music rendered crop is very promising but that the under the direction of Miss Annie cotton crop is seriously suffering Graham Anderson assisted by Mrs from the cool mornings and that much , Marvin. Mrs. Baskins, Mr. Phillips,; of the cotton is dying as a result, it Miss Haynsworth aifd others Is thought howeve/ that if the yeath-1 _____ er warms up in the neat* futur.e the $ TROOPS CAPTURE KIEV crop will come around alright as it |* MOTHER’S DAY AT Y.M.G. A, MEETING is known that cotton is a hardy crop Official Wireless Reports Capture by BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM TO BE FIT TINGLY OBSERVED AT AFT- ERNOON MEETING. Hyman Meeting There is .a series of services be-. ing i< lK us 01 i <lU< at H - vman b y ReV. j within’ the next few davs. Buckholze ot the Baptist state evange j list board. It is reported great and lasting good is being accomplished through the services for the moral and spiritual upift of the whole com munity. Great Meeting Here Last but not least, tnere is a series of meetings being conducted in the I Central Methodist church hei’e bv T AQT ktt/^'lj'T $1-800,000 for the reconstruction work Vance, according to Mrs. Reginald H. L//\o 1 INIvJiT i. : 0 j t |, e Lutheran church in Europe. Of ohuson. president of the recently or- jlthis amount $300,000 is to be appropri- ganlzed L’Espoir Fianco-Amertcan MEETINGS WILL BE CONTINUED a ted for the support of mission work lub here. The club, formed at the NEXT WEEK INTEREST j'lonnerly financed by the Lutheran uggestion of Mile. Odette de Boug : GROWING I church in Europe. Most of this mis- >n, of Paris, who was in Pittsburgh sionary work is in India. The remain “cently, is expected to broaden the Evangelist Hridepr* „ T h,! 8ery|c f at ^ Central Metho- der will be used for support of bps- iterests of French girls who became hHd fwi,I riYiivtfi i vZ' a o are <! L <h , u . rch last n,>lht was 1 ,e be81 PRal 8 aa <l other Christian institutions, he brides of Americans oversea*, m Mr Hrifitrorw 1} yet , h -^- Tho entire auditoriums ofi The countries of Europe in which ndto make them contented in their 8 18 Pteaching the bolh the church and Sunday school the Lutheran church proposes to car- new homes were packed with perhaps the larg- 1 ry on its reconstruction work are Mrs. Johnson, herself a war-bride, Poland Germany, Latvia, Es- md wife of a professor of languages inland, Wolhynia Austria at the University of Pittsburgh, de clared that members of the club are South Carolina Lutherans are proud learning English, of course, but slbw'- of the fact that a South Carolina!! iy ( and “when one cannot talk,. one old time religion as preached by John __ uu lia atu f ha,les Wesley when Methocfists est congregation ever assembled in France, Po • i,* °h i'j 0 Sam P 80n 8 foxes, setting a church in Florence. The speaker | ,honia Fi . e e s at,,. a was jjjg bPB , and delivered another and Hungary. forceful .and earnest appeal which 'he fields and woods on fire with deep and fervent convictions and con version that seizes upon the hearts of men and won\en like horse leaches. was intencely listened to with a grow ing devout ness which is very notic-. was chosen to head up the entire cam thinks too much.” sites andMoadfststofnKhf»n t H’,i^ ebU ' able ’ | paign over the Lutheran church. The “We of France are iudividuallst8. ,, them to the sea -.ml ^ Dr - B,id8ei ' K " i11 P reat ‘ h at b,)tl1 drive is to be waged by the National s i, e suid . “We live within ourselves Christians are ervinp ^.7 “ws the re K ular "1‘fi n'ng and evening ser- j Lutheran Council which is composed and our own people, and that makes jing out \\hat a vices tomorrow and the meeting will j of all the state Synods with the ex- | t doubly hard for the French girls world Is this.” W. C. BLOUNT. 2,500 A YEAR IS MINIMUM WAGE FAMILY OF S!ST , continue next week. eeption of Missouri and Iowa. Dr. w ] 10 bav ' e i e ft their homes and fami- The song service las: evening was Greever was elected to lead this cam- ij e8 Not t^t they do not love their i eepet iall y enjoyable and joined in paign because of the fine work he did ), UK |, a „ dSi to be sure, but they miun I by the entire congregation. j in leading two campaigns in the Lu- the |,. p e0 ple." theran church last year. ) ARMY DRIVE NEXT WEEK The campaign in South Carolina is Ar’CR'Tr TTl TTCIT — — under the direction of Rev. Mr. Black The Salvation Army Drivx will be of Columbia. The plan for raising the ! NO MORE SUGAR conducted throughout this county $1,800,000 will be presented in all the j next week beginning next Wednesday j Lutheran church of America next WORKERS IN OHIO COMBINE TO morning and .continuing through Sat- Sunday. Dr. Greever will present it FORCE DROP IN THE PRICE OF rlVE CANNOT SUB- unlay. Florenc* county is asked to in his own church here that day, the ON LESS, SAYS ECONO- j contribute $2,200 Cj the fund. Mr. El Church of the Ascension. The tollow- M 1ST. ( East Palestine, Ohio, May $—Five lorbee. county chairman has the or- | ing Sunday, May 16th. will bfi the | iund ,- ed workers have signed an and can stand weather.! very much severe SOCIALIST MEET Polish Troops ^ondon May 8—Polish and Ukran- ian troops captured Kiev Thursday, I according to Moscow official wireless Will Doubtless Be reports. "*i«I THE WEATHER Eugene Debbs, Nominated for President. New York, May 8»-The presidential, campaign of the Socialist party ot For South Carolina: America opened, with two hundred j Cloudy this afternoon, generally delegates present It Is expected | fair tonight and Sunday. No change that Eugene Demins will be nominat-itn temperature. Gentle to moderate 9d< Ajeg I shifting winds becoming north west. The closing service of Hie season will be held at the Y. M. C. A. Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when Rev. Wilfred Poyner will deliver a “Moth er’s Day” address. For several years it has been the custom to close the series of meetings with the ‘‘Moth er’s Day” observance, and it has al ways attracted a large audience of men. As usual the men are requested to wear a flower in honor of Hie day— a colored flower if ones mother is living, or a white one of sha is dead. Ali men are cordially invited to this service Sunday, which will be one of great interest, itlt si ganization perfected, the county thor- closing day of the special effort. Washington, May 8 A minimum of oughly organized, committees appoint! twenty-five hundred dollars a yearj ed a „ d j t j s expected that Florence, FAMOUS CONFEDERATE DEAD ir necessary for the support of a fain will go over Hie top with a rush. The il> of five according to W. Jett Lauciv | „p of*committees will be publish- Col. Th-imcs Talcott Was a Member U,J railroad brotherhood economist, • ed j n Monday's Times along with the j of Gen. Lee’s Personal Staff. agreement not to use sugar in coffee until the price drops.. in testifying before Hie railway la- bo'' hoard and presenting the de mands for the establishment of a mtplnmm wage throughout the in dustry. The fundamental cause of industrial unrest has been high prices and profiteering by organized capital, middlemen and retailers, said the witness. It is only within the last fifty years that Turkish women have learn ed to read and write. full details of (he campaign. AUTOMOBILE BURNED. A Port automobile belonging to the county was completely burned in front of tho court house this after noon The enr was driven and stop ped in front of tlie court house by Supervisor Irwin and in a few min utes was discovered in a blaze. The car is a complete wreck. The cause of the fire is unknown, [, Richmond, Va.. May 8—Col. Thom ' as Mann Randolph Talcott, ag *d 8i of the last survivors of General Lee's personal .staff, and one of the best known citizens ol Richmond, died last night after a brief illness. Tho funeral will be held Sunday with burial at Hollywood cemetery. Ma jor Giles Buckner Cooke, the last sur viving member of Lee’s staff at Ap- pamattox is residing at Matthtews court house. Va„ aged 82 Reception For The Northern Methodists DeaMolnes, Alay 8—The southern Methodist fraternal delegate* will be accorded a reception by the northern Alethcdints tonight. Prince of Wales To Visit The Japanese Honolulu, May 8—The Prince of ' Wales is expected to visit Japan nert j veer, accordin| to tbe Ntppu Jiji