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! The Florenge Daily Times THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES 27th year. V Florence, S. C. Tuesday Afternoon, March 29, 1921. $6.00 a year. JURY CONSCIOUS DUTY PERFORMED SAYS THE FOREMAN Guidance of Master Sought Before Body Began its Deliberation. CASE IS APPEALED Its Process May Grant Bigham a Reprieve of Year. While he would not discuss the GOVERNMENT TAKES THOUSAND PRISONERS IN NITROGEN PLANT Important Gain in the Sup pression of Commun ist Disorders. MUNITIONS CONCERT ORGANIST HERE FOR RECITIAL FLORENTINES TO ENJOY SPLEN DID PIPE ORGAN CONCERT ON APRIL 22 AND 24. Fifteen Rioters Killed Clateh With Security Police. JAPAN REQUESTS VENIZELOS TO AT AS AN ARBITRATOR Dr. Minor C. Baldwin, solo and con cert organist of international fame, will play in Florence Friday evening and Sunday afternoon, April 22 and SEIZED 24. The organ of the First Presby terian church has been reserved es- in , pecially for his use on this occasion. | Arrangements for Dr. Baldwin to j play in Florence were made through i the secretary of the chamber of Com- Eesen, Germany, March 29.-Fif-i Ircrce * ' vIl<> knows {ho organist per- Hel GIRLS TO BAHLE N i * 14.n > n r i- TAM'i" ;f i MANNING, MeCOLL. ANDERSON AND WOODRUFF TO COMPETE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. 1 PORRAS REALIZES SERIOUS TIME LIES In Effort to Settle Differ- The high school girls’ basketball ences Pending With This Country. GUEST OF MIKADO Reported That Premier of Greece Will Accept Invi tation Extended. CAPACITY HOUSE EXPECTED AT BAUD manner in which the jury in the Big-j teen rioters were killed and forty j E0Da, *' ,r f,m * has'heard him play. ham case arrived at its verdict of J wounded in a clash with the Security j h as heard several ot the famous or- guilty, nor the process through which! police here. The attempted general | the world and considers agreement was reached in so short a t r jke has prevailed thus far. I?, r A be m' « H P fnrpmnn pi'CS mt, he i 8 in I-lorida, and will Stop championship of the state will be de cided in Columbia Thursday and Fri day of this week, Memminger and Me Coll representing the low country while Anderson and Woodruff will uphold the Piedmont’s claims to su premacy. Following the custom used in both' the girls’ and the boys’ championship series of four games will be played in the two days. The two low country tll3 I President of Republic Fears Friendly Offers of U. S. Be Withdrawn. SPECIAL MESSAGE a time. Mr. H. P. HaselGen, foreman, stated today that he felt assured by his own conscience that he had done his duty as a Juror and believed he was speaking tor the entire twelve ujen. It is known that the jury sought inspiration and guidance from the Creator before it started into its con sideration of the case, the seventeenth Chapter of Deuteronomy having been read individually by many of the Jurors and then to the body as a whole whole. After their, five days of practical imprisonment during which their minds w’era weighed down with the responsibility placed upon them by the laws of our government, the jury men felt a sense of deep relief when they were released yesterday after noon by Judge Memminger and few of them remained in the court room to hear the motion for a new trial. Instead they hastened to the-homes from which tbay had been aoseut nearly a w T eek. Attorney Xing who conducted the lease for the defendant has given notice of his intention to appeal. For I this procedure ten days is allowed, land an additional thirty days is pro- | Tided for in which he may present his grounds to the supreme court. (After being filed the appeal will take jits course. It was stated by an ofli- Icial today that the appeal would (grant the defendant a reprieve of ossibly a year. If granted a new (trial will he orderec. If denied Big- lam will be resentenced and another late set for his electrocution. . V A Florence county Jury came near tgAyfllng the record for speedy Jtfl^ Itice in bringing in its verdict in the lease of Edmund D. Bigham charged I with the murder of his brother, L. Smiley Bigham, his mother, Mrs. M. M. Bigham, his sister, Mrs. Margie Black and Leo and John McCracken, the little adopted children of Mrs. (Black. The case was given to the jury at lone fifteen o’clock yesterday after Berlin, March 29.—An important, gain was made by government, troops in dealing with communist disorders in Central Germany when they sur rounded a nitrogen piuut at Leuna which was the communist stronghold and forced the insurgents to surren der. A thousand piisoners and large quantities ot munitions were taken. TO maTe rallyin EASTER A FEATURE over h-'re for the two recitals en route North the last of April. The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, knowing Dr. Baldwin is in Florida and would ha passing through here early in the spring, and reT"e»r*her<ng how he had enjoyed hearing him play, was prompted to make an onportunity for organ'music lovers of Florence to hear and enjoy hi"\ *'o admission can be charged since the affair is in the church, hut a ellection will lie taken to cover the cost of bringing Dr. Baldwin here. Dr. Baldwin is rated ns one of the world's famous organists, having played with great success on nearly every famous organ of the world. He has played organs, which are open only to organists of renown. Among these are the organs in Royal Albert Hall of London. England; Bruxelles, ’vlgiiim, monastery; Church of the Dominican Fathers in Antwerp. Bel- Sci ittay school leaders of FJoioeee j R j nm ; Cathedral at l ucerne, Switzer- ar.j du-eussing now the pos t;*,. «. / cfj land . Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Athens, March 29.—Former Premior teams will he matched against t Venizelos is going to Japaft as the j U P countny teams tor the two prelim- guest of the Mikado, who feill as* j ,nary 8ames Thurs<la >'- the P aUin * him to arbitrate differences pending being decided by lot. The two win- Sent on Subject to Extra ordinary Session of Panajma Congress Panama, March 29.—Refusal to ac-; ccpt the decision of Chief Justice White fixing the boundary might lead i ners between Japan and the United States j utle p rit i a y while the losers in the will then battle for the state 1 to serious consequences for Panama according to a London dispatch to a newspaper publisihdd here. GRANDCOMMANDER TO VISIT KNIGHTS v GATHERING OF MEN AT SUNDAY SCHOOL TO BE AN AN NUAL EVENT. turn mg the big Methodist Jiibde class event of last Sunday into an annual l.aster men’s Bitde class rally, v.lrth will combine all men’s Bible classes in one great servicie as a Florence evejL This is one of the possible permanent results, which nuy accrue. Not unlikely, said one leader this morning, several of the classes will take up this proposition at their meet ing Sunday morning. The sight of the 1,000 men gathered in one big Sunday school class, as they assem bled Sunday at the Methodist church, is woith repeating, the leaders gener ally agree. It is worth all the Sun- life Inspiration and interest L pro duces, they believe. Easter is peculiarly propitious time for such an occasion, necuuse every one generally is planning to get out for the spring anyway, the lesson is the chiefest fact of the Gospel, und scarcely anything or anyone is not lesponsive to such a call at that time. If such an event is decided upon, as an annual affair of the Bible class Sciences. Wesleyan University, Cor nell. and many others, ine'xding th' 1 great organ in (he Amphitheater in Chautauqua, N. Y.. rated as one of the largest and most difficult instruments cf Hie world. Beside this, he has been solo organist for numerous of the great American expositions, including the Philadelphia Exposition. Charles- ten Omaha, St. Louis and other expo sitions. In London. Antwerp, Bruxelles, New York, Boston, and a hundred other musiflal centers of the earth, Dr. Bald win has been acclaimed a master of the organ. His appearance here i SPECIAL CONCLAVE ON APRIL 6. KNIGHTS HEAP. FIN£ SERMON. schools of the city /or ^xpoctadUo bo ©no of-the big musical (noon. At three twenty-five, following 1 0 f men of the Florence Sunday la recess to three o'clock and after a j schools, likely the various Sunday (wait of one minute to bring the pris-1 schools will name a general commis- loner into court the jury's verdict or |guilty of murder was read to a court room crowded with spectators. Then, after a painful wait of min utes while the clerk of the court searched for the ceremonial of th? rraignment for sentence, and an irangue by the prisoner in respon ko Judge Memminger’s question if he |iad anything to say In his own b?- palf, the death sentence was pio- lounced and Bigham knew that he vas to die on Friday, April 8, un less the supreme court grants a re versal of the verdicit on the appeal rhich Attorney A. L. King amnouuc- ■ his intention to make. Eigham’s stolid indifference to (very thing around him, his apparent liability to grasp the solemnity of tie proceedings of the seriousness of (is own position, his rea’diness to re- >nd with a smile on less than no jvocation, all passed when the pris- #er came Into court to hear the ver- ct. I He resumed in part his role of in ured innocence when he sat in the ::k for final arraignment. For a le he leaned forward , his head (sting on his hand as if he prayed |r strength to go through the ordeal had been called upon to pass. He tened with ■ no special interest ifle his attorney moved for a new 1, and while Judge Memminger in fusing it, alluded with much feeling the fact that Eigham’s father had, (lie a state senator from Florence jmty cast his vote in favor of put- |g Judge Memminger on the bench. The shocking import of the whole ig seemed to reach him slowdy, as its realization progressed by brees, the ashen pallor that had (wn in his face all day became, re marked, the ai/ or bravado pass- jinto a pitable weakness That cails- ||the man to look here ttftrt there it the audience with the express- of a hunted animat surrounded by who sought its life. ["he old Bigham had passed and did show again until Judge'’Mdmniiii- asked him what he hdd' to say sentence should not be pronounc- | against him. Then, leaning fd'r- on the railing of the prisoner’^ and in a voice that was clfeaF unshaken, the prisoner spoke as jws: Nothing, except that I am inno- , I know nothing of how the le was committeed. That is the a, so help me God. t’s all I have to say. I wish aother could come down and tell the thing happened. I wish that (joy had lived when I asked Dr. to save his life. He would told the same things I and my told. ge, I hope you will give me — (Continued on page six) 1 » ' sion to set up the necessary machin ery \yhieh will manage and arrange the undertaking. GREEK ADVANCE DECLARED EASY CAPTURE OF PRISONERS AND WAR MATERIALS IS REPORT- ED FROM ATHENS. London, March 29.—The Greeks have occupied Eskisheffr cap:ur:ng many prisoners and a large quantity of war materials, according to an Athens dispatch. The Greek advance to Angora is now declared to he easy. News of the Greek victory has been received with joy in Athens. COLLEGE STUDENT KILLED IN ACCIDENT Norfolk, Va., March 29.—News of the death of Lawrence G. Sumner of Norfolk, a Virginia Polytechnic insti tute qtudeut, at Blacksburg yesterday revealed today that young Sumner had been married since last Decem ber. Sumner was struck over the heart with a baseball hat when it flew Jroin the hands cf a classmate yester- uay afternoon and died five minutes later. Sumner and Miss Dorothy Elizabeth Hawkes of Lockhaven were married secretly ut Elizabeth City, N. C., De cember 24. She did not Know of his death until it appeared in newspapers here. events of the season in Florence. TURN THE PROFITEERS OUT SAY MINISTERS THE PITTSBURGH ASSOCIATION OF BAPTIST ADOPT STRIN GENT RESOLUTION. Pittsburgh, March 29.—A resolution ousting rent profiteers from ’the churches was adopted by the Pitts burgh Baptist Ministers Association. Unwarranted rent advances consti tute Unchristian Phariseeism accord ing to the resolution which lias been adopted. A special conclave of the Florence Ccmmandery will be held on Wednes day evening April 6th at eight o’clock to confer the Oi'd->r of the Temple. Knights are requested to wnar the Knight Templar Uniform. Refresh ments will b? served on this occasion. Right Eminent Sir Bryaji E. Miot, Grand Commander of the Gra%l Com- mandery of South Carolina, will visit the conclave. The meeting will be one of unusual interest to the Rnights by reason of his presence and it is ex pected that the attendance will he large. There will also be a special con clave of the Commandery Thursday evening March 31st at. which refresh ments will lie served. Knights are instructed to appear in full uniform. Sunday evening at the First Ban- tist Church the Knights Templar of Florence attended Easter services at the First Baptist Church. After as sembling at the Masonic Temple the Knights dressed in their handsome uniforms, matched to the chraJjfi in > body, and special exercises iVeWFlicld for them. ' The sermon was preached by Sir Knight, the Rev. Joseph A. Gaines of Timmonsville. An Easter Cantata. “The Crucifixion,” by George Nevins, was rendered by the choir. The following program was carried out. March, as Knights entered the church. “Onward, Christian Soldiers” — all stan ling. The Apostles Creed. Voluntary. Scripture Lesson. “StarfU up, Stand up for Jesus.” The Sermon. All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name.” Easter Cantata. Doxology. Month’s Sale Of Savings Securities At Florence Postoffice DUBLIN CASTLE OFFICIAL KILLED partV of four assassinate OFFICER AS HE LEAVES HIS HOTEL. According to the ofticial report re cently completed by the Florence postmaster, the sales of government savings securities amounted to $82.97 here last month. The report, which has been sent to Washington ,a tran script being furnished the Govern ment Savings Organization of this dis trict, seems to indicate, as does that for the state at large, increasing in terest in savings and safe investment The accounting post offices in ail sections of the state of South Caro lina show that last month the total reported sales, in round numbers, were $4,800 this volume being due in large measure, it is said, to the new investment possibilities—the $1 Treas ury Savings Stamp an dthe $25 in terest-bearing Treasury Savings Cer- tifiepte—offered by the United States Treasury Department this year for the first time. One of the most valuable assets of the “savings movement” is said to be the cooperation of the postmasters throughout the country, their work having prved especially helpful, the records show, in encouraging and stimulating the “thrift idea” in the schools of this federal reserve di« trict in which more than 11,000 pupil savings societies have been organized. Harding Places Dawes On Committee To In vestigate War Bureau Washington, March 29.—A eommiti- tee of eleven, headed by Charles G. Dawes, of Chicago, has been appoint ed by President Harding to conduct an inquiry into the administration of the War Risk Bureau, the hoard of Vocational Training and the care and treatment of the wounded or impair ed service men generally. first day’s play will meet to decide the holders of third ana fourth place honors. The first game each night will begin at 8 o’clock. Each of the competing sex’.ets has exhibited in the games this season more than the measure o: spirit ana fight usual to the girls’ contests and Ilt3 series is therefore expected to present the basketball fans of Coluin- bji with four of the best spectacles seen in the field of high school sport this season. Memminger won the right to eater the contest Saturday, | defeating Florence high school in a j lively contest by a score of 22 to 17. Woodruff also met worthy foes in the members of the Clinton six last Fri day, the battle ending 36 to 27 favor of the Spartanburg county team. The championship series will be played under the auspices ot the Uni versity of South Carolina extension department, the visiting teams com ing to Columbia as the guests of the university. The supervision of the girls’ con test, like the boys' championship matches, will be taken over by the newly organized South Carolina High School league, which will have gen- 1 eral oversight over all inter high school “activities.” The university at the request oL the league, will, however, continue to offer and give its assistance both ;n the staging of Uie contests and the entertainment of the competitors. The game Thurs day and Friday will be played in the university gymnasium. declared a message of President For ms to the extraordinary session of the Panama congress. The non acceptance of the resolu tion would result in the United States withdrawing the friendly offers which recently ended the hostilities with Costa Rica. BUSINESS MEN TO TALK ABOUT TAXES CONGRESSMAN STOLL INVITED TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM WITH THEM. REBELS'CAPTURE CITY OF MINSK EIGHTH BOLSHEVIK ARMY SAID TO HAVE,DESERTED TO REVOLUTIONISTS. London, March 29.—Revolutionists have captured Minisk in Western Russia according to Helsingfors ad vices. The eighth Bolshevik army is re ported to have joined the revolution ists, who have formed a democratic white Russian republic. A number of the leading business men of the city have taken up with the Chamber of Commerce the ques tion of having a convention ot the business interests which are affected by tin' various taxes now imposed by the government. Tills is being under taken now. Honorable Philip H. Stoll, Con gressman from this district, will be invited to attend the meeting. The secretary wrote him a Ifetter today, and requested answer by wire, re garding attending such a meeting between now and the date of Cong ress convening again. One of the chief points of discus sion is whether the present system of taxes should apply, In almost un- limited form anti manner, or whether a general sales tax should be impos ed. Generally, sentiment seems fa vorable to a sales tax. Congressman Stoll is regarded as in position to discuss intelligently the tax problem, from tne standpoint of citizens and legislators. This would afford Florence business men a basis of intelligent and effective action. * Most of them know what they want probably, hut, as they said them selves, how to go about getting what they want is not entirely clear. Swearingens Farewell To The Truant Officer JOHN BURROUGHS DIES ON TRAIN FAMOUS NATURALIST WAS EN- ROUTE HOME FROM PASAUENA, CALIF. Lord Mayor Cables Thanks To Harding Dublin, March 29.—Gratitude for President Harding’s support of the movement in America to raise funds for the suffering in Ireland has been cabled the White House by the Lord Mayor of Dublin. RESUMES ON MONDAY. Toledo, O., March 29. -Th? Over land Auto company, employing about seven thousand men, will resume work on Monday. Dublin, March 29.—Captain Reeso, one of the officials of Dublin Castle was sh6t dead today outside his hotel. A party of four men did the., shooting. + THE HEART MAY * ♦ ACTUALLY BREAK ♦ 4* + ♦ London, March 29.—An actual 4* ♦ broken heart is a physiological 4* ♦ possibility, according to Doctor 4* 4* Strickland Goodall, an eminent 4> 4- heart specialist, in a lecture. Rup- Washington, March 29.—The con-1 4* turo of the heart fibres might re- ♦|sus bureau announced that upproxl- ♦ suit from emotion, and more of- *, mately half of the county's popula- 4* ten might it do so from joy than ♦ «’ .,» are of voting age. More than a J .Ijrie^ ^ ^ ^ ^ tke popii ation live in cities HALF OF POPULATION OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE New York, March 29.—4John Bur roughs, the famous naturalist, died at two o’clock this morning in a New York Central train at Kingsville, N. Y., while he was enroute East from Pasadena, Calif., where he had been ill with affections incident to the old. John Burroughs, naturalist and au thor. was horn at Roxhury, New York, in 1837. He became a journalist in New York city and in 1863 received an appointment in the U. S. treasury department. In later years he settled on a farm in New York, dividing his time between fruit culture, literary work and services as a hank exam iner. He wrote much for the periodi cals and such works as Wake Robin, Winter Sunshine, Birds and Poets, Es says on Wild Trees. His works were very popular. (Wyatt A. Taylor.) Columbia^ March 29.—State Super intendent of Education J. E. Swear ingen has just sent a letter of fare well to the “truant officers” of the state. In his letter the superinten dent deplores the fact that the recent legislature saw fit to abolish this of fice. Mr. Swearingen advises the attend ance officers that the $12,000 appro priated by the recent legislature for financing their work, has been sent to the county treasurers. This allows $218 for each of the fifty-five attend- a Florence Musicians Will Render a Most Excel lent Program. THE CITY’S PRIDE Every Supporter of Band Expected to be at the Opera House. Final details of arrangements for the Foster concert of the Florence band were concluded this morning. The concert will begin promptly at 8:30 o’clock. Tickets are in good de mand and a capacity house is ex pected. Anyone intending to go, should procure his tickets at any of the drug stores of the city, or the Chamber of Commerce. They range from 50 cents to $1 each. They will be on sale also at the Opera House tonight. A bassoon will ue in the band this evening. It probably will be the first one ever played in Florence. Anyone wondering what is a bassoon, by re ferring to Webster of Keiserman. may learn that It Is a reed In the bass sec tion of the hand. By a turn ot luck, the director was able to procure the bassoon, and the player is said to be a very fine one, too. ite has also procured a pieealo and flute, too, for the concert this evening. These in struments complete the band. The hand will have 25 or 26 instru ments this evening, Director Keistr- man announced today. Muriciaus of Florence generally ex pect this concert to he the biggest musical event of the season thus far in Florence. It will be the first of a series of big musical events, the next of which will be a double con cert April 10 by the Florence Choral Art Society ,and conclude with a double organ recital by Dr. Minor C. Baldwin, reputed one of the world's greatest organists, the last of tHe month. Te program this evening is the equal of any undertaking of the very largest bands. Every supporter -of the Florence hand is .expected to be in the Opera House this evening." All ptfoceros' of the concert will go to the band. The prices have been made within the reach of everyone so that no one should be denied the pleasure of at tending the concert. Aj?.'’ 0 * 6 attend ing, who feels that he did not get his money’s worth, may apply to the box office after the concert and get his money hack. TEN DEAD FROM FACTORY EXPLOSION SCORES OF OTHERS ARE BE LIEVED TO HAVE BEEN FATALLY INJURED. Chicago, March 29.—An explosion which wrecked a factory on the south west side caused ten deaths and in juries to a score of other persons ac cording to the first report received by the coroner’s office. The police and firemen said they could see bodies in the ruins. The cause of the ex plosion is unknown. FAIRFIELD MAN’S BODY FOUND IN CREEK ance officers, this to pay (J 16 officers’ The President of the French Re public is provided with an official aeroplane. Mot twenty-five theusaud or more. ♦ t- » t The Weather For lina: a n d cooler South Caro- Fair tonight Wednesday, tonight i n salaries for January amT February and a part of March. The cutting off of The appropriation put an end of the work of the attendance officers, even though the governor does not veto the local option act passed by the recent legislature. The new act to regulate school attendance has not as yet been sign ed by the governor, and he lias been urged to veto it. This abolishes the county attendance officer, except where such officer is employed by thj county board of education, with the written approval of the county delegation. The new act devolves the attendance officer duties upon the school district trustees and the county superintendents of education “The withholding of the appropria tion to pay the salaries of attendance officers renders further stoto aid for salaries impossible,” says Mr Swear ingen in his letter to the retiring at tendance officers. “I deely deplore this polioy. The scholastic vear 1919- 1920 demonstrated clearly the benefits of the cbmpulsory attendanc act, and the helpful results following its en forcement. There were mistakes and omissions and failures in many in stances. So big a job, with so many difficulties could not have been done otherwise. Personally and officially 1 thank the entire corps for their ef forts in behalf of the schools.” Winnshoro, March 29—The partly decomposed body of a white lean was found late Saturday atternoon in a crek near Brown’s bridge in Fairfield county. Several young hoys were fishing in the creek on Saturday aft ernoon when they saw what they thought was the body of a man in the creek. The hurried home and told their father, who returned to the creek with them and found that it was the body of a white man dressed in soldier clothes. The man had been shot through the heart, the builet. having passed clean through the body. There was also a bullet hole in the back of his neck. His hands were wired together and an anvil attached to his neck. Another Still Located Sumter, March 29.—Federal prohi bition agents operating under Detec tive P. J. Coleman, W. C. Pegues. W. C. Whitworth and State Detective Hliclielberger, assisted by Deputy Sheriff H. G. McKager, located anoth er still in the Manchester section of Sumter coun'y yesterday and arrest- eu three white men, Marion Rivers, Willie Hough and Robert La'■ wick, of Pinewood. These men were found near the place of the still and Ind with them about twelve gallons of whiskey, some of widen was in their car, it is alleged. They were all heavily armed when arrested and later lead the officers to the piaee of the still where a seventy-five gallon still with 800 gallons of mash was found and confiscated, it is reported. The arrest was made early this morning. The three men were late this after noon released on bond. During the past week prohibition agents have discovered seven stills in operation in the county and have made five ar rests Money For Rural Schools Of State American Legion Supper Wednesday Night Through some error it lias been made to appear that the American Legion supper at Cowards is to be on Thursday night. The correct date is Wednesday, and all interested are requested to bear this in mind. The Florence contingent who expect to at tend it, will leave in •automobiles from the club rooms at the corner of Evans and Dargan streets at 6 o'clock sharp, on Wednesday evening next. ♦ ♦ Warmer Everywhere Except In Florida Says Weather Bureau ♦ ment of an ordinance making it 4* » * 4> * * * * 4* MUST WEAR THEM 4- ♦ LONGER SAYS THE LAW 4- ♦ 4* 4 1 London, Marcn 29.—Enact- 4* Washington, March 29.—The cold wave continued today but was giving way to normal temperatures in the south portion with middle west and the weatlie*' bureau rising temperature j »'r fi dicted the flissipatlon of the cold .Wednesday. Strong j spell by tomorrow night except in J northeast winds. Florida. 4 1 an offense for any one to wear a 4* 4 1 bathing costume that does not •fr extend from the neck to within •> ♦ four inches of the knee has been 4> ♦ suggested to lotxu authorities at 4* 4* seaside resorts by the ministry «f* ♦ of health. ' 4* (Wyatt A. Taylor.) Columbia, March 29.—The sum of $273,900 has just been distributed by the state department of education to the rural graded schools of the state entitled to state aid. The money was distributed to 1,008 schools in 46 counties. The deipartment reports the rural schools in better condition than ever known before. The greatest amount to any one county was $23,300 to Spartanburg schools. Greenville schools received $18,400. Anderson schools came third, receiving $15,600, Horry schools were next, $15,300. Florence schools got $13,900. Charleston schools re- ccjved $3,300. Orangeburg $9,300. Sumter $2,900. York $6,300. Approximately 250 rural schools of the state have votes bonds to erect new school buildings, according to the state department of education. INCREASE IS TAXABLE. Washington, March 29.—The in crease of the value of a capital in vestment is taxable as income the Supreme Court today held. Profits realized from the sale of assets of a trust fund are taxable un der the income law the supreme court held. The decision affects indirectly thousands of trust funds. TODAY’S COTTON MARKET. May Judy Oct. Dec. Jan. Open . . 12.43 12.86 13.40 13.65 13.70 High . . 12.45 12.88 13.40 J3.65 13.70 low. . 12.11 12.22 13.10 13.48 13.34 Close . . 12.22 12.71 12.21 13.47 13.34 Tone—Steady.