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I V . ! THE FLORENCE DAILY TIMES THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES 27th. Year Florence, S. C., Tuesday Afternoon, May 9, 1922. $6.00 a year. EICHELBERGER SAYS WAS NOT SUMMONED FOR ANDREWS CASES REPLIES SHARPLY TO REPORT FROM THE GEORGETOWN TIMES YESTERDAY PROMISES A TRIAL FOR EVERY ARREST ENGINEERS COMING TO DISCUSS WHITE WAY WTH COUNCIL MANAGER THAYER OF PALMETTO COMPANY EXPECTS THEM NEXT TWO DAYS SAYS SHERIFF GAVE HIM NO HOPE OF CONVICTING IN COURTS THERE “I was never summoned for the pre liminary trial of the Andrews liquor cases; and, so far as I know, none of the officers in the raid were ever summoned for it,” W. C. KichelberR- er_ state prohibition constable, said this morning in reply to the report of the Georgetown Times of the prelimi nary trials\>f these cases. ‘‘If the magistrate released the defendants, it was not because the officers ignored any summons and failed willfully to attend the hearing. That much I know/ “Further, l want the public to know that the courts are not closed to me, at all—and everyone of these defend ants will be brought to trial before his case is closed. If the state courts do not wish to handle the cases, 1 will carry them to the Federal courts. As a state officer, 1 had wished mere ly to give the state courts some of the business. “We've got the evidence of these parties selling whiskey, with dates and persons, and the public .along with them may rest assured they will he tried.” In this connection, Mr. Eichelberg- cr dlsnlayed a letter from the attor ney of some of the defendants. This attorney says that his clients will be compelled to plead guilty if they are brought into court. This letter, the Times reporter read. "When I went to the sheriff’s of fice, Georgetown county," further said Mr. Eichelberger, "one of the officers told me he did not believe we could get a conviction in Georgetown coun ty of anyone for doing liquor bus! ness. He said he had brought several cases to court, with positive evidence, and every one of them had been turn ed loose. VThe state courts of Georgetown county can turn loose their bootleg gers if they wish, but they can’t get around the federal court with me. I’ve been an officer for 13 years, in vari ous capacities and have yet to fail to answer my first summons to court.” Mr. Eichelberger is quite emphatic in his statements and position and impresses one that he means business in the Andrews cases. These cases, involving a number of leading mer chants and some magistrates of that section, were made in a wholesale roundup of alleged and suspected bootleggers in Andrews. When their rases were called before Magistrate Rouse for preliminary hearing, the state’s witnesses were not present. Attorneys for the defense moved to dismiss for want of prosecution, and the magistrate did so, stating, how ever, that the defennants were still liable for prosecution under the charges. The Georgetown Times re port of the case was carried yesterday by the Times and it did not mince matters in calling t!o tasa the state’s officers for arresting prominent citi zens of Andrew’s and then failing, it alleged, to meet them in court. DAWESBUDGET SHOWS BIG SAVING CLAIM PREVENTION MEN CONVENE HERE INTERESTING CONFERENCE 0/ ATLANTIC COAST LINE AGENTS IN CITY PLAN IMPOVEMENTS IN STREET LIGHTING MAYOR AND ALDERMAN GIVING MUCH ATTENTION TO THIS QUESTION F.V. - This afternoon Mayor Barringer called a special session of city council for 8:30 o'clock this eve ning to meet the engineer of the Palmetto Power and Light Com pany and discuss imprQvements for Florence in the street lighting system and disposition of the over head wiring system, tvery coun cilman is expected to be present ac the meeting is an important one. The claim prevention committee of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad is in session in Florence today. The con ference was of internal interest and value towards eliminating the bother some claims arising in the railroad business. | At 1 o'clock, the entire party w’as taken to Muldrow's Mill, where a fish I Stew was. served in real Florence ' style. Among those attending the sessions as visitors were the following: R. B. Hare, of Florence, general superin tendent, ex-officio a member; W. C. Ragin, of Wilmington, N. C., assistant general freight agent; R. F. Robinson, of Sumter, and B. S. Meeks, of Flor ence, commercial agents; R, R. Breece, of Sumter, ticket agent; C. H. Basque, of Laurens, agent; W. A. Call, of Florence, train master; R. D. Pur vis of Wilmington, N. C; J. P. Leake, of Florence: F. M. Meggs, Florence, sergeant of police; J. L. Tyree, of Florence, G. E. Rollins, Florence, ter minal train master; F. H. Thome, of Sumter; P. F. Jfforris, Florence; T. 11. Parlers, Parlers; R. E. Rlnes, Flor ence depot foreman; I. L. Parrott, Sumter. Members of the committee are C. O. E. Meatin, Bennettsville; U. D. Womble, Orange burg: T. J. Smith Florence; T. Clif ton, Darlington; C. R. Wilson; J. W. Atkinson, Joseph Powell, C. E. Evans, Wadesboro, W. A.‘ Medlin. Engineers of rhe Palmetto Power and Light company will be in Flor- 1 once tomorrow or the next day to confer with the city officials in refer ence to the recent order of council for all lig’iit and power wires on ^ ^ streets that are paved now or will be Hal| Columbia; E. Boney, Sumter, paved immediately to be put under G VVeI ] s Florence; W. H. Meai ground, Alexander Thayer, local man ager, stated toi’ay, when asked by a Times reporter as to the attitude of the company towards this order. “We hope to make the city an ac ceptable proposition tor building a modern whiteway in the business dis- trict and for rebuilding practically all our lines in the city,” said Mr. Thay er. "The company had intended ori ginally to rebuild this year most of its lines in Florence. This is because some of the lines are too small now for the city and to make the con struction uptodate. Quite likely our engineers will arrive here tomorrow.” Mr. Thayer expressed the hope and expectation that the city and the company would be ald3 to get to- or*o ASK ODD FELLOWS HERE FOR 1923 gether on the underground orders. He said enforcement of the order would hit the company pretty hard DELEGATES LEAVE THIS EVEN ING FOR CONVENTION OF GRAND LODGE Florence delegates to the grand lodge convention of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, meeting to morrow and Thursday in Spartaiii- just now and he hoped it would not sorrow ana mursuay in opar an,- become necessary. burg will invite the 1923 convention City council is givmg considerable ‘heir home city. Delegates are time ; iK>w to the,problem of a more adequate tfnrt modern scheme of JUi: minating the streets of the city, es pecially the business section and probably the most travelled streets of the residential section. Mayor Barringer and individual councilmen. J. R. Mackey, Henry H. Husbands, •nd Rev. W: ftf. Walton, pastor-of the Magnolia Heights Baptist churcn. Whether anyone but Mr. Mackey can attend is uncertain. R. C. King, secretary of the Flor ence lodge, said this morning the especially Alderman Meeks, have * delegation has a good chance to land procured considerable data and other information regarding plans and delegates to the city, specifications, and costs, of installing 1 the convention which would bring lot* a modern white way for the city. TO MAKE PLEA FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS CHEROKEE COUNTY FARMER TAKES LIFE Washington, May 9—President Harding and state governors will be asked to set aside the week begin ning May 2Kth as national disabled soldiers week, by the National Dis abled Soldiers League, according to Samuel J. Reed. POSSE CONTINUES SEARCH FOR NEGRO Washington, May 9.—Government expeneitures for 1922 will be approxi mately $1,600,000,000 less than the ac tual outlay for the preceding year, congress will be informed tomorrow by President Harding in transmitting the report of Director Dawes, of the budget on economics and savings, in governmental business. The report of Director Dawes, made public tonight by the white house, is for submission to the house appropria tions committee in comiection with a pending resolution by Representative Byrnes. Democrat of Tennessee, ask ing the President to inform the house In what ways direct savings of $32,- 000,000 and indirect savings of $104,- 000,000, as previously .announced by the President to have been accomplish ed by the budget bureau during its first six months of operation, had been made. Actual cost of the routine business of government, the President declared in his letter of transmission to Chair man Madden, has been reduced by $907,500,000, of which sum $250,000,000 may be accredited to more efficient and economic administration of the government’s business. HICKS TO DRAW PLANS TIMMONSVILLE SCHOOL L. McD. Hicks will draw the plans for the Timmonsvllle high school and a negro school of that town, the hoard of education last night having award ed him the contract for both jobs. The combined Job will to tal about .$45,000, the high school costing $30,- 000 to $35,000 and the colored school about $12,000. Seven commodious class rooms will he provided in the high school with a large auditorium, which will seat 700 persons, it will be modern in every respect. Mr. Hicka drew the plans for the Florence high echooL . , Washington, N. C.. May 9.—An armed posse continued search today for Tommie Gibbos a negro accused of killing J. A. Addon, formeily of Orangeburg, S. C., in his office at the Hughes Tobacco Company here. TRIAL 0F RAST TO COMMENCE TODAY Orangeburg, S. C., May 9.—Claud J. Rast, accused of attack on a sixteen vear old pupil two years ago, when he was principal of the school, is to start 4oday. GOVERNOR COOPER POSSIBLE CHOICE Washington, May 9.—Selection to fill the existing vacancy on the fed eral farm loan board Res between T. C. Atkeson. Washington representa tive of the National Grange, Lieuten ant -Governor Cooper of North Caro lina. and Governor Cooper, of South Carolina, Senator Bursum, republican. New Mexico, said today after a call The vacancy was caused by the resignation of A. F. Lever, at the White House. Gaffney, May 9.—Charles E. Smith, prominent merchant and farmer of the Goucher section of Cherokee County, killed himself yesterday at his home by shooting himself through the head with a shotgun. Ill health was the reason assigned for the act. The de ceased was a brother of the late W. II. Smith, of the Smith Hardware Com pany, and Pratter Smith, one of the county commissioners. He also leaves two brothers in Spartanburg and one sister, Mrs. VV. E. Murphy, of Whiteston. He was about fifty years of age and had resid ed all his life in the Goucher section. FATHER AND FOUR CHILDREN ARE BURNED Marengo, 111., May 9.—Five persons were burned to death in a fire that destroyed the home of August Bourke, Bourke and his four children are dead. The mother and two children were saved by the father who lost his life in the attempt to save the remaining children. COMMISSION STUDIES MEXICAN QUESTION Washington. May 9.—Appointment of an international commission to con sider the issues involved in American recognition of Mexico is suggested in offical quarters as a solution of the question. TO ENFORCE BLOCKADE Constantinople, May 9.—Flotilla of Greek destroyers has sailed from Brusa under orders to enforce a block ade of Turkish Black Sea ports. Moonshiners Haul Their Stills. Over CountryDodgingOff icers Prohibition officers are discovering that moonshiners are hauling their stills around over the country, usual ly In automobiles, to evade the officers —in fact, stills roam around about as fast as the Irishman’s tenth'pig that ran about so fast he could nqt count! him, according to W. C. Eichelberger, state prohibition constable. In fcy stance, yesterday afternoon he caught' u still, which he learned had made runs in different places for the past several nights, distances ranging as great as 10 to 20 miles in localities and extending into two counties. It may have been doing better than that for aught the state constable has been able yet to discover, he says. • Yesterday afternoon, In Chester field county near to Hartsville, the officers caught this still, a small one, and issued a warrant for a white man, alleged to be operating it. Night be fore last, states the constable, this operator hauled his still 13 miles out of Darlington county into Chesterfield county, and at 3 o’clock in the morn ing awakened an old man to demand the privilege of making a run at his housfe. Then he brought his still back down the state. Other officers in the party were Stacy, Arnold, and Hicks, the two first being federal agents and the last named being a Hartsville police' OF STATE INCOME TAX IS ATTACKED IN COURTS SUPREME COURT SETS MAY 15 FOR HEARING ARGUMENTS IN PETITION ORANGEBURG CONCERN BRINGS TEST CASE SANTEEE MILLS GIVES GROUNDS FOR REQUEST FOR A RE • STRAINING ORDER Columbia. May 9.- The state income tax law got into the courts today on the allegation that it is unconstitution al, and the silpreme court, assuming Jurisdiction set May 15 as the dale for hearing arguments In the petition of the Santee Mills of Orangeburg, for a restraining order against the state tax commission, to prevent them with pro ceeding with the collection of the tax. The Santee Mills, allege, among oth er things, that the act was not read three times in each branch of the gen eral assembly, that the act of con gress, providing the federal income tax, was not read into the act except by title, that there is no provision in the state income tax law for exemp tion from taxation of the federal in come tax paid each year, and there fore taxes money that is not income, thereby falling outside the scope of an income tax; that the state act in corporates the enforcement of the same rulet and regulations as are provided in the federal income tax law, but that these yore not read into the act by the two branches of the state legislature; that the state law allows a return for the calendar year or for the fiscal year, thereby taxing some persons for 12 months and oth ers for a longer period than a calen dar year; that the state law provides a tax on certain interstate commerce, and that it exempts insurance com panies from taxation^ thereby becom ing in a sense class legislation. EXCELLENT PROGRESS SUPERVISOR PHILLIPS RETURN FROM INSPECTION AT - .LAKE CITY APPROVE PLANS OF TOBACCO WAREHOUSE FOR GROWERS HERE ’ Returning this morning from an in spection trip over the Lake City- Kingstree section of the-| South At lantic Coastal Highway, S. R. Phillips, supervisor, reported Chitwood and Palmer, contractors, are making ex cellent progress with the job which probpbly will be completed within the next three weeks. This link is two and one-half miles from Lake City to the Williamsburg county line. •The supervisor is planning to carry on this construction between Lake City and Effingham, while the road from Effingham to .Muldrows Mill, five miles south of Florence,, is nearing completion now. He dopes next to be able to carry this road on north through Florence to the Darlington county line. The road from Lake City to Florence is being scraped and dragged today in preparation for the traffic which is expected tomorrow when the Lake City baseball team will play the Flor ence nine here. CONTRACTORS WILL BE ASKED SHORTLY TO SUBMIT BIDS FOR THE JOB LARGE CONTRACT FOR TOBACCO ASSOCIATION NEARLY 100.000 POUNDS SIGNED, OR EXPECTED IN NEW ! ZION' ON THE GROUND FOR PAVING CONTRACT The Southern Paving and Construc tion company has assembled one of ils big paving outfits in Florence and is getting ready now to start to work within the next few days. The super intendent of the outfit is here. Harlee-Thrash expects to get start- <*d very son on its part of the job also. PITIFUL CONDITIONS IN FLOODED AREA MANY OF THE MAROONfiO -R*. FUSE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES Natchez, Miss., May 9.—Relief work ers are penetrating remote places in the inunlated areas along the Black river, central Louisiana, discovering pitiful conditions among marooned people who have refused to leave their partly submerged homes. The strand ed were warned against drinking the overflow water which is polluted with the bodies of countless dead animals. RIP SMITH COMES TO FACE SEYMOUR Jimmie Wood, of Charlotte, N. C.. having cancelled his date to meet Ashleigh Seymour here tomorrow for “business reasons,” as stated in the telegram to Henry T. Swann, manag er for Seymour it became necessary to find another man to fill out the main event on the Memorial Day card. *‘Rip Smith” it was announced today, take the place of Wood. Smith is from Wilmington. N. C. He is said to lie a good fast fighter and the bout will be just as interesting to the fans as if Wood were in tbe ring. A four round preliminary bout, and a tour round semi-final event are also beginning at eight o’clock tomorrow night. HUGHES FOR GOVERNOR Columbia, May 9.—E. T. Hughes of Marlon, member of the House of Representatives is being men tioned as a possible candidate for Governor this being the latest development on the political ho rizon. Mr. Hughes Is in Colum bia today and when asked about the matter stated that he is giv ing it . consideration. Many friends are bringing pressure to bear to have Mr. Hughes enter the race and think likely that he will throw his hat in the ring. He is out for congress now. ELEVEN MORE MINES ' BEGIN OPERATION Charleston, W. Va., May 9.—Eleven additional mines were brought into operation last week, according to a West Virginia coal association report. The total number of mines now work ing is 617. NATIONAL DISGRACE DAY Amoy, China, May 9.—National dis grace day was generally observed as a protest against Japan’s twenty-one demands on China jjtaade in 1915. lO() man. J »■ O S .'-Vi' f-. _. ;_j THE _ WEAT^l For So^ Caro lina: 0 ierally fair /■ 0 ht and Wedn fl&y. Little chang< in tempera turp. ..^Moderate northeast and east winds. FATE OF CONFERENCE PpEMIER LLOYD GEORGE, HOW EVER, STILL MAINTAINS OP TIMISTIC ATTITUDE Genoa, May 9.—Genoa awoke today to another day of uncertainty with Premier Lloyd George optimistic that the conference could he saved, but with unmistakable pessimism prevail ing in most quarters. Principal Euro pean delegations were given unmistak able hints by Ambassador Child that the United States maintains that no arrangement for commercial and in dustrial privileges in Russia can be recognized, Says Henry Wickersham Steed, editor of the London Times. Plans for the warehouse which the Tri-State Tobacco Growers Co operative Marketing association will have in Florence were approved here today by C. O. Dixos. manager of the South Carolina division of the ware house department of the association. Tentatively these provide for a house 100 feet wide amd 200 feet long, frame construction and modernly appointed in every respect. Mr. Dixon said bids for the job would be called for within the near future, he expacieu. Business interests of Florence are backing the erection of the house here. ...r. Dixon announced also the asso nation has leased the Liberty ware house in Dillon, and appointed P. V. Hardy manager of the house. The association lias leased already the Farmers house, and named A. Y. Be thea as manager of it. Also, the asso ciation has just closed with Charles H. Williams, of Durllngion, for the Center Brick warehouse, which he will manage for the association. Through the . M. McIntosh interests, of New Zion in Clarendon county, nearly 100,000 pounds more of tobacco were signed, or are considered quite certain of being signed, with the Tri- State Tobacco Growers Co-operative Marketing association by W. E. Lea, field manager of tbe association in Soutn Carolina, on a visit in that sec tion yesterday. Mr. McIntosh signed up for 30 acres. His sous coutrol about 50 acres more which are orally pledged to the association. T. B. Young, director, and Mr. Lea spent the day in Lake City. The results of these visits are expected to be of importance to the association. NORTH CAROLINA FOR STRICT RULE MAKING PLANS FOR REFUNDING DEBT Washington May 9.—A definite program looking to the refunding of the eleven billion dollar foreign debt may be expected as soon as the Ge noa conference is terminated, admin istration officials declared today. Chapel Hill. N. C., May 9.—Repre sentatives qf the University of North Carolina at the next meeting of the Southern Inter-collegiate Conference will seek to have adopted by that body a ruling on summer baseball playing by college students, making ineligible those who during the sum mer months while not attending college play on any organized team having more than three regularly scheduled games per week, and receiving more than seven dollars per day for their playing. TEN. MILLIONS FOR COLUMBIA LAND BANK OFFERED MILLIONS FOR OIL INTERESTS Washington, May 9.—Out of the i $75,000,000 farm loan bond issue put on the market today, the board will allot $10,000,000 to the Federal Land Bank at Columbia. This will be $2,- 500,000 more than the allotment to this hank from any similar bond sale in the past and $1,500,000 more than the allotment to any other land bank out of the present issue. It is understood that the Columbia bank plans resum ing the acceptance of farm loan ap plications in the next two weeks. Applications will be allotted to the various local associations in commu nications to their secretary-treasurer. Jefferson City. Mo., May 9-—D- B- Hayes, a convict of negro-Indian blood has been offered approximately two million dollars lor his oil inter ests. according to officials of the pris on where he’s serving a term for forgery. URGE THE PURCHASE OF DESMAL SWAMP HORSES AND MULES HAVE DECREASED IN CITIES Washington, May 9—Elizabeth City, North Carolina delegation came be fore the house rivers and harbors com-1 mittee today and urged action on thei army engineers report recommending, government purchase of Dismal j Swamp canal, provided the purchase 1 price is half a million dollars. BILL GOES TO CONFERENCE. Washington. May 7.—The hill pro viding for additional federal judges passed . by the senate several weeks ■ ago after a spirited contest, today was sent to conference. Chicago, May 9.—Although the number of horses and mules in cities and towns decreased approximately 38 percent between 1910 and 1920, the total number in the United States in creased ,1.9 percent in that period_ with an increase of 218 percent in horses and 32.4 percent in mules on farms, according to bulletin of the Horse Association of Amreica. “The practical elimination of the driving horse for business use and the advent of motor trucks, has caus ed the decline in the cities,” the bul letin stated. “It does not indicate, however, that horses and mules in towns and cities will decrease indefi nitely, for there are certain kinds of city work, such as short hauls slrfv hauling through crowded districts, and delivery routs which involve many stops, which are most efficient ly and cheaply done by horses, and to which horses are being restored as the fads and cost figures become generally known.” Joseph Nofal Will Have Most Beautiful Monument of City \ The family of the late Joseph No fal intend- to erect for him the most elaborate and beautiful monument yet seen in Florence, according to plans now submitted to contractors. It will be a large mausoleum, constructed entirely of marble with highly polish ed interior, and flttted inside in keep ing with the general style of the whole. An especial feature of the design will be a life size, possibly a little larger, bust of the late merchant of Florence. This is being cut now by a sculptor in Italy. It will .Ire mount ed on a large block pedestal of mar ble and stand prominently within the Interior of tbe mausoleum. \ As soon as the construction is com pleted, the casket with the body of Mr. Nofal will be placed in the crypt of the mausoleum. It lies now in Mount Hope cemetery and will be exhumed! when the new resting place is ready. Designs and specifications are sub mitted to several of me big monu ment builders of the country for esti mates for building the mausoleum. While the family would not mention any figure, the cost of construction is expected to be considerable. Dr. T. E. Howie, of Hartsville, spent yesterday In Florence on professional business. * J BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM FOR MEMORIAL DAY WILL BE GIVEN HERE ’•iviwiw’p'*’ p-—, SPECIAL EXERCISES WILL BE HELD IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. PARADE IN AFTERNOON AND DECORATE GRAVES EVERYONE IN THE CITY IS TO WEAR A POPPY FOR THE OCCASION. A beautiful program will be given tomorrow afternoon under the aus pices of the Fred H. Sexton post, American Legion, with the co-opera tion of other patriotic and the civic organizations of the city, in commemo ration of Memorial Day. The formal program will he given in the high school auditorium, commencing at 5:30 o'clock, as follows: Invocation—Rev. Furman H. Martin, I). D., pastor of the First Baptist church. Community singing—A—How firm a Foundation—B—Keep the Home Fires Burning. Reading, by Miss Virginia King. Introduction of the speaker by Mayor Barringer. Memorial Day address, by Rev. Geo. T. Harmon, pastor of the Central Methodist church. Selections by the American Legion quartet—A—Old Black Joe—B—Tent ing Tonight. Community singing—Dixie. Star Spangled Banner, by the South Carolina Industrial School band. Benediction—Rev. W. S. Poynor, rector of St. John's Episcopal church. Post Commander A. M. Duncan will preside at the program. By special arrangement the Post has procured 1,000 poppies from "Flan ders field” where many of their com rades now lie, and these will be dis tributed to the public to wear for the occasion tomorrow. As a matter of defraying the bare expense of dis- tributing these flowers, a charge of 10 cents each will be made for them. Ladiog will have the poppies on the streets tomorrow. All the banks and most other pub lic buildings of the city will be closed tomorrow afternoon in observance of the occasion. Likely many of the business bouses will close for the af ternoon, both in respect to tbe day and to permit all employes to attend the services, Tbe parade will be formed at 5 o’clock at tbe postofflee corner. Col. Henry Thompson has charge of it. The line of march will be east on Evans street to Dargan street, south on Dargan to the high school and stop for the exercises, after which the march will be continued to Mount Hope cemetery"where the graves will be decorated. A salute will be fired and taps sounded at the cemetery. Colonel Thompson’s official order for the formation of the parade is as follows: Parade frill be formed in front of the postoffice at 5 o’clock, promptly, facing south, in the following order: Industrial School band, American Legion rifle squad, veterans of the Civil war, veterans of the Spanish- American war, veterans of the Wo war. Boy Scouts. Sam Davis chapter of the Children of the Confederacy, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, and pu pils of the public schools. Civil war veterans will form imme diately in front of the postoffice with other veterans' organizations on their left in the order, named. The Boy Scouts will form with their right rest ing on Irby street and wifh the organ izations on their left, in the order in dicated. All veterans of the various wars represented in the Memorial day ex- eercises are invited to participate. LOOKS FOR FURTHER ADVANCES IN COTTON G. E. Watson of the Greenwood Cotton mills, one of the largest of the textile manufactories in the Pied mont, is here spending a few days with his brother L. O. Watson, Mr. Watson stated that his mill iiad been buying cotton all along where it found any offered for sale. It was his personal opinion that there would be a * considerable advance in the fall. Authorities differed, he said, as to the probable crop which would be raised this year, present estimates running from eight million to ten million bales. Apprehension of the small crop had already improved prices, he said, and he looked for a further advance. CAPTURE ALLIGATOR Scranton, May 9.—A large alligator was found just outside of the town limits Frit’ay. S. P. Kirby was hav ing some ditching done near his homo when this alligator was'seen in the water. The recent heavy rains have caused all low places to be tilled with water. The men used a gun and pis tol to capture it but were noe suc cessful until a pitchfork was used. The reptile was six feet long. ATTEND CONVENTION KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS II. C. King and R. E. Rives are planning to go to Spartanburg May 23, when the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias will convene. They are tbe official delegates from the Florence lodge, - - *