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THE FLORENCE DAILY TIMES THI LATEST ASSOCIAT ED MESS DISPATCHES 27th Year Florence, S. C.. Saturday Afternoon, March 3, 1923. $6.00 a Y ear CONTEST MANAGER HEALTH DEPARTMENT SENSATIONAL CASE SAYS “CHICKEN” IS LEADING DIET NOW EARLIEST REMEMBRANCE WAS HUNTING ‘•FEDDERS’’ BE HIND THE BARN OPEN-FACE CHICKEN PIE FAVORITE DISH HAS STAMPED OUT CHICKENPOX IN CITY WILL BE HEARD AT CLEMSON COLLEGE MAN TO HEAD THE FEDERAL COURT HERE WEEVIL LABDRATOHY ANOTHER CANDIDATE DECLARES INTENTION FOR MAYOR BELIEVED TO HAVE ESTABLISH-! MRS. INGRAHAM. OF COLUMBIA,' ED A RECORD IN CONTROL- i CHARGED WITH VIOLATION LING DISEASE ] OF POSTAL LAWS | N. E. WINTERS DEEJM SELECTED w. M»p , 'WA|.l RPiOGES MAKES TO HEAD RESEARCH WORK OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT HERE OF ENTRY INTO RACE MOONSHINER SHOT IN PITCHED BATTLE WITH CO. OFFICERS CLINTON JONES OF NEAR PAM- PLICO IS IN COUNTY JAIL SHOT IN LEGS HIGH SCHOOL PLAY PRESENTED LARGE HOUSE LAST NIGHT AUDIENCE HIGHLY PLEASED AT THE PROFESSIONAL MAN NER OF ACTORS STOPPED IN LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS COURT CONVENES TUESDAY MORNING IS IN CITY TODAY INTEREST OF WORK INTEREST KEEN IN COMING ELECTION BULLET PIERCES LOCAL TALENT MAKE DEPUTY'S OVERCOAT I UP THE BIG CAST BUT TIMES *‘00 CHANGE” HE MOURNES AS HE WRITES OF THE OLD DAYS You never get too otrt to learn. Ever ainee he was knee-high to a j Florence has USUALLY RUNS THROUGH EN TIRE COMMUNITY AND LAST 3 TO 5 MONTHS The epidemic ot chickenpox in be«n siiccss.'ullv con- PROMINENT PEOPLE OF STATE TRAINING AND PAST WORK WELL SEVERAL NAMES MENTIONED AS MADE RAID LAST NIGHT ON WILL COME TO TESTIFY IN FITS HIM TO UNDERTAKE , POSSIBLE CANDIDATES FOR j WHISKEY STILL IN PAMPLI- INTERESTING CASE | THIS ENDEAVOR PLACE ON COUNCIL CO SECTION TO BE STAGED AGAIN TONIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM duck, or, more fowl-ly speaking, shin: trolled and, according to the city J March term of the federal court the South, has ueen selected to head the office or mayor of Florence at' load of buckshot in his legs and ; professional manner by seniors and high to an Orpington, the Campaign ‘ j convenes here Tuesday. One | the boll weevil experiment station to ' Itst by officially announcing that he : deputy Joe Colton has a Imllet from ! j, l ,ni0rs .“Z the Fl i or ‘*"« e high schoc, it. Several cases of state wide inter-1 N. K. Winters, of Clem sou College, I w Marshall Fridges today set all est are scheduled to he tr.ed at the one of the leading agrcultur srs of rutnois regarding his candidacy for Clinton Jones of nepr Pampllco ts in the couutv , “Spiingtime,” a delightful mus'cal jail suffering from a 1 ' xtravagan^a. was done in genuinely i pract'cally stamped out, there be'ng . . ,, , Manager has known there was such J now only a few cases in the city.! 0 * the most interesting as well as he louited in Florence through the • would be a candidate for the position, a thing as “chickens" in the world. | The short time it has taken {,> I t,f ‘ nsat ' ona * °* these cases will ho Joint efforts of the United States amt The statement was made some the hero, which slayed the heap bold, , records tint have not been duplicated. I *' ,t ers through tno malU bad Indian. | The disease was kept confined to the ^ -Mrs. Ingraham is undei Also as he grew to manhood he , central school section of the city andj and is at liberty on bond. in Colum-, nation, and going over ending obscene; with R. E. Curren. superintendent of center the race. jtbe Pee liee -ynerimenf station atever ttiat any misiuiureheusinns that* According to the officers tliev got I (he .tud torium last night and the au- ,.L uerman huger revolver through i riienee was entertained as a Floreiue t» t* lll.lliv* ndllltT - - _ p |. . As a child ho used to go “tedder stamp the epidemic out 'and the i l,lat ol l,ie United States against! state departments of agriculture, is weeks ago that Mr. Hridges had de-' ,s OVP, ' < ' oat - a * result of a pitch- , ! I 'V le ' 1 '’ | ° ' as ' f ‘ en e »i p rtaiiietl down behind the barn and keeping of it confined to the one -'if 8 - E- O. Ingram, formerly of Sum- In the city today ,’ooklng over the sit- 1 cideu not to otfei hut would make battle last n-ght when countv of | , rli( make warwhoop bonnets to simulate , section of the city where it was first hut at present residing Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull, being' discovered are believed to be two i b' a > on charges of sendin the matter'wav for Mr. Wateis should the latter raided a moonsh ue sti.i| about aptieai's now. bow- ^hree- miles this side of Pampllco Mrs. Ingraham is under indictment! Which place the laboratories will be! may have existed i are cleared away w * nd °f *he still, which wus locateu found that open-faced pie wth chick en movement, w,is the proper piece de resistance to garnish a Sunday ta hie. He was 21 years old before he found anything in his portion except neck and wings. Later on he found “chicken'’ also was a term apuMed to the female sex, various type models ranging from the “flapper" th;t is just trying out her pin feathers and 'worrying father,, so to speak, on up to tough old hens of about 1873 model, with imitation “flapper" talents for dress ing and acting. He followed one about four blocks until she hoarded a Columbia street car. As she turn ed around he said “hello, gmndma,” aud left. But it remained Ly this innocent Campaign Manager to come to Flor ence to get into the nest of chickens, if the expression may be used. Everybody seems to have the pip in this town. Out West he heard a great deal of the “hoof and mouth disease" The case established. and that the two/ cuudiUaies ai^ at in a very thick wood in a sort of was stamped out In less than three weeks. The usual length of time it takes to get rid of an epidem'c of this sort is about three months and after it has run throughout the enCro community. The fact that the disease was con fined to the section in which it was first discovered and practbi/ly stamp ed out within 21' dnysv speaks well, indeed, for the activity of the city health department in combatting ii According to a chart kept in the health olfices of the advance of the chickenpox in Florence, the first no tiee had on the disease was on Jan. 1, when 2 cases were reported. These were from the Central school. Foi fifteen days only n very few other cases were reported when, all at once the number jumped up to 14 cases on the 18th of the month. This was the length of time for those who had come in contact with the cases at the school to develop the disease. After this the number of cases reported daily fell to practicably nothing foi I others. came up from Columbia. It is alleg-! Mr. Winters, since his c>%nection J perfect iinderstanfttng. in making '“•< k, and about 11 o’clock last irgiit ed that the defendant er-nt several! began with Clemson Coiiegft, has 1 his announcemeaV Mr. Bridges star- 1 'hey swooped down on it. In the letters to prominent people of that! done great work for the agriculture |ed todav that nressure had been j ra d>ng party were Deputies M. H city, among whom were members of j of South Carolina and hag made a ; brought to bear ut/oii tom of a nature! ,s, irch. Joe Connor. S. i>. t-dms aim the family of Dr. MacGregor, con- wonderful success. He has delivered that he did not fieel tie could dlsie Magistrate's Constable A. B. Coleman taining references and language bar- lectures in practically every section 1 hard red by statute from the mails. Post- office inspectors, after several months' work charged Mrs. Ingraham with the authorship of these letters Twenty of them will be placed in evidence. She was later indicted by i a United States court grand jury and released on bond. The case is set for trial here some time during next week. Because of the prominence of the defendant her self and of the others involved, the case will attract attention all over the state. Some of the most promi nent people of the state will be here to testify in the case. Handwriting experts will play a large part in the al experment work here. Ffty thousand dollars has become avaluble for the series of experiments on the boU weevil that are to be made. Half of this iimount was given by the government, and the governor had signed a bill which passed both hearing of the case, the chief of the! branches of the state legislature np of the state and has become leader In i ''My hesitancy In offering myself the soiit preservation work in South for the office or mavor of the oitv of Carolina. Florence," he said “lias been dire to Mr. Winters is a graduate of the no lack of decision on my part, but University of Texas and has also tak to the natural deliherattiton accom- en special courses In his line of | panying the entr yupon any respon- work at Cornell University, pnd In {sible undertaking. \\t uld esteem it a addition has spent many -years in great honor to lie yor of the citv special investigition and experiment of Florence. I h Jh-ve In Florence which peculiarly fits him for the spec- and its future gi.-wta and nosslblll mm Pampllco. As the party approached the scene of operations. Deputy Buivh left them and went mound and came up from the rear and laid down to wait tot developments. The others crawled through the thick underbrush until they came within a few yards of in,- sUP. which was In full operation Cl ntoii and a negro man running it The production of the piece was an absolutely finished piece of work, marred bv none ,ii the hesitations and hitches that sometimes mark amateur presentations. The smoothness wm which the piece was jfit on and i -e excellent work -if the characters im pressed the audience, adding tui...ei testimony to Die thoroughness wan which all 'undertakings of the ciiv schools in** carried out. The large cast, consisting of more than a hundred persons, had neen ably coached bv Mr. Perk'ns or the John B. Rogers Producing coinoauv and lie was warmly (coiigratr.'V.t.iiu last night upon the success of t, er forts The piece is to be presented again to night at the auditorium and every seat should be filled. “Springtime as rep .1 When the officers rose to their feet ties. If elected, 1 s'.ill endeavor to se cure and ma.Mtjfln \at all times an honest, economical and efficient gov ernment in every particular, with an eye single to the public welfare.” Interest Is kesn in city politics. * u *'hed the fire with pistol and shot | t ’ r °ta Die time the. first etirta’n was Books of registration are now open S IUI and for a few seconds a battle runa :,u <intil tl,P last R(>ns aa d <i a ! at the store or McUown Hardware r °val raged, the bullets passing dose end called on the two men to throw I 1 •>>’ Die 'uga school nravers up their hands, the negro pulleo his " nnot i,e l" ais 'd too highly. If U pistol and opened fire point hlmni, I ""’ft' 1 seelllK - no t because it ts « one of the bullets going Dmmuh u,e school moduction. out because or its overcoat of Connor. The o’ticers re i genuine merit I From the time the first curU had been done Diere was not a mtn- hureau of Washington having been | propria ting half by tho state. | company for the primary, which will over the head of Burch who lay tl.n summoned to testify along with! The location of the laboratories; be held the first Tuesday In May. on h, s face a few yards in the rear. here will mean a great deal to South ; Persons teglsterlug for Die election Jones, who had no gun. broke uni; Carolina and other cotton growing must present dimity registration cer- ran * a "d he was followed by Die ne among the cattle, nnd when he got to another 15 days, when it again jump- i Judge Smith will preside at the ^ _ _ . _ Washington he found quite a few of | 0( j n |, ( 0 i«) ( . asPS reported on one! federal court as usual. J. D. E .Mver, j states, and with Mr. Winters injtHtcate and proof of payment of all B ro a8 soon 88 * lp had enipped h our national representatives were af day, practically all of these being con I <l‘ K D'ict attorney. Richard W. Hutson, charge, developments are expected toltax.es assessed and collectable in the P is, °l- Jones ran near Die place flicted wtlh it. But at Florence he tact? of the previously reported case - clerk. O. J. Murphy, deputy clerk. | result that wiV be of inestimable val 'year 1922. j where Deputy Burch was lying, as /• drifted into a hot-bed of chickenpox. | t n the school The number again drop land Sam J. Leaphart. marshall, will use in controlling the pest In future, A meeting or Democrats has been was fXPected he would, and the dep They like things a la chicken so well p e( j to nothing and at the expira here that nn officer of the health de tion of the third 15 day period only partment tacked up a sign on our! 4 new cases were reported. Follow- begirding place, "chicken t»ox.'' An«l - tng this last flurry, the number again tnaybe the lady wasn't mad who own-1 dropped to nothing and no new cases ed the place. She had only one case developed until yesterday when on* of chickenpox on the place and they put up a card about three feet long with box car type. She thought a neighbor woman with three cases should have had three signs, <in(] one poor family with eleven kids down deserved to have the entire house smeared with yellow paint and the place decorated with an electric sign. But around The Florence Daily Times office you would think it was • chicken journal they were issuii* Say “chicken” and everything halts. The linotype miichines cease tlieii whirr, the telephones go unanswered, and in an argument between the edi' torial and business departments over relative merits of Barred Rock and Buff Cochin the rest of the world can go by. In days pre-Volsteadlng the Euro pean, scramble, the Campa-gn Ai.»ii ager worked on a paper that took just one Jug of red-eye, aged in wood, to put the edition to press. Times change. Yea. bo! The milk man leaves four quarts of milk at the office and everybody laps up a plate of milk, eats a chicken sandwich, talks to heat the old scratch and runs around concentric rings like chickens with a headache. The best place, however, to see poultry artists in session is at the postoffice about 9.30 p. m. when mail is being put up. The grand high sign is “peep, peep.” Yesterday a lady friend was talk Ing about "scratch" and the Cam paign Manager asked her if she. too. poor thing, saw trench life in France and she said, “no ,it was a brand of chicken feed.” tossed back her Mar celled coiffure (guess that is what, they call a combing of the ha;r when It is pedigreed on a chicken anil cost's ; ' u 1 up, and withered me with r , glance. We often wondered “why the chick en crossed the road?” Will some ot | you deep chicken aJIenists tell me? Yes, everybody around here dab hies in chickens of parts. Even the .Circulation Manager grabs the tele phone to talk to one every time the boss trips out. The Campaign Man ager don’t blame him, for it is an awful disease. He had it years ago, and the only cure is "here comes the bride.” We have two roosters as a resiflt, one has the had habit of new case was reported. There are now comparatively few cases of chickenpox in the city, and the release requests are coming in rapidly and being attended to as iast as possible. The health commissioner stated to day that to the people whose nomes hive been affected by tho epidemic are largely due the credit for the quick contro,! of the epidemic. “Tins is true,” he said “because of the whole-hearted cooperation that was shown by them In following directions and strictly holding up the provisions of the quarantine. The results could not have been obtained without their help, and I am glad to have this up portunity to express to them my thanks.” reach the city Monday evening, to be ready for the calling of the court the follow lug morning. It is stated that the docket Is a heavy one and that the sitting of the court will last the entire week. years. EXPECT 200 MEN GERMANS QUIT WORK AS FRENCH FORGES OCCUPY NEW TOWNS SUNDAY MORNING parations for the) election tailed for Friday evening, March 9th, ll, y Jumped up and took after tiitu at the Court home, for Die purpose of through an old field. He called to reorganizing the (Democratic party of the tt«eing man to stop, telling him | the city ot Klurekce and making pre- * ,e would shoot him if he did not INTEREST IN ATTENDANCE CON TEST AT METHODIST CHURCH CREATES INTEREST MOVEMENT OF TROOPS WONT EXTEND BEYOND MANNHEIM IT IS STATED TAX PAYING TIME EXTENDED MONTH The attendance contest launched bv the Central Men’s Bible Class last Sunday morning is proving a huge success. The number present tast Sunday was close to 150 and inter est was keen. The two captains were ni'ert and gave inspiring one-mimite talks, both stressing the thought that the real object of the contest was to reach more men ami bting them tin der the influence of the church ami that the contest afforded each mem ber an opportunity of being of serv ice in the cause of truth. The Blues both sides to make | 0 better showing tomorrow. The mu 1 BAVARIAN TROOPS ARE REPORT- sic has been greatly Improved by j ED TO BE ARMING FOR TAR- ! the addition of a splendid three-p ece GET PRACTICE orchestra, and male .quartette o ——— | real merit is preparing "a number ot | Paris, March 3.—A Havas dispatch j fine selections. Mr. Lynch in his from Strasbourg says the French talks is being guided largely by Die STEP TAKEN TO P1PII ITATP PIIQTOMC , ‘'' 1 b >' a “"s' 11 roam"' * fnOlul IHIC IsUO I UlYlo arp hard at work this week | crossed the Rhine over the Maxu -—•*■* bridge today and occupied Karlsrhue. ONLY TWO PER CENT PENALTY The workshops at Darmstadt and the TO BE COLLECTED. EXECU- port of Mannheim are occupied. The ! TION8 ON APRIL 15 dispatch adds that the object of to ! ! day’s operations was to facilitate cus-! Walter K. Duncan, comptroller gen t Toms control. The foreign office eral, with Die approval of the gover- ( Po** 1 * 1 * 1 * °ut the advance wps not con- nor. yesterday xtended the time for needed with the German railways the paying of ■: <\ county and school control and was unrelated to the sane- | taxes for 1922 until April 1 without \ t’ons taken in Die end of January addition cent pf ary must be collected under the ! an(1 Offonburg railway stations, terms of the extension, but the five j regular lessons but is not bound en tirely by them. It is confldenUv ex pected that the attendance will reach the 200 mark tomorrow. CONGRESS PLANS TO CLOSE THE SESSION AT NOON SUNDAY TECHNICAL AVOIDANCE OF A . SABBOTH MEETING HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR PRESIDENT TO SIGN FARM CREDITS BILL Jones only ran the faster, however, and Mr. Burch emptied a load of shot in his legs, bringing him to Die ground, after which he was placed un der arrest. The negro had taken an other direetion and escaped. Jones was brought to Florence and locked up in a cell, where a physician at tended his wounds which though pain ful are not considered dangerous M'NARY GIVEN FAVORABLE REPORT life’s time lost. The beauty and splendor of the many cosuunes aait of the scenerv added greatly to Did altogether pleasing and uble acting e; the cast. Truly ‘‘Springtime” is ama teur in name only. The play tells the story of a blight ed romance which starts as far hack as the time when our grandmothers wore the picturesque hoopsKtrt^. In the first ait. which is lain m .in old garden near X-w York in 18GS. find Bill Rutledge filling the pan of Bobbv Firewster. a non with Die l.i- d'es. and h’s work with that of fc”. vira (Yiigmi'tt Arlail) and Ablea-i Tompkins. ((Maude Greggt. was we:i done. Elizabeth Maxwell takes U1.1 Part of Mrs. Flkins ot another trentr:.- lion -mil tells the storv of Die o'a,’ at Die beginning of each act. M ss .Maxwell is .1 hue reader and gets her nart over well indeed. In this ai t Graham Rose plaved the nart 01 James Brewster Die founder of the “Famous Brewster's Bills.’’ .Mary Fasterling is cast as Thank ful Blandish, his sister, and this part is also exceptionally well handled. Ii is that of a very stern nur'tan wo- tee. Opponents predict his coafirma- -4 jtion will fail. A recess appointment ONLY UNIMPORTANT MEASURES id expected. HAVE COMII UP FOR CON SIDERATION TODAY Washington, Mar. 3.—The contest ed nomination of James G. McNary, of New Mexico, to lie comptroller of Inan W h n has no time for pleasure the currency has been favorably re-. Tom stone an(1 Marxaret Kutledae ported by the senate banking commit- carried off high honors with their par- AGED CITIZEN DIES IN TIMMONSVILLE Timmonsville. Mar. 3 (Special). — »nal penalties. The two per w hen troops crossed the Rhine to 1 s A - J 0,,es - “K 01 ’ ,:o y pars - ‘li pd 8 » d - lenally for '"nuary and Febru- j Strasbourg occupying the Appenweii j den *y i'Thlav morning at 11 oclock per cent penalty scheduled to have been added March 1 was taken off un der the order of Mr. Duncan. Executions are also extended until April 15 under the extension. The treasurers were ordered to place the executions in the hands of tho sher iffs on that date. London, March 3.—German employ from heart failure. His passing was a shock to rommunitv as at the time he the wai p? at the Mannheim wharfs ami! a PP arentl y ,n ver y P 00 ' 1 health. Mr. Darmestdat workshops quit work Jones I' 8 ' 1 , » , ’ Pn at work on a tobacco when French troops occupied those places today. Darlas March 3.—Bavarian troops-tn NEW CONGRESSMAN GOES TO WASHINGTON MR. CASQUE WILL BE PRESENT AT CLOSE OF THE PRESENT SESSION Allard H. Gasque, representative of the sixth district in the lower house barn and was returning home when the attack came on. He was seen to suddenly fall and when assistance reached him life was extinct. Sur- ‘.he vicinity of Munich, aiv declared i viving are his wife, Mrs. Theodosia I , aw reou’rlng congress to end on arming and conducting infantry tar McLendon Jones and the following; ]y( arf . b f OU jiii is planned by leaders get practice, according to unconfirm < " ra ** a ^f Junes. Mrs. Mar- through a rec* -r tonight unUl an hom ed reports reaching the foreign office, i 8 * 18 * N T °>'fi s . a nd Raleigh Jones of this , or so be f 0r ,, ,,n thus making Huu- .section and,Mis. Walter Keels of At- ,j a y au ^teosion of today’s legists Baris, March 3.—The French move ;' an,a ! tlve dav ment east of the Rhine, and south of Yfayence, is purely of a fiscal nature, the foreign office stated. There's no question for the present of advancing further than Mannheim, it was stated. TEN DEATHS IN MINE EXPLOSION Washington, Mnreli 3.—Congress, with its major tanks done, today oc cupied its time with manv smaller bills and resolut o»s that usually d ; e unnoticed iu the •'urry and confusion or the session’s erd Many members ! today sought to bring up private or I local bills they never heretofore hoped to bring to the action stage. 1 The onlv hill of first magnitude needing attention during the day wan th« farm credits measure as finally nereod to last night by senate and house conferees. ‘Acceptance of the conference report! is regarded as cer tain. It is believed the President is sure to sign the measure. A late night session is expected to night with a view of finally clearing the decks, and Jeaviiig only formuli ties for a brief session tomorrow pre ceding the final stroke of Die gavel at Sundav noon Technical avoidance of f-ahhath j The regular monthly meetuig or meeting, althi u e li still observing Die the Florence county cooperative unit RESCUERS ENTER MINE BLUE- FIELD, W. VA., TO SEARCH FOR BODIES Bluefield, West Va.. Mar. 3.—Res cue parties today again entere.i the Weyanoke coal and coke company mine at Arista to search for four miners who are stilt entombed. Thir tv-six workers were imprisoned yes- trayals of Jack Wamrixlit and Brij- t ilia Brewster. Mativ complication? are brought in through the love tan gles of these two. The pair of«Tom i *«-? r g 11s is well handled by Badger Baker, who R’ays the lole of a youu.4 ! *;<-au Bruntmel rrom Boston. The coa- i fumes in the hist act are beautiful. 1 In act two we find th same cbarac- - t*is appear costumed in the 1888 nu- riod, the time when our mothers wore the bustle skirt. Bobby Brewster ja now married to no other than Morell 1 Pope, who takes the part of Zenohia. 1 This part is chuck full of side split ting comedy. In this act we a/so find a group of children appear who most assuredly run Die older people a close race for high honors. It in p treat to see them so at ease on the sYge- j In the third act we find the charac ters take the parts of the children of terdav by a dust explosion. The those who played In the seconu a t. death list is expected to he fixed to dav at ten. as twenty-stx came »ut alive and s;'x bodies recovered. COOP. UNIT MEETS TUESDAY t f Die XaDonal Congress, left Mayence, March 3.—The French ad vance Into small sections 01 German the writer gets the sweet privilege of 1 where he will spend several dav* ! fL ,ho Ma ; vpnrp ” and. as he savs ere-. I ,,rid *« ,iead began at daylight It was crowing *it all times of the night, and | l >nt. nieht - ‘-or Washington, D. (J , SUMTER JUDGE TO SPEAK AT Y. M. C. A, Judge T. B. Fraser, of Sumter, will address Die Men’s meeting at the Y. M. C A. Sundav afternoon at 2.45. Judge Fraser has been one of the annual speakers at the Y. M. C. A. INJURED CHILD TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL said, "boss, can I get a piece of j night that he wished esnee'ally to In- change?” (You never sajv a porter present at the close of the present that wasn’t always broke, and. it they ! congress, and that he also had some get two-bits ahead of Die game they 1 matters of business to attend to on fly the coop.) Well, Bill said, "Boss. I his present trip. As Bresldent Hard- how about That piece of change?” ] ing has announced that he would not and the boss replied, “how much do you want?” and Bill absent-mindedly but very appropriately for this town. PITCHED BATTLE The condition of little Hazel Mere ditli, who was two weeks ago struck on the head and severely injured by some unknown person at Die home of her parents at Die junction of the concrete and loop roads, is so much improved that she wjl he removed from the local hospital where she , was taken immediately afterwards strangers are eord t ,lly inv ted to hear and taktn) to honip of Mrs . K . h l,n ‘ 11 Lucas, where she will remain for u will meet at the court house here , „ Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock. Prof, nn a snappy N. E. Winters of Clemson College is j Clyde Mills, said to be one of the speakers at the meeting. All the men of the city, visitors and him Sunday WITH RUM RUNNERS tra Mu9tc by the ° pera House ° rthe " rail a special session of Congress Mr.» Knoxville. Mar. 3.—Three alleged Gasque will not begin his active du ties until December. It is DiougUt replied “oh» something with a bird j in some quartan*. However, that so on.” ; muny matters will be carried over In this town the Camriiign Manager from the present session that the went down the street to buy u potted President may find it necessary to plant for his desk—and ran by Da- place before he realized he iiad come to Ta&y’s. Our friend, Tally, had (Continued on page 3) call a special session in order to get them out of the way. Mr. Gasque stated .last night that he was not re.-1/tv to announce his appointments as yet. ... - rum runners were killed and one al leged rum runner and four federal of ficers wounded in a baffle last night LEGION WINS FIRST GAME NEW SERIES _ The American Legion team won at Jellico, Tennessee. Walter Perkins, | from the Rotary club last night In > George Perkins, and Morrison Ayres the first game of tho new volley ball j are dead. XV. S. Jaynes, prohibition j league. The second game will be time. Tlie little feirl cannot remember how she received Die injury, her mind being hazy iii this respect. It is hoped that ultimately she will fu*/ recover and bo in a position to le',' Just how it ciccurred. DAILY MARKETS (Courtesy of H. and B. Beer.) New York Cotton unen lUgn Low Close March _.20.fi5 30.75 30.«0 20.KS Mav 30.30 30.84 30.(15 30.78 Julv 29.75 29.85 29.70 29.7H October. 28.38 20.82 20.35 20.75 December .. _-25.94 20.35 25.89 20.32 New Orleans Cotton ..30.35 30.60 30.35 30.60 ..30.12 30.25 30.07 30.21 ..29.40 29.50 29.42 29.51 ..20.00 20.38 20 93 20.32 March ._ .. Mav.. .. .. July.. .. .. October December .. ..26.36 26.99 25.55 25.90 is sincerely hoped that all who nave not seen “Springtime” and most of those who have, will not fail to see it tonight. Tickets are still on sale bv agent, is seriously wounded. A bill to maxe women eligible to jury service has been introduced in the .CpuuecUvat legislature. played Monday evening when Die Baptists and All-Stars meet. At the same t me (Tie Sulzhicher trophy will be-presented to the All-Stars as win ners in the first league. ECLIPSE OF THE MOON ,lhe student body, but if you are tin- About K..30 o’clock Iasi night the .aide to get them from any of the stu part al eciipse of the moon was ot [dents come early and he one of the . .. - . Its maximum here and soon after mid- largest crowd ever assembled to v ow lias been especially reoa if is Du* present day period. B-. 1 Rutledge still playing the part of * lion with the ladies, despite his 81 years of age. He finally marries the " eranddfi'iirnter of Die Elvira who first vamned him in 18i!8, the story of which was portrayed in the tirsi an. Graham Rose and Charles Hiacs-- man play Die parts of two wltmases jury scene in which Theima Bowling arm Katherine Moore share honors. The smoothness and llie which these three put into Die mav as a wnoie mars than pleased their audience- The jury scene was worth the pr'cs of admission, to say nothing of the other groups which are as follows, and who did their dance wonderfully. First act. The Society Group, Serv- jints. Bridesmaids, Maids of Honor and Best Men., and Wedding- Guests. Second act. Playmates, and Mav Dav Guests. Third act. Futurists, jury. .Rainbow Trail mid Mardi Gras. Beau ty personified is found in the two t’t- 1 Ho llower girth who take part in the big wedding scene in tire first act. “Springtime” will be presented again tonight at the high school au ditorium so as to give all Florence - a chance to see it, and the real art which is bubbling out of old high school. It Is the first thin«? or its kind ever to be presented by anv local society or school in this c ty ana surely was the biggest hit ever scoyej] by local talent. ,Tb»- curtain rises prompt!: .md affords two solid hours c laughter and pleasure. night the Hioon was again ci'ear of 1 so elaborate a spectacle.. The price the shadoM.of tbeiearth cast by the of tickets is only-fifty and severity* •uu. . -• . 1 five cents, plus usual war tax Ipmuuu on - and is a epsotaci v The proceed* from -thi*- gj to the UJgh school