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THE FLORENCE DAILY TIMES
THK LATEST ASSOCIATED PftESS DISPATCHES
27th Year
Florence, S. C., Wednesday Afternoon, March 7, 1923.
$6.00 a Year
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ATTEMP1 TO PROVE
MRS, INGRAM AS
AUTHOR OF LETTERS
iAit
Government Places Hand
writing Experts On
Stand Today
INSPECTOR KNIGHTS
HISTORY OF CASE
Interesting Testimony Is
Heard In The Course
Of The Trial
MORE CANDIDATES
REVIVAL SERVICES
METHODIST CHURCH
GROW IN INTEREST
WORK WILL BEGIN
ON NEW WRITE WAY
AT AN EARLt BATE
FRENCH AND BRITISH '
j UNABLE to agree
MOVING OF TROOPS
BODIES OF DEPUTIES I
SLAIN BY SHINERS j
BURIED IN SWAMP
MISS GANDY GOES
FROM 4TH PLACE IN
RACE TO THE LEAD
i
ATTENDANCE INCREASES AT EV- CONTRACTS LET BY CITY COUN- GENERAL GODLEY FLATLY RE-:
ERY SERVICE AS THE MEET- I CIL AT A SPECIALLY CALL- FUSES FRENCH DEMANDS
ING PROGRESSES I ED MEETING A AT CONFERENCE
FOR COMMISSIONER splendid music
!
! J. C. KENDALL AND W. H. BERRY
MAKE FORMAL ANNOUNCE
MENT OF ENTRY
Interest In the euv election con-
GIVEN LAST NIGHT
LOCAL FIRM IS
TO INSTALL SYSTEM
FEARS MAY CAUSE
A GENERAL STRIKE
MURDERERS CONFESS AFTER BE
ING ROUNDED UP DY POSSE
OF SCO MEN
LEAD OFFICERS TO
THE BURIAL SPOT
ANOTHER CHANGE IS MADE IN
DISTRICT TWO OF THE
TIMES CONTEST
WHO WILL WIN THE
CASH ON SATURDAY
REV. J. W. SPEAKE PREACHES A WESTINGHOUSE PLAN ADOPTED RIGHT TO RUN TRAINS WITHIN; TWO MEN HAD COVERED <.»ODI?.S NUMBER OF CONTESTANTS HAVE
SPLENDID SERMON. TWO
NEW SONGS TONIGHT
FOR
I
LIGHTING THE BUSI
NESS STREETS
THE RP'T|?w 70rT TAUSE
OF DEADLOCK
London. Mpvch 7.—Reuter’s Co
OF VICTIMS WITH CO*’S
CARCASS
Franklinton, La.. Monti T—The
ALREADY TURNED IN SUB
SCRIPTIONS ON OFFER
t'on itself, for wh eh the meeting is. "rent chorus choir and accompanied ! of the city council veateiflav after i p r ,troons tlmni-rh the Hi tisli i w '“ re h,u ' itV i i»
o prepare, approach. Today there) by a number or rmislcfil Instruments
are two ne wcandidates in the field ; is being joined in hv the great con '
For the first time since District At
torney Meyer made his opening state
ment to the iury yesterday morning,
attempt was made .irs morning to
connect Mrs. L. <o. ingra-.n with me
authorship
trodueed in
day in the
against her. Her connection with Hie I Berry’s card appears this afternoon | rendered a beautiful number. Tonight
" J " Mr. Kendall is the president and; two new songs will he offered.
; logne correspondent savs the French , bodies of Wesley Crane and Wiley
In District One Miss Margaret Gan-
v goes from fourth place to !eat*. tn
The revival services at Central I With the awarding ot contracts In
linues to grow as the time for the | Methodist church are growing rapid- ; connection with the installation of s
leorganlzatlon ineeui. ft cf the demo-j lv in attendance, interest and insnira- modern white way ior i-o.ence.' and Brit an representatives are dead- 1 Plerce « deputy si „ Iffs. slain by J District Two Mrs. G. R. Qasklns mov-
cratic party of the city and the plec-' ,ion Womlcrul sneine led hv a J which were let at a special meernc j locked on the question of aioving i moon8hinrr,i * xvei KJ IIll> ,0(la y- They Jed un from eighth place to third, with
into which the' only a ISO vote lead over Mias Nora
Mae McMillan.
“• M ,U1 UK for ft'aces on the hoard of counci, | gregatlon. On last evening great >ake Florence the prettiest and moat! pa ot " : ^ 7
/me 1 pw?rVi n l‘ , t ,t v rH t in ' u en n Tlu;y ‘ are l C , t fr nda !l a i n f W ’ H* ve - S 0f r,"* fl,,rgftd thro,,Kh the attractive town In the slate was tak-'nounced he would appeal’to London . lhe b °
i the federal couit yester-1 H. Berry Mr. Kendalls official an- ditorium Jiftlng the hearts or men • en The French a-ked the right to run a ,ni1 * 1 ,r
p case of the government I nouncement was made yesterday. Mr. and women to C.nd A male unarm The contract for the white wav' trains between Bonn and Neus* 't ,l in t
leiters t afternoom ' rendered a beautiful number. Tonight . VitR given to the .Mann Klee ' which involves a thirty minute shunt here
letters was mare during the testi-1 Mr. Kendall is the president and | two new songs will he offered ci.. fVvtnrva rw» n# f'rvlu m Hi n 11 r»’ i t w {*> t n * i l.-.Hn IV.
I noon, another step in the plans to j zone . General (iodley flatly refused J bodies had been pressed, and covered
i the French demands at a conference | with the carcass of a dead cow. „„ " y
' The Florence Daily Times grand
bodies were found a qunrter ot I prizes, including the ?1,750 Studebak-
om the destroyed moonshine ! er Light Six Sedan, the $607.20 Ford
niony of Postoftlce Inspector Knight. < manager of tlie Florence Builder s
Mr. Knight stated that in his opin-! Supply Company find is interested in
ion Mis. Ingram was the author of! numbers of local enterprises. He has
the letters. B. C. Farrar, chief ac
u i». countant of the postoffice division of
the 1’nited States treasury depart
ment at Washington, an expert
made ho.->ts of friends s’nce cumins
to Florence and is highly regarded h'
his business associates as lie is ir
Washington, an expert in fact by all who know him.
handwHting, and wln> made the com-] Mr. Berry has had experience in
parison between the known handwrit- city government having served as c
f T ’" of Mrs. Ingram and that of the member of the board of aldermen ur
obscene letters, stated that in his i dcr the old form of government dur-
opinion the author was the same. Mr.| ing one of the Gilbert administra
Farrar was on the stand when the tioiis. In u later election lie ran c
court took a recess at l::io o’clock
this afternoon for lunch.
The case was continued this morn-
dose second race with the late F. P.
Covington who was elected eunimis
sinner. Mr. Berry has been a real
ing with lohn R. Rogers, superinteu-1 dent of Florence for many years and
dent of the Columbia postoffice being 1 represents large property interest?
called to the stand. He told of how * here.
the postoffice had placed a watch on'
boxes in several sections of the city
in order to trace from whence the
letters came. L. R. Rawls, a city mail
carrier in Columbia, also testified as
to this.
T. B. Madden, postmaster of the
Columbia postoffice, explained to the
jury what steps had been taken by|
the postoffice to trace the place of GRAND JURY FINDS TRUE BILL
mailing of those letters. AGAINST JOHN HARRIS. OTH-
I ostoffice Inspector Knight stated - er INDICTMENTS
that he received the first complaint'
MURDER TRIAL IS
SET FOR TOMORROW
regarding the letters on June 5, 1922,
"■he gr.nd jury in the United
at winch tjme tin* letters were dac-J states court has returned a true b’ll
ed tn tils hands. He went over them,}against John Harris, charged with
saw that they were a violation to I Hun'ilor on the high seas. Harris was
the mailing laws and at once pro- a seaman on the Ameriran sailing
ceeded to work. Ho said that during | v 0R sel “Zebedee E. Cliff” and is
last summer the letters stopped com-; charged with killing G. Karlson while
ing and no more were received until
the latter part of September, when
the ship was enroute from Tamm to
Wilmington. The case Is set for trial
they began to he mailed again. He | tomorrow. A number of witnesses, in-
said that during the summer he ex-, eluding .the crew of the vessel, are
hausted every means he knew ib trace i,ere for the trial,
the author, but as no more letter' * \ true bill was also returned
were being received he made little aga’nst H. L. Jacobs, an alderman of
progress. G, e city of Charleston who is charged
Finally, ho said, he Investigated> a with violating the prohibition laws
number of the charges made in the xt, s | 8 the second offense against
letters .dative to happenings that j t , C obs. It is not likely that Hus
were claimed to have taken place at,case will bo tried here,
the McGregor home, and finding that a bill of indictment has also been
they actually took place, decided that J returned in the case of William Hop-
the person who was writing the let- king who is charged with senumg
ters had intimate knowledge of what obscene letters through the malls to
was going on at the home. He then members of the Vanderbilt and Car
secured specimens of the handwriting : negie families and to President Haid-
of all the members and domestics of, ing and other members of his official
the McGregor homo, and of all those family. Hopkins is in jai.’ here.
living in the neighborhood who
could possibly have known of these i |OUT PHIUIDAMV DHVC
happenings. When he came to the Limn I UUIVIrAIMI DU TO
home of Mrs. r Ingram, across the
street, he found that she was absent
fiom the city on a visit, presumably . , , . * , . *
in Hendersonville. It was then, he !n an interesting game last night
said, that he got Tom Boyle, who had 1 011 u,p local Community Service vol-
known her In Sumter. Mr. Boyle’s* 1 ^ bal1 <ourt - the Palmetto Light &
home town, to write her a letter, the! P owor Co - won from the Methodists
contents to he such that would re- in a splendidly played game. The
ouir«' an answer. At this time. Mr.lP 0 ^ pr boy !,> 00 ^ tbe J , 1 r . f l t .’ tbt L ae ?T!
Knight said, Mrs. Ingram was not
WIN FROM METHODISTS
Rev. J. W. Speake was at his best
on a great subject. He snoke tn t art
us follows:
“At the beginning of life we have
only the horn cells of a longer life.
We bring into the world rapacity and
energy. The life we are to find It
held liv the social order to which we
are horn
“No definlt’on i»f a hov is large
enough that doesn’t include not aione
wiint he Is in himself, but all of that
! fe which he shall touch on the out
side.
“The lower animals bring with
them (i complete life, bh'ds sing with
out going to school, bees work with
out courses in elvM engineering, in
the higher form of life, the life of hu
man beings, l‘fe must be found and
aehieven.
“Intellectually, our children are
correlated to the whole nature o r
truth. They are socially related to
all created beings, and spir'tua’lv re
lated to God. They are not fully born
till they have found I hat larger life
from the outside. Children have ca
pacity for language. The language
they speak 's the accident, of birth.
The God they worship Is the God re
vealed to them hv others.
“We are all debtors to the past. AH
cherished institutions, home. etc., are
Hie g'fts of those who have gone be
fore us. As we live upon founda
tions laid by otners. so we are obli
gated to those woo come to us. What
we are, nml wnat we know and what
we have received, is the measure of
ootir responsibility to others.”
Mr. Speake. at this point, called a
boy to the platform and presented him
to me congregation, say’iig: “l do not
know this boy, he belongs to you.
What he Is to be. depends upon tne
quality of your consecration to so
sacred a task. He has capacity for
Hcnven. and for Hell. The Heaven
into which you call him or the Hell
to which you send him.”
The preacher then exhorted all the
people to so consecrate themselves to
a program of Holiness, so that by no
single word, example or attitude, this
boy could he robbed of that life to
which the principle of a “souare
deal” entitles him.
As the weather becomes cooler the
building will be comfortabiy heated.
All the people of Florence are In
vited to enjoy the feast of song, the
‘nsp’ring messages, and the sneclal
presence and fellowship of Jesus
Christ in these services.
“i-et him that is aiturst come.
Let him that heareth, say: Come.
And whosoever will let him come.”
trie. Company of Columbia. Council
has adopted the West'ngtiouse svs
tern which is claimed to be Hie most
up to date of the manv systems of
iured on the market. Bids for me
lamps, standards, enbte and other iph-
tei »( entering into me woik were
icaue separately. The white way w 11
cost n the neighborhood of $9,000 v al
though these figures are not exact.
The Fortner Electric Company of
Florence was awarded the contract
for the installation and Palmer and
Conard were the lowest bidders on
the concrete bases for the standnrds.
There will be seventy-four lights
m the new white way which wil>l ex
tend from the post office to Ravens!
on East Evans streat, aud from
Chcves to front on Dargan street
tJimps upon brackets extending from
iron poles will be run from Ravenol
street to the Atlantic Coast Line do
pot to complete the system, the Pal
metto Power and Light Company put
ting in this part of the system
The white way will consist of
suicedil standards capped with beau
tiful lamps, one to each standard.
This method of street (lighting has
lias been adopted in many progressive
c’ties. It was stated today that Pal
mer and Conard would begin immedi
ately the work of building the bases
of concrete aud that actual instaiia.
t;on of the white way would beg n as
soon as the material arrives. The
wires will be removed from the
streets, it was stated, as soon as sat-
isfactory arrangements are completed
for run ways in the rear of the build
ings.
mg opeijition in the Cologne station
Hie swamps eight miles from j k’oupe, the two $464.72 Ford Touring
here | (ars were displayed on the streets
John Murphy and John G’deon Res-' Tuesday. They excited the usual
The British contended this would I ter, the slayers, hiave confessed I “mount of comment, and many were
hamper tra'.flo and cause a strike ; They led the officers to the burial ] !be remarks • ! wish t were going to
SLAYER OF FARMER
RUSHED TO COLUMBIA
GEORGE ALLEN. NEGRO, ARREST
ED SHERIFF’S POSSE NEAR
ANDERSON TODAY
went to the Methodists^ and tthe
third to the mcandescentR.
Tonight the lawyers, a now team in
the field, will - ^ up against the Pal
metto Power « '.iglit Co’s, linesmen,
also a new tea.i. Although these
teams are new in the field they have
received practice, and a most excit
ing game is ant ic mated. Tomorrow
night, the Lutherans will play the
Southern Motor company, and the
following evening the Bankers will go
up against the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad bunch.
AGENT OF STATE
INCOME TAX HERE
suspected of the authorship of the
letters any more than other neigh
bors living in that district of the
city.
Prior to this, Mr. Knight said, the
letters in question and a large num
ber of the handwriting specimens
from the neighbors and members of
the house had been forwarded to the
government at Washington where a
ha ^writing expert examined them.
When Hie answer to Mr. Boyle’s let
ter' was received, Mr. Knight was
out of the city, and he did nal see
the letter, which was turned over to
Christie Benet, the McGregor's at
torney, who forwarded it to Washing
ton to Senator Dial with the request |
that it be given to the handwriting > An agent of the South Carolina
expert. This was done, he said, and Tax Commission, Income Tax Di
scon a report came from the expert vision, will be located at Florence in
to the effect that the author of the the Court House, on March Uth. 14th
letter to Mr. Boyle was also the au- and lilth, 192:5, for the purpose of
thor of all of the other letters. * assisting taxpayers in executing state
Tlie climax came on the evening of income returns. All persons should
October 12th, the day of the McOreg- avail themselves of this opportunity
or-Boyle marriage, when a letter was of securing,competent aid which will
received by Dr) Henry B. Phillips rec- be cheerfully given without charge.
tor of Trinity Episcopal church. Svlio ——
officiated at the marriage, which FLORENCE COMPANY
stated that if he performed the "cere-i GETS CHERAW AWARD
mony “he would get his," and that,
the author intended to “shoot up the W. J. Wilkins and Company, areh!-
church" if the marriage was carried tects. yesterday awarded to the Bryce
out. On this date a letter of a simi- 1 Plumbing and Heating Company, of
lar character was also received by! Florence, the contract for heating
Tom Boyle. Mr. Knight attending and plumbing in connection with the
court in Aikeu at the time and both. erection of Cheraw’s new High school
of these letters were turned over to building. The figure was S5.681. J.
Mr. Benet. who at once called in an! F. McBride, a former Florentine, was
alienist who passed upon them, stat- awarded the contract for the build
ing that In his opinion the author of I ing. Ifls hid being $46,000.
Bu$h letters was dangerous and might I
attempt to make the threats good. ! MUCH PROPERTY DAMAGE
Mr. Benet 'Immediately got in; FROM HIGH WINDS
touch with Mr. Knight at Aiken over]
long distance telephone and uPged Atlanta. Mar. 7.—Considerable
him to return to the city at once, j nmperty damage la reported from
which he did. Arriving in the city! various points over this state and in
in the narlv evening Mr. Knight mid;Florida by the Wind last night. Tele-
he called up Mrr-Ingram and'request-1 phone nnd telegraph communication
-• • W reported nearly normal this aftar-
(Continued on page 4) coon. - /
MRS. FORBES WILL *
ADDRESS MEETING
There will he a special meeting of
the Florence County Poultry associa
tion tonight at eight o’clock at the
Court house. The address of the
evening will he made by Mrs. Fran
cis Forbes, of the Quaker Oat com
pany. She is the vice-president of
the Poultry Judges* association and
is said to be the only woman who has
ever judged poultry at a world’s fair.
For several years she was the poul
try specialist at the University of
Tennessee. Members of the local as-
soclatt'm are glad of this opportun
ity of hearing a famous expert talk
and will attend the — -ting tonight
in large jiumbers. All interested In
poultry are invited.
LEGION TO INVITE
COMMANDER HERE
COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED AT
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
LAST NIGHT
Anderson. Mar. 7.—George Allen, r.
regro, charged with killing Cecil
Hall, a white farmer here Monday,
was arrested by a sheriffs posse near
here today. He was rushed to Colum
bia for safe keeping. The arrest was
made on information supplied hv
Stonhen Banks, a white farmer. Feel
ing is running high against the negro.
tolbertTaynot
DRAW HIS SALARY
'i.»t District Judge Front ss G. Clara
announced. They previously ban
been rounded up with ten others by
a posse of eight hundred armed men
who hud been beating the woods ami
swamps ever since the deputies were
reported missing.
The deputies left last Saturday on
u raiding expedition and were not
seen again until the bodies were
found. The slayars said the deputies
airested the maud raided tin’ll still.
They then started across lhe swamp
on foot, and coming to a place where
they had to walk single fl,'e Murphy
drew a concealed gun, and shot
Pierce. They then killed Civtin.
FARM LAND TAXES
MORE THAN DOUBLED
Washington. March 6.^-Taxos on
farm lands more than doubled In
the last eight years according to the
agriculture department. The aver
lige state, county and local taxes
paid by farmers was 31.4 cents an
aero in 1914, compared with 70.9
last year. South Carolina jumped
from thirteen cents an acre to tIHrtv-
live and North Carolina from sixteen
cents an acre to fofty-four.
The important matter taken up at
the regular monthly meeting of the
Fred H. Sexton Post No. 1 at their
hall last night, was a discussion of
bringing the national commander. Al
vin W. Owsley, to Florence, for an
address tomorrow night. He will leave
Wilmington Thursday afternoon for
Columbia, where he is scheduled for
an address and will pass through
Florence at 7:13 o’clock. A commit
tee was appointed last night headed
by Dr. J. D. Smyser, to get in touch
with him and see if arrangements
could not be made to have him stop
off here for an address tomorrow
evening. A telegram was sent him
last night, and an answer is ex
pected some time during the day.
If it is impossible for the national
commander to stop off in Florence,
then the members of the legion in a
body will meet the train and have a
conference with him during its short
stop at the depot.
The meeting last night was a very
enthusiastic one, business being laid
aside for pleasure. The members of
the Ladies’ auxiliary served sand
wiches and coffee, and the members
of the post had their wives and
sweethearts out for the evening.
A Community service program was
put on consisting of singing, games
and other forms of entertainment.
The evening was a very pleasant one
and thoroughly enjoyed by all pres
ent.
RECESS APPOINTMENT CAUSES
CONSIDERABLE SURPRISE
CONGRESSIONAL CIRCLES
Washington, March 7.—Consider
able surprise has been expressei'
here in Congressional circles at the
present recess appointment of Repub
lican National Committeeman Joseph
W. Tolbert as Federal Marshal for
the western district of South Caro
lina after the repeated failures of the
senate to confirm his nomination tor
this position. There Is speculation
as to whether Tolbert will receive any
salary under the recess appointment.
It would appear from section 1761, of
the revised statutes of the United
States that he cannot he paid until
he Is confirmed unless Congress
should specificially provide for his
payment, that section is as follows:
“No money shall he paid from the
treasury as salary to any person ap
pointed during the recess of the sen
ate to till a vacancy in any existing
office if the vacancy existed while
tl\e senate was in session, and was
by law required to be tilled by and
with the advice and consent ot the
senate until such appointee has been
confirmed by the senate.”
CONTRACT LET FOR
BUILDING SIDEWALKS
AWARD GOES TO PALMER AND
CONARD. WORK TO BEGIN
IN FEW DAYS
win that Studebaker Sedan which The
Florence Daily Times Is giving
away.”
Who Will Win Cash Saturday
There is no question but that a
real race is on for the $45 tu cash
j special prizes to go next Saturday,
March 10th. 6 p. m. $16 of this 143
will be awarded the candidate who
turns in the greatest number of new
subscribe! s, while $15 ta cash will
also he awarded District One and Dis
trict Two. as follows: $10 to the
contestant w’ho turns In the great
est amount of cash subscription buat-
nc ss for the week ending March 10th.
ii p. m., and $5 to the candidate turn-
ins in second greatest amount. It la
possible fur a contestant to win $15
for turning in the greatest number of
new subscriptions, and also win tha
JM In his (or her) district for hav
ing the greatest amount of cash sun-
:u i ipiiou business, thereby making
the week’s work bring $2S.
Votes Count Heavily
Each $21 in business turned in this
week will give 190,000 Extra Votes
The following contestants atreaiiv
have cash amounts on their drat
190,000 coupons as follows: Mias
Kthel Werhan, $16: Miss Marsarai
City council has awarded to Palmer ,
and Conard, of Florence, the con-!
tract for laying 20,000 square yards Gandy, $15.25; Miss Annie McDaniel,
of sidewalks, the hid of this firm be
ing $40,i40. Council reserved the
right to either lessen or increase the
amount of side walks to be laid at tlie
figure placed in the bid. Other firms
bidding on the work were the Byrun
Construction company, Oxford, N. C.*
General Roads company., Columbia:
Concrete Construction company, Co
lumbia: G. L Bobbitt Construction
company, Hendersonville. N. C.;
Southern Paving and Construction,
city; Chester E. Storey, C. E. Jones
company .and Claussen Lawrence
Construction company, of Augusta.
Ga. It has not been determined as
yet when the work of laying the side
walks will lie begun, hut council i man. 69 cents.
THE WEATHER
For South Carolina: Fair tonight
and Thursday. Cooler tonight. Frost
to the const. Diminishing north
west winds.
“BOLL WEEVIL” IN
THE TOILS AGAIN
FORMER SECRETARY OF
PRESIDENT IS DEAD
Now York. Mnrch 7.—Charles Dver
Norton, hanker and former secretary
of President Taft, died here today of
inlluenza.
JURY INVESTIGATES
DEATH OF NEGRO
Tlie coroner’s jury investigating
the death near Effingham of Ren
Graham, a negro, Is not altogether
satisfied that the negro came to his
death accidentally and after going
ever the evidence of some of the wit
nesses at the inquest pestponed its
verdict and will hold another session
pending the report of special investi
gators. Graham was shot Sunday
night lust as he entered his home. His
wife is the only eye witness that has
been found. She claims that a gun
leaning n a corner near the door fell
to the floor as her husband entered
and that it was discharged as he bent
over to pick it up. Graham lived sev
eral hours after the shot entered his
body but made no statement. He
died Monday morning.
Wilson Johnson, alias “Boll Weev
il,” is in the toils of the law again,
havinc bean arrested last night hv
Police Officers Kellev and Ham. He
is charged with having used the au
tomobile of Dr. E. W. Miller without
permission. It appears that while the
car was standing in the garage for
a time the negro removed the hinges
from the door and at various times
took the automobile out and used it.
Tite negro Is well known among po
lice circles, having been up a num
ber of times before for various
charges.
SEES NO EXCUSE
FOR FURTHER DELAY
Washington. Mnrch 7.—President
Harding in a letter written lust b#
fore he started Sonth informed rail
way shop crafts officials he saw no
adequate question of nrincinie war
ranting further delay In settling the
shopmen’s strike in all districts. He
declared the minority of interests in
volved was largely responsible for the
unsatisfactory conditions In some sec
tions of the country.
$14.75; Miss Addle Eagerton, $11.50;
Miss Margaret Nelson, $11.26; Mrs.
B. L. Hyman. $12.75; Miss Marie
Richardson, $8.25; Miss Eluise l?ole.
$14.25; Miss Myrtle Godwin, S6; Miss
Myrtle Stackley, $5.50; Miss Marv
Fetner, $6; Mrs. Donald McLaughlin.
*4.50; Miss Lizzie McIntyre, $4.25:
Miss Mary Graham. $6; Mrs. Louie
Palles, $:>.25; Mrs. Janie Parrott. $7;
Mrs. R. 1). Sanders, $2.25; Miss Noal-
ie Brigman, $2.50 ;Mlss Nora Mae
McMillan, $1; Mrs. J. E. Koopman,
$6; Ernest Haselden, $iH -Albert Tai
lor, $2.75; Mrs. G. R. Gaskins. $4.10;
Miss Salma Floyd, $1.75; Miss Doro
thea Waters, $5.50 Andrew J. Cole-
liopes soon to have the improvement
under way. It is hoped to cover as
much of the city as possible under
the terms of the present ccntract.
ENGINEERS ADVISE
USE OF CAST IRON
City Manager C. G. Brown, in dis
cussing the advisab’lily of property
owners changing their sewer connec
tions from terra cotta to cast iron,
stated today that tlie engineers hove
advised that this change ho made im
mediately on the street* where prep
arations are being made to lay the
paving. It wil,' be an expensive prop
osition to repair breaks in terra cotta
or clear tlie pipes from roots, etc.,
after the paving is laid, and expenses
ihat w'll fall altogether on the prop
erty owner. Mr. Brown stated that
al Iwho wish to make the change,
should call at the office of the city
clerk aud treasurer at once an,i make
the necessary arrangements. The
city is doing this work now at actual
cost.
FRENCH WILL ASK FOR
RATIFICATION OF TREATIES
Paris. Mar. 7.—The French govern
ment will ask the deputies to ratify
the. treaties signed at the Washing
ton Armaments conference, Marine
Minister Raibertl told th* chamber
today. - 1. !
RESIDENCE BURNED ( . ;
The residence of James Brewton on^
the eastern end of Day street was
destroyed by lire Monday night. The
residence was a total loss. The fire
truck crtuld not approach close to the
scene of tho fire because of excava
tions. Hose was stretched to the
lire by hand, but U wan impossible to
savt> the bouse from destruction.
GOVERNOR HARDWICK
WILL RESIGN TODAY
Atlanta. Ga.. Mar. 7—Governor
Hardwick, of Georgia, was expected
to announce his resignation today In
order to' accept an appointment by
Prwsident jHan’ing as special assist
ant Attorney General In charge of
war fraud prosecutions. He Is ex
pected to issue a statement later.
EDGEFIELD MAN IS
SENT UP FOR LIFE
Edgefield March 7.—Elliott ('til
breth. charged with killing Con
stable W. W. Edwards in Saluda coun
ty two years ago, was found gu’lty
here today and sentenced to life im-
prisonmew. This is his second trie,!
PLAY ATEVERGREEN
FRIDAY EVENING
Evergreen, March 7.—(SpeeiuD—
The' play, “tYubbin’ the Husband,"
will he presented at the Evergreen
school Friday night, beginning at
7.30 o’clock. The play is a three-act
comedy and is considered a very
splendid one. The actors have spent
a great deal of time getting ready
for the presentation and those who
attend ire assured of a full evening’s
entertainment. The door receipts
will be used for improving the new
school building
With this cash start. It will be easy
for any one of the above w-orkers to
complete the $21 necessary which en
titles them to one 100,009 Extra
Vote Coupon, and soon as one club
of $21 is finished the live-wire worker
is going to start after another club of
$21. Next week it will take $24 to
win 100,090 Extra Votes and the tlnal
week of the race It will take $27. so
the wise workers will turn In all Jios-
sihle while it takes the lesser amount
to win the 100,900 Extra Vote Cou
pons. • " 11
DISTBtCT 1
Florence
Mjss Margaret Gandy 542,450
Mrs. B. L. Hyiriin 539.350
Miss Ethel Werhan 639,000
Miss Marie Richardson 536,650
444,87*
435,275
435.225
.357,325
. 355,675
. 340.075
. 327,000
NEGRO IS HELD IN
CONNECTION WITH FIRE
Albert Taylot
Miss M|try Fetner
Mrs. J. E. Koopman
Miss Dorothea Waters ..
Mrs. Donald McLauchlin
Miss Lizzie McIntyre ...
Mrs. R. D. Sanders
Mrs. Louis Pallas 304,725
M ss Myrtle Stackley 251,000
Miss Stella Pope 250,000
DISTRICT 2
Scranton
Miss Mary Graham §47.5o0
Florence Gen. Del.
Miss Nea’ie Brigman 538,176
Klngbsurg
Mrs. G. R. Gaskins 486,600
Mars Bluff
Miss Nora Mae McMil(an 486,500
Florence, R. F. D. 1
Ernest Haselden 442.875
Lake City, R. F. D. 3
Miss Myrtle Godwin 440,01*
Timmonsville, R. F. D. 1
Miss Elolse Cole 406,900
Pamplico
Andrew Coleman, Jr 397,250
Leo, R. F. D. 1
Brs. Annie McDaniel ....... 209,500
Cowards
Mrs. Janie Parrott 254,500
Bannockburn, R. F. D. 1
Miss Add'e Eagerton 250,400
Timmonsville
Miss Margaret Nelson 221,350
Lake City, R. F. D. 1
Mias Selma Floyd 176,000
WIND BREAKS WINDOW
During the high winds which
swept the eity last night the large
plate glass in the west window of the
lliley Drug Company’s store was
blown Into the store and broken into
The owner of lhe build
Washington, Mar. 7.—Archibald W. |
Shaw, a negro laborer In the govern-j small lets,
ment printing office was held todav.ing stated todav that he had carried
•n eonnectlon with a (Ire that did plate glass Insurance for a number of
$15,000 carnage to the office on Mon- years but luid recently allowed it tu
day. .... jlapsa. L ■ • ■ -7