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THE FLORENCE DAILY TIMES
THK LATK8T AtSOCIAT ED Pfiltt DISPATCH IS
27th Year
Florence, S. C., Tuesday Afternoon, March 13, 1923
$6.00 a Year
SENATE PASSES THE
SALES TAX MEASURE
BY A BIG MAJORITY
MEASURE IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR
THE COMMODITY TAX OF
HOUSE
FARM PRODUCTS ,
ARE EXEMPTED
WHY FLORENCE IS ! ' ! DEATH FOR GERMAN I THROWN BALL CAUSES
THE BEST TOWN IN
SOUTH CAROLINA
IN PATH OF GREAT
STORM LAST NIGHT
IS SUBJECT OF NUMBER OF IN- PROPERTY DAMAGE IN MIDDLE
TERESTI.NG TALKS WEEK- I STATES REPORTED TO BE
LY ROTARY LUNCHEON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
CLEMSON SPECIALISTS
BUY PROPERTY HERE
tha
and
PRACTICALLY EVERY OTHER
BUSINESS AND INDIVIDUAL
AFFECTED
Columbia, March 13.--The sales and
occupational tax bill was passed by
the senate tor’ay by a vote of 27 to {
10. The bill now goes to the house I
where ene reading only will oe nec- j
essary to dispose of it. it being an j
amendment to the house commodity .
tax bill. Strong opposition is expect
ed to develop in the house to the
measure.
The house has begun debating
160,000.000 road bond issue bill
Practically every individual
business in South Carolina, except
farmers would be taxed under the
so-called sales-tax bill introduced by
the finance committee of the senate
last nisht, as a substitute for the
commodities tax passed bv the house.
All gross rece pts of individuals or
firms would be taxed under this bill
one half of one per cent, with some
exceptions. Jobbers nnd wholesalers
would be taxed one tenth of one per
cent, on gross sales. No farm prod-
ducts would be taxed. Each and every
tax payer would be allowed a flat ex
emption of five hundred dollars,
Gasoline would not be taxed under
the mensure. Every firm or individ
ual in the state would in addition be
reciu'red to pay a license fee of two
dollars, with a penalty of $5 for non
payment. Any person or corporat'on
fulling to comply with the provisions
of the act would be subject to a fine
of not less than one hundred dollars.
The administration of the aot would
be in the hands of the state tax com
mission.
The bill does not inolude as sales
the transfer of property for chalitable
or educational purposes of from pa
rent to child or from husband to wife.
It Includes In the meaning of the
word compensation, which is taxable,
all rents, royalties, interest, divi
dends and gross receipts derived fiorn
any other source whatsoever.
The act provides further that every
person, or firm or corporation, who
shall receive any compensation or re-
aale of goods or property of any kind,
for services or profoss’on, labor, busi
ness or employment, shall be subject
to the tax, and the tax shall be meas
ured in accordance with gross receipt
or earnings.
The measure provides that r/l gov
eminent bonds, federal, state or local,
all federal government salaries, all
pensions, all gross receipts of charit
able, religious or educational institu
tions, a)l newspapers other than
dailies, all bntiks, and a\’ domestic
mutual protective associations shall
be exempt.
MEMBERS DISCUSS APPROACHING
DISTRICT CONVENTION BE
HELD CHARLESTON
ANDERSON STRUCK
BY HIGH WINDS
MAYOR tHREATRNED
BY FRENCtiftffiRAL
COfoJUSSION BRAIN
1 WHEN STRIKES BOY
ANOTHER DECLARES
FOR RE-ELECTION
AS COMMISSIONER
EACH HOUR COUNTS
IN REMAINING DAYS
OF TIMES’ CONTEST
BURGOMASTER AND FOUfl BUERl WILBER McELVEEN STRUCK ON J. F. STACKLEY ANNOUNCES IN-! CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT WORK
OFFICIAL!? BEING HELD AS HEAD WHILE HIGH SCHOOL TENTION TO MAKE THE TO THE LIMIT ARE LIABLE
HOSTAGES TEAM IS PRACTICING RACE ON HIS RECORD TO BE DEFEATED
STATE COKE PLANT
IS SEIZED TODAY
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
FOR TREATMENT
LED THE TICKET IN
THE LAST ELECTION
Rotarians at their regular luncheon
yesterday continued roll call r.~ s
aponses as to why “Florence Is the .
best town in the state” and manv J
were the convincing reasons given ns i
to why this Is so. ?
“Theee fellows certainly hate then J
town” facetiously remarked a visitor '
from North Carolina, “that much is j
evident from what they have said to- |
day.” Seriously, however, this visit- *
or was very much impressed with the
loyalty of all the speakers to For-
ence and declared that with such
“boosters’’ nothing could ston Flor
ence |from growing , and developinv
along the right lines
Dr. N. E. Winters, the specialist
who has been placed in charge of the
b(*ll weevil experiment station In
Florence, was a guest of the club.
Dr. Winters joined right in with all
the good things that had been said
about Florence and when called unon
for a short talk stressed the (tact
that Florence was not only the best
town in the state but it was the best
location in the country for the ex
periment station which the govern
ment had placed here. Dr. Winters
declared that he thought so well of
Florence that he had already bought
two lots here and aad started work
on his home, which is to be a two
story brick dwelling In Mapfe Park.
The speaker added that others be
lieved in the city also stating thaj
Prof. Blackwell of Clemson college
had also Just purchased property
here and was a prospective resident.
Dr. Winters made a most happy ad
dress nnd was loudly applauded when
he took his seat.
The club then discussed the ap
proaching Rotary district convention
In Charleston. A number of guests
took luncheon with the club yester
day.
COMMITTEE TO MEET
TO GGNSIDER ACT
A NUMBER OF PERSONS HURT;
FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS
OF GEORGIA
Chicago, March 13;—Resoratlon of
telephone and telegraph facilities in
the storm swept area between the 1
Kocky mountains and the Apalach-1
tans today brought additional detaVs!
of the storm, the dead nearing a to- 1
tal of forty and the injured i pproxi ’
inately two hundred. The damag,e
in’ renorted at millions of dollars.
The worst effects of the storm were
felt r»t Pinson and Deanhurg, Tenn..
where seventeen were killed and fif
•y to seventy-five injured. Roth
towns were v'rtually demolished
Citizen*! of the neighboring towns are )
raising relief funds
Nine are dead an<j eighty IniureP
damage estimated at close to a mil
lion dollars in central Kentucky. The
wind carried a Madison county. Ken
tucky form house fifty yards, kdlinc
three of its thirteen Inmates.
Two were killed in Ohio, one at
Massailon. and one at Steubenville.
The Michigan Public Utilities Is
reported to have suffered more than
a million dollars damage.
A heavy snow fell all over Wiscon
sin, breaking electric light and pow
er lines of twenty cities.
Communication facilities at Ander
son. S. C.. were cut off most of last
night by a heavy storm
A number were reported hurt bv
storms In Georgia.
I
FIRST STEP TAKEN IN PLANS OF IS
THE CIVIL MISSION
ENGINEERS
NOT BELIEVED THAT ANY
SERIOUS INJURY WAS SUS
TAINED BY ACCIDENT
ALL PRESENT COMMISSIONERS
EXCEPT ONE HAVE MADE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Essen, March 13.—Civil m'ssion en Wilber McElvecr, a student of the i Counc 5 lman J. F. Stackley today !
glneers, heaejed by the Frencn In-j high school’ snd a member of the announced his candidacy for re-elec-J
spector general of mines today sclz ' football , baseball and basket ball (t j 0n on |, oart j 0 f commissioners'
ed the state coke plant near Wester j ^maiy Sy TollowinT thlTalS j of the city of FMorenee - • Mr * Stack
held with 1000 tons of coke on hand. J Hicks field yesterday after- ha s ha d under consideration for J
The seizing party was escorted b: | noon in which he was struck behind | some time the matter of entering the I
a bat i.lion of troops. This is thet ,,1p par a ptl^'^d ball, and ren-, ra( . e ( 0 succeed himself and his an-*
first step in the realization of the ^ | nom.cement is primarily due he stat }
—- Plan. F.lty Polisn and Ger, ha(1 suffered from concussion but | ^ ^ P . ,e88ure _ th h a j j n *
SERVICES TO CLOSE
THURSDAY EVENING
slon’s plan. Filly Polisn and uer
man workers inrnediately began load there
ing the coke. Two thousand" enii; lo>
es the the plait struck. The German
population in the Recl^ nghausen
district has been warned by Genera.
Laignelott tint the Burgomaster oi
Buer and four other town officials are
held as hostages, and will he shot it
any more French troops are assassin
ated or ambushed.
CAUGHT IN FAKING
HIGH TEMPERATURE
GIRL BECOMES ILL
suffered from concussion but|fi today ’ ‘be P^HSure that
been brought to bear upon
was no fracture of the skull | h . s frJendg ‘
and no operation would be necessary.; m the last elet . t , stnckleey j
Mr. Mchlveen will remain at the ho*-. , . .. .. TI ’ . l
pit ’ until his recovery is complete. I ,ed the * k , k 6 * 6 P ,'
The accident occurred at base ball oneer cit,zen9 and busines * men ol
MISS EVELYN LYONS DECLARED
IN A REALLY SERIOUS CON
DITION TODAY
LARGEST WEEK DAY CONGREGA
TION ATTENDED METHODIST
CHURCH LAST NIGHT
HE3E IN INTEREST
OF ECONOMY HOME
MRS. G. H. MINER IS CALLING ON
FLORENCE FRIENDS OF THE
INSTITUTION
TO TAKE ACTION IN MATTER OF
SAVING LIFE OF CHILD SOME
TIME AGO
Mrs G. H. Miner Is in the city
representing the Kconomy Home of
Kings Greek. 8. C. Dr. E. W. Sikes,
president of Coker College, is one of
the trustees of this institution, as is
R. I). Covington, formerly of Flor
ence. who is now in business, in
Greensboro. N. C.
This home is located on the .Mne of
York and Cherokee counties, partly
In both, near Kings Mountain Battle
Ground, in the hilly Piedmont section
of the state, and is represented, as
one of the prettiest playgrounds in
the state. Emphasis is laid on the
face, that this Home is for a class
of children not regularly admitted in
any of the orphanages of the state.
As a rule, state orphanages do not
take children whose fathers are liv
ing, but this is not the case with
the Economy Home. “If the mothr«
ts dead and the father’s work takes
him away from home, we can all ses
that the child Is In need of a Home,
where It can he properly mothered
and trained.” mid Mr. Miner.
“Then, too, we lay spec'ai stress
on saving the child, from 12 to 16.
who is left without a home. It, sterns
that our church orphanages do not
take eh idren over 12 years old. We
will all agree with Mr. Spaulding, tlje
superintendent of this Home, that a
child 12 to 16, is exposed to more
temptations than at uny other,timp m
life, and they yield more readily at
this, lender age. Mr. Spauld’ng lays,
special emphasis op the. fact that
“This is not a Reformatory, but a
Savatorv.’ ”
Mrs. Miner Is a cultured Indy, hav
ing spent a number of years teaching,
nnd is in a position to know the
great need of a Home of this kln^
and Florence people will he inter
ested in her story.
A committee composed of Majors
Frank L. Harr’ngton. R. Lee Bmn-
r.on. John 1). Smyser and Capt. Frank
F. Barnwell has been appointed by
the war department to look Into the
'action of Corp. Flunk O. Staples, who
made a thrilling rescue of the little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mc
Pherson of Ciaussen in Florence sev
eral weeks ago. and report their find
ings to the department for such ac-
t'on as an act of this kind may war
rant.
The committee will meet at the
S. Vaughan Furniture company on
Thursday evening at 8 o’clocK to go
into the matter, and as none of the
members of the committee were eye
witnesses to the rescue, request is
made that as many as possible of
those who saw the act be present at
that time and appear before the com
mittee.
The recommendation of the com
mittee will b"' ^ased on the informa
tion given then: at this meeting, and
as the act of tap corporal was one
of the most dangerous and thrilling
that cou*d possibly have taken place,
he endangering his own life in order
to save that of thn little girl, it is
believed that n large number of the
eye-witnesses will he present
It will be remembered that several
weeks ago Corporal Staples leaped
upon the back of a runaway horse on
North Church street and by main
force brought the frightened animal
to a stop before it would have piling
ed headlong into a moving tmln.
The child of Mr. McPherson was in
the buggy and it is believed by those
who saw the act that the prompt and
instant action of the soldier saved the
child from probable instant death b^
neath the wheels of the passing train.
Although Corporal Staples his
since been transferred from the local
recruiting station to Columbia, any
action that might be taken in recog-
"nizing his brave act will be learned
with- keen interest and genera sat
isfaction l>v the citizens of Florence.
JAMES BRADLEY IS
GIVEN HIGH HONOR
The largest we:>k dav congregation
that has attended the Methodist
church since the revival serv'ces be
gan was present last night when the
Rev. J. W. Speake preached on the
subject of the duty of men to so live
ns to exert the proper infiiience upon
the young peoule of the community.
A general invitat’on was extended for
all those who wished to live In this
manner to come forward and practl
cally every body in the church re
sponded. Nearly every hind was
held up also when the preacher ask
ed how manv church members were
in the audience. The meeting last
n'ght was another splendid manifes
tation of the good that has been done
In Folrence since the revival began.
The serv'ces wil)! close Thursday eve
ning. There will be preaching morn
ing and evening Wednesday nnd
Thursday. It Is expected that the
great crowds will eonlinue as interest
in the services has grown every day
since they began.
EXCITEMENT PROVES
TOO MUCH FOR HER
GOES INTO HYSTERIA AND DE
VELOPS GENUINE TEMPERA
TURE OF 104 DEGREES
MILLIONS RECEIVE
GOVERNMENT AID
DISMISSES CLASS TO AT
TEND REVIVAL SERVICES
Immediately after the recreation
leaders class met last night at the
Junior high school building, upon mo-
t’on by Miss Margaret Wright, ad
journment was taken to the next reg
ular meet’ng two weeks hence, and
the members in a body attended the
revival • aervlees that are now going
pa at tfatf Methodist church; » l
James Bradley of Florence, a stu
dent at the University of North Caro
lina. was yesterday elected president
o# the Student Volunteer Movement
of the state of North Carolina." Thu
movement is a branch of the Y. M.
C. A. nnd its activities are confined to
association work in the colleges of
the country. News of James Brad
ley’s deserved recognition In con
nection with the splendid work that
is under way will give great pleasure
to his many friends In Florence who
have watchej his progress at the uni
versity with interest aa Weil as satia-
t J 4cuoh. ‘ ' ' >
Berlin.. March 13.—Nine mli’ion in
Germany are receiving nid from the
government according to a statement
made by Food Minister Luther before
the budget comm'ttee of the reichs-
tag. Six million of these are without
incomes worth mentioning, the minis
ter said.
According to Herr Luther the food
situation is much more sericus than
prior to the war. not only on account
of the smaller production but because
of the lower earnings of the work
men. The nvlk supply Is especially
bad In the large cities and prices are
prohibitively high for many persons.
Regarding the occupied area the
food minister said extensive supplies
of flour and grain were available,
sufficient for many weeks and that
the government had tiken steps to
provide fats, bacon and Vrd. In un
occupied Germany the bread grain
necessary for the period running into
the summer already had been assured
and the potato yield was plentiful.
DEPUTIES ASSIST IN
TAKING TAX RETURNS
R. B. Still of the state tax com
mission will be at the county court
house until Thursday night for the
purpose of assisting taxpayers in
making out their state income tax
returns. Mr. Still has a desk in the
couft room. Messrs. Lucas and 'Ro
per of the United States Revenue de
partment are also In the court room
making federal income tax returns.
The court room will be a busy place
until Thursday, March 15 when the
time expires for making returns for
both federal and state income taxes.
Gscanable, Mich., Mar. IS.—Miss
Evelyn Lyons, who perpetrated a
hoax on doctors by faking a tempera
ture of 114 degrees for 22 days, io-
day is really in a serious condition.
Exposure of how she used the trick
of touching a little hot water bottle
with the thermometer and her subse
quent excitement, proved too much
for her. She Is hysterical, with a
temperature of 104 degrees today.
The doctors attribute the woman's
stunt to an unnatural desire tor pub
licity.
A small hot water bottle concealed
under her arm was the secret of the
high temperature. While her tem
perature was being taken, according
to the physicians, she would start
coughing violently, remove the ther
mometer and touch the hot water bot
tle, sending the mercury to the top
of the tube.
By coughing, just before they put
the thermometer In her mouth, she
would cause a delay just long enough
to put the bulb against the small bot
tle, which was but 6 inches in length
and four Inches wide, and by Its color
resembling the nightgown perfectly,
the doctors said.
“When we placed the thermometer
under her arm she would cough and
in this way cause another delay and
then shake the miniature bottle un
der her shoulder and place the bulb
against the bottle again. Bv these
means the girl completely fooled ev
erybody who came to see the remark
able temperature readings. Her moth
er brought the hot water bottle to the
girl, unsuspectingly because of Eve
lyn’s complaining of a sore on her
back. “When confronted with the
charge of employing ingenious meth
ods of raising her temperature. Miss
Lvons declared:
••You took my temperature. Yon
saw the readings. It is not my fault
1* you read wrong."
Further questioning on the part of
friends and newspapermen w’ere of
no avail as she would neither affirm
nor deny the charge.
practice yesterday afternoon. Khame.
bo *'ounger. was in the pitcher's box.
McElveen failed to dodge one of his
M.gn inshoots successfully and the
ball struck him behind the ear.
Team mates Immediately rushed Mc
Elveen to the office of Dr. Hicks but
when he reached there his condition
was such tlat Dr. E. M. Hicks who ex
amined him. immediately carried him
to the Florence Infirmary. It v»'.s
feared at that time that the skull was
fractured: and that a surgical opera
tion would be necessary Happily
th's has not proved to be the case
and It Is hoped that the young ath
lete will soon lie himsfi'f again.
CONFEDERATE VETS.
TO ATTEND REUNION
Florence and the announcement of
his candidacy will be received with
pleasure by his friends. ‘All I wish
to say”, said Mr. Stackley today, is
that ”1 am always for Florence”.
The announcement of Mr. Stackley
for re-election leaves only one of the
present beard out of the race, Messrs.
Meeks and Barnwell having announc
ed for re-election some time Ego.
E. J. Smith, the other member of the
board, will not be a candidate, ac
cording to bis positive statement.
Other candidates in the race for
commissioner are S. I. Sulzbacher, J.
Kendall, W. H. Berry and E. W.
Baldwin.
Candidates for Mayor are W. M.
Waters, Thad Jones and Marshall
Bridges. Mayor Barringer has made
no definite statement as what he ex
pects to do in connection with the ap
proaching city election.
WILLIAM
HEALEY PAYS
PENALTY AT CORK
TEN WILL PROBABLY GO TO NEW
ORLEANS FOR THE ANNUAL
GENERAL GATHERING
At a meeting of the county pension)
board and a number of the Confeder-,
ate veterans at the courthouse yester
day morning In the office of thg
probate judge, the pension roll was
revised and the general reunion at
New Orleans next month discussed.
J. C. Lynch,. E. M. Ervin and J. W.
Brunson compose the pension board,
but on account of ilness Mr. Brunson
was not present.
Some fifteen of the veterans were
present at the meeting and 10 of tnem
indicated that they will probably at
tend the reunion in the Louisiana
eitv. They are: J. N. Parrott, Effing
ham; W. H. Floyd, Scranton; J. C.
Lynch. Coward; B. C. Truluck, Lake
City; W. P. CO)le, Kbenezer; S. A.
Harrell. Florence; A. W. Head, Flor
ence; J. W. Norton, Effingham: J. M.
Matthews, Lake City, and D. H. Han-
niforu. Lake City.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OUTLINES PROGRAM
Cork, May 13.—The Free State au
thorities executed William Healef
here today") He was convicted of
possessing arms.
MORE THAN INCH OF
RAIN FALLEN TODAY
RECORDS SHOW IT TO BE THE
GREATEST RAINFALL SINCE
OCTOBER LAST YEAR
The executive committee of the
general committee in charge of the
state Confedeiate reunion to be held
in Florence May 1-2, met at the may
or’s office in the city hall yesterday
and appointed committees and outlin
ed a program for the reunion. As the
speakers on the program and mem
bers of the committees contain names
from all over the state, the prognim
and list of committees were forward
ed to General W. A. Clark, the state
commander, for nis approval.
HEAD OF AUXILIARY
REMOVED BY DEATH
ALL STARS WIN ONE
FROM THE LINESMEN
The A,<l-8tnrft defeated the Palmet
to Power and Light company lines
men In a very interesting game of
volley h;>jl the local court last
night. This ’ was the only game
played, the other one being called
off. The All-Stars were scheduled to
meet the Rotary club and the Bank
ers were to go up against the Palmet
to linesmen. For some reason there
was a mixup and the Rotary and
hankers teams did not show up.
Tonight <f the weather permits the
American legion will meet the Bap
tists and the A. C. L. wyi take on
the Episcopal church boys. An Inter
estlng Pine is expected.
MR. AND MRS. SULZBACHER
ON AUTOMOBILE TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. S. Isadore Sulzbacher
will return at the end of tho week
from an automobile trip to Augusta.
Columbia, Savannah and Waycrosa at
which places Mr .Sulzbacher had bus
iness interests that required his at-
tentioa, * -
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Lincoln, Neb., March 13.—Mrs. Em
ma B. Manchester, for many years su
preme guardian of the Woodmen cir
cle, the woman's auxiliary of the
Woodmen of the vVorld, who was na
tionully known in fratenal orders,
d‘ed at the home of a daughter here
.’ast night.
PRESIDENT’S BOAT
STRIKES SANDBAR
Up to 1 o’clock this afternoon Flor
ence had experienced the preatest
rainfall s’nce early in October of last
year. Precipitation today was 1.1U
inches from 8.55 o’clock this morning
to 1 o’clock this afternoon, a period
of five hours. The rainfall on Octo
her was 1.72 inches, but over a much
longer reriod. the rain lasting till
day. From the way it has been rain
ing since 1 o’clock this afternoon it
is likely that the fajl will he around
2 inches by night.
Today’s rain has been a regular
summer ram. stated II. H. Gilbert,
who furnished the above figures. The
streets of the city were literally swim
ming during the hardest part of the
rain this morning and the storm
drains were taxed to their capacity
to carry off the water which ran in
sluices ^'ong the gutter.
Today’s rain and wind i 8 heieved to
be the final spasm of the severe storm
that ha# swept over parts of Tenues
see. Kentucky and other states during
the past few daya, killing scores of
people, injuring many more and do
ing damage to property that will run
into the millions.
So far the power lines of tho Pal
metto Power and L'ght Company com
ing into Florence have not been af
fected by the storm, according to
Manager Brown of the Florence of
flee. There was some delay in tele
graph communication between Flor
ence and Columbia, it was reported.
FIRST DAILY CASH
BE AWARDED TONIGHT
i
CHARLES STOKES IS THE NEW
EST CANDIDATE TO ENTER
LISTS FOR PRIZES
Eleven fays Is the length of time to
travel and then the $1,750 Studebak-
er Light Six Sedan will belong to.
somebody besides the Florence Daily
Times. Also the $607.2p Ford Coupe,
the two $464.72 Ford Touring Cars
and the two £166 Radio Sets will be
under new ownership.
Not Much To Say
At this stage of the contest there is
not much to be said, except auy con
testant who lets one single hour of
these remaining eleven days go by
without doing something to secure
subscriptions is flirting witn Sifeat.
Go the great clock of time there is
but one word, “Now,” and it is a pe
culiar Tact that ‘‘now” spelled back
ward Is ’’won.’
See Standing
In an advertisement on another
page in thia paper is printed the
standing of contestants. Some names
have been dropped for failure to pay
attention to the only requirement set
up that labels a person as an active)
contestant, namely, that a contest
ant must turn in at least two yearly
subscriptions each weeK of the last
three weeks of this campaign.
No Entrants After Saturday
No new entries will be accepted
after Saturday. The latest to eiitel‘
the race is Charles Stokes, a studeui
of Junior High school, and son of
C. E. Stokes, the North Dargau street
grocery. Charlie said “I feel confi
dent that I can at least win one of
the Fords.” Here is more power to
your candidacy youug man.
A Daily Prize
Announcement In Monday's Flor
ence Daily Times that this paper
would award $5 dally cash prizes for
four days, beginning Tuesday night
at 6 p. m.. and also $31) in cash next
Saturday, started subscriptions flow
ing into this office, in ft steady stream.
The first $5 goes tonight at 6 p. m.
to the contestant w’ho turns in the
greatest amount of cash subscription
business for the two days, Monday
and Tuesday. Then 6 p. m., Wednea-*
day, $5 will go to contestant turning
in tb» greatest amount of ’ash busi
ness from Tuesday. 6 p. m. $5 goes
to the contestant turning in the great
est amount of business from 6 p. m.
Wednesday, until 6 p. m. Thursday.
And the final $5 dally prize will vo
to the contestant turning in the great
est amount of business flom 6 p. m.
Thursday until 6 p. m. Friday. Satur
day, $10 and $5 will be awarded con
testants who iurn in the greater, ^nd
second greatest amount of cash sub
scription business in each district for
the week.
DRUNK MAN IN COURT
ON TWO CHARGES
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., March 12.—-
Unless an unexpected change Is made
President Harding nnd his party plans
the usual round of golf while the crew
of the house boat “Pioneer” surveys
the possibility of reaching Miami to-
morrow. The boat yesterday was de
layed bv striking sandbars in the nar
row channel.
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New York Cotton
Ouen High Low Close
March 30.80 31.03 30.70 31.03
Mav 31.05 31.26 30.97 31.26
. " July 30.10 30.30 30.02 30.28
*;Oct 26.50 26.62 26.42 26.60
i Dec: 25.95 26.08 26 90 26.04
New Orleans Cotton
Open H’gh IjOW Close
30 65 30.76 30.64 30.75
30.40 30.77 30.40 30.74
29.85 30.27 29.86 30.22
i 25.95 26.18 25.93 26.16
....25.66 26.73 26.63 25.71
Ed Pack confronted the recorder
on two charges ’his morning in ro-
lice court, one for being drunk and
disorderly and the other for resisting
an officer and “cussing” out the po
lice force generally.
According to the police. Pack was
drunk In front of the hotels on Evans
street and showing to the public just
how good ue felt. When PoPce Of
ficer Johnson came upon him and at
tempted to place the man under ar
rest, he res'stqd and tfyyy had quite
a struggle on the street. Finally he
was quieted down* and brought to the
police station, and it was then he
i roceeded to tell the department just
what he thought of all policemen,
singly and collectively.
DECIDED IMPROVEMENT
FOR SAMUEL BOMPERS
“PICKLED” LIQUOR
IS LATEST DRINK
NOSE OF OFFICER LEADS RAID
ING PARTY TO CACHE OF
BOOTLEGGER
“Pickled liquor” Is the newest
drink that is now being put out, ac
cording to evidence displayed at the
police station this morning. In this
instance a fruit jar of “moonshine’'
was buried in a keg of brine, which
had formerly held salt mackerel.
According to the officers, a raid
was made last night on the place of
Ahe Merrit.n noted blind tigei* of
Mulberry street, and when the offi
cers dashed inside his store they
found him with his hands wet. hut
could find no trace of liquor. One of
the officers, it is said, took a smell
of the man’s hands and the smell cor
responded exactly to that of salt
mackerel. With this as a claw the
officers searched out the keg and
found a fruit jar submerged in it.
The Jar was empty hut the brine
smelt strongly of liquor, so part of
the contents were taken to the la
boratory to be analyzed. Until tna
proof of the test is reported Abe is at
liberty under heavy bond.
BIG COTTON SALE
MADE FOR FARMERS
Springfield, Mar T3.—One of the
largest deals handled for a long rune
here was completed yesterday wnen
E. J. Boland, president of tha ITrat
National bank of Sprlngkeld. sold 650
bales of cotton as a unit for the Var
ious farmers in this vicinity for 30
cents, basis middling.
This lot was bought by J. A. Por
ter, cotton dealer of Barnwell and
handled locally by S. W. Dibble cot
ton dealer. The total amount at me
deal was above $100,006.
BANK BILL PASSES
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March .
May ..
July ..
Old. u.
Dec.
Local market 30c, basis ol piddling.
New York, March 13.-Anxiety over
the condition of Samuel Gomners.
who suffered an attack of influenza
and bronchial pneutftonla, was t amov
ed by phys cians to Lenox Hill hos
pital, who reported the elderlv ne
tient much improved and sa ! d he
might be cons'dered out of danger.
It Is believed that the cris’a has
been safely passed.
Columbia, March 13.—Tha House
Monday night passed Senator Mc
Ghee's hill providing that no one per
son shall lurrow from a state bank
more than ten per cent of the capita’,
and surplus, or not mote than tifteeu
per cent with the consent of two
thirds of the directors. The measure
was amended so as not to apply to
loans now in process of liquidat'on.
it. goes back to the senate for con-
curence in this amendment and 4htn
goes to the governor fo;- his sijua ;