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THE FLORENCE DAILY TIMES THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES 27th Year Florence, S. C. Thursday Afternoon, March 29, 1923. $6.00 a Year BUDGET PROVIDES FOR ADDITIONS TO A. C. L. SHOPS HERE MOVnO FORM A NEW COUNTY FROM SECTIONS OF THREE Company To Spend At Least Hundred Thousand Dollars More TO ERECT NEW COALING STATION Florence Business Men Have Satisfactory Conference [ With Officials WOULD TAKE SECTIONS FLOR ENCE. WILLIAMSBURG AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES SATURDAY LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR THE tfiTY ELECTION GASQUE RE-ELECTED CARLINGTON COMES 'MASS MEETING ELECT WOMAN’S BUILDING PRESIDENT OF THE FOR FIRST GAME OF | DELEGATES BE HELD ! ATION ; SEASON TOMORROW HERE ON APRIL 7TH FAIR AS! COUNTY REGISTRATION BOOKS TO CLOSE SATURDAY EVE- NING. MARCH 31 MUST PAY TAXES ’ BY END OF WEEK ACCOMMODATE 300 i! ' 1 I » '‘i 1 • i •> :' < i —„i. | i v .i‘. U' : Hr"rsi S' < J I ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEET-|REAL LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME THREE NEW DIRECTORS OF TO WORK WILL BEGIN ON STRUC- INC OF^ FA|R HELD I EXPECTED AT HICK’S FIELD ! BACCO ASSOCIATION TO BE 1 TURE AS SOON AS PLANS ELECTED SOON '| CITY REGISTRATION BOOKS WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH APRIL SEVENTH In addition to the nearly $30,000 which the Atlantic Coast Line has expended in improving its property in F lorenc.e w thin the past several weeks, some of which work is going on now, the company has appropriated a part of the $26,000,000 expendi ture recently announced, a hundred thousand dollars more for the Flor ence shops and yards according to information given a committee of( Florence business men bv Mr. Delano, Hamsburg executive vice-president of the At (Georgetown counties, which has beer Irintic GoAKt Line nt 3, most rntis-1 * • a 1 factory conference held in his offices'° n f ° r R ° me ' irne ’ Wns l)Ut int ° Work All persons in Florence wish ing to participate in the munici pal election and who have not paid their strte and county taxes, •must do so berore the end of the week, as the county registration books close Saturday night, and one cannot participate In the elec tion unless these taxes are paid. The city registration hooks do not (close until April 7, but those appearin.: A move to form a new county from register,* must proKlulp receipts the lower ends of Florence and Wil of a.’l taxes paid not later than March and the upper end of'31. which is Saturday of this woek *' According to J. M. Lynch, city a*- torney, in order to reg ster for the HERE THIE MORNING TWO NEW DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN ELECTED FURMAN - CITADEL FOOT B/\LL CJAME TO BE THE PIC FEA TURE CF THE FAIR I A. H. Casque was re-elected presi- BEGINNING 3-30 O'CLOCK LOCALS ANNEX ANOTHER VICTORY ARE COMPLETED WIN FROM TIMMPNSVILLE HIGH GCHOOI. EY SCORE OF FIVE TO TWO COUNTY UNIT MEET WILL BE POSTPONED MASS MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE COUNTY COURT HOUSE DORMITORY COSTS HUNDRED THOUSAND WILL OCCUPY A LOT COVERING PRACTICALLY AN ENTIRE CITY BLOCK Columbia. March 29— Work on the FLORENCE PEOPLE i WILL NOT OPPOSE! » PERMANENT ORGANIZATION FOrI FORMING “PEE DEE COUNTY” ! IS EFFECTED I While the Florence high school | A mass meeting will be held in ident of the Pee Dee Fair Association ^ baseball ‘earn has alreany played and Florence at the court house April 7 new woman’s bui’ding at the Unlver- ’at the annual meet ng of the stock- ( * won two gimipa tms Reason. Conway by the members of the tobacco grow-! sity is to start as soon as the plans ^ holders held at 11 o’clock this morn-J and Timmonsv.lle both having gallen i Pr3 association in Florence county are completed, wh'ch will be within a ;ing in the o fico of E. D Salltnger. f th .® oiirlaugher of toe Yellow , for the purpose of selecting delegates j few weegs. according to Dr. W. D. Mel- the societal; In Wilmington yesterday. j The imnrovements contemplated here include the insiuthit on of more modern machinery in the machine miops and the erection of n new coal ing station which will he operated by electricity. It Is stated thnt the new coaling stat on will employ u number of additional men. Vear.'y two dozen Florence busi ness men called on Mr. Delano yes terday aid urged upon him the ad vantages which lb's city o'fers not only to the expansion or the Coast Line but for all other business enter- pr see seeking a location. The A. C. L. official received the delegation •erdiaitv ami expressed the greatest Interest in Florence and Us welfare. “Florence is peculiarly well sit uated to become a great citv,” sa d Mr. Dr» no “and you may rest as sured that it has the fullest sympathy tb P fV| «t Line in all ot its el- forts and the promise of our com pany to rise to all occasions along the line of Its development.” It n s at this juncture that Mr. De’ano an nounced the increased appropr ation for improvements Here. While u portion of the delegation was calling upon Mr. Delano others of the - number were received bjr 'Mr Kenly, the president of the company, who yesterday celebrated thetlst an i ing form last night when a large crowd of representative citizens, who wen chosen at previous meetings held in various r.eeiions of the territory, e’ect ed S. B. Poston, Johnsonv lle, S. C.. permanent chairman. J. M. (5. Eddy Hemingway, S C., secretapry and E M Husbands, Johnsonvi'l*} treasurer, and the collowing committees Com mitee on finance, C. A. Baxley. G. G Bullard W. D. Miller H. E. Eaddy, E L. Ard, J. B. Chandler, E. M. Husbands, E. F’ . Prosser and N. P. Kelly; com mittee on survey, M V. Cox, S.. Hasel den. Walter Poston and L. J. Powers. Committee on election and advertise me*’*, J. F\ Cribb. L. J. Powers, G. G. Bullard, O. G. Huggins, Dr. H. L i-iser. I. F\ Khem. G. it. Gaskins, Dr. K. L. Cockfield and L. J. Poston. The committee on election to elect a man out side their number to serve with primary a person must show a coun ty registration certificate dated prim to April 1, and receipts for all taxes due for the year 1922. In order to vote in the primary, a person must have a registration certificate en titling that person to vote in the cit> general election, wh'ch is to be held on May 1st. According to C. J. Gasque, chair man of the democratic executive com mittee, candidates for office cat\ enter the lists up to noon, April 7. Ti’e:: f rst primary will be held on April 10, Tuesday and should it be necessary to hold another one, the second will be just one week later. The general elect on on May 1, will ratify the nominations of the pri maries. Candidates are already button-hol ing peop'e on the streets, in business houses and even in their homes, C. C. Cannon, Esq., .iohnsonville, S C., as advisory committee. “Pee Dee county” »ilmost seems to be a certainty as the people in the sections affected are very enthusias tic over the move. Most of the terri tory in the proposed new county is from twenty to forty miles from the county seats of the counties affected People from' other sections of Florence county do not appear to be .opposed to the new county, and It is E. 1. Ar«V Esq., Hemingway, S. C. and i soIlciting ballo's. and are urging L. Vice-President Brand and other i officials of the system. The delegates returned home last night much pleased with the resuli of tho conference. SARDIS S. S. CLASSES HAVE EASTER HUNT will not make any effort to keep the Johusonville section from pulling out and forming a new county. UAIRYMEN TO MEET ON SUMTER FARM tint the citizens pay their taxes ana register for the primary. So far there docs not appear to be much excite I ment around over the election, but during next week, as one man ex pressed It. “You can expect the fur to begin to fly." The women of the c'ty are hecom ing deeply interested in tha elaction and the outlook now is that they wil' attend the voting places in rrge numbers to cast their ballots. PAGEANT COMMITTEES ARE NOW WORKING Rnrdls. !(torch ‘-*9. fSpec'aH—Mrs.' T. L. Benton and Mrs. S. M. Langston J MANY PROMINENT MEN IN THE will entertain thrir Sunday school) dairy BUSINESS TO DELIVER classes Saturday afternoon at Sardis* ADDRESSES. Baptist church, at 3:30 o’clock wilh an ‘ i.a ier egg hunt. All the member# of i c]emROn college, Marrb ? -The these classes nml their mothers are ' 1925 annua | meeting of tne South invited to atten I, and the children Carolina Dairymen’s Association will an; requested to bring some eggs with!, )e lu , lrt j„ na 14 ( , n the farm of M r. them to helo out what thev already i ^ jj- j C nnings near Sumter. A very have on hand. . _ I fine program is now being planned by Quiet a number of folks of this ; officers of the association, and the commun tv motored over to Florence , aw(lt lntf!r0i , t pyp,. shown in the as- Tuesday morning and heard ‘‘Billy ( Roclation is exp eeted this year, says Sunday delivered his sermon and they , prof j p LaMa gt e r, professor of all enjoyed it very much. dairying, who is secretary of the as- Mrs. Buck Langston is pending, soc| ' tlon- »!• 9 '-eek in F lorence with b'-r broth- , r4 „„ „„ er, Mr. Hatchel, who is very sick. , L. H. Bain, of Timmonsville, wn*'. a v sitor In this community Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Baker and ch ldren e» Few Zion spent Monday night and Tuesday hero with Mr. and Mrs. F .L. Anderson. Bruce Langston nnd Miss Clara Belle Langston spent Sunday in Flor ence with friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Lockhart and r bn,] r r, n visited friend* in Timmons- ville Tuesday. Miss Wylma Anderson spent Tues dsy in F’orence with friends and while there heard “Billy” Sunday preach. Little Jessie Baker has returned to her home in Tewzion i»fter spending his home at New ion after spending FAIR GROUNDS CONSIDERED AS POSSIBLE RITE FOR PRESENT ING THE PAGEANT jof Cowards lence, were ! M D. Har.'lec and S. 1. Sulzbacher were i elected new members to the board. The hoard of directors will hold a meet ing shortly and elect a secretory- treasurer. E. D. Sallenger will be re elected unanimously. It is practically assured that the Citadel and Furman football teams wil.i meet here again this fall for their big game of the snison. Citadel has already consented to come to Florence and it is confidently expect ed that Fuip*an will consent to come, however. Mr. Sallenger stated this morning that the Furman authorities team will he here. had not stated definitely that the The dates for holding the flair have been set for October 16. 17, 18 anti 19, tho week before the state fair in Columbia. “The fair was a financial success la it \onr.” stated Mr. Sallenger tnis morn ing, “and we are bending every efiort tu make it a gmit dea.l better in every respect for next fall. We are now taking up the matter of a midway at traction with a number of the lead mg carnival companies of the coun try. and there is little doubt that we have the best midwpy this fall that wc have ever had.” F’ield dav, when the schools of the •ounty gather for their annual athle tu; events will be a teature of the fair, and an effort is being made to bring In a gnvt deal more stuff from the county than has been tho case in prev.ous years. There was conslderab'e discussion about horse racing among tho stock holders this morning, the question be ing finally left up to the directors to handle. From expressions made, it is probable there w il be no trotting or pacing events pt the fair this year, as this part of the entertainment has o’-oved * financial iailuro during the past few years, and has never attrac- ul very many people to the fair out side of the people financially interest ed in the races. •ton and the Florence athletic teams j 12 o'clock noon, and it is expected I n P . hit r have been rivals, and through it all-. that several hundred members fr >m i ’ ^ e °* ^ wm ’ the best of feeling has prevailed To i all over the countv will lie in at-' f nri College. morrow afternoon the 1923 baseball | tendance, according to an announce-1 The new dormitory u to be Ideated team of the Darlington high school i ment given out by W. E. Lea, field j nn a owned bv the state, opposite will come for its annua! opener it) seivice director, this morning. Be-| ,,le university infirmary, part of an Florence and a regular game of base ball is anticioated by the fang of the citv The grime will start at 3:30 o'clock Rhatne will 1 kely pitch for Florence while Hines has been at signed to no the receiving Errors committed bv the Florence boys in the Timmonsville game has been point ed out to thorn bv Coach It name "in no uncertain terms" and it is not iikely that the boys at fault will be caught at them again Florence won from Timmonsv .’’c. yesterday » to 2 Byrd and McKnlght took the mound fir Florence and performed well. These lads have prov ed that they have genuine ability possessing pi a nty of speed and fairly j good control. Capps and Atkinson did the receiving Stone, Newbury, Keels and Smith in the infield played a consistent jiinie. In the outfield Gregg | Kafer and McQueen worked like: veterans. Kafer carried off the batting entire citv block on which there i« not a structure of anv kind, a tot used every year bv the Chautauqua* for the location of their ‘tents. The b'oek is surrounded by Green. Bull, the other counties Divine and PIcken streets. The now woman's building w II he three-stories in height and win con form in a genenal way to the architect "rn| scheme of the other structures on the university campus It will have i rooms to accomodate three hundred cause of the meeting the regular monthly county unit meeting lias heen called off. At the same time the meeting Is held in Florence, similar meetings will be held in throughout the tobacco belt. The date of the c'istrict meeting has not yet been announced, nor the place, hut. as one of them was held in FTor- ence last vear it is believed that it will be here again Directors of the association from j young ladv students. It will. It is said. South Carolina are Bright William son. Darlington; T. B. Young, Flor ence. and E. C. Epps. Mr. Young and Mr. Williamson were elected and Mr. Epps was appointed by the gov ernor. : Mr. Young and Mr. Lea will leave Florence this afternoon for High Hill, I Scranton, where take care of the needs of the un var sity in this direction for several years ahead. The new building is to he a unit of a general scheme of building, which the university booes will occupy the property where the new dorm torv is to be located, as the demands of tht* honors, biting safely twice, one of h.s address a joint meeting of the locals avals counting for a three nagger | n that section of the county. Mr. Coach Ithamn is fast whipping his Lea leaves tomorrow for Washing- team into league shape. The weather ton, N. C„ where he will address a to- has been somewhat pgainst successful j bacco meeting on Saturaay. practice out the preliminary games are sliow.ng up the weak spots and giving the coaches thryipportunity of cor recting them. It is hoped there wiill be a large crowd on Hicks Field to morrow afternoon. The game will bo well worth seeing. near Scranton, where they will ad-1 . - ress n local tobacco unit this even- ' U " lver8 f ' ty f “ r h , u ldlnE3 ^ m “ r ‘ ing. The two will be in Timmonsville i in next Monday evening, when they will One or more men of national repu- atation in dairy development work will appear on the program and with the good basket dinners which are al ways spread ’i* those all-day meetings of the associ >n, evory one interest ed in the’dairy cow may be assured of au interesting and enjoyable dav. There were 27!) farmers at the meet ing .last year, wh'ch was held on the farm of Mr. .lamer. L. McIntosh near Dovesville. Each of these 275 is sure to come to the 1923 meeting and bring some neighbor with him; so that at least fOO farmers and farmer's wives are .-xpected. Although cotton Is bringing a good price at the present time, many hun dreds of farmers are fortifying their position against the damages of the , . ... ., . i boll weevil by selling cream from a two weeks here with his grandparents. fcw cowg tQ the wrioi|R creameries Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Anderson. the glate an(1 aH of these cream- Chess Langston, of Timmonsville. I are report1nK increased busi- snppt the week-nd here with bis ^ j Dess sin( . e the first ol the year. All of which speaks well for the growth of rents. Mrs. Clem W. Langston hn* return ed to.. her home here, after spending several weeks In Timmonsville. Urn 1 guest of her son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrf. : Clarence P. Langston. Roy Langston, of Greensboro. N. C Is spending some time hero wiili roV lives. CHARTERS ISSUED TO SEVERAL FIRMS. Columbia, S. C.. MarMi 29—-Lieon’s Drug Store, of Spartanburg, has been authorized by the secretary of state to increase its capital stock from $6.- 000 to $50,000 With a majority of its officers worn en. the Realty Improvement Company of artsville, ha* been chartered w th a capital stock of $10,000. The officers are; E. H. Lawton, president: Mrs. I’ L. Wiggins and Mrs. M. L. Smith, vice presidents; Mrs R. L Wilds, secretary and Mrs A. L. Tiberlake, treasurer. A charter has been granted to the H. Y. Vance Cigar Company, of Green ville, with a capital stock of $10,000 H..¥. Vance is president and treasur er. and N. N. Vince, secretary and vice-president. _ _ the dairy industry of the stato and for the success of tho Dairymau s As sociation. BASEBALL SCHOOL TO BE LARGELY ATTENDED From the large number of reglstra- ! ons that are piling into the office of Community Service, the question is not how many teams will be in ■he boys’ league, but how many lea gues it will take to accomodate a'l of the teams organized It is ex pected that practically every boy In the city between the ages of 10 and 16 vevars of age will gather at Hirks Field Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, for the first session of the Junior baseball school, which will lead into the formation of a regular baseball league for F'oronce. Mrs O. B. Howie, of Harlsvi'le, has returned to her home after spend ing some t’me with Mrs. W. A. Dowling. Hairy in haste and make it snappy. As a result of the meeting of the executive committee of the pageant yesterday afternoon, work has already begun on staging the mammoth pro duction. The history committee met last night and outlined plans suf ficient for the committees on (’ances. costumes, and some of the others di rectly affected, to begin work. The question of a site for holding the pageant was brought up, and.the Pee Dee Fair grounds were suggest ed as being a most appropriate loca tion. The grounds committee and some others made a trip out to the grounds toi’ay to look over the place. All committee* arc hard at work todav. and plans are going forward rapidly for staging this pageant of the Old South during the Confederate state reunion here In May. Names for the pageant are already coming in. and all are asked to com pete for the prize of $5 that Is to he given for the name that is llnally selected by the eommlttee. A sam ple of names that have hern used for other pageants are the Keo.vee Trail, used at Greenville, and the Pel ican, used iti Louisiana. The history committee asks that persons who know of local happen ings of the periods taken In by the pageant which are not set down In history, to communicate v.-ith Commu nity Service and teil ef them. There will be a section of the pageant de voted to relics of the periods, and those who have any are Invited to put them on display at this time. HEALTH - OFFICIAL SPEAKS IN MARION AGENTS GO AFTER THE DRINKING MAN ORDERED TO ARREST USERS OF POCKET FLASKS ON RAIL ROAD TRAINS KNIGHT TEMPLARS. SPECIAL SERVICE PROMINENT WORKERS COMING TO FLORENCE OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS LEAD ERS TO APPEAR ON CHRIS TIAN ENDEAVOR PROGRAM. AT THE CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH EASTER SUNDAY EVENING 8 O’CLOCK Columbia', S. C, March. 29—Three hundred young people, representing practically every county of South Caro lina and a half dozen denominations will gather in Florence April 6-8. for I he stats Christian Endeavor rowth of the institution The dormitorv w : ll co*t Sinit.noo The legislature ippropnated this year $50/100. with a proviso that a I k® amount shall be appropriated next year. It Is planned to build the best possibla building with this amount of monev, one in which the state wlH take pride and which will be a credit to the university. President MetUon states that bids will be advertised for ns soon as the plans for the dormitorv has been com pleted. The erection of the bu ldinsc will take about eight months It Is “stimated. This means that it w'R bardlv be ready for orcumnev at t m open of the 1923-24 session, but wiM be put into use during 1924. possibly before tne end of the 1923 24 ses sion. Friends of the university, among men and women throughout South Carolina, are enthusiastic over ths Washington, March 29.— Watch your hip” is the new slogan placed before railroad travelers under the new order of Prohibition Commission er Haynes to stop promiscuous drink ing of intoxicating liquor on railway trains. Thirsty passengers, in addition to being exposed to the usual traveling hazards of life and limb, also are to have their hip pockets in constant danger, for prohibition agents under the order arc to arrest immediately anyone caught drinking liquor on trains. It became known today that almost immediately after Issuing the order Commissioner Haynes stepped aboard a train for a two-day trip. His itin erary and destination were keot se cret. and there were possibilities that to the commissioner himself might go the ‘ first blood” in the battle to dry up the railroads. Smoking cars and compartments, the gathering places for passengers, who rely on the hip pocket, are ex pected now to become a new .stamp ing ground for prohibition agents, all of whom have been admonished by Commissioner Haynes that “thev are on duty” whether traveling or at home. They have been told also that The Knight Templars will hold a special Easter service at the Central Methodist church Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. The sermon will be by Rev. G. T. Harmon, pastor of the church, who is past prelate. Delphi Commandery of Bennettsville. Sir Knights will be invited to ateend from all over this commandery, in cluding Darlington, Timmonsville, Lake City, Hartsville and a number of other places. The public is of course cordially Invited to attlind this service, the middle row of seats only being re served for the Masons. The Knights will gather at the temple here and march to the church in full uniform, and Dr. Harmon will speak ou the subject. “The Chivalry of Jesus.” This will be a very beautiful service and special music will be rendered by a large choir. All Blue Lodge. Royal Arch and Council Masons are especially invited to he in attendance. It is expected that more than 100 Masons will be 1 in attendance upon the service. legislature's action in appropriating .. , , {on ' imoney for the woman's dormitorv. The xentmn, and a program has been pre ' numb er of co-eds has so.increased as pared, which contains the nnmes of | ,„ tll «, nee(i for th is buYtiing sonio of tnp ou*stand ng religious lenders of the south Among the names on the program of this convention are those of Hr. H. H. Pilzer. associate pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Chatta nooga; Dr. John M. Wells, of Colum bia. president of the Columbia Thenlo- ghnl Seminary; Dr. E. B. Quirk, rv Atlanta, young people's worker for the Christian fD'sciples) church: Dr R. F. Kilpatrick, of Anderson: Rev. C. A. Niekles. of Charleston; Char'es F. Evans, Chattanooga, secretary of tne All-South Christian Endeavor com mittee; S. Wilkes Dandy, Columbia, field secretary of the endeavor imperative. EVANS LOT SOLD TO T. R. BARRINGER The sale of the Evans lot on East Evans St., formerly occupied by the Blue Bird tea Room, vas omde to day by the Florence Title Trust and Guaranty Company to Thomas R. Bar ringer. Tb** lot. measures 42 J-2 feet, n width by 145 feet, 'u depth. Tho price paid was approximately $609 a front foot Mr. Barringer experts or ; to improve the property he has just ganization in South Carolina: M as acquired before next fait with a stoi;e Mamie Gene Cole. Atlanta. Junior and office building of modern design, superintendent of the All-South En | The erection of such a building would comlcto tb" block on the north s ds of West Evans street, in one of the main business sections of the city. The PLAYGROUND COM. TO MEET TOMORROW The playground committee of Com- mun'ty Service and all those Interest- erf in playground activities In the cPy will meet tomorrow morn ng from 9:30 to 10:30 In the American Legion rootn 3 in tiie Goodstein bui'd ng, when plans ( for the observance of national play- they mqst do^thelr^dutv ^>n trains or, ground week will be taken up. Perma nent playground work In the citv will deavor organiation; and others. There will be numerous sociai features of this gathering, includ.ng the annual state banquet, wh'ch is j lot just purchased by Mr. Bsvringer a feature of the Flndeavor convention J was a part of the estate of the late every year. J. Arthur Flanagan, of | Dr. James Evans and it was for years Bowling Green. Is president of the j the s te of the office o? this beloved Endeavor organization in the state and physician, will preside over the convention ses-1 sions. Marshall Woodson, of Coium | alb. will be song leader for the con : n/xi n nrtTTnfll venfon. and Miss Virginia Taylor, of | |(j HOLU UU I I Uli Greenville * is to be pianist. here SHOW DISPOSITION Marlon. March 29—Dr. James A- Havne. secretary of the State Board of Health, delivered an interesting end forceful address at the annual reciprocity meeting of the club worn en of Marion at the Marlon Public Library on Tuesday afternoon. He dealt with the various phases of pub lic health work and referred to the special nursing unit which Marion now has. expressing the hope that Marlon county would establish a pub lic health department within the next few years. He emphasized the need of county tuberculosis sanitariums, and touched on malarial conditions in South Carolina, stating that the town of Marion was exceptionally free from this disease. Dr. Hayne was introduced by Dr. Rufus Ford, of this city. At the conclusion of Dr. Hayne’s'* address. Mrs. M. C. Woods, president * be separated from their jobs Commissioner Haynes’ order also was seen in some quarters as the first step in prohibition enforcement against the ultimate consumer. Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, only a few days ago issued a statement em phasizing that purchasers of intoxi cants were Just as guilty as bootleg gers. and had called upon the prohi bition staff to prosecute buyer as well as seller. be discussed aiso. Dr. N W. Hicks will give a short talk on playground work at tills meeting. LEGION WINS FROM P. P. & LIGHT CO. APPOINTS DELEGATES TO ILLITERACY CONFERENCE The American Legion team won over the Palmetto Power and Light Co. on the local volley hafl court last night. In a very exciting game. To night the Rotarians and the All Stpra will clash. of the Marlon Music Club, on behalf of the club women of Marlon, thank ed the speaker. , Representatives from the Conway, Mullins and Dillon clqbs were presen$ at the meeting. . „ THE WEATHER —o— For South Carolina; Cloudy tonight and Friday. Slightly warmer Friday. Fresh north east winds followed by east winds. Governor Thomas G. McLeod has ap pointed the fol.'owingg delegates to represent South Carolina at the ilLtera cv con.ereuce for southern states to be held in Little Rock, Ark.. April 1ft and 11. Miss Will Lou Gray, Dr Patterns in Wardlaw, superintendent of education J. H. Hope and William Banks of Columbia. Dr. F. A. Ed munds. of Sumter. J. Rlon McKissick. of Greenville and Dr. Henry Xelson Snyder, of Spartanburg. Miss Gray. Dr. Wardlaw and Coloned Banks are members of the state i'l'teracy com mission, as is Mr Hope, ex-officer. will be .a ’arse number of young peo ple from the vnaious Endeavor or ganizations to have parts on the con vention program. The convention will open with a se; siou Friday evening, and there will be morning, afternoon and even ng ses sion Saturday, with afternoon ami eve ning sessions Sunday. The Endeavor Society members in Florence are making plans give the vis.st ng young people a royal welcome to their city. A feature of the conventions sessions w il be singing by the Co'umbia Semi nary ciuartett. of Columbia. The Endeavor organization in South Carolina is mads up of young people of a half doen denominations. There are approximately 250 societies Hi South Carolina, and the registration.-*, of delegates are expected to rear three or four hundred, including the Flor- Vnce people who will register as dele-i j an . Columbia. S. C. March 28—Farmers of South Carolina are showing a dis position to hold their cotton now. after selling rath’r fraely during January and February, according to a state ment today by J. Clifton Rivers, state warehouse comm'ssioner. There are now in state warehouses about 90,000 bales of cotton, and more is being added every day be said Tiie greatest number of hales stored by this depart ment of the state this year was about 176,000 bales. Mr. Rivers said . , < DAILY MARKETS i gates. Miss Janet Jaeger, of Florence, is in charge of the registrations. Miss Olga Bryant, an orphan, giri who completed her high school course less than four years ago, is now auditor of a railroad in Arkansas. At a church wedding in Holland the bride always ©liters the edifice ou the right arm of the groom and goes out on thfc left |j4| o( her Jmsband. TENNIS MEETING TO BE HELD TOMORROW At 4 (Courtesy H. and B. Beer) New York Catton Open High Low Close 24.46. 24.63 24.32 24 49 Mav ’ ’ —29 01 29.05 28 33 28 65 julv , 28.16 28.35 27.61 27.61 Oct ..25 24 25.61 25.08 25.61 l )er , 24.72 25.05 24.61 24.61 New Orleans Cotton Open High Low Clos“ j an .24.03 24.23 23.98 2S.98 , Mav .. 28,50 28.56 27.68 27 TO o’clock tomorrow afternoon «t j„)y .. 28.06 2§.27 27.42 24.42 the office of Community Service there'Oct. -- .. 24.67 25.03 24.47 24.45 will he a meeting of all those interest' ed in the formation of a tennis as sociation. All persons in the city in terested in tenuis are invited to be at this meeting, as definite plans for the organization will be launched at this USS. Dec. -j 24.25 24.35 24.07 24.26 Mrs. Mary O’Toole, one of the five judges of the municipal court of Wash ington, D. C. first became interested in the law while employed as a court regorta ifi fiew Yar* Clt£,