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.v'. .^.. ^ ^ ' * >? i ^MHP* ? . ' '*\' ' ' , , -. .< f ' " BsUbliahcd in 1891. k FOBT Wn.T., 8.0., THURSDAY JANUARY 22, 1920 : SL2B Per Y?ar. t PRESIDENT GREETS MEN OrpiCAS A; THE LEADING FINANCIERS OF 21 REPUBLICS GATHER FOR x. & FINANCIAL CONFERENCE. ( BARRETT WELCOMES VISITORS Beoretary Glass, President-Genera' of ths Conference Occupying the Chair at Opening 8ession. Washington.?"Marked by the presence of the leading financiers and busness men df the twenty-one republics of the western hemisphere, the second Pan-American Financial Conference opened here for the consideration of : :niernation".i problems arising from the return of peace. President Wilson sent a message of Craeting, declaring that Pan-America sought no selfish purpose in assisting world -feconstruction and would regard it as a privilege to fulfill the obligations imposed by the great advantages enjoyed by the people of these republics. Secretary Lansing brought out the same idea in addressing the deleggtei p, when he said the gAlfreriOftS aocepted the burdens thrust *V>pOft the $pw world by the war. f Welcoming the visitors to the build Ing^of the Pan-American Union. John Bhrrett, director-general, spoke of the union's moral influence in preserving peace and building up commerce. Secretary Glass, president-general of the conference, occupied the chair at the opening session. BRYAN ANTI-PROFITEERING AND PUBLIC OWNERSHIP IDEA. New York.?Profiteering and public 'Ownership were declared by William Jennings Bryan to be two of the great . Issues on which the coming presidential campaign should be fought THOUSAND CA8ES OF FLU ^ 8AID TO BE IN HAVANA. Havana.?Many cases of Influenza have been reported in this city, but no authoritative statistics are available. A newspaper report states that 1.000 cases have been found here, hnt this has not been corroborated. PROHIBITION AMENnMRNT 18 TO BE GIVEN ANOTHER TEST Washington.?Validity of the federal prohibition constitutional amendment Is to be determined by the supreme court, which granted the state of "Rhode Island permission to tnst'tute original proceedings to test It and enjoin the enforcement in that state. HOLLAND 18 REMINDED OF . . . . . ne? IN 1 tKNATIONAL DUTY Paris.?Holland is told in the allied note 'demanding the extradition of former Bmoeror William that she w'll fiot "fitfflll her International ctuty" If she refuses to associate herself with the entente powers in chastising crime committed by Germans during the war. AMSRICAN RED CRO88 WILL LEAVE SIBERIA VERY SOON Washington.?Orders providing for withdrawal of American Red Cross personnel from Siberia at the time American troops start homeward have been cabled it was announced to headquarters at Vladivostok of th? mm. mission headed bv Lieut. Col. Rudolph Teusler, of Virginia. Sfc Tnf^W amtrian school children > \1 ;4.8UFFERlNQ .much for food Paris. ? Representatives of the American mlss'on for the relief of children have Just finished ap examt' nation of school ch^ldrefi lh Vienna and found, according to a dispatch received by the Austrian delegation here that 97 per cent of them,are suffering from lack of food. army transport powhatan ! !n no ^ immediate danger - > .Newv Tork.V?The army transport 1 FpWijhtan, In d Strega abotit 700 miles of New Vork, reported by wire-, ^tdp* tobthe array transport offices hero although she was leaking and her dOjlwiroom flooded, she was In "no ?ltftk<tf{ate danger." - The BOO passen"calm and comfortable." the ^cKfflr anld. When the sea be-tofi&ei smoother, the passengers will be v irbnsferred to the White Star J^ir Cedric, which Is standing by. u^^teer nurses fighting \ check spread of flu . -^?3ifyjggo.?-Chicago's health departwWfc Y?B swamped with appeals for combat the spread of In'^pp^and pneumonia, of which more 0^00 cases hare been reported 'MfflBl*** *8 hours with SO deaths. department officials declared needed at least 10,000 nuraes ?lWij?iipeneerlee. began a surrey ot VjSk-ymf to aid In relief measures. RATIFICATION THE WIN IDEA | Mvocatei His Plan of Withdrawal of Democratic Participation Should Efforts at Compromise Fail. Washington. ? At a bi-partisan j 'round-table" conference of senate leaders late formal negotiations toward a compromise on reservations to the peace treaty were Inaugurated. . While no agreements were reached at the meeting, which was partlcipat- 1 ed in by four republicans and five | democrats prominent in recent informal negotiations and which lasted two hours, another meeting will bo held, g Another development in the treaty situation wa* a visit to the capitol by William Jennings Bryan, the former secretary of state, who conferred with several republicans as well as demo:ratic senators, urging an Immediate ^ aompromise on reservations and ratification of the treaty. He also advocated his plan of withdrawal of democratic participation in tl voting on the treaty if a compromise 8 should fall. h A NEW HIGH LEVEL MARK IS t) REACHED IN PRICE OF PORK. a 8 Noblesville, Ind.?Chiefs Best, a n spotted Poland-China hog, brought 11( $35,000 in a sale here this week. This y is said to be a new record price for ^ one hog. c P GERMAN REDS URGE EMPLOYES TO ORGANIZE INTO COUNCILS. g ' Berllii^?A communist manifesto n urges the Immediate election of revo- .( lutlonary employes' councils In all ^ industrial establishments. c SECOND DEGREE MURDER IS ' F VERDICT IN CASE OF NEW P Los Angeles, Calif.?The Jury re- C turned a verdict of murder In the second degree In the case of Harry S. New. New was charged with the murder of Miss Freda Lesser in July. a n TkZRMS OF PEACE TREATY fc WITH HUNGARY DELIVERED, t] II Paris.?The terms of peace for Hun- t gary framed by the pence conference were handed to the Hungarian delegation here. The Hungarians were glv- " en 15 days in which to present their observations. WORK TO BEGIN LOOKING TO ? RETURN OF AMERICAN DEAD H tl New York.?The army transport " Powhatan, for Antwerp, Belgium, has ? on board a party of 75 former service !fl men and officers who will visit the P battlefields to begin the work of returning the bodies of American sol- g dler dead to this country. GENERAL REVIVAL OF WAR 18 NOT IMPROBABLE SAYS BLISS R Washington.?General revival of j s war in Europe if Poland is unable to * withstand the Russian bolshevik ' ? armies, is" not "improbable" General d Bliss, who was a member of the n American peace delegation, told the house ways and means committee. " e SOUTHERN CITIE8 APPLY FOR MAIL 8ERVICE BY AIRPLANE. * Washington. ? Postmaster General Burleson has received applications from more than 125 cities, more than one-third of which are in the south- e ern and southeastern states, for ex- n tension of the present airplane mail h service to their communities. The n list Includes Chester and Spartanburg, 8 C.; Charlotte, Gastonia, and More- ? head City, N. C. d II SOUTH CAROLINA TO REJECT M SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT. A Columbia.?The resolution for the ratification of the Susan B. Anthony amendment to the national constltu- ^ tlon for equal suffrage will be reject- ? ed hv the South Carolina general as- j.a sembly. . I1 By no hazard or combination can 8 the resolution be assured of passage p by the necessary two-thirds majority. its opponents say that it will fail 1 by a two to one vote. n THE FLAX OUTPUT OF THREE C COUNTRIES BOUGHT BY BANK. Washington.?An agreement with Lithuania. Lctvia and Flathonla to sell * the'r entire flax output has been con-1' eluded by the National Metal & Chem- : f leal Pank of London. according to a f dlanatch to the department of Justico. n Relief for the world wide linen short- c ace, caused hy the failure to market d the "Russian flax crop, which former- a ly supplies the bulk of the world's 8 looms. Is expected to follow the opening of these sources of supply. d KING OF KURDISTAN HAS F BECOME BOLSHEVIK LEADER Paris.?Enver Pasha, former Turkish minister of war, who was recently J elected king of Kurdistan, has started d a bolshevik revolution In Turkestan, Afghanistan and Baluchistan. Enver " Is said to have many followers and Is n directing his energies against British tj prestige in southwestern Asia, the ul?' c t'mate aim being India. Large sums t of money. It is reported, have been o DANIELS MUTE AS 1 TO ADMIRAL SIMS \ MANY CRITICS ARE READY TO BELIEVE ANYTHING THEY HEAR ON THE CABINET. 1 t OPERS HAVE KOT RECOVERED < 1 i leiiate Committee on Naval Affairs to , Broaden Investigation to Sift to f Bottom the 8ima Charges. t t Washington.?The Slms-Daniela out- f reak has aroused Washington's offi- 1 ial and social circles. * The first shot of Admiral Sims went ? brough and hit the mark, but the%, econd one seems to be flaring back on 1 lim. i Secretary Daniels takes the posi- t Ion that it Is improper for him to say ? nything before he goes before the enate committee. He will let Ad- I liral Sims finish and then he will estify. A great many critics of the /llson administration are ready to beieve anything about members of his i ahinet, and a southern member is & referred for attack. \ 1 The drinking public are inclined to r me wnn tne secretary in the affair. t It appeared that the senate comlittee on naval affairs will broaden ( :s investigation of the navy department in order to sift to the bottom the harge of Admiral Sims that he did not eceivo proper support from the de- ^ artment during the war. i v a LEMENCEAU'S TITLE MAY BE "SAVIOR OF HIS COUNTRY." Paris ?A number of the senators nd deputies are circulating among the lembers of parliament a resolution t o confer upon Premier Clemenceau t he title of "Savior of the Country." j t is proposed to pass an enabling act ] o make this title official. l AUL DESCHANEL 18 ELECTED TO PRESIDENCY OF FRANCE. c Versailles.? Paul Deschanel was t lected president of the French repub- e c by 734 votes of the 889 members of he national assembly voting. His < lajority was the largest since the lection of Louis Adolphe Thiers, the rst president after the fall of the emire, who was chosen unanimously. ^ t (ATE FOR JEWI8H PALE8TINE J WEEK 8ET FOR FEBRUARY 1-8 c I New York.?Over 5,000 Jewish oranlzations throughout the United tates will observe "Palestine Week" 'ebruary 1-8, the week of the coming f Spring in the Holy Land, when e rive will be beld, whose purposes are either to enroll members nor to raise unds. but merely to Inform the pub- J 1c of everything known regarding Palatine. r , c 1 ANY FLUE AND PNEUMONIA DEATHS OCCUR IN CHICAGO. ? Chicago.?Twelve deaths were causH in rhlca PA hv in fl lion -?o sn/i 1 AAO ew cases were reported to the cltjr ' ealth commissioner. Pneumonia ' umbered 152 with 34 deaths. c Comparison of the figures with those 1 f the 1918 epidemic show that the ^ isease is spreading more rapidly than 1 ; did a year figo. 1 kFTER THIRTY-8IX HOURS 18 1 BULLET REMOVED FROM HEART Omaha.?A surgeon at St. Joseph's ospital here took the heart out of ' Iteve Vakich. an Austrian who had I hot himself, removed the bullet from r he heart, replaced the organ and I ewed up the incision. Zakich is now t radically out of danger. c The operation was performed when he bullet had been in Zakich's heart f early thirty-six hours. J J JENERAL WOOD WRITES LETTER SETTING OUT HIS POSITION C New York.?A budget system far rovernment finances "was advocated y MaJ. Gen. Leonard Wood, candidate a or the Rpeubllca'i nominatinr. for b resident in a letter read at the an c nnl dinner of the Queens chamber of ,r ommerce. He also urged "a square n leal for labor and for capital; no t utocracy for either." adding that they; hould "pull together." v "The slogan of today is-law and or* ler and no class legislation," <he said.:' |P REMIER LLOYD QEORQE HAS PASSED HIS 67TH BIRTHDAY E London.?Premier-Lloyd George has ust celebratejk his flfty-sev nth birth* lay. ^ In his stormy political career, the " little Welsh Wizard" has experienced nany ups snd downs, being perhaps 8 he most venomously attacked politi* r Ian of his time a few years ago, but 1 nday there is little venom among his pponent* and practically the whole ' Iritish nation nnited In wishing birth* WAR ON INTOXICANTS ONLY Until Tobacco Haa Effect of Liquor, No Legislative Crusade Against It May Be Expected or Feared. Washington.?Denying that the re:ently inaugurated anti-saloon league :ampaign for $25,000 000 was for the purpose of securing funds with which .0 wage a legislative war against tobacco, Fepresentative Upshaw, Democrat, Georgia, a leader in anti-saloon eague councils, declared in a etatenent tfke opponents of prohibition vera attempting to divert attention rora enforcement of prohibition laws >y raising false issues. The proposed und, he safcl, would be used to aid enorcement of prohibition laws in the Jnited States and to help wage pro- j lihition campaigns In other countries. "Until taking a chew of tobaccoo j ?r Bmoklng a cigar dethrones a man's -eason, making him go home and beat lis wife and shoot up the town, there vill be no legislative crusade against obacco," said Representative Upihaw's statement. REVENUE OFFICERS ARE TO BE SPURRED TO GREATER ACTIVITY Washington.?North Carolina reverne officers will be spurred to greater iction aguinst moonshiners and bootncronro Kv fKr? K??.? 1^*--- ? * ? .DD^.U u>o iiix i cuu ux imvi uoi rr?e> lue after the 16th, when the probibiion amendment goes Into effect. CHINESE BOLSH EVIKI ARE TO AID RUSSIAN SOVIET TROOPS Liondon. ? Russian soviet troops. vhioh have reached B&ilal station al-! nost 400 miles east of Taiga, will be ilded by the Chinese bolsheviki, aclording to a Moscow dispatch. .INCOLN, NEBRASKA 8ECURES NATIONAL PROHI CONVENTION Washington.?The national execuIve committee of the prohibition party ias selected Lincoln, Nebraska, and ruly 1.2 as the place and time for the 920 national convention of the party. MORE EARTHQUAKE DEATHS REPORTED FROM MEXICO CITY Mexico City.?San Joaquin, a village if 3,000 inhabitants in the Jalapa disrict, state of Vera Crux, was destroyiy by an earthquake. 1TEAMER AFRIQUE WRECKED; 400 LIVES BELIVED LOST La Rochelle, Prance.?More than 400 lersons are believed to have lost heir lives in the werck of the steamer Ifrique on Roche Bonne shoal. Bay if Biscay. Only 57 survivors are mown to have landed. AMERICAN WAPAMID r?*re o/m * ? ? MAY LAND TROOPS AT FIUME: Belgrade.?It is believed the Amercan warship off Pola Is going to iMume, where it ts stated she will be oined by allied vessels which will and men to replace Italian troops as non as a decision is reached at Paris egardlng the future status of that lty. IEN ATE 8UB-COMMITTEE 18 INVESTIGATING LYNCHING8 Washington?Inaugurating its invesIgation of recent race riots and lynchng over the country, the senate Judl:iary sub-committee entnisted with he inquiry i^der a resolution Introluced by Senator Curtis, Republican, (ansas, and adopted by the senate, net to hear testimony. HIRAM J0HN80N TO RUN IN ' NORTH CAROLINA PR1MARIE8 Raleigh.?Hiram W. Johnson, Caliornla senator and candidate for the residency of the United States, will un in the North Carolina primary and ! le wires asking everything Incident o the race save the "costlvity" there>f. . In offering to run m a state comnitted aforetime to a favorite eon, feter C. Pritchard. Senator Johnson uns true to spectacular form. iOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA ASKS FOR STATE BUDGET SYSTEM. Richmond. Va.?Fa'llng to request 1 n appropriation for the state prohiiltion department, but making speial recommendation for schools, oads and hospitals, Governor Westnoreland Davis appeared in person o deliver his address before the genral assembly of Virginia, which cononed here. He urged a budget sysem for the state and recommended 1,000,000 increase in annual approbation for public free schools. IREWERY 8T0CK OWNER8 ARE RECEIVING FINAL DIVIDENDS. Providence, R. 1/?Stockholders in >cal breweries expect to receive what lany believe their last dividend, a (vision of the beer or ale in stock ince operations ceased several lonths ago. The James Htinley Brewtig Company sent each of its stock* olders two barrels of its product at/ sr receiving permission from the insrnai revenue officer, and other reweriee announced that they would FIRST MEETING OF LEAOUEJR PENCE REPRESENTATIVES OF GREATER NATION8 CONVENE IN MOST MEMORABLE SESSION. LEON BOURGEOIS IS CHAIRMAN i m First Act, Appointment of Committee to Trace Frontiers of Territory of the 8arre Bssln. Paris.?Representatives of France, Great Britain, Italy, Qreeco, Belgium, r Spain, Japan and Brasil. members of the council of the league of nations, met in the French foreign office for the first meeting of the league. The council organized by electing Leon Bourgeois chairman and confirming the choice of Sir Eric DrurnmoIRl, of Great Britain, as general secretary. The first official act of the council was the appointment of a commission to trace upon the spot the frontiers of the territory of the Sarre basin. Leon Bourgeois, French representor tive, who presided, said: "The task of presiding at this meeting and inaugurating this great international institution should have fallen to President Wilson.' We respect the reasons which still delay final decision by our friends in Washington, but express the hope that their differ ences will soon be overcome anil that a representative of the great American republic will occupy the place waiting him among us. The work of the council will then assume definite character and will have that particular force which should be associated with our work. # INFLUENZA IN VIRULENT FORM RAGING IN CHICAGO. Chicago.?Five hundred and twentyfive new cases of influenza with seven deaths were reported as developments of 24 hours ending at 10 a. m. ^ REPORTS OF CAPTURE OF KOLCHACK ARE CONFIRMED London.?The reports of the capture of Admiral Kolchak, head of the all-Russlan government In Siberia, have been confirmed. It is declared In a Moscow wireless dispatch. NEW TURKO-GERMAN ALLIANCE 8AID TO HAVE BEEN FORMED Salonikl.?A telegram from a Greek source received here says that the Turkish military authorities at Marzlfoun, Anatolia, received a message reporting that a new alliance between Germany and Turkey is about to be concluded. UNITED STATES MARINES HELP REPULSE HAITI EN BANDIT8. Washington.?United States Marines and Haltlen gendarmerie repelled an attack on Port-au-Prince, the Haitien capital, by a force of 300 bandits, more than half of whom were killed, wounded or captured after being pursued outside the city. JAPANESE READY TO CONFER WITH CHINA ON 8HANTUNG I Honolulu, T. H.?The Japanese foreign office has announced that a formal note will be sent to China asking the appointment of a commission to negotiate with Japan regarding the resoration of Shantung. MEXICO TO MAKE ATTEMPT TO 8ECURE FRONTIER OIL LANDS Douglas, Ariz.?The government of Mexico has resolved to buy or acquire by condemnation proceedings all or oil lands in the zone of fifty kilo- j metres from the frontiers of the na- ; tion that are held hy foreigners against ! the perfectly well defined precepts of the constitution. Rays a Mexico City special to El Tempo, a Cananea newspaper. . CLEMENCEAU IS DEFEATED AS A r.&NnmATC CCD noc?ir\c?iT Paris?Premier Georges Clemencoau; went down to defeat at the hands of his countrymen in a caucus of the senato and chambers of deputies to choose a candidate for the presidency of the republic. Senators and deputies after the caucus, generally expressed the opinion that the vote means the elimination from public life of ''the father of vietry,' Premier Clemenceau being neith er a senator nor a deputy. 8IMS TELLS COMMITTEE OP THE HANDICAP OF OUR NAVY Washington.?Declaring that the greatest handicap of the American navy was the lack(of constructive criticism and the fact that naval officers were refused permission to publish | any matter without first submitting it 1 to iiis ifiiijf pit wi^Mipi|piy Sims told the senate obnynltteo J * fcstigaflng nafal decoration* that lils J FLORENCE NOW SUPPLY POINT Approximately On* Hundred and Fifty Poetofflcea and Routes Included In Recent Order of Department Florence,?The Florence postofflce ias been designated a supply point for a number of second, third and fourth class powtofflces in this section of the state, including the following oountiee: Chesterfield. Darlington, DilJon, Florence, Georgetown. Horry, Marion. Marlboro and Williamsburg. This list includes seven second claas postoffices, IS third class offices, and 108 offices of the fourth class, from which are served eight rural routes and more than a score of star routes. Florenoe was selected as the distribute lng point because of its location and of the efficiency of the force employed at the local postofflce. Columbia,?Zdnn Beck who began his professional career in Columbia in 1910 and later played his way to the major leagues, will manage the Columbia team of the South Atlantic association this year. Greenville.?William I?. Laval, manager of the Greenville baseball team of the South Atlantic league during the past season tendered his resignation to the directors of the club. He will devote his entire time to directing athletics at Purman university. Ward.?Fred R. Wells, private. Company K. Forty-eighth Infantry. Camp Jackson, was shot and killed here a short while after he arrived In town from Columbia. Fletcher Winn, a well known citizen of Ward, went to Saluda and surrendered to tho sheriff and he is now in Jail. MlillinQ A now atoom nlonf art A stemmery for Mullins has been incorporated with 176,000 capital. The business of this company will be to redry, steam and export tobacco. The new concern will add much to the Mullins tobacco market. Greenwood,?The price of 40 cents for cotton has caused a lot of movement in the Btaple. So far the largest transaction in cotton here was the sale of 1,600 bales at 40 cents to Greenwood Cotton mills by W. C. Rasor of Cross Hill. The amount involved was something over $300,000. Mr. Rasor had held some of the cotton three years. Charleston.?Supreme Chancellor Charles S. Davis. Knights of Pythias, will be a visitor in Charleston on February 11, when the local lodges will extend him a cordial welcome, at , a united convention. He will be greet- | ed by Grand Chancellor O. J. Bond, who will probably accompany him on his visits to Columbia and Greenville. I Florence,? With several distinguished men as his guest, Barney M. Baruch passed through here on the way to his estate on Waccnmaw Neck. Georgetown, for two weeks on hunting and rest. Besides Mr. Baruch in the party were William G McAdoo, former secretary of the treasuary; William A. Glasgow, former attoriw?y of the Qfofno tr\r\A nilmlnlafroHAn on/i Benedict Crowell, assistant secretary of war. Hemingway,?A most unusual report was read toy W. C. Hemingway, president of the Bank of Hemingway, at a meeting of the ntockholders. from which it was shown that a cash dividend of 26 per cent and a stock dividend of 50 per cent, were to be declared. As It had been decided to in- 1 crease the capital from $15,000 to $50,000, the extra subscription was paid in, and now the bank begins its new career with a $50,000 capital and a $16,666 surplus. Chester.?In going through the ruins of his store, wh'ch was destroyed toy Are, Paul B. Brawley d'scoverod that in^dd'tlon to his heavy loss that i all his credit papers, which were kept in a supposedly fireproof box. had toeen destroyed and the only way that he now had of finding what is due him, in the majority of cases is to trust to the integrity of the people Indebted to him. Co-Oneratlve Association a Success. Fort Mill.? The success with which the Fort Mill Cooperative association has met In the four months of Its existence was demonstrated at a meeting of the stocVVi"lders when directors and officers were elected and a dlvi dend of 2 1-2 per cent declared which Is at the rate of 7 1-2 per cent pe^ annum. The stock of the association Is now worth $110. George Fish was elected president, C. W. Eason secretary reasuary. and E. Springs Parks, gen oral manager. Vote le Against Free Range. Oeorge"*nwTV?Complete returns from the IS boxes In this county tn the stock law election, testing sentiment for and against the free range of o&ttle show 403 votes for and 080 rotes against, a majority against free range pf 277 votes. The county ex entire committee having ruled that I WEEVIL IS NOT AT PRESENTDREADED CLEMSON COLLEGE MAN MAKES A THOROUGH STUDY OF THE SITUATION AT CHE8TER. CONFERENCE HAS SHORT MEET ] Business Transacted at One Day Se? aion Was That Usually Attsnded to During Mid-Year Meeting. Chester.?Chester county will not suffer any considerable boll weevil damage during th? next two seaaona. according to information just received hers from A. F. Conradi, of the divlnon of entomology at Clemson college. He has made a thorough study of the situation as it applies to Chester county and the letter should be of interest to many of the nearby counties. The board of missions, thfe presiding elders and th? evangelistic com'mittee of the Upper South Carolina Methodist Episcopal conference clos wu us one nay ue?ltng in Chester after settling upon the mid-year meeting of the board of missions, election of conference and district evangelistic directors and setting-up of the evangelistic campaign. The board of missions transacted the business usually attended to at the mid-year meeting. Florence.?A legislative investigation will likely be asked of the financial status of the South Carolina Industrial School for Bovs at Florence, an audit just completed showing that the institution has a deficit of $132,473.96. Columbia.?Senator Williams and Representative Bradford announced when the South Carolina general assembly reconvenes, after a week-end recess they will introduce resolutions In the house and senate to reject the woman's suffrage amendment. Charleston.?Local fans will see some big league baseball the latter , part of March, President Tom McMillan of the Charleston club, stating that he had secured a date, probably March 29, for an exhibition game at Hampton Park, between the Cincinnati Reds, world champs, and the Washington Americans.. Lancaster.?Mayor .R. 3. Stewart of Lancaster, a member of the law firm of Williams, Williams, ft Stewart, la being strongly spoken of by his friends as a candidate for congress la Fifth district this summer. Mr. Stewart is an able debater and a fine orator. Should he enter the race he will no doubt make things lively and In teresting. 8partanbujur. ? The announcement that P. H. Knox, rice president and general manager of the South Carolina Light, Power and Railways company, had been elected president of the Columbia Rnihvay, Gas & Electric company, and of the Parr Shoals Tower company, succeeding E. W. Robertson, resigned, came as a surprise. Columbia?The Bank of Columbia and the Commercial bank of Colombia have agreed to consolidate, tha first named bank retaining its name and the Commercial bank becoming merged in the older institntion. The combined resources will show a capital stock of $300,000, a surplus and ' undivided profits of about $80,600 and deposits of about $3,400,000, Sumter.?The Southern division of the Red Cross is sending to Sumter two instructors in social service work who will give a course of lectures and practical field work lasting for two weeks, beginning January 14. These courses are given free by the T?e?* Cross to any who desire to do constructive home service work of a pei* roanent nature. Arbitration Efforts Useless. Counvbia.?Efforts to arbitrate no far have proved fruitless and a strike of bam workers and motornien and conductors employed by the Coumbla Raiway. Gas and Electric company, of tMs ci-ty, appears inevitable, accord* In* to the statement of Charles Bend* helm, commissioner of conc.liatton. United States department of labor. "All that is hoding the men to their iohs now." snld Mi* D?-*?- - ? IJI ..... ucuuneim, "IS lack of authorization from their national union to walk out, which an- / thorlty is dally expected." . " t V -v. Talks to Pee Dee Farmers. Florence?There was a large attendance of fanners and business A men at the boll weevil conference M held in the court house here, rud much interest was m$pifested In the talka of the oxpert^Sent to Clem son col