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I ?I Bi ^1 I I ^Bf ^1 I I . I I I I m ' ACT FOR MILITARY W TRAINING PASSED' SILL DIFFERS FROM THAT OP REORGANIZATION THAT WAS f PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED. c FOUR MONTHS OF TRAINING! ; * Provision Is Made for Citizen Army t Composed of 200,000 Enlisted Men, * Officers and a National Guard. v c Washington.?By a vote of nine to five, the senate military committee ap-. t proved provisions providing for com- t pulsory military training for hoys between 18 and 21 years, and ordered t favorable report upon the army reg- t Istratlon bill. The compulsory military training t provision, Axes the training period at ( Tour months. a As finally agreed upon, the bill is virtually the same as reported by the t sub-committee but is radically differ- c ent from the reorganization bill sub- j mltted by the war department to Con- t ZPRRfl In fldtMllftn tr\ outohliohlno ? ? ?........... I compulsory military training, the bill provides for one army to be divided * Into a citizen army composed of 200,D00 enlisted men and 18,000 officers, c and a national guard. Specific provision is made in the * bill that the citizen army cannot be called to colors except in the cose of a declaration of war. To accommodate the reserve force built up under r the system of military training, pro- t vision is made In the bill for an an- j nual reduction of five per cent in the c enlisted strength of the regular army, t HOOVER THINK8 INDEPENDENT . 18 WANTED BY THE PEOPLE. Washington.?How doe^ Herbert Hoover stand on the campaign being waged by his friends to make him a c , candidate for President? c ^ Does he wish to run?is he a can- 1 didate? If so, does he wish to run t as a democrat, as a republican or as ? an Independent? c As a candidate, will Hoover subscribe to and run on whatever plat- f form the organization leaders of the party nominating him bring out of convention? Hoover is not actively a candidate, ] but will stand for election on a prosressive, hwman platform if such is < brought forward by any party and j Hoover's leadership demanded. t t AIRPLANE 18 BEING BUILT TO CARRY 100 PASSENGERS. > N?w York.?A giant Capronl plane which Is being constructed near Milan to carry 100 passengers described by ^ Augustus A. Post before the state c aviation commission In session here. c Mr. Post recently returned from Europe where he was sent by the Aero ^ dub of America to study the advance ( of aviation. a AMERICAN RED CRO88 J W0RKER8 LEAVE 8IBERIA * Vladivostok.?All American women and many- Red Cross workers are to 3 be evacuated from Siberia on the first c available transport. It Is announced r by Red Cross headquarters here. ^ WILHEMSTRASSE 18 , BARRICADED, UNDER GUARD J 1 Berlin.?WUhemstrasse tonight Is 0 barricaded and under the guard of numerous troops. A patrol of 18 arm- y -ed automobiles and half a dozen huge motor trucks, loaded with armed troops, arrived early in the evening and Immediately took up their posl- t tlons in wfront of the government ^ building and shut off all traffic from ? c the thoroughfares. c The precautions taken by Minister j of Defense Noske were stimulated by r rumors that the monarchists would at- j tempt an Insurrection on the eve of c the former emperor^s birthday . t AMERICANIZATION BILL IS PASSED BY THE SENATE v Washington.?The senate by a vote of S6 to 14 passed the enyon Americanization bill, which would require all residents of the United States of a Bm 1 to 21 years of age, not mentally or *" HB physically disqualified. and all alien r B residents between the ages of 16 and 1 45 who cannot speak, read or write 1 W /"InilUsh, to attend school not less \ Ihan 200 hours a year. r The measure had been before the f senate for about a week. t j union of austria and germany is demanded l Vienna, Sunday.?Under the rallying call of "starvation or fusion,' a ffreat mass-meeting In support of a * union pf Austria with Germany was h held In the city hall with overflow t meetings on the terraces. " The meeting was under the aus- c ploes of the Pan-American party and ? President IMughofer, of the national assembly. The speeches were gener n *Hy temperate In tone, sounding the 8 note of despair over Austria's future. * t< i. !';j&hbi?v i I STABLE INDUSTRIAL BOARD tenate la Told That Preparation of an Industrial Code le the Primary Object 8ought in Resolution. Washington.?Elaborate machinery or settlement of disputes between capLai and labor is proposed In a con:urrent resolution Introduced by Chairman Kenyon of the senate labor ommHtee. President Wilson would he requestid by Congress to oall a National In-1 lustrial Congress, composed of 300 > oting delegates dlrlded equally be-1 ween labor unions and industry which vould recommend a plan for permalent Industrial courts and also formdate a program of principles to govirn future Industrial relations. It also Is proposed that, pending acion by the national <labor congress, he president establish a national la or board, to function temporarily like he war labor board, in hearing Indusrial controversies. Senator Kenyon told the senate hat the preparation of an Industrial ode was the primary thing he ought. "If employer and employe could get ogether and agree on an Industrial ode recognizing the eight-hour day, a ivlng wage, the right of collective >argalnlng, and other fundamental natters," said Senator Keriyon. "then lispute over these fundamentals could >e taken care of In the industrial ourts," iOLLAND SAYS IMPOSSIBLE TO SURRENDER EX-EMPEROR The Standard reports that Holland's eply with regard to the surrender of he former German emperor says it is 1 mpossihle to grant extradition at the ' :all of third country if his own coun- i ry does not demand extradition. -ATHER KILLS WHOLE FAMILY THEN PUTS END TO HIM8ELF Fort Wayne. Ind.?Worry over a leal in real estate Is believed to have :&used William Splndler .aged 70, to 1111 his son, his son's wife, and their hree children, and end his own life it the Splndler home in Harlan, east ?f Fort Wayne. >RESIDENT OF DARTMOUTH 18 NOT IN LOVE WITH PALMER Hartford, Conn.?President Ernest rlopklns, <of Dartouth College, ad* IreBslng alumni here, declared that | 'the present activity against alien rad-; cals in this country is purely political ly-play to enhance the political aspiralons of the attorney general. /IENNESE CROWDS SCRAMBLE FOR RUil I AUftiiiuT rtp ? . ... ........ ninwii i wr men I Vienna.?Announcement that a United supply of meat would be placed 1 >n sale at the Central Market, three tunccs being allowed per person, causid great crowds to assemble there. Torty thousand persons gained enranee to the market and twenty thousind tried to get in. 1ENATE REJECTS MOTION TO CEN8URE REAR ADMIRAL SIMS. Washington.?The senate rejected, 3 to 30. an effort by Senator Walsh, lemocrat, Montana, to call up his esolutlon proposing to censure Rear tdmiral William S. Sims for disclos- < ire of Information of a "confidential haracter" in connection with his apnvestigatlng naval decoration awards. There was no debate and the vote was in strict party lines. HALE'S RESOLUTION BLOCKED BY DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION Washington.?'Democratic oposltlon locked action on the resolution introluced by Senator Hale, authorizing miployment of legal counsel and clerl:al assistance for the sub-committee nvestigating naval awards and the iavys conduct of the war. Senator lale, who is chairman of the subommittee, brought the resolution beore the senate for the third time with . request for immediate consideration. VHISKEY IS BADLY NEEDED AS REMEDY FOR INFLUENZA Washington.?Representative Sab- ] ith. Democrat, Illinois, introduced a esolution declaring that whiskey is leeded as a 'cure for influenza, which s alarmingly increasing" and proposng suspension for ninety days of pro'lsions of the national prohibition law equiring special permits and reports rom druggists, doctors and others as o the use of liquor for medicinal purposes. -x .08S OF EIGHT PASSENGERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO TRANSFER Halifax. ?Eight lives were lost rhen a boat from the transport rorthern Pacific overturned in an atempt to transfer pasaiengers from tie disabled transport Powhatan, acordlng to officers of the steamship tardic. The Bardie's officers said this statelent was based on a wireless mesage received while on the way to [allfax after having failed in an atimpt to take the transport In tow. NEW YORK NOW HAS ITS WAVE OF FLU 2,885 NEW CA8E8 OF MALACY HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN \ THE LA8T 24 HOURS. 13,244 CASUALTIES SO FAR Health Commiulon of City Haa lasued Call For Conference of the Nursing Emergency Council. New York.?Despite the strenuous efforts made by the health authorities to check the spread of influenza, there were 2,885 new casos of the malady reported here during the past 24 hours. Health Commissioner Copeland announced. Since January 1 there have been a total of 8,799 influenza and' 3,187 pneumonia cases reported. In the same periad there have been 159 influenza and 1,099 pneumonia deaths. Health Commissioner Copeland has called a conference of the Nursing Emergency council and all other organizations having any facilities that may be useful in controlling the influenza epidemic. It is planned at this time to co-ordinate all efforts of the various organizations with the health department. FLOOD DAMAGES ARE GREAT IN MONTGOMERY DISTRICT. Montgomery. Ala.?Estimates of the damages wrought in the Montgomery district by river floods in December, as compiled and issued at the weather j bureau, flx the total at 31,819,350. ' BRYAN AWAITS A STATEMENT BY HOOVER AS TO POSITION.! Nashville.?Pending a statement of "his position on the questions at issue" by Herbert Hoover, William J. Bryan told newspaper men here he could not consider the candidacy of the former food administrator for the presidential nomination. WILSON AQVISES SOCIALISTS MAY LAWFULLY BE DEPORTED Washington.?The Communist party of America was held by Secretary Wilson of the labor department to be "a revolutionary party" within the meaning of the statutes providing for deportation of aliens who affiliate with such organizations. LAST CONTINGENT AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES ARRIVE New York.?The army transport Martha Washington arrived from Antwerp with 88 officers and 220 troops? the next to the last contingent of the American expeditionary forces to leave France. The last of the United States | soldiers to sail arrived earlier. LADY ASTOR OUT8POKEN IN OPPOSITION TO PROHIBITION. ? ?? Liverpool.?Lady Astor, member of parliament for Plymouth, speaking in support of state purchase and control of the liquor trade, declared that prohibition was impracticable. "I hate the word 'prohibition,'" < said Lady Astor. "and have Just! enough devil in me that if any one . prohibits anything it becomes the one | thing 1 want." NOTED SOUTHERN WOMEN WILL ATTEND CONFERENCE Atllanta, Ga.?Some of the most prominent women of the South have' been included In an invitation to 250 leading women of the nation to attend a womans conference on religious mat-, ters to be held In Washington, D. C.. on February 7. 8 and 9. North Carolina women who have been invited to attend are Mrs. Thos. W. Bickett, Miss Mary Graham, of Ral-J eigh; Miss Carrie McLean, of Charlotte; Dr. Elizabeth Smith, of Ashe-, vllle. : 1590 COPY OF "VENUS ND ADONIS" SOLD FOR $75,000 New York?A copy of Shakespeare's 'Venus nnd Adonis" printed in 1590 and classed as one of the most valuable books in the world, arrived here today in the possession of George D. Smith, a dealer in rare books, who has a passenger on the Cunnrd liner Carmania, from Llverpol. Mr. Smith said he paid $75,000 for the tiny volume which is two by three inches in size and weighs only two onuces. SOUTHERN PORTS HARD HIT BY APPROPRIATIONS CUTS Washington. ? Democrats in the' house who witnessed the "railroading" of the Reupbllcan rivers and harbor bill through it without a dollar for new projects and with nothing sof ar as many of the Southern States are concerned. but surveys, began to realize what these tactics mean. Charleston was cut out of $400,000; Savannah, $300,000; Brunswick, $200,000; St Johns river, Jacksonville, $301,000, and Tampa, $260,000. AflE NIJID ON APPROPRIATIONS Senator Dial Said the Taxpayers ol the United -States Were "Getting Tired of Being Overburdened." Washington.?Congress held Its "thrift week" celebration, a wave of economy sweeping both the senate and house. Democrats and Republicans for the most part joined forces in the slashing away at appropriations, the vote to eliminate the customary "porky" public buildings bill being unanipious. The reduction In the Americanization bills appropriation was advocated jointly by Senators McCumber, republican, North Dakota, and Dial, democrat, 8outh Carolina. The North Dakota senator told hla colleagues that, according to careful estimates, the government would start the fiscal year bfginning July 1 with a deficit of three billion dollars. Should expenditures for 1921 be kept within the conservative estimates of six billion dollars, the senator thought they might be provided for but there would be nothing left to take care of the leftover deficit. "We have gone mad on the question of conceiving new questions that will reach into the federal treasury," said Senator McCumber. referring to the Americanization bill, which is designed to educate illterates and Americanize foreign-born citizens. Senator Dial said the taxpayers ol the United States were "getting tired of being overburdened." CHARLESTON IS GIVEN UNFAVORABLE REPORT. Washington.?No urgent need exists for t^e construction at the Charleston, S. C.. navy yard at present of a large dry dock and enormous expenditures for the dredging of a canal in order to permit capital ships to enter the dry dock, according to the report of the senate naval subcommittee, which recently visited the yard, submitted to the full committee by Chairman Ball. The only basis upon which the improvement was authorized was undor the war emergency, according to the report. According to the report, testimony furnished the committee at Charleston showed that were the improvements made, expenditure of $2,000,00G additional would be required for equipment in order to make the yard efficient. The report also said that it was also estimated that thp dredging would cost $8,000,000 while $500,000 would be required annually to maintain the channel. J. M. PARKER SEEM8 TO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED. New Orleans.?Additional returns from country precincts seemed to support Indications that John M. Parker, of New Orleans, had been nominated governor over Col. Frank P. Stubbs. of Monroe, in the recent election. Stubbs' headquarters here, together with the newspaper supporting that candidate, conceded Parker's election by a majority of from 5,000 to 10,000. BRYAN ANNOUNCES HIS OPPOSITION TO EDWARDS. Norfolk. Va.?In an address under the auspices of the Anti-Saloon league, William J. Bryan announced his opposition of Governor Edwards of New Jersey as the nominee of the democratic party for the presidency, and declared that if Chairman Homer S. Cummlngs' address at the banquet in honor of Governor Edwards correctly expressed his attitude, that he would oppose him for chairman of the national democratic committee. COMPROMISE WITH MINERS A MENACE SAYS GARFIELC Cihcago.?Dr. H. A. Garfield, formei fuel administrator. In an article foi Farm and Home, declares the compro miBP inai enaon inn coai sinae 10 D? 'unsound in principle and a menace tc our institutidns." Dr. Garfield says: "The wages now paid to mine work era are sufficient. The opportunitj that should be afforded the mint workers cannot be assured merely bj an increase in wages." ITALY DEMANDS EXECUTION OF THE TREATY OF LONDON Paris.?With the disbanding of th? supreme council without a settlement or me Adriatic question. Premier Nit tl, of ItaJy, declared he stood by liis ultimatum tht if the Jugo-Slavs did not accept Italy's terms at once ht would withdraw his compromise ofTei and that "Italy will demand thai France and Great Britain execute purely and simply the treaty of Lon don of April. 1916.' NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN METHODISTS CONSOLIDATE Louisville. Ky.?Recommendation ol the oint jcommtsslon of tae Methodist Episcopal churches, North and South that the two branches again be re united were unanimously adopted by the convention here of the 100 or more bishops, pastors and laymen of both churches. The recommendations of the commission will be submitted to the general conference for final decision. k HOLLAND REFUSES 1 ENTENTyElNOS" 1 IS NOT BOUND BY TERMS OF PEACE TREATY TO WHICH 0 ' SHE 18 NOT A PARTY. B A6JUNST HER CONSTITUTION \ l ' 0 National Honor Does not Permit the t Betrayal of Thoae Placing Faith t in Her Free Institutions. !i i J b ' Paris.?Holland's reply to the en- ? tente demand (or the extradition ot the emperor declares that she cannot ^ be bound by the peace treaty, to which she Is not a party. li Neither the Dutch constitution nor t tradition permits of her acceding to c the demand of the allied powers, the v note sets forth. c The national honor, the reply de- c clares, does not permit the betrayal of the confidence of those who entrusted themselves to Holland and her a 1 free institutions. t * b REPUBLICANS SAY PALMER C SIDE-STEPPED THE ISSUE F Washington.?lAttacks on pending 4 anti-sedition bills not only continued v before the house rules committee but t spread to the floor of the house. Re-, f publicans and Democrats joining in t ODDOSitlon to the mpmiirpe t wore in turn defended by members of ii both parties. Republican members of the rules committee charged that Attorney Gen- r eral Palmer had "side-stepped" the is- t sue. c I THE NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION TO GO ON TOUR 1 Montreal.?More than 200 represeni tatives of the National Editorial As- c sociation of the United States will tour 1 eastern Canada, including the marl- 1 time provinces, next June following its * . annual convention at Boston, begin- * [ nlng the week of May 31. fi CANDIDATES DESIGNATED FOR WEST POINT EXAMINATIONS I . a [ 1 , Washington.?Candidates deslgnat- > ed for the military academy entrance i examinations to be held in March includes: Georgia:' Richard P. Wlllingbam, c Kirkwood, North Carolina; Clayton C. 1 Holmes, Council; William G. Bell, Pinevllle; John O. Cope, Murphy. i t 1 PROVISIONAL OIL PERMITS r BEING GRANTED BY MEXICO 1 Mexico City.?Foreign oil companies ^ will be permitted to obtain provision- ^ al permits to drill new oil wells on ^ condition that these permits shall be ^ valid only until the Mexican congress ^ enacts a new law regulating the pe- 8 troleum industry, according to a de- ( cree Issued by President Carranza. , 1 $1,000,000 FINE 18 PAID IN INCOME TAX FRAUD CASE i Boston.?William A. English and s John O'Brien, who as members of the 1 wool firm of English & O'Brien of this r . city were sentenced last July to 18 s [ months' imprisonment for conspiracy t . to defraud the government in connec- t tion with the payment of income taxes, ^ have paid the government $1,600,000 in t settlement. I . SHORTAGE OF NAVY OFFICERS \ . MAY DELAY RETIREMENT ACT r r t Washington.?Because of the short- " <, age of naval officers, congress was 1 , asked by Secretary Daniels to defer c ;for one year from next July the com- <* pulsory retirement of fear admirals, 1 .1 captains and commissioned officers 1 r who have reached the age limit bar- * , | ring their further promotion. The com- r . pulsory retirement law was passed in c 1916 to be effective next July. I THE PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS J HAS COMPLETED ITS LABORS. J Washington.?With the adoption of e resolutions recommending measures 1 L for the advancement of international 1 - trade with South America and im- j 4 ( provement of ocean, land telegraph, c [ cable, wireless and postal services, j r > the second Pan-American financial ] c nnnrrAia ' wuviuueu 1I.JJ HPHSlOnS. J 1 t; Nearly all the recommendations of ! a > groups representing the various Latin- c .'American countries were Incorporate e ed In the report of the committee. I ADIMIRAL KNIGHT DISAGREES WITH SECRETARY DANIEL8. f Washington.?Rear Admiral Austin c ; M. Knight, chairman of the naval decorations board, took sharp issue with 8 Secretary Daniels on the matter of 8 naval awards. * '' Testifying before the senate Inves> tlgatlng committee, Admiral Knight said ihe board could not agree that 8 I officers who lost their ship through ? - enemy action were entitled to high J - decorations unless they had engaged i the enemy. i SHERIFF REFUSES TO VACATE itate 8upr?me Court Ha* Ruled That the Governor Is Without Power to Remove a Duly Elected 8herlff. Anderson.?Following a hearing givn him January 12 in the executive's ffice at Columbia on charges of peronal and official misconduct, Goverior Cooper issued an order directing '. Olin Sanders to vacate the office of heriff of Anderson county and named !. Guerton King as successor. Banters states that he will not obey the rder unless the courts direct. The state supreme court has ruled hat the governor is without power o remove a duly elected sheriff, but a as much as Sanders was appointed >y Governor Cooper to fill out an unxpired term, the governor contends hat he can remove him. Chesterfield.?Governor Cooper has ssued requisition paperse for the reurn to South Carolina from Indiana ? Willie Moore, alias Dock McCoy, ranted ir_Chesterfleld county on the harge oi housebreaking and larany. Gaffney.?S. C. Littlejohn has been dvised by state commander of the imerican legion that a charter has >een granted for the formation of the Saffney Post, and authorizing him to iroceed with the organization. \ % York*?A search begun several reeks ago by secret service men of he postoffice department has thus ar failed to find a mail sack conaining securities to the value of about 60,000 which disappeared after leavng York December 27. unnnpy.?me notary ciud or oairley la now a i'ull fledged member of he Association of Rotary clubs. Its harter having been delivered in the iresence of a large number of visltng Rotarians from Charlotte, Columtia, Spartanburg and Greenville. Chester.?The Chester chamber of commerce has purchased from the iemphill estate seven acres which vill be added to the already large ?heBter county fair grounds, making he grounds as large as any fair grounds in the Carolines. Sumter.?Dr. D. T. Rankin, who was n charge of the health survey and tanitary work in Sumter county durng 1919, completed his term of service with the close of the year and 'eturned to his home in Georgia. Rock Hill.?While there is no way >f ascertaining the number of cases, lock Hill is again in the grip of the 'flu." The epidemic, which is sweepng the country according to predicions in 1918, has appeared here in nild form antf so far no deaths have *esulted. Wlnn8boro.?The boll weevil conerence held here in the court house vas somewhat hampered by bad veather, hut this did not put a dam>er on the enthusiasm of the people. The county was well represented, and ilthough the boll weevil Injury is not 'xpected to be serious this year, it vas the consensus of onlnton tIvo it vas time to start preparations. Greenwood.?Everything was quiet n Leeds at midnight following the ihooting of a negro by Postmaster Kely, according to a telephone message eceived here. Sheriff Anderson and leveral deputies from Chester went o Leeds early after receiving reports hat trouble was threatened between vhite men and negroes as a result of ha shooting. Batesburg.?The citizens of Bates>urg have become thoroughly aroused >ver the school situation and have deermined not to let up until practical lolutlons are found to all the probems. In the first place, the question >f additional teachers for the remaln!er of the session was considered. This had be considered in connecion with the shortage of funds already experienced. The result 13 that nore than BO of the best men in the lommunity have pledged themselves >ersonally to supply the needed fundsj. Plant Early Cotton. Newberry. ? The courthouse was learly filled with farmers who had mme In to hear the experts talk ahout he boll weevil and the kind of farm* ng that should be adapted in view of he coming of the pest to this part >f the country. Several tnlks were nnde by Clerason college men and ither experts. The talks were of a 'ery practical nature. The speakers ill dwelt strongly on one point. "The :otton you are going to plant, plant it larly, and an early variety, and work t fast." / Sale of Valuable Property. Camden*?One of the largest real rat ate deals In recent rmmths in this ;lty was that closed with Mrs. ICllzareth Watklns of Spartanburg when foe sold her Main 'street property con* istlng of one store room and nine of Ice rooms to a holding company of !amdea business men. The property ronts about 30 feet on Main street ,nd extends back a depth of 100 feet ?n DeKalb street. The price paid was 23,000. The building is located on he corner of the two moat important horoughfares. TOBACCO JOURNAL TO BE PUBUSHED ' TO ADVERTISE RESOURCE8 OF THIS SECTION OF COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE WEST. TO BE ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY Circulation and Advertising. End of Venture Already Begun Although No Issue Has Yet Appeared. Andrews,?Arrangements are being made by E. N. Beard, formerly editor of the Andrews News, to publish m journal which will.cover the tobacco belt, and be named the Eastern Carolina Survey, This journal will be devoted to the agricultural, commercial, industrial and development of the entire eastern section of the state. The circulation and advertising end of this new publication has already begun, although the first issue will n?.t come from the press until February 1. The Journal will be active In all measures for the development of the entire eastern section of South Carolina. and will be used largely to advertise its resources in 'the Middle West In an effort to encourage land settlement In thi-i rection whero vast areas of untitled lands are located. yVashlngton. ? (Special). ? Senator Smith of South Carolina returned to Washington from a business trip to his home upon telegraphic advices iliat the republicans in congress were about to pnss bills in the senate wliicU might materially injure the Charleston navy yard. St. Matthews.?Announcement is made by the St. Matthews National bank that at its last meeting steps were taken to double the capital stock and provide a commodious new boine. The 'comptroller of currency gave per- m mission that the capitul be increased, from $80,000 to $160,000. Gaffney. ? At the mass meeting which was held in the court house at Gaffney, for the purpose of arranging for the coming municipal primary election, which provides that only bona fide democrats may participate in the election. St. Matthews.*?A real live Rtill, within about two miles of the town limits, was discovered and captured by Sheriff Hill and Policeman Jones. Whea found the still was in operation, a fresh supply of the ingredients cooking in good form and sending ont the genuine smell. Columbia.?For the ten months, January to October, inclusive, the Southern railroad paid for loss and damage to freight during 1917 of $752,561.20. For the same period during 1918 the loss totaled $1,035,917.86 and for 1919, $3,262,782 40. The object of the "carry on" movement is to take the loss . and damage back to the prewar status, the idea being to cut at least $1,500,000 off the account during the next year. Charleston.?At a meeting at the city hall attended by a large number of representative business men, wholesalers, shippers, bankers and retailers, the occasion being a public hearing called by the dock commission for the purpose of discussing the waterfront problem and its solution. The Charleston Terminal company franchise expires in May and is not to be renewed. Chester.?Dr. C. M. Rakestraw, supCAftn In phnrirA nf thp Prvnr hrwnltal has Just returned from a special trip to Atlanta, where he secured the contract for the treatment of surgical and physio-therapy cases from the United States public health aervice for the Pryor hospital. TMq ixnrlf wit ho drawn fmm Fifth district, which embraces the fol- ? lowing five states, namely: North Carolina. South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia und Florida. Clemson Selects Speakers. Clemson College.?For many years Clemson hns been fortunate in having brilliant speakers and preachers at the annual commencement exercises. The approaching commencement will be no exception .for Dr. E. W. Slkes, president of Coker college, has accepted the invitation of the faculty to make the address to the graduating class, and Dr. J. W. Frazer, pastor of Central Methodist church, Spartanburg, has accepted the Invitation to preach the commencement sermon. Junior Chamber of Commerce. Columbia.?The movement looking fordard to the organization of a junior chamber of commerce in Columbia will take more definite form when a committee representing the city chamber of commerce meets with a similar committee of young business men. Guy Guillick. a student of the University of South Carolina, representing the movement, appeared before the directors of the chamber and they aporoving the plan appointed the committee to represent the chamber ot commerce in perfecting the plan.