Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mr. Lowell's statement in part follows: "Those w?o are best informed on agricultural conditions In America cannot otter the slightest hope of lower food prices/* so far as the farmer Is concerned* "In the; vreconstruction every one 1 must getYeady to actually; work again, to save again and to considerable degree to gfet back to thrift, sanity and common sense, or else accept as permanent the present scale of living costs. In' which event we might Just as well stop ranting about the high cost of living and realize that a new basis of economic procedure is here to stay.' "This . is the declaration of the National Qrange, which sees in the future no* reason why its ' members should slave long hours, seven days a week ,to supply cheap food to the other workers df. the country, who enJoy short hours and unlimited oppor-, tunitiy to rest and pleasure. Speaking as the largest and best established far^ tners' organization In America, the Orange hereby notifies the world that' ' the farmers do not intend to keep responding to the call, 'Produce, produce, produce,' so long as other lines adopt/as their slogan, 'Reduce, reduce, reduce.' _ ' \ RUSSIAN RED COMMISSION IS EMPOWERED TO DO BUSINESS. Paris.?The Russian co-operative head^uartere >, tat Paris has received authorization* ffbm the soviet government to transact,, business with foreign'/countries. * -' * * i - t4 30 INDUSTRIAL yYORKERS OF - THE WORlO ARE CONVICTED i \ 1 ^ Tf^ooma, Washn.?A Jury trying thil&y-sl^ftflegedjndustrial Workers of the>AVofldon a*charge of a criminal sydfcalism, returned a cerdict of guilty after being o\il 58 hours. NByv PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR J 18 TO VI8IT UNITED STATES. .M ___ Guayaquil, Eucador. ? Jose Tula Tamayou, who recently was elected president of the republic, will start on a visit to the United States within thtoe months. , / y.; . ?:???. CQUNCJ^r OF AMBASSADORS APPRCiVE EXTRADITION LI8T. v ,'lparis ?The list of German subjects whose extradition is demanded by the allies was finally approved by the Council of Ambassadors. ' The council Ialao approved the terms of the note to tocompany the list. cherokee indians elcct t^COWN THEtR OWN HOMES. "a . J ' * * s AshervMle.-^Tbe. Cherokee Indlnns. tjie tribe of which Is located In North jCaroHn* " ?re\Xp, give up their socialistic system of land ownership and become owners of .their own home in fee . Simple. according to statements , broWgffrt^ here from'the officers of the tribe, which numbers nearly 3.000 ;?tr!bunal formed to pass 1V,JUDGMENT ON AOML KOLCHAK. " & ir . , Ivondop.?formation of a tribunal by the soviet AT Trkutsk to try Admiral Hotcfcak, farmer heerf.. of the all-Rus- ( sian government in Siberia, is reported In a de$natch InVSIboria. Isc.reporti from theVtown of Mancbtiffa. nrar the . . border between Slberl* arid China, r The dispatch stated that the situation In eastern Siberia had quieted >li down under martial law. The erold I I. fields along (he I>ena river have been nationalised. it was added . v THE NATION'S 1918 DEATH RATE HIGHEST OF RECORD. Washington?The death rate In the United States for 1918 was the highest on record, according to the census bureau's annual mortality statistics. ? which show 1,471,367 deaths for the y*m representing a rate of 18 per 1,000 of population in the death regis- ' tratlon area of 80 states and 87 dtles. < Jflth a total ?8tln>uted population of Of the total deaths, ili.M, or over St per cent ware due to lnfluansa. | DOOMED TO DISAPPOINTMENT f Credits Required for the Economic v Restoration of Europe Must Come Through Private Channels. . Washington.? The United States p treasury does not look with favor upon certain features of the proposed International conference recently called by a coterie of nationally known-linen- ( clers and commercial leaders In an effort to lead the world out of the hnan- y cm and commercial chaos into which f It was dragg^i by the war. Secretary Glass declared in a letter to a committee of the chamber of T commerce o^the United States, which has sought a government expression on the meeting, that such a conference would serve "to cause confusion and revive hopes, .doonled to disappointment, of further government loans." 8 With a note of some finality, Mr. ; Glass set forth the government's pol- G icy with respect to furnishing credits, F stating that the treasury "Is opposed to government control over foreign v trade and finance and "even more opposed to private control. It is con- o: vinced that the credits required for ^ the economic restoration' must come a through private channels." In this F respect, this government fears the w proposed conference would mean many N Europeans would assume that the United Statqs was about to shoulder si more of their burdens, Mr. Glass el- R plained. o ? a REPRESENTATIVE SMALL DOES G NOT LIKE THE PLUMB PLAN. R Washington.?Representative John H. Small of North Carolina charged that the farmer and some of his organizations are being used to further a< the Plumb plan for the government n cuuiroi 01 hip rauroaas una lor ma a crippling of the farm loan act. "I believe that the people of North ^ Carolina think that the railroads should be returned to their owners as soon as legislation for that purpose can be passed." said Mr. Small. "My Information as to the effect that the S farmers of the country entertain this w vfew. ' J "It Is my opinion that the railroads d should be returned and that we should enact legislation which will restore E their credit as far as possible and enable them to serve the public. CHICAGO SALOON KEEPERS e LEAVE THAT CITY FOR CUBA, is |tl Chicago.?Departing''at the rate of S 300 a day, former Chicago saloon keepers and bar tenders are going to u Cuba, according to Joseph Popper, Internal revenue deputy collector. ____________ '% WASHINGTON'S GREAT NEPHEW a DIED OF FLU AT WASHINGTON. t] ? 6 * Washington. ? Lawrence Washing- c ton, great nephew of Gdorge Washington; died of influenza here. He was c born* at Moinf Vernon in 1856 and for the last ,25 years had h/een employed at the library of congress. r< 200 PER CENT. INCREASE ' IN &OME FOODS, 18 SHOWN. f( P Washington.?Increases of from 50 0 to 200 per cent in retail prjces of the principal food products of the country and from 70 t6 ipore than 200 per c cent in wholesafe during the last six years, are shown in figures issued by bureau of labor statistics.. Wholesale clothing prices, accord- ^ ing-Jto the bureau's figures, Bhowed an p increase of 235 pbf cent last Decern- ^ ber over 1913 levels and house furnishlngs went up 203 per cent. H WINNERS OF THREE RHODES * SCHOLARSHIPS ANNOUNCEDc Washington,?Robert P.'Hamilton* ^ Jr., University of Virginia graduate, Charlottesville,: Va.; Paul Robinson Norton, Princeton, N. J., and Theo. S. Wilder, -Oberlin College graduate. 18- t 75 Blast Twenty-fourth street. Cleve- r land, Ohio, have been selected as the ^ three Rhodes scholars at large, al- ^ lotted to *thel United States by the 4 Rhodes trustees because of the un-1 j precedehted competition for 64 scho- c lerships. ..L ^ BAKER ASKS GOVERNORS TO E AID IN RECRUITING DRIVE. ' X .i \ tin . Washington*?Secretary Raker has t addressed a letter to the governor of r each state requesting his official co- v operation in the nationwide recruiting driv'e to he Innhgurated by the war de- ^ payment and to t>e intensified during I tl.A ivonlr nt PaKmi.m, OO ? Oft ? V.I-U ? VP v V4 ? ?UI uni j i*tJ iu id*T II lUil 2 is to be made national enlistment week. The governors were asked to 1 Issue proclamations calling the atten- v tion of thetyr, citizens to the importance of tbe-advantages offered. 3.000 CHINESE COOLIES ARE * HELD PENDING EXAMINATION. Halifax. N. 3.?Three thousand Chinese coolies bonnd home from Prance B are beirig held on board the steamer 0 Minnekahda here until the military authorities and the chief health ofTl- e cer of ..the port aettlo their dispute a as to whether the illness of some of r them is influents or colds. ^ A. train load which started for the r we|t a * day or so ago. was brought G back when it was - found that two * capites had high fever. [v (VIATORS ARE NOW 1 AT LAREDO TEXAS INALLY RELEASED BY ORDER OF MILITARY AUTHORITIES AT NUEVO, MEXICO. ' (ERE HOT SENT TO MONTEREY . V he Airplane Used by Grimes and Davli Reclaimed and Brought Back By Lieut. Stoner. San An'onlo, Tex.?Lieutenants E. '. Davis and Q. E. Grimes, United : tates aviators who have been Mid y Mexican authorities, were released t Neuva Laredo and crossed the Rio i rande, to Laredo, Texas, Colonel < wuei, auuiuorn aepunmeai air Her* i Ice officer announced. . ] The aviators were released by order 1 f General Keynaido Garza, commaner of the garrison at Neuvo Laredo, ' fter a conference with Major Julian 1 Saenz, commander at Matamoros, 1 'ho accompanied the aviators to ' fuevo Laredo. ' ( Lieutenant Stoner, an aviator with ' tation at Laredo, was sent to San Eafael Las Tortillas, 30 miles west f Guerrero, and returned with the ; irplane of Lieutenants Davis and 1 rimes, Colonel Fecht announced. M ' I lOOSpVELT TAKES PLACE ON WOOD CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. Chicago.?Theodore Roosevelt has I ccepted a place on the Leonard Wood ] atlonal campaign committee, it was i nnounced at Wood headquarters. ] 1 AST OF MORMON PIONEERS GATHERED TO HIS FATHERS ( Salt Lake City?William C. A. moot, last of the band of pioneers 'hich reached the valley of Salt Lake uly 24, 1847, with Brigham Young, ( led here at the age of 92. i ] EXCOMMUNICATION IS FATE 1 OF BOHEMIAN REFORMI8T8. 1 i ( Rome.?The holy see has decided to j x-communicate the Bohemian reform- , it priests who are separating from he Vatican and forming a Czecho lovak national church. NFLUENZA PROVES FATAL IN MANY CHICAGO CASE8. i I Chicago.?Deaths from Influenza i na pneumonia since the outbreak of < tie epidemic January 15 totalled. 1.- 1 68. During the same period 26,888 y ases of the disease were reported. 1 _________ ONTROL OF RAILROADS COST \ GOVERNMENT $700,000,000. Washington.?OperaTion of the railoads, Pullman lines, express comanies and waterways, unified under aderal control has cost the nation aproxiraately $700,000,000, according to fficial calculation since they were aken-over two years ago. IENIE3 THAT BRITAIN SEEKS FURTHER LOAN8 Washington. ? Positive assertion bat the British government does not lan to seek further loans in the tatted States but on the contrary is eslrous of reducing the obligations t already has incurred here is includ- i d in a statemept frqm London trans-' flitted to Secretary Glass through TL !. Lindsay. British charge d'affairs. )EPOSITORIES OF PUBLIC MONEY ARE TO BE REDUCED Washington.?'Drastic reduction in he number of national banks desiglated as government depositories is' >eing made by the treasury- departnent with the result that less than 00 of the 1,331 such institutions holdng federal funds on June 30, 1918, are xpected to survive the pruning knife. 1IG BILL HAYWOOD UNDER !( INDICTMENT BY GRAND JURY. ~ "r5~~ e? Chicago.?Indictments against thlr-, y-seven member^ of the I; W. W. wero j eturned "by the special grand Jury in-;, estigating radical activities. Chief among those indicted were Yllliam D. (Big Bill) Haywood, formir secretary of the organization, now.) it liberty from Leavenworth prison-;, inder bond, and Thomas Whitehead, rho succeeded Haywood as secretary, n The Indictments conjplete the work >f the "red" grand Jury. ( - ? >/ ; - t: IITCHCOCK MAKES PLANS TO TAKE UP TREATY IN SENATE Washington/?The sudden breaking rp of the bbpartisan conference with- 1 tut accomplishing results has promptd Democratic leaders to seek a new 1, ,venue for reaching a compromise on , enervations to the peace treaty. I Senator Hitchcock, Democrat, of ; Nebraska .announced he would serve lotlce on the seuate that a motion j rill-be made on FeVruary 10 to take i pthe treaty for raUflcatlon. MO PROFITEERING ALLOWED | K Permit Will Not be lesued to Any One to Purchase More Than On* Pint Liquor in Calendar Month. Washington.?Methods by which intoxicating liquors may be obtained for f medical purposes and detailed regulations 'governing their sale were made public by the bureau of internal revenue. Announcement also was made that the bureau had compiled a system of ? permits providing a definite and fixed | channel through which all intoxicatiuk ii^uOio must, move, and by which hereafter the government will know p the location of every gallon of distilled liquor within the nation's boundaries. except that stored in pslvate homes. In setting forth the ways In which liquor may be procured, Commissioner Roper took occasion to issue a warn- ' Ing against profiteering In its sale. The commissioner declared that ex- ? arbitant charges for liquor for medlci-j ial purposes "certainly place the dis- jc pensers thereof in the class with pro- ? Steers and they will be investigated." v Mr. Roper also announced that all t: liquor seized under federal law prior to last October 28. unless claimed un- t der the 60-day ruling, would be sold p by order oft he court under the juris- r diction of which it is held. It must f< be Bold, however, to a holder of a per- t mit. , d Both the physician who prescribes and the pharmacist who sells liquor, the regulations provide, must have a V permit. MEXICANS MAKE PRISONERS OF TWO AMERICAN AVIATOR8 n ? 8 McAllen, Texas.?Two hrmy avla- 11 tors. Lieutenant E. F. l^yrls, and G. v E. Grimes, carrying a military mes- r sage from Fort Brown. Texas, to Mogales, Ariz. were forced to make a >landing in Mexico, 30 miles south of Zapata, Texas, and are being held by Mexicans. COL. GRAVES ADDRESSES THE FORESTRY CONGRE8S. 6 P New Orleans.?Acquisition by the;c government of extensive additional ireas of forest lands to be handled 1 permanently in the interests of the public was the feature of a proposed aew forestry policy for the nation advocated by-Colonel H. S. Graves, chief li >f the United States Forest service, (b )efore the day's session of the South- c >ra Forestry congress here. t h THE WOOL MARKET NOW FA8T APPROACHING PRE WAR BASIS. c New York.?The wool market is rapidly approaching a normal, pre-war )asls, and manufacturers' demands for aw wool will be met in full soon, acrording to Arthur Williams, federal _ !ood administrator, who conferred with representatives of the American 1 Woolen association here. t) WILSON RENEWS APPEAL FOR FOOD RELIEF CREDITS 1 Washington. ? Through Secretary 31ass, President Wilson renewed the appeal to congress to grant credits of s 1150,000,000 for Poland, Austria and 8 Armenia to alleviate conditions which 11 ihreaten "moral and material chaos" ? n those countries. Secretary Glass presented the pres- ? dent's letter to the house ways and means committee without comment ^ and the committee deferred consideration of it. There was no Indication when the committee would act finally 3n the request of Mr. Olass that the C credits be authorized. fi t AGRICULTURAL BILL HAS 1 BEEN FINALLY REPORTED t .0 Washington^? Carrying $31,000,000 , t approximately $7.0,00.000 less than the a lepartmont's estimates, the annual! agricultural apropriation bill was or- I iered favorably reported to the house by the agricultural committee. Tbo total is 3,000,000 less than the appropriation for this year. r A new provision authorizing eollec-:t tion of fees for grazing privileges on d public domains, which is expected to r produce approximately $2,000,000 was r Included in the bill. jr GLASS WRITES ADVISING THE I VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY Washington.?On the eve of his taking leave of the president's official t ramily, and, slmuttaneosly, on his 1' taking his seat fis a member of the 1; United States senate. Secretary of the c Treasury Carter Glass, writes Sena- * tor J. W .Mapp, of the Virginia Gen- I eral Assembly, advocating the rati- t flcatton of the Susan B. Anthony amendment now before that body. c Secretary Glass points out the wis- * dom of granting woman suffrage. fl NEW-HEAD OF TREASURY* A < NATIVE OF NORTH CAROLINA * Washington.?David Franklip Hosuton, of St. Louis, Mo., who has been < secretary of agriculture since March, 8 1913. who was named as secretary of thetreasury, was bom in Monroe. N. * C? February 17. 18S6. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1887, it received his A. M. degree from Har- t rard in 1892, and wat* honored with a the LIL..D degree by Tulane University s in 1903. He was elected chancellor of Washington University In 1908. o " *' fc*. V V * \ r ' ~r IEG01H1S ON ' TREATY AT AN END' * AILING IN ALL EFFORTS TO t EFFECT A COMPROMISE THE * DEMOCRATS WALK OUT. I 0 SEEK SOME OTHER METHOD I a 0 rinal Break Came When Lodge Re- e fused to Accept Amendment Writ- 1 ten by Former President Taft c 8 4 Washington.?The nuofficial bi-par- c Isan negotiations on> reservation to he peace treaty suddenly came to an 8 nd when the democratic senators, j ailing in a last attempt to obtain a j ompromise on article ten, walked out r f the conference and announced they f . ould seek some other method of ob- i aining ratification. a The final break came when Sena- c or L/odge of Massachusetts, the Re- a ublican leader, refused to accept a I eservation to article ten drafted by t ormer President Taft and presented c o the bi-partisan conference by the a emocrats. ' a \ VAR RISK INSURANCE MAY BE RENEWED BY DATE OF JULY 1 j Washington.?Former service men f lay reinstate their war risk term in- | urance at any time before July 1, 1920 nder a new ruling of the bureau of k-ar risk insurance announced by Diector Cholineley Jones. I iERBERT HOOVER'S NAME t ON DEMOCRATIC BALLOT < t Lansing. Mich.?Petitions to place he name of Herbert Hoover on the lemocratic ballot at the presidential i (reference primary April 5, were re- i J elved by the secretary of state. 1 1 COLCHAK MAKES HIS ESCAPE FROM THE BOLSHEVIKI HORDE ( i Honolulu, T. H.?Admiral Kolchak i reported to haVe escaped from the olshevlki and to be |p hiding in Manhuria, according to a Tokio dispatch n the Japanese newspaper Nlppi Jljl ( lere. * \ lOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA MAY TAKE LIQUOR UNDER CONTROL Kingston, Jamaica.?The govern- j lent is considering a proposal to put ^ be liquor traffic under state control, j "here are numerous American tour- 4 its in the island now. the rush helnar aid to be due partly to prohibition In , be United States. i TALIAN SOLDIERS CLASHED ] WITH SLAV-GERMAN 8AIL0RS Rome.?Italian soldiers clashed with ( llav and German sailors on board the ] teamer Africa of the Trieste-Lloyd ] Ine at Songapjore recently when one i f the sailors cried "Down with ] taly,' according to a report to The 1 lessaggero. 1 'ORK'S LECTURE TOUR 18 CUT 8HORT BY ATTACK OF ILLNESS 1 < Worcester. Mass.?Sergeant Alvin ] !. York, the world war's greatest In- ] lvldual hero, who Is touring the Unl- 1 ed States In behalf of the Alvin C. : Tork foundation to found and main- 1 ain a school in the mountain section i f the south, was forced to cancel his < our Indefinitely owing to an attack of 1 ppend'citis. I ; ) TALIAN MARRIAGE ANNULLED BECAUSE IT WAS CHILDLESS j Milan.?The annnulment of a Thar- 1 lage hns been obtained here HOlely on I he grounds that it was childless. This < lecislon is expected to be followed by < lumerous applications for the annul- < nent on similar grounds, for ther* Is I to divorce in Italy. JNITED STATES SENT THIRD LARGEST NUMBER MEN TO WAR < ? I' London.?The United States made ' he third largest contribution in fight- 1 ng forces during the war, aproximate- ' y 2.0OO.OOO men, according tp figures ompiled by British statisticians, < 'ranee headed the list, while Great i tritaln came second with a grand toal of 8,654,467. The ration strength of the Ameri- ] an army in France on armistice day, < hat la. the total number fed from i irmy s'.ocks is placed at 1,924,000. lOLUMBt A, 8. C. 8ECURES THE IEXT CATTLEMEN'S CONVENTION , Montgomery, Ala.?The Southern 1 iattlemen's association at the closing ' esslon of the eighth annual conven- 1 ion here adopted resolutions condemn- . ng the Kendrick-Kenyon bill regulat- , ag the packing industry. Copies of 3 he resolution will be sent to the sen- \ tors and representatives of each tate in the association. . Columbia, S. C., secured the 1911 t onvention, wiqplng over Savannah. MANMG PACKING PLANT 'acklng House Industry, Dormant For Laht Year to Resume Operations on or About First of September. Orangeburg.?Arrangements are now >eing perfected whereby the Orange>urg Packing house will T>e again iperated. It will be remembered that ibout one year ago the Oranegburg lacking company failed. The stocktolders lost Ml their investment and he secured creditors, consisting of ?11 he banks of Orangeburg, some of Oringeburg county, two in Columbia and ,na in Chsrlcstos, purchased the plant it an auction sale. Overtures to the arge peckers to purchase the plant >nded in failure and for a time it leemed as if the plant could not be lisposed of for anything near coming >ut for the banks. A proposition is now ofTered by a luccessful independent packing com>any and successful business men to ake over the Oranzebursr nlant and nn it in connection with the successul plant. Practically all of the banks mve agreed to the new proposoition ind very probably Just as soon as the >ther bank officials can meet, all will Lgree. The news that this packing >lant will be in operation by next Sepember is good news. Also, the new :oncern prposes to locate a hog buyer it Orangeburg in the nev,t month, so is to assure a market for hogs in the rery near future. Washington (Special.)?Senator E. ). Smith is down with a mild attack >f influenza and it mny bo several lays before he will be able to leave lis hotel and resume his duties at the rapltol. Charleston.?One hundred and 24 :ases of flue havo been officially rejorted in this city, mostly of a mild ;ype. Special precautions have been irdered to be taken by street car, heater and school authorities. Washington (Special.) ? Congressman Byrnes of South Carolina has lust saved an item of 575.000 for 3reenville. This money will go for , the improvement of the hospital at 3amp Sovlar to be under the control )f the United States public health service. Beaufort.?Day electric current, which was discontinued in\\Beaufort sarly In December due to a shortage pf coal, was resumed and from now on. according to a statement from City Manager Pollltzor, this city will continue with the use of electric current for 24 hours each day. Columbia.?<H. W. Powell of the Powell Paving & Constructing company has Just returned from Greensboro. N. C., where he secured the contract for building approximately eight niles of 1 foot concrete road In Alamance county, near Burlington. The -oad is to be of a standard type and will cost $3.37 per square yard for the pavement without grading. St. Matthews.?The friends of Conp-essman E. C. Mann are pleased to earn that he Is resting well In the hospital at Orangeburg, where he Is luffering from an attack of influensa. Mr. Mann returned home from Washngton on sick leave and was at first thought to be seriously ill. Columbia.?Floating of a $300,000 bond issue to be backed by the city of Columbia and Richland county for the purpose of putting the Columbia hospital on a sound financial basis and to allow the institution to expand be- | vond its present limited capacity will likely be accomplished by city council ind the county delegation if plans putlined at a meeting of these two bodies, the board or trustees of the hospital and Interested citizens are adopted. York.?As ft nrrmntlnnnrv mnoonr* a general outbreak of inBuenra, a number of cases of which Have developed within the past few lays, the city schools have suspended pxercises for a week, the picture j shows have been closed and public gatherings banned. Unsettled Car Strike. Columbia.?For the fifth consecutive lay Columbia was without street car service and the strike of employes o* the system which has effected a com- ! incur n'j-up seem no nearer an end than whe nit began. The company has made no effort to jperate Its cars allowing them to remain In car barns. Dr. Allen Fort, pastor of tho First Baptist church of Nashville, has been jailed by the First Baplst church of Columbia to be its pastoh / Lamar's Building Boom. Lamar.?Several stones and half a iozen or more residences are under construction here now to meet. In part. :he growing demand for homes and business houses brought about by the apld growth of the town. Never in .he history of Lamar has the outlook 'or business been as bright as now, ihowing gains last year over previous rears and are anticipating an even jigger business this year. An enormous tobacco ware^suse Is loon to be erected here to supplant he two in use at present. SCHOOL EXPANSION BEING MAPPED 001 CHESTER WIDE-AWAKE ON THE SUBJECT OF EXTEN8ION OF ITS SCHOOL FACILITIES. BETTER TEACHERS SALARIES Legislature to Be Asked to Empower the District to Float an Issue of $50,000 In Bonds. Chester.?An elaborate program is oeing mapped out for the extensive expansion of the Chester public schools. Among the things It calls for is the erection of a new building for the white pupils on the College street school grounds, and the construction of a building at Jetersville. a negro settlement on the western edge of the city, which will be used for the negro pupils. Better salaries for teachers occupies a prominent part of the porgram and surflcient funds to take care of the other operating costs ...V. I..V, ? '? - " > Uiv.il uiu bUUOI.aLll.ljr UUTUIICIU); UU OL the time. All the present buildings will be thoroughly repaired. The Chester county legislature delegation will be asked to secure the passage of the legislation necessary to empower the district to issue $60,'000 in bonds. If so much be necessary. to make the foregoing Improve ments and help in carrying out the program of expansion and improvements and the increase of the special tax to the number of mills that may be necessary to make the schools of Chester 100 per cent efficient. Two committees will have charge of all the details in conection with the building and betterment campaign. Charleston.?Another wood alcohol V vlctom has passed away here, a colored laborer, 43 years old dying at Roper hospitial from the effects of drinking this P9ison as- a whiskey substitute. He is* tbe fourth to die locally from this brand of beverage, In the past three months. Columbia,?With 11 Virginia alleged deserters in tow, Glenn Young, famous hunter of deserters and draft evaders, arrived, in Columbia and took his prisoners to Camp JacMeon where they were turned over to the iuiinaijr ttuiimriiiua. ah oi me captured men are from Vlrgina. Spartanburg. ? The Spartanburg chamber of commerce will be represented at the conference with the senate committee, hearing the protest of Eastern railroads and port cities against the rates recently established by the railroad administration between the West and South Atlantic port cities, by John Gary Evans. York.?Claiming that their part of the county has not been given Its share of chaingang (labor, representative citizens of Broad River and Bullock's Creek townships have asked the York delegation to the general assembly to enact legislation that would provide for a countrywide levy of two mills to be used for road building In their townships exclusively. Winnsboro,?John Nelson, a member of the police force, died here f.om injuries received from a falling limb. He was only a few doors from his home when a large limb fell and struck him on the head, causing a fracture of the skull. With the assistance of a passerby, ho was able to walk to a drug storo in the next Mock, and at first was able to talk. He soon lost consciousness and died a few hours dater. , , , Columbia.--MeetinR in Carpenters' hall street car conductors and motorman. employees of the Columbia Railway. Gas and Electric company decid- . ed to "suspend work" until an agreement can be reached. The strike becomos effective Immediately. ' | Chester is Not Alarmed. Chester.?A meeting of the Chester Medical society was held to discuss the influenza situation in Chester and vicinity. The information Riven by the physicians present Indicated that the situation in Chester is not at all alarmlnR. Each physician has only four or six cases each, and some of these have not yet been diaRonsed definitely as influenza. It was alsA shown that the disease this year Is of a much milder form than last year's epidemic. Rural School Examiner. Columbia.?Miss Louise E. Bishop, psychologist, hps been appointed to examine children in the Richland county rural schools who are either physically, morally or mentally defec tire. Miss Bishop was selected by the county hoard of education and ahe will be In her office on the tenth floor of the Palmetto National bank building on the flrat Monday In each month to examine children. The county board will laaue Instructions to trustees, principals and teachers to sire the pupils.