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HANDICAPPED BY LACK OF SUPPQRI THE CAMPAIGN AGAIN8T THE HIGH COST OF LIVING NOT WHOLLY UN8UCCE88FUL. LOWER PRICES NOT GENERAL ? | ? # Hostile and Barren Congress Not Only Falls to Give Support to WHson But Offers No Plan of Ita Own. Topeka, Kan.?The campaign against the high cost of living has not been unsuccessful and, although there hat been no general lowering of prices tc the consumer there has been marked tendency. toward iL Attorney Genera] A. Mitchell Palmer declared in an ad J.... hafnn, IT.n.oo *ii wvivi v v?c xvouoao iycuiviv.iaii\ club here. That more pronounced reaults hare not been realized Mr. Palm er attributed to what he considered a lack of co-operation between the leg lslatlre and executive branches. "It can no longer be denied thai the executive branch of the government has been handicapped by a hostile and barren congress,' the attorney general said. "Not only has Congress refused to support the president in his plans but it has failed to offer any plans oi Its own." knq of the belgians to visit rio janeiro Rio Janeiro. ? Announcement is made that Albert, King of the Belgians, will visit this city In June. 30,000 miners have quit ... their work in collieries. Porth, Wales. ? Thirty thousand miners went on strike in the collier1 . les of the Rhondda valley. The shutV, down was alnpost complete. "flying par80n" detained by threatened influenza. Columbia, S. C.?LleuL B. W. Maynard, the "flying parson," is at the hospital at Camp Jackson, under ob servatlon for influenza and he will likely be at the hospital for several days. < paris Council wants loan OF $20,000,000 IN CANADA. Paris.?It has been decided by the city council of Paris to float a municipal loan of $20,000,000 in Canada. The proceeds are to be used for the - .? purchase of foodstuffs and other es4 sentials in the Canadian market. DEATH TAKES WASHINGTON'S METROPOLITAN POLICE HEAD. Washington.?Major Raymond W. Pullman, superintendent of the Wash4 n ?% >% *mA# (ia m ?%/\1 InA f ! />/? A #4 I A/1 utvU VJ^viikail I'Uiivo 41 uvo, uicu _^^vithli borne here of double pneu, ruonift after an Ulna**,, which began ****** * . I PLAN Ft AMD MonTCWAVrow^'.' '* ' MOTOR TRANSPORT RE8ERVE8. Washington. ? Executives of 23 IT'. states have approved the proposal of the council of' national defense that steps be taken to enable rapid mobili satlon of the motor transport resources of the various states to the and of using highways transport wherever necessary or advisable in any national emergency. HONORARY DEGREE DOCTOR OF LETTER8 CONFERRED ON FOUR. Washington.?The honorary deg-e-i of doctor of letters was conferred upon Vicente Biasco Ibanez, the Span'.fh , . novelist, by George Washington Uni5 vorsi'.y at the jnid-winter convocation. Herbert C Hoover, former food administrator; Senator William M. CalI . . der of New York, and Franklin MacI l' ' Veagh. former secretary of the treas ft ury, received similar degrees. I VICE PRE8IDENT URGES ALL K TO WORK FOR COMMON GOOD. It ,r .^^^eM^yajftC-gr-Personai success as an 'V'MaflPm American citizenship , fflmulHI^BlPDrdinated to the common wb.P?d. d*ClAt*4L Vice-President Thomns |u|k a Washington's birth *' maffy held by the Society of Commenting on the jylarft?M^ff^rs011 that all men MWBlBy ehMlPift-1 11e. liberty and the ^Wrsult jflSBppfceffs. Mr. Marshal) ,n somphody hav *> * V' qF aome I^SWi|Kht for fellowmen.' \\ Aousam^^^Ktlystarvinq BIN FAMl|B^Bp|cKEN EUROPE .'ffYi'mr***1 Sates gor ,^'W1 ment is fl^^^Mfipermit the sale credit of t^^HHItbarrels of flout .-^T' '^KW by Corporation ta m"]lo?afc^^tervipK men, at|d en^^H the cities oi *S7*' tbe MwBSadded. If Amer I aI^?8 *?d neutrals contlnne t? l A fcrjL^.^0^ their *?n>lus food suppllei I from thrift Amine stricken countries i MEMORIAL TO THE POOPLE Procedure of the Propoeed Arbitration Boarde Would Deatroy Discipline and Lead to Chaos. Washington. ? Organised railroad workers and union labor in general, holding the redrafted railroad reorganisation bill to be destructive of the employes' constitutional privileges and liberties, called on Congress to defeat the measure in its entirety. The memorial, addressed to the poople of the United States, as well as the two houses of Congress, declares that the bill in enunciating a principle for basing the financial return of * investors subverts the principles of American government. This provision, the memorial holds, would constitute "an abandonment of government for the common' good, the establishment of government for private interest, ! special privilege and class benefits." | Provisions of the measure for arbitration of disputes are attacked because of the manner in which the special arbitration boards would be constituted and because of the way. in ; which they would operate. The arbitration boards, includingi the permanent federal board of nine members, might be so composed, the i memorial declares, as to eliminate j labor from representation. Procedure of these boards as set forth in the ! hill, thn mpmnrinl ntnton would "do. stroy all discipline and lead to chaos." russian soviets agree to exchange prisoners of war Berlin.?Agreement to negotiate with soviet Russia for exchange of war prisoners has been reached by the Oerman government, newspapers here say. 0 the president goes to work at an early morning hour. Washington.?President Wilson has Improved so much. Rear Admiral Grayson, his physician, said, that he goes to work in his study every morning at half past nine. unions prepare to demand $1.25 an hour for member8 ! Chicago!?Thirty-three unions comprising the Chicago building trades1 council are preparing to demand $1.25 < an hour for their members. Instead of the one dollar rate adopted last fall, union officials announced. t IKITCDK.AT.nMA. I ii a-nnn ? iv/nnL vunrcncni/c 1 IS PLANNED ON AGRICULTURE Washington.?Plans for an international conference on agriculture were revived at the meeting of the National board of Farm Organizations at which more than thirty agricultural bodies were represented. CAPTAIN MARSHAL FIELD IS SEEKING MILLION INSURANCE * Chicago.?Capt. Marshall Field, III, heir to the $120,000,000 Field estate, applied for a million-dollar life insurance policy. He made the application through two former "buddies." with j Erhom he served in France and who re now insurance agents. /OMEN'S LEAGUE OF V0TER8 OPPO8E8 MILITARY TRAINING Chicago.?The National League of Woman Voters .after adopting a reso lution opposing universal compulsory military training, refused .at the closing session, to reconsider Its action. The motion to reconsider was defeated. THE ADRIATIC CONTROVERSY IS 800N TO BE PUBLISHED. Washington.?The notes exchanged between the United States and the entente powers on the Adriatic nues- ! tion will be made public by President Wilson within a few days, It was stated. The publication, it is understooa, will be mnde with the consent of the j foreign governments. It la expected that the notes will be given to the public as soon as the president's latest reply to the entente premiers lr, delivered. $6,810,000 WAS BID FOR 8EVEN WORTHLESS SH'PS Washington.?Bids amounting to $6,810,000 were received by the shipping board for seven former German ships over twenty years old. Mr. Stevens explained tHat the board's policy was to charge off five per cent a year for depreciation and , that the board, therefore, had held that ships twenty years old or more were worthless. As a matter of fact, he said, the seven ships he referred to were easily worth $10,000,000. E8CHANEL LIKE MR. WIL80N, BELIEVES 13 IS LUCKY NUMBER Paris.?Another famous statesman has come forward to keep President Wilson company in claiming that 13 it a lucky number. He is M. Deschanel newly elected chief executive of Prance. Just after the election, M. Deschauel remarked: "My life is simplicity itself. I was jorn on the 13th; I was married on the 13th, and it was on the 13th that the chamber declared me a candidate for the presidency." .- V. ; srt flHwl St LOWER PRICES ON f MEAT LOOKED FOB' TO INVESTIGATE THE BOOKS OF RETAIL MEAT DEALERS TO , ASCERTAIN PROFITS. . < WHOLESALERS PRICE REDUCED1 i j General Palmer Saya That Meats | Have 8teadlly Fallen For Three j Months Without Reduction| I ?. i Chicago. ? Retail meat dealers 1 throughout the country must reduce;1 their prices as the wholesale' price of ; * meat declines or else submit their { books to federal agents for lnvestiga- 1 tion of their profits . * This definition of the government's c attitude was announced by Attorney^1 General Palmer. Instructions to serve ' the notice on all retail meat dealers |1 have been sent to every United | States district attorney he said. . s "For three months the price of meat t has been falling," said Mr. Palmer. ? "The retail dealers have claimed thatj t their supplies were old stock pur- I chased at the higher prices. The old ( stocks should be exhausted by this 1 time, and unless the price to the con- 1 sumer comes down we will have to 1 look intp the question of the dealers' 1 profits." |f ADMIRAL NICHOLAS HORTHY ( NAMED REGENT OF HUNGARY. Basle.?Admiral Nicholas Horthy, commander of the Hungarian army,!1 is reported to have befen named re- 1 gent of Hungary. 1 JERUSALEM EXPERIENCES A THREE FOOT FALL OF SNOW. ' Jerusalem. ? An unprecedented l snowfall of 39 Inches has crippled communication and caused great distress* and hunger. The government has instituted relief work. 1 I INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY J IS TO SPEND $25,000,000. ' J |? Chicago.?The Armour Institute of 1 Technology announced plans virtually ';1 were complete for erection of new | buildings to cost $26,000,000. A new I site of 80 acres, it was said, would be purchased. A FORMER MEMBER THIRTIETH t FOUR TIMES REPORTED KILLED ? ?. c Bristol, Va.-Tenn.?Four times re- ? ported as killed in action, Former Sgt. jl Enoch Laswon, late of Company H, j < One Hundred and Seventeenth Uni-|t ted States infantry, of this section, has] received three photographs of his own | grave. UNITED STATES GOVENMENT PURCHASES BAPTIST SCHOOL it 1 Jacksonville, Fla.?Columbia College i at Lake City, Fla., until recenly oper- c ated as a Baptist denominational 1 school, has been purchased by the t United States public health service c and will be converted into an army hospital. I TO RESTORE AND MAINTAIN OLD HOME OF WASHINGTON i Manchester, England*?Members of j the fiulgrave society met here recent- t ly to Inaugurate a fund for the restor- l atlon and maintenance of Sulgrave ( manor. George Washington's English ancestral home. ^ DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADOR GONZALES HAS BEEN DELAYED ? , It Washingon.?The plans of Ambas-;t sador William E. Gonxales, who ex- t pvvvvu iU nc??cs nautili Irum wew IOrK I for Peru, have been suddenly chang- t ed. The ambassador's departure lrf de- t layed somewhat Indefinitely by his call?l to the department of state for consul- \\ tation on those Latin-American mat- 1 ters with which he is familiar. ji COMPROMISE ESCH-CUMMINS I RAILROAD BILL 18 PASSED Washington?The compromise Each-1 Cummins railroad bill was approved 11 by the house, which adopted the con-11 ference report after four hours debate, j t The house adopted the conference t report by a vote of 24^ to 150?a clean t margin of 99 vocs. Chairman Each declared that the g railroads would be handed back to < their owners on March I, regardless * of whether Congress enacted legisla- a tion. . | v FINGER PRINTS NECESSARY I TO PREVENT CHECK FORGING # Washington.?Chances of successful pay check forgeries in the navy were t reduced to a minimum when the de- t partment ordered that the indorser t of every such check must place the im- 1 pression of the four Angers of his right a hand en the back thereof before it will r be cashed. As a record of the Angerj r prints of every man in the service is, t kept it will practically be impossible s under the order for a forger to escape t identlAcation. a J ro BE NO RATE REDUCTIONS I ' 9 lates of Carriage aa Well at Wagee of Operatives Are Sought to be Stabilised In* the New Bill. i ? Washington.?Wages established by j he raiiroad administration during the var would continue in effect until September 1. under the railroad re>rganixation blil, the conference retort on which was presented In the touse and senate. Under the wage provision, pay of [ ail road workers would be stabilised it the present levels for six months ifter the rail properties are returned p o private control and operation. The till, as reported, also seeks to statllize rates for the same time, proriding that, prior to September 1, no ates may be reduced unless approval >f the interestate commerce commis-1 n don is obtained. ;Q The restriction on wage increuses u vas looked upon with special inter-!a ?8t by members of Congress, railroad 0 ifficials and union leaders in view ot'0 .he recent demands of the more than ! u 5,000,000 railroad .workers for an ad- t, ranee in pay. C{ In the belief that a wage commislion would be empowered to take up tl heir demands, the fourteen railroads t, inion heads have called a conference ^ o be held here to discuss the policy ,o be adopted in dealing with such a ommisslon. To ascertain if the rail- 0 oad executives would agree to turn- n ng over the wage controversy to such ^ i commission. Director General Hlnes j ins requested a committee of railroad >fficlals to confer with him here. , t| GRAVES AND VAULTS OPENED; p COFFINS USED FOR FIREWOOD u I s' Vienna.?Systematic vandalism and j( obbery in cemeteries has led to de- e nands for police protection.. Newspa-|c >ers say graves and vaults have been j lespoiled, articles of the slightest R ralue stolen and coffins smashed tor f. lrewood. ^ ? rHE "MAD MULLAH" ESCAPES ? FROM TANKS AND AIRCRAFT London.?The combined operations >f the British and Italians with tanks ind aircraft against the "mad mullah" * n Abyssinia have been very successul. The enemy was decisively de- c eated and the operations have been r rlrtually concluded, but the "mad nullah" escaped. N 'ACKERS ARE NOT TO HANDLE PRODUCTS OTHER THAN MEATS Washington.?Attorneys for the five " >ig meat packing companies met igaln with department of Justice offi ,u. . R ,iaio iu kuuiiiiciu uaiuiiH ui me ugreea ~ lecree under , which the packers will ie required to discontinue handling >f products unrelated to the meat mslness. ?- Cl 8( >AUL DE8CHANEL HAS BECOME f> TENTH PRE8IDENT OF FRANCE a tl Paris.?Paul Deschanel became the enth president of the French repub- A lie, succeeding Raymond Polncare, vho laid aside the robes of office after >ne of the most critical periods in the listory of the country. The formal. ^ ransfer of the old to the new regime g >ccurred at the palace of the Elysee. cl REJECTIONS OF SHIP BIDS b RECOMMENDED BY COMMITTEE Washington.?Rejection of all bids -eceived for the thirty former German )assenger ships offered for sale by the ihipping board, was recommended to N :he senate 'commerce committee by w Chairman *Payne of the board. A YILSON'S AGREEMENT PUTS A * NEW ANGLE ON SHIP MATTER Jr Ij Washington. ? President Wilson's Q itatement to the senate disclosing) hat he had entered into a tentative A igreement at Paris whereby the Unied States would pay to the reparaion commission the difference beween the nation's merchant tonnaee v oss during he war and the appraised a .'alue of seized German ships gave a a tew angle to the informal discussion a n congress of the ship controversy. f< 3ROGRES3 ON PEACE TREATY R SO FAR AMOUNTS TO NOTHING Washington?Progress in the peace Yeaty ratification fight was not vis-' ble after two day* of vigorous de- XJ >ate, since the pact was brought r< tack from committee to the floor of w he senate. ai In fact, the situation apparently was i w 10 muddled that even the most ard- l ?nt ratificationists seemed disheart- u >ned over the prospects of settlement, .ei ilthough others professed to see a tl vay out of the wilderness. n) dcADOO OBJECTS TO PLACING 8 NAME ON PRIMARY BALLOTS New York.?W. O. McAdoo announc>d that he would not permit his name a| o be used on presidential primary it (allots In the various states and that! le advocated the sending of unln-lU1 tructed delegates to the Democratic y< latlonal convention. The former sec- w etary of the treasury said he bellev- w >d the highest constructive Header- at hip can best be obtained if the ca- y( tonal interest "is not submerged inju< , contest of individual candidates.' [m 1MERS PLATFORM IS TO BEORftFTED k NOTICE WILL BE 8ERVED ON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO SHOW THEIR COLORS. IARRETT HEADS COMMITTEE 'etition Congress to Increase Maximum Loan Under Farm Lodn Dill From $10,000 to $25,000. Washington. ? With the apolntlent of a committee of seven prominnt rami organization leaders to draw p a "platform," the American farmer, s represented in the national board ?. mi uigauiiauuiis, servpa notice a present and prospective presidenial candidates that he is determined ) participate actively in the coming ampalgn. The platform wll| comprise que* ions designed te bring out unriis? ikably the attitude of each cat'Jiate upon matters which agriculturists onsider of paramount importance. C. S. Barrett, of Georgia, president f the National Farmers' union, was amed as chairman of the comm'tse. The conference adopted resolutions sklng the early appointment of an imerlcan delegate to the Internaionnl Institute of Agrlcultur e at iome to succeed the late David Lubln. pproved the Caper-Harsman bill retoring to* farmers the right of col?ctive buying and selling; expressd confidence in the federal trade ommission in connection with thenmlnent invetigation 'of that body, nd petitioned Congress to amend the . irm loan act to increase the maxlmm loan from 910.000 to $25.000.> RYAN TO BE VOTED FOR FOR PRESIDENT BY MICHIGANDERS. Lansing, Mich.?Petitions to place le name of William J. Bryan on the allot as a candidate for the demoratic presidential nomination were Bceived by the secretary of state. IEW MEXICO 32d 8TATE TO RATIFY WOMAN SUFFFRAGE. Santa Fe. N. M.?New Mexico comleted ratification of the federal wolan suffrage amendment. New Mexso is the thirty-second state to ratify. IOLSHEVIKI HAVE EFFECTED THE CAPTURE OF ARCHANGEL. London..? Bolshevik forces have aptured Archangel, on the White sa. according to a wireless despatch om Moscow. in? "whites" abandoned the town nd the trops Jetned the bolshevlkl, le message declared. LBANIAN GOVERNMENT 18 REPORTED TO HAVE FALLEN. Rome?Klamll El Bassau. an Alanlan leader, and the bishop of cutarl have proclaimed the fall of le provisional government and delared themselves regents of the AIanian throne. IOURNERS HEAR THE DECEASED SING AT HIS OWN FUNERAL. Mt. Vernon, II.?The widow of W. r. Smith, who was his second wife, 'ith other mourners heard "Rock of ges" sung by Smith and his first 'Ife at his funeral services here. Smith and his wife sang the hymn ?to a phonograph six years previousr and the record was played as part > f the burial services. DMIRAL PEARY, DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH POLE. IS DEAD. Washington.?Rear Admiral Robert dwin Peary, retired, Arctic- explorer nd discoverer of the North Pole, died t his home here from pernicious nemia. from whi^h ho hnd >r several years. EC IP ROC AT ION OF ARRESTS BY THE POLES AND U K RAN IAN8 Warsaw.?Members fte forhmer rdl Warsaw^-Mombers of the former krainian government have been ,arjsted by I'ollsh military authorities, ho accuse former Premier Mazeppa nd others with political cooperation iththe bolsheviki, according to a emberg dispatch. At the same time krainian government banks at Kernilev and Podolsk were taken over by le Poles, who contend the banks fl- , anced propaganda against Poland. ( AYS THE NATIONAL CAPITAL IS AFFLICTED WITH LUXURY Washington?The national capital la ' Tllcted with luxury. You may take , from Representative Nelson. i "Stand on F street almost any Sat* rday afternoon, and in hour's time ; >u will see $10,000 worthof fur coats : om bv women, mostly girls who ork. Take your place on Sixteenth i reet on a fair Sunday afternoon and ; >u will see in a single hour a mil- l un dollars' worth of autos. There is < > let a pen luxury." COTTON [AT $1.00 A POONO ( Fifty Bales of Upland 6otton Brings Neat Sum of $24,340 to Fortunate Owner on Hartsville Market. Hartsvilie.?Cotton brought $1 s a >ound on this market, probably the first time upland cottoh has touched this mark since right after the Con federate war. when it sold for this price for a short time. E. D. Sumner bought 50 bales of long staple. ? Tne weight was 24,340 pounds. This [] will explain some of tho unprecedented prosperity of this section of the state. Tobacct) is also bringing good prices. Clemson College.?President Rlggs states that ther^are 23 cases of influenza and 35 of mumps, none serious. There is no pneumonia or p( other sickness. g s ci Mallory.?Oak Grove school build- ? ing and Bothesda Methodist church, ol three miles west of here, was destroy- If ed by Ore. V The destruction of these two build- ol ings falls heavily upon this commu- 11 nity, but already efforts are being made to replace the church with a ,! more modern building. U Greenville.?The home place of Mrs. Ella Geer, widow of the late John M. | ( Geer, who was one of the south'a fa- jr mous cotton mill executives, was sold p( to a syndicate of local business men p] for a consideration announced us 0( considerably over 3100,000. | j ti Charleston. ? Nine deaths from u pneumonia were reported, the heav- i % lest one day record yet achieved by 5 the disease. There were 160 new | cases of influenza added to the health I department's list, including 11 pneu- p monia patients, bringing the totnl since the flu epidemic broke out to q over 2,700 cases. ^neater.?Th? stockholders of the s Spratt Building and Loan association f held their annual meeting. y, Dr. O. B. White's twenty-eighth an- cl nual report as president showed that h the association now has running in c< the various series a total of 8,161 shares and throughout its long and eventful history has not lost a dol- 0 lar for the stockholders. B Andrews.?There are still a great si many cases of influenza here. The e schools and churches hqge been clos- t ed for two weeks, and there is no pros- 1: pect of their being opened. In some instances there are whole families ill. One family of eight are all down, and another fatnily of seven are all down q except one little boy. There havo ^ been only two or three cases of penu- m inonia, and only one death, tl is "hop- T( ed that the peak has been reached. Cl t Parrls Island.?By permitting him- ' self to be lashed with a sea going < hammock lashing, using all the turns G and hitches known to an old flme marine, and then getting loose in full view of his comrades, Private Jaces a Kelly, marine corps, established a new recofd as "The Houdini of the | Marines.** ^ Kelly halls from St. Louis, and has q Just enlisted In the marines. He is ?< able to break ten-penny nails with his a: teeth and chew up electric light bulbs, w tl Greenville.?Ninety per cent of the" stock of the Roswell Manufacturing company at Roswell. Oa., near here, Jhas been purchased by ,the Easley r: Cotton mills of Greenville, S. C? for a w sum exceeding $800,000. The Roswell s< mill is one of the oldest in the South, tc having been Incorporated In 1840. It pi was destroyed during the war by Sher- | a< man's army and later rebuilt. It is in capitalised at |3M,000. pi Charleston. ? Thirty-five persons, among them Mrs. E. Mikell Whaley * and her daughter, Miss Cello Whaley of Columbia, were injured on a wreck on the Southern railway when pas- al senger train No. 18 from Columbia ta and train No. 16 Just leaving for Co- Ci lumbia crashed together in a head-on ? collision six miles from Charleston. w No one was killed. P< 8how Day For Stills. Eastover.?It was a show day in Eastover when Rural Policemen Dun- Bl away and Fraylick. brought to Magis- *' trate Thompson's, ofTice during the day three stills and 57 gallons of very good mash that they took within ten miles of Eastover. ???v uiuvciB ncarciifu uints nuuiefl and destroyed three stills. | et Hundreds of people came to Ma*lstrate Thompson's office to see the 1' captured goods during the day. One ^ defendant was carried to Jail, and tl] others will possibly he arrested. Former Cltlxen Dead. Mobile, Ala. (Special).?Gen. William Mlckle, adjutant general of the W United Confederate veterans, and one M rf the best known men of the Confederacy, died at his home here after an hi Illness of only two weeks. He was 74 Br years of age and was born in Colum- r< b a. S. C. th General Mlckle served throughout * lae Civil war, enlisting when he was c' 17 years old. He was a member of 'u the.Mobile cadets. Company A. a T1 crack organisation of the Third Ala- f hama regiment and twice wounded. th JHittfe JENERAL INCREASE 1 STATE UVE STOCK W VERAGE GAIN OF THREE PER 18 CENT IS SHOWN IN MULES, , J| HOR8E8. COWS AND HOGS. M IECREASE APPEARS IN SHEEP f ????- k otal Estimated Value as * fcxhlbite4 in Report by Field Agent Hare, Is In Round Numbers, j ^ Saluda.?The annual lire Stock ! ? ?rt for South Carolina issued bjr B. . Hare, field agent of the bursas of op estimates, United States depart* ent of agriculture, shows an increaa# ! 3 per cent in the number of mule* i the state as compared with last ?ar, 4 per cent increase in number t milch cows, 2 per cent in other cat* V .! e. and 3 per cent in number of swine, lere being the same number of horses * last year and a decrease In number f sheep from 29,000 January 1, 191S > 27,000 January 1, 1920. rne total number of horses on Janary l.^s estimated in round numbers t 80.000. mules 206,000, cattle, includig milch cows 460.000, swine 1,088,)0. The total value of horses ..la laced at $14,400,000, mules $47,642,)0. cattle, including mflch cows $27,)0,000 und swine $28,300,000. The esmated value of nil live stock on Jannry 1, was $112,542,000 as against 101.300,000 January 1, 1919 and $80.(5,000 Januarv 1. 1918. Florence.?In view of the great lmrorement in the tntluenxu situation, le board of health decided to raise the , uarantine. Washington.?(Special.) ? Senator mlth, who hns been ill with Influenza jr the last two weeks, may ba out dthin four or Ave days. His physilan has ordered that he remain in is rooms for several days yet to > ome. Chester.?In the wake of the news f the construction of a handsome ew Methodist Episcopal church at laldwln, a thriving textile suburban action of Chester, comes the lntor- ' sting news that the West Side Bapst church there contemplates erectlg at an early date an edifice to cost pproxlmately $40,000. OalTney.?Ed. H. IJeCamp of the affney Ledger, who some days aaro as seized with an attack of influenza, ' 'as taken to the local hospital, and sports from his bedside are not enluraging as to his condition. While ill condition is not alarming, it la afficlently serious to cause mueh mcern on the part of his friends in. afTnejr. Columbia.?The first day's attendnee of the South Carolina race conjrence was largo. The group meetere well attended and the discuaions had among the groups were on uestions of vital interest. Education, Dcial service, home, life and health mong negroes, religious welfare, ere some of the things that engaged ie attention of the speakers. Charleston.? Pneumonia la increaskg in Charleston at a rather rapid ite. It is feared that the cold wave, hlch has ihis city in its grip, will ?rve to augment the spread. Tho >tai influenza racord since the latter irt of January is reaching 2.500 caaee, :cording to unofficial figures. Durig that period nearly 100 cases of neumonia have developed. Gaffney.?A convict who waa ??r?. ig a two year sentence on the coun' chalngang for housebreaking and .rceny escaped by sawing his chains part. The negro in about stg feet ill, brown In color, and when he iped was wearing a black moustache, upervisor Lipscomb says that a>fV ard of $25 will be paid for hia ap? rehension. Will Open Muncipal St ere. Columbia.?Mpyor ttlalock hue wired i order to army authorities at Char* ston for a solid carload of canned icon. The meat will be sold to Coimbia householders. rue city authorities will sell the roakfast bacon packed in 12 pound ins at $2.75 per can. The goods are andard and were purchased by the jvernment for service to soldiers, he city sold a carload of bacon last ecembcr and Columbians obtained ie meat at actual cost. The Hust ilpment was sold out rapidly. Meets Death In Peculiar Way. Florence.?When William ChllddTS. ted eight years, the son of Mr. and rs. R. H. Childers, failed to return ime after he had gone out to play, s parents became uneasy about him id started a search In which the ilghbnrs Joiued, with the result that e dead body of the lad was found In hole said to have been dug by the ectric light company. The hole was 11 of watsr from the recent rains, he body was found with the head sting in the water at the bottom at e hole.