HANDICAPPED BY
LACK OF SUPPQRI
THE CAMPAIGN AGAIN8T THE
HIGH COST OF LIVING NOT
WHOLLY UN8UCCE88FUL.
LOWER PRICES NOT GENERAL
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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."
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; 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
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>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
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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
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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.