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(LEAGUE OF NATIONS THROUGH
ITS SECRETARY, PUBLISHES
RECORD OF IT8 WORK.
f- PROTECTION OF MINORITIES
Registration of 8ixty-nlne Treaties
In Accordanoe With Stipulations
of the Treaty of Versailles^,
Paris.?The secretary of the league
of nations has issued an official document
entitled "the work accomplished
by the league of nations during
the first year of its existence, Jan- <
uary 10, 1920, to January 10, 1921." j
Regarding execution of the peace
A *.. ik? 1..4^ .^1.4. ?La f A!
uoai/ me itxtgut? puuna uui luts iui*
lowing missions accomplished:
1?Administration of the Saar Valley.
2?Direction of the affairs of the
city of Danzig.
3?Rejection of the German government's
conclusions and note asking
another plebiscite in Eupen and Mairnedv
and the final awarding of the
territories of Belgium.
4?The establishment of a permanent
mandate commission to admin- i
ister the affairs of former German |
colonies.
6?Acceptance of responsibility for
the protection of minorities. I
6?Registration of 69 treaties ill
accordance with the stipulations of
the treaty of Versailles.
Harding Stimulates Buying.
New York.?Buying of cotton was 1
stimulated by Governor Hardlng'B
statements before a group of business
men that the widespread depression 1
of the past few months is at an end 11
and that there was no longer any 1
danger of any financial or industrial
collapse. '
Export Corporation Officers.
New Orleans.?R. A. Hecht, presl- '
^ dent of the Hibernia Bank and Trust ,
company, of Now Orleans, was se- (
lected president of the Federal International
Banking company at the or- ,
ganizntlon meeting of the corporation
"here. T. J. Caldwell, president of tin* ,
Fort Worth National Bank, was elected
vice president, and Haynes Mc- j
Fadden, formerly of Atlanta, was
elected secretary.
Postofflce Bill Passed.
Washington. ? After eliminating a
$1,250,000 appropriation for the air
mail service, the house pussed the
postoffice appropriation bill.
As amended, the bill carried a total
of $572,714,721. It provides for the
continuance of the increased pay
granted postal employes last year.
Too Old to Fight In '61.
Wheeling, W. Va. ? George Crow,
who was rejected because of age when
he sought to enlist for military ser vice
in the civil war, died at the family
home, near Littleton. Mr. Crow
recently celebrated his 108th birthday
anniversary by riding eight miles
on his horse to the home of one of
his sons.
Little Chance for Ford.
Washington.?The recount of the
ballots caat In the Ford-Newberry
sanatoria! election, being conducted
by the Benate privileges and election
committees, shows slight prospects of
.Ford winning the office.
O'Cailaghan Liable to Fine.
Washington. ? The department of
justice, although it has not yet injected
Itself into the cose officially,
became mindful of a statute which
makoa O'Cailaghan liable to arrest
and a $10,000 line for entering the
country minus a passport.
Harding Resigns Senatorshlp.
Marion. O.?President-elect Harding
resigned as Urlted States senator
from Ohio, forwarding his letter of
resignation to Columbus for action of
the newly-elected republican governor,
Horry L. Davis.
Chaplain Is Convicted.
Dublin.?Rev. Father Dominic, the
chaplain to the late Lord Mayor MacPwiney,
was found guilty here of
statements calculated to cause disAff?4h?n
to the king."
r* 'fc Wants Place In Cabinet.
J? Warhiweton?James Jefferson Brftt,
V) of Aehoville, N. C., former member of
congress and third assistant postmaster
general under President Taft,
Is a candidate for the same place In
the cabinet of President-elect Harding,
according to Information.
Fierce Forest Flree Raging.
Aohoville, N. C.?Forest firos hays
broken nut in western North Carolina,
^%-hich, it not checked at once, will
donbtfoss cause greet damage to the
forests in which they are raging.
Nev" "Coxey's" Army Fenced
N*igjYork.--A near "Coxey'a Army"
win *, on Washington, starting*
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MISS JANE MORTON. e
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MIk Jane Morton, daughter of one a
>f Chicago's most prominent families, 1
las forsaken horseback riding, golf, 0
ind tennis and accepted a position as 1
i stenograpehr in the office of a La "
Salle street broker. ?
DEMAND SEARCHING INQUIRY \
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Record Shows that During 1919 the
War Department paid on Coal Pur- ^
chased $3,500,000 Excess Profits. n
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Washington.?Evidence as to coal 6
prices paid in 1920 by the War De- j
partment has been transmitted to the ;
Department of Justice with a recommendation
for action, Chairman Cal- r
ier of the Benate committee on recon-1'
structlon, informed the senate. p
The Coal inquiry reached the sen- j c
ate oor when Senator Smoot. Utah,
naked the committee for a partial re- t
port as to its work, suggesting that it { c
be extended to the retail field. Sen- g
ntor Kenyon, Iowa, for the committee
presented an analysis of its work to
date.
"If the consuming public was robbed
last fall as the government was ^
robbed, the robbery wiir run up into j
hundreds of millions," he said. r
"The record shows that during 1919 i
the War Department purchased 916,- q
000 tons of coal at an average price
of $7.12 a ton at the mines, and we
find this" coal was costing the operators
about $2.82 a ton. t
"This means, as I figure it, that on c
these War Department purchases an f
excess profit was taken, amounting
to a total of $3,500,000."
Will Se'l Flying Boats. ^
Washington.?To encourage the de- x
velopment of commercial aerial trans- j
portatlon and the training of civilians j
as airplane pilots for use In time of j
war, the Navy Department has autho- t
ttzed the sale of 125 coast patrol fly- s
ing boats at about one-third cost price.
Britten Demands Big Navy.
Washington.-?Opposing all plans (
for cutting down the nation's naval r
strength through disarmament agree- s
ments with foreign countries, Repro- c
sentative Britten of Illinois, republican
member of the house naval affairs
committee, Introduced a Joint resolution
to direct the Navy Department ?
to proceed at once with Its big build- r
ing program. j
Increase Capital Stock.
Macon, Qa.?Stockholders of the
Bibb Manufacturing company, owning t
cotton mills at Columbus, Porterdale ! j
and Macon, voted to Increase the cap-: f
ital stock a million and a half dollars, j t
to $7,500,000 to carry out a plan of.
pTMnslnn.
First Woman #Jury In 8. C. f
AndnrBon, S. C.?What la declared f
to be the first Instance In South Caro- |
line where a Jury composod solely of;r
women sat in a court of justice, took j
place when Magistrate H. A. Poster [
Impanelled four matrons and two sin- i
pie women to pass upon the guilt or t
Innocence of a negro charged with t
larceny. ]
Sheehan Is Arrested.
Dublin.?Patrick Sheehan, at one
time secretary to Eainonn de Vaiera. :i
hn9 been arrested here. The wher- j
ohnnta rvf f!a Vnlopo hoo ?a* waf Koon
disclosed.
Are Against Nullification. |
Sacrlmento, Calif.?The California
senate adopted 09 to 0 a resolution requesting
the national government to
agree to n/> treaty with Japan that
would nullify the state's anti-alien j
land law or that would grant the i
right of dtisenship to Japanese. (
Will Never be Dry.
Washington.?The United States
will liever be literally dry. Prohibition
Commision Kramer declared,
though he expressed the opinion prohibition
Is here to stay. * \
Report on Army Enlistments. '
Wanfaj^ta-^n unanimous farorablf
rsysrttrmt j-trd e red by the sen
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FORT MILL, 8. 0.,T1
316 SALARY BILL
BREATLYREDUCED
rHE CUT IN APPROPRIATIONS
18 $23,724,196 LES8 THAN
WAS ASKED FOR.
CENSUS BUREAU IS HIT HARD
1o Decrease In the Number of Employee
In War Risk Insurance Bureau
la Required Tho it Suffered.
Washington.?The legislative execu
lye and Judicial appropriation bill,
he big salary measure reported out
?y the house appropriations commitee
carried a total of 1112,728,438, or
23,724,196 less than departments askid
for, and $5,728,771 below the
mount appropriated for the current
ear.
As an indication of the war-time Inrease,
the bill's total In 1916 was $36,10,799,
but as one means .of cutting
xpenses the committee lopped off sal,ries
for 12,183 employes in the Dlsrlct
of Columbia. An appropriation
if $10,000,000 was recommended for
he Bureau of Internal Revenue, to be j
ised largely in enforcement of 'prohiiltion.
Pructically all of the amount cut'
rom the Department of Commerce;
fas due to a reduction of $3,785,000 i
n the allowance for the census bueau,
which is completing its work on
he census.
No decrease in the number of emiloyes
in the bureau of War Risk Inuranoe
Is required but the bureau's
ppropriatlon was reduced from $10,24.400
to $7,145,400. It asked for $12,43.050.
Blue Law Introduced.
Nashville, Tenn.?The first and
nost drastic of the so-caled blue
aws was introduced by request in the
Tennessee senate. The DroDosed lee
slatlon would prohibit the playing of
lunday baseball and other sports, opration
of all pasenger and freight
rains, publication of newspapers, operation
of all stores, all buying and
oiling except Instance whero charity
?r neceslty demanded It.
Wages are Reduced.
Philadelphia, Pa.?Wage reductions
-arylng from 10 to 25 per cent for
'hlladelphia textile mills were antounced
after a meeting of the execuIve
committee of the Philadelphia
textile Manufacturers' association.
Liverpool Firm Falla.
New York.?Failure of the cotton
irokernge firm of J. B. Thompson &
:o., of Liverpool, was announced on
loor of New York cotton exchange.
Translating 700 Year Old Book.
Philadelphia.?A book 700 years old,
valued at $100,000, was placed in the
Jniverslty of Pennsylvania for transatlon
by Dr. William R. Newbold. It
s said to havo been written by the
English monk, Roger Bacon, sometime
>etween 1216 and 1262 and is an expoiltion
of the laws governing life.
Big Continental Bank Suspend.!.
London. ? The British-American
Continental Bank has suspended paynent.
In financial circles, the suspention
is attributed to the general flnanial
situation.
Penrose Supports Tariff IBM.
Washington. ? Senator Penrose,
diairman of the senate finance comnlttee,
announced that he would suptort
the house emergency tariff bill.
Would Restore Death Penalty.
Pierre, S. D.?A bill was introduced
n the senate of the South Dakota logslature
to restore capital punishment
or first-degree murder, abolished by
he last \, gislature.
Bill for Capital Punishment.
St. Paul. Minn.?Be-instatement of
apital punishment in Minnesota for
irst degree murder is sought in a bill
ntroduced in the state house of repesentatires.
O'Callaghan Is Paroled.
Washington. ? Secretary Wilson of
ho Labor Department, announced
hat he had granted parole to Lord
Mayor O'Callaghan, of Cork. ?
Fight on Muscle Shoals.
Washington. ? Renuhlenn senators
jegan a fight on the hill proposing to j
'orni a government corporation to take '
>ver the operation of the nitrate plant
it Muscle Shoals, Ala., by offering
imendmcnts wnich. If adopted, would j
imlt materially the powers of the cor-1
>oration.
Skirmish Over Prohibition.
Washington.?A skirmish ovor en-'
forcement of prohibition marked de
>ate In the house on the sundry civil |
ipropriation bill.
Clearing Way for Tariff.
Washington.?The way cleared for
:he unusual situation of two congres-1
ilonal committees, one from each!
aody, holding hearings on two kinds
>f tariff, emergency and permanent,
irhlch will be prolonged.
Fleet Steaming Southward.
Washington-?Screened by destroy*
?rs, the Atlantic fleet is ^teaming
lonthward from the Virginia tapes to
neet its sister armada fromathe Paat
Panama
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UNITED STATES TO
QUIT THEJOUNCIL
ANY FURTHER PARTICIPATION
BY U8 IN IT8 DELIBERATIONS
DECIDED AQAIN8T.
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BlitAMNb imCUHIKNI UNA
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There Remains now only a Connection
With Reparations Commission and
That on Rhlneland Commission.
Washington.?Immediate withdrawal
of the United States from further
participation in the council of ambassadors
in Europe was reported to
have been decided upon. State Department
officials declined to discuss
the report, but they did say that the
American government would not be
represented at the meeting of premiers
next week at which France and
Great -Britain will discuss ways and
means tor enforcing the terms of the
treaty of Versailles affecting particularly
the conditions in the Ruhr
vMley.
Representation on the council of
ambassadors has been the most important
link coAnecting the United
States with the post-war situation iij
Europe. There remains the connection
with the reparations commission
and that on the Rhine land commission,
but officials regard both these
as specific cases in which the United
States is directly interested.
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Twins Born 20 Miles Apart.
Denver.?Although they were born
twenty miles apart and in different
counties. Reuben and Ruth Walden
are twins.
The stork visited the home of Mrs.
Nancy Walden, wife of a Hill Top.
Douglass county fanner, and left a
histv boy. The attending physician
chauffered Mrs. Walden post-haste to
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IUB8BAY, JANtTAEY 13,1921
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MISS GRACE ARNOLD.
Miss Grace Arnold of Portland, Ore.,
has reached .home after stirring adventures
In stricken Poland. Mlsa
Arnold, a young woman lawyer, before
sailing with a relief unit of the
American Red Cross, vwas secretary
to Judge Hunt of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals.
ONE IS BADLY FROST BITTEN
Men are Slowly Wending Way Back to
Civilization by Dog "Train With
Thermometer at 30 Below Zero.
TTnoref -? a ???- *
"vmgt, uui. imvg ui lerriuie naru*
ships endured with the utmost fortitude
by the three str&nded American
naval baloonists from Kockaway, N.
Y., in the frozen wilds of the Cauadian
North were related here by Italian
trappers arriving from the lower Hudson
bay district.
Their stories in the main corroborated
reports from Cochrane that the
airmen were on the verge of starvation
and were forced to eat their two
remaining carrier pigeons to keep
alive. The men now are slowly wending
their way back to civilization by
dog train with the thermometer registering
30 degrees below zero.
The men are in good health and
spirits, the trappers ?ay, with the exception
of Lieutenant Stephen A. Farrel,
the eldest of the. trio, who suffered
greatly from frost bite and shock.
According to the stories of the Indians,
the the howling of a Moose dog
caught in a trap at fillip Sands, the
original trading post ,)f the Hudson
Bay company, was responsible for the
safety of the airmen. When they
heard the dog's cries, the balloonists
cecided to land.
Southern Wants Great Loan.
Washington.?Authority to issue $&,Qftft
nnn nf (lovolnnmonf <-?? *> 1
mortgage honds was granted the
Southern Railway company by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
A Scramble for Toy*.
Washington.?The staid business of
tariff making went by the board in
the house ways and means committee
room while committee members indulged
in a scramble for toys that
rivaled a Christmas festivity. The
committeemen went home with dolls
and animals of all sizes bulging from
their pockets for the joy of many congressional
families.
J. O. Poote, a toy manufacturer of
Stroudsburg, Pa., played Santa Claus.
He came to appeal for tariff protection
on toys, particularly celluloid
toys.
His argument finished, Foote said
he had no further use for his exhibits
and the scramble began. The solons
shucked off years as they used
to shuck off their clothes at the old
swlmmin' hole. They were boys again
in a second and when the rush stopped,
the toy box was swept clean.
McLean Bill Approved.
Washington.?Senator McLean, republican,
Connecticut, announced that
Secretary. Houston and the Federal
Reserve Board had approved his bill
providing for the use of profits of the
federal reserve banks for retirement
of outstanding treasury certificates
of indebtedness.
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Investigate O'Calllghan Entry.
Washington.?Investigation of the
circumstances surrounding the entry
into this country of" Daniel J. O'Callaghan.
lord mavnr nf CnrV whn ar.
rived at Newport News will be made
by the State Department.
Kidnapped Man Learns Name.
Charleston, S. C.?Kidnappod at
Wrightsville Beach 25 years ago, Robret
Hnynes. of Hauto, Pa , has Just
found out -he has a sister liv.ing in this
city and that his name is not Haynes
but Harry Teboe.
Hun StrtkeiAealn Threatened.
London.?Oertiany again Is threatened
with extensive railway and industrial
strlkesjaccording to an Exchange
Telegrajai dispatch.
Little Russia* an Admitted.
Waahington.-^lBmyorary admission
to the country dtthlii seven Russian
children fcronghMMtife. by Rear Admiral
Newton former
American high ynHnjisr at 8ebaatopol.
was orfl [ftMa bhdxlgr*
tlon bnreap.
a Denver hospital twenty miles dis- I
tant, where a daughter was born.
Made 'Threats Against Cuba.
Washington.?Charges that the state
Department was "making" threats
agatnst the 'Cuban government" to
provent the issuance of permits for
Western Union cable landings on the
islands were made before a senate
committee by Newcomb Carlton, president
of Western Union Telegraph
company.
Flaht Collective Baranlnlnn.
Chicago.?Plana to combat any attempt
by the railway brotherhoods to
continue the irflght for collective bargaining
and the closed shop through
national boardB of adjustment will be
made at a national conference of
state manufacturer's here.
Willis Appointed Senator.
Columbus, Ohio.?Appointment of j
Cornier Governor Frank B. Willis, of '
Ohio, as United States senator to All j
the unexpired term of President-elect .
Warren G. Harding, was the first official
act of Governor Davis, following
his inauguration as governor.
Initial Steps in Coal Matter.
Washington.?'initial steps in the investigation
of charges of profiteering
in the sale of coal to the War Department
last summer as contained in the
report of the senate committee on reconstruction
were taken by the Department
of Justice.
To Legislate for Women.
Columbia, S. C.?Legislation for women,
made necessary by the ratification
of the nineteenth amendment,
will be one of the features of the seventy-fourth
annual session of the
South Carolina general assembly.
Overcome With Joy.
raranto, Italy.?The arrival here of ]
leglonaires from Fiume provoked a
manifestation which ended in a riot,
one person was wounded and numerous
others arrested.
Woolen Mills Reduce Wages.
Lawrence, Mass. ? The American
i Woolen company announced a wago
reduction of 22 1-2 per cent to take
effect January 14.
Largest Peace Coal Output.
Washington.?C'oal production in
1920 amounted to 046.00ft.000 tons, tho
largest peace year output in the his- (
tory of the nation, the Geological i
Survey resorted.
To Ime^stigate Lumber Prices.
Waahtlflj|on.?A genernl investigation
of t? lumber industry and more
particoli^&of the yellow pine industry
in - tjw.South, Is being conducted
l>y the Ohpartment of Justice to determine
whether there have been violations
Of the Sherman anti-trust act.
4ftr
I rigoypn Asked to Come.
Buenos Aires.?President Irlgoyen
was invite^' t>y Secretary of 8tate
Colby's vfelf here. V> pay a visit t?a
Colby txr Hwdeat Wilson's name 4oring
Mr.. QByi, visit: here, to pay a
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LARGE DISTILLERY DESTROYED
Another Robbery of a Country Store Is
Reported; Barn, Corn Crib and 300
Bushels Corn Destroyed by Fire.
Anderson.?Another robbery of a
aountry store occurred when Master's
store, about a mile and a half below
the city, ne? Gluck mill, was entered
and about $500 worth of goods stolen.
The thieves smashed the front window.
The tracks indicated that there
were several in the party. The safe
was tried, but the thieves failed on
the combination, and nothing was
touched in there. The cash drawer
Was rifled, only about $15 being in it.
The thieves took a punch board which
contained a $25 watch,' one $5 gold
pieces and two pistols.
A largo and complete distilling
outfit was captured by officers. The
outfit was on the old Jesse French
place near Princeton, in Greenville
I county. The apparatus was cut up
after the officers disposed of about
| 600 gallons of corn meal beer and
eight bushels of mash. No arrests
were made.
Pat O'Neal lost his barn, corn crib
and 300 bushels of corn by lire. Mr.
O'Neal lives about five miles west of
mo viiy. i wo uuiomooues were also
burned up and some feedstuff. There
was some Insurance, but Mr. O'Neal
estimates that his loss will exceed
the insurance by about $2,500.
Florence.?Within the past week or
ten days at least 50 y.oung men have
been accepted for service in the United
States army by the local recruiting
officer. Since the depression set
in, the recruits have increased every
day. It is said that at all stations
o.ver the country enlistments are being
received at the rate of 1.500 to
2.000 a day. Sergeant Thurmond says
that most of the recruits aro coming
from the farms. The increase indicates
additions to the ranks of the unemployed.
Laurens. ? Laurens has passed
through the holiday season without
a homicide or a serious disturbance
of any kind, so far as is known by the
county officers. There was an automobile
accident when the car occupied
by John Milam and daughters
and a young man. Dewey Bolt, was
struck by a car from Clinton, with the
result that Milam was slightly hurt
about the head; one of the daughters
had an arm and leg broken and the
other daughter had a leg fractured.
Gaffney.?Since tho account of December
strawberry gathering by Stacy
Westmoreland of Gaffney appeared
in this correspondence many inquiries
have been received, and a visit to Mr.
Westmoreland's home showed the
berries ripening on the vines and disclosed
the fact that a large volume of
young fruit is at this time developing.
Berries which had been picked this
week were sampled and were most |
delicious, although the ground around
the vinos were frozen when the berries
were picked.
Charleston.?Taken to a hospital,
Buffering from burns, Mrs. Clarence
Shoakea and three of her four children
died from tho shock and injuries
received when bedding in the chil
d.en's noom caught afire from an oil
stove and the mother, trying to save
her children, was found ablaze when
neighbors responded to her cries for
help. The fourth child, a boy 11
years of age, Is ir a critical condition
Winnsboro.?A mass meeting was
held here in the courthouse to see
what could be done in the matter of
reducing the present high rate of taxation.
W. R. Itabb acted as chairman
of the meeting. Finally after some
opposition the Fairfield delegation tc
the general assembly were instructed
to cut the special school levy of .one
and one-hair mills, and lr posime to
repeal the entire new school law.
Columbia.?Mrs. Annie I. Rembert
has resigned as field secretary of the
South Carolina sanatorium.
Mrs. Rembert. in handing in her
resignation, said that she did so because
she felt that since she was a
believer in Christian Science that she
should not at the same time be connected
with the tuberculosis work ol
the state board of health.
Brown As** for Ball.
Anderson.?Solicitor Leon W. Harris
went to Greenville to appear before
Judge Georgo E. Prince asking
for bail for James H. Brown, pending
motion for a new trial in the supreme
court. Brown recently was trier! for
transporting liquor, in his absence
and when he returned received a sealed
sentence for 18 months on the
chaingang .or the same length of time
in the penitentiary was left by Judge
Frank Gary. Brown's attorneys have
served notice of an appeal for a new
trial.
Dial on Hun Indemnity.
Dial nf South Carolina addressing the
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RECEIVER NAMED ?
FOR CASH MILLS ^
ALMOST CONTINUATION FELT
IN GAFFENY BECAUSE OF
UNEXPECTED ACTION.
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DELAYED MACHINERY, CAUSE
The Work of Paving on Street Which
Leads to Limestone College Is Rs?
umed After Short Suspension.
Gaffnoy.?It was learned that the
Jash mills a $500,000 local corporation
had by an order of Judge Molver
been put into the hands of a receiver.
This mill was organized and erected
by R. E. Cash, who is a successful
mill man of large practical experience
and the news of the receivership vas
received by GaiYney people with sona^
thing like consternation.
The difficulty which as present is
the cause of tho embarrassment was
brought about by the fact that Mr.
Cash bought cotton heavily a year
ago at high pricos, expecting to be
able to get machinery promptly with
which to spin it, but congestion on
railroads caused delay and Iho slump
came and caught him.
There is no allegation or suspicion
on the part of anyone of wrongdoing
in connection with the conduct of tho
mills.
Work on tho street paving leading
vu uiiiicsiuiio v>vuegu wu? resumed alter
suspension of two weeks. Mr.
Reeves, the superintendent of the
work Buys that he will be able to complete
the job within a short time, as
the material is on the ground with
which to complete the work.
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Anderson*?Mayor Kant wo it into
the city clerk's office to assist in getting
out the ilcenses for the year. Mr.
Fant stated that the city would have
to depend largely on the revenue from
licenses to meet the expenses of tho
city government, that the rovenuo
from fines had not been as great the
past year as in former years, and expenses
had increased. Mr. Fant wnl
remain as assistant to the city clerk - ? A
until after the city taxes are paid,
which are supposed to be in by the
20th of the month.
Florence.?Warrants charging them
with complicity in the alleged murder
of John L. Carter near Pamplico on
Christmas day were sworn by uitor*
neys of the dead man's relatives, who
wore not satisfied with the result of
the investigation made by the magistrate
at Jlynian in'o the caso. The
warrants are for the arrest of Len
Poston and his wife, I.etitla Poston;
Jess Miller, Tillman Hutchinson and
Robert Hyman. All live near Pamlico
and aro well known In that community.
Columbia.?Tho executive hoard of
Chicora colege In session at the coleRO
discussed in general tho building
plans for the "Greater Chicora" college
and also dealt fully with the finances
of the plant.
It was decided to start with thrve
of the buildings in the spring, these
to tncludo tho administration building
and two dormitories.
Florence.?The South Carolina Tobacco
association will have a statewide
mass meeting of growers in
Florence January 14 to present any
follow up plans adopted and recommended
by the Interstate Tobacco
Growers' association, formed December
17-18.
Columbia.?<A total of $422,394.KO
was returned to the several counties
by the state highway commision during
tho year Just passed. This fund
was collected from the sale of t.iut/>
mobile licenses, 80 per cent, of the
total going hack to the counties and
20 per cent going into the general
state fund.
Washington, (Special).?The following
South Carolinians have been designated
for appointment to West
Point: JameB E. Kerr of Aiken. and
James A. Willis, Jr., of Barnwell, of ?
the Second district; Robert L. Rogers
of Walhalla of the Third district.
Young Returns to Service.
Florence.?T. Benton Young of Florence
has returned to the extension
service of Clemson college and the department
of agriculture, succeeding
the late C. A. McFaddln as district
agent and state representative of the
South Carolina Tobacco association.
In this double capacity ho will direct
actively the demonstration work in
the various counties of the Pee Dee
section and will give a great deal of
time and attention to putting the tobacc.o
market of South Carolina on a
proper and paying basis.
The Remedy for Blockading.
York.?"Enact a law that will send
to the chain gang tor two years every j&l&in
man convicted of .illicit distilling, and *3^1$
jnake guilt consist of the possession
.gf whiskey making apparatus or th?\; .
MfflKjkAesence at a utill. and we can >
moonshlning in York o/mn- \Af-\
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