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*' . *'"y * * > ???V .**.^>- w C ' . " WHAT HAS OCCURHSD OUR I MA '. WISH TMRO'iaHOUT COUNTRY AHO ABROAD N 1 . ' . ; EVENTS QFJMRORTANCE HBirid. From All Parts Of TIM SMr And Told In Bhort Paragraphs Foreign? The -Panama canal was not affected by the earthquake of recent date. The movement Was not atrona enough to be apparent generally, but was registered by the aeismographic as,a pro. ' longed tremor. -Jt- >. *Y A general strike of 260,OOQ German railroad workers, cAlled for recently was expected to tie up all long dis' tance and Berlin passenger and freight traffic. Famine has reached such a terrible degree in the Orenburg district of Russia that people are killing each other and parents are eating their children, says a telegram recenved at Genera, from a representative in Moscow of > Dr. Frldjof Nansen, head of the international comnulttde of Russian relief. Preparatory to an invesion of Soviet RubbIs, Herr Stinnes is conducting a comprehensive economic survey of that country through a number of German experts representing many , callings and professions. The spokesmen for the German people's party are unhesitating in accusing Chancellor Wlrth of breach of . faith in appointing Dr. Walter Rathe una no uiUHOiPl Ui 1U1 Cl^II UIlHirB WllH" out awaiting the outcome of negotiations for the extension of thp present coalition to the Inclusion of the people's party led by Qutave Stiv.ssman. Release and deportation of foreigners now serving sentences in Cuban prisons and pails, as part of the government's economy program, will be suggested to the chief executive, it was announced recently by Manuel Alfonso chief inspector of prisons. The measure, it is added, would serve to evltate complaints by foreign governments concerning the treatment of these prisoners who. with Cuban offenders, are alleged to be suffering from the action of the many state contractors in refusing t6 furnish supplies i-*,. until their bills are paid. The Prince of Wales arrived at In*-4art^*Brttl8h India. He received a cordial welcome, thousands of persons lining the streets to greet , him. The president of the Italian senate OnH AhaMka* A# J?- 41 " * vi?>.uu<ii ul ut)|iuiieB nave aavlsedi King Victor Emanuel to aak former Premier Oiolittl to form a cabinet in succession to the Monomi ministry, it is understood, nays a Central News dispatch from Rome. Five hundred ruble notes are' no longer legal tender in Mobcow. A recent decree of the Moscow soviet announces that hereafter street fnilways and other government institutions will accept nothing less than 1,000-ruble notes, worth half an American cent at the present legal rate of exchange. Suddenly becoming violently insane, a member of the pontifical choir created a sensation in the Sistine chapel during the celebration of solemn re, quiem mass for the late Pope Benedict XV by shouting "Down with the pope!" Me was finally overpowered by the Swiss guards. Berlin reports are to the effect that German civilians and French recently had a clash at Petersdorf, Silesia, in which several French soldiers were killed and several Germans seriously wounded. The allied commission has ordered a state of siege each v night between 8 and 5 o'clock in the morning, to prevent future disturbances. Washington? Reports compiled by the eastern bureau of the department of commerce recently Indicate that there was a loss of population in Sovit Russia of 18,000,000 people in the period of 1915 to 1921, the revolution-torn years. Bootleggers throughout the country are evolving a* new industry?the rectification of denatured alcohol?prohibition officials said recently, which probably will necessitate a complete revision of the government's system of distribution. > Plans to form a federation of Central American republics have collapsed, according to word received by the state department recently from American Minister Morales, at Tegucigalpa. Honduras. On the eve of delivery to congress by Secretary Weeks of Henry Ford's offer for the government properties at Muscle Shoals, Ala., Frederick E. Engstrum, of Wilmington, N. C., presented the war secretary with an amended proposal to complete, lease and operate the Muscle Shoals properties. Payment of $10,000,000 on surplus supplies purchased after the war was made to this country recently by ' France. The nomination of Arthur G. Froe, tre-zro attorney of Welch, W. Va., as recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia, was indicated recently by Ssaaior EHtins, of West Virginia, after a call at the White House. ' The charge, of certain railroad executives that the government "rttfned'? the roads is groundless, William Q. McAdoo, former secretary of the treas1 urg and wartime director general of teporta't# Wop? dMtag the pant yeartell elf by more then (wo bflllo* dollars, m compered with 1MB; whfle exports tp .South America declined by more than throe hundred million dollars. is the statement ot the cbmmerce department recently leaned. The bill authorising the refunding of the eleven billion dollar foreign debt Into. securities maturing in not m&re than .twenty-five years has been passed by the senate?39 to 25. Final enactment of the measure must ayrait adjustment of differences between the house and senate, which is expected within s week or ten days. Senator Kenyon of Iowa, leader of the agricultural bloc and chairman of the senate labor committee, has been named by the president to be circuit judge for the eighth circuit. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon announces the offer of an.issue of 4 3/4 per cent three-year short-term notes to the amount of approximately $400.000,000. The" issue is to provide for current expenses, the retirement of treasury certificates of indebtedness maturing February 16, 1922,* and as a part of the treasury's program for re ? - - - - ? * unog ooiei maturing May 20, 1923. The independent oflces appropriation bill carrying a total of $494,804,238, most of which Is for use by the veterans' bureau has been passed by the house and sent to the senate. By fairly decisive votes the senate refused either to require congressional approval of the agreements to be entered into with debtor nations by the proposed allied debt refunding commission or to limit the authority of the commission in the matter of deferring the time when interest payments on the eleven billion dollar foreign debt shall begin. Railroads which earned more than 6 per cent upon the value of their property used In transportation dhripg the period from September 1, 1920, to Jpnuary, 1921, are required, under order of the interstate commerce commission, to turn half of the excess so earned over to the government. Anent the recent Knickerbocker theater tragedy. Washington newspapers have gathered In tabloid the record of many theater disasters in the past seventy-five or eighty years. They iouow: 1836, Lehman's theater, Petrograd, 700 dead; 1847, Carlsruhe, Petrograd, 200; 1876, Conway's Brooklyn, 295; 1887, Opera Comlque, Paris, 200; 188S, Banquet, Oporto, 206; 1895, Front Street, Baltimore, 23; 1881, Ring Theater, Vienna, 640; 1891, Central Theater, Philadelphia, 100; 1887, Temple Theater, Philadelphia, 170; 1903. Iroquois, Chicago, 617; 1908, Rhodes, Boyerstown, Pa., 170; 1911, Canonsburg. Pa., 26; 1913, Calumet, Mich., 72; 1921, Rlalto, New Haven, 6. 1 * Domestic? E. Lee Trlnkle, of Wytheville. was Inaugurated governor of Virginia recently. succeeding Westmoreland Davis. Judge Joseph L. Kelly, president of the state supreme court, administered the oath of office. Discovery of a tellumium gasoline compound, which Increases automobile mileage one hundred per cent over present gasoline fuel, was announced at the research laboratories of the Qen eral Motors company at Dayton, Ohio. Nine bodies, crushed to an unrecognizable mass by a fall of slate following an explosion in the Gates mine of the H.. C. Frick Coke company a few miles from Brownsville, have been brought to the surface. Counterfeits of the familiar 2-cent postage stamp have appeared for the first time since 1895. One of the new counterfeits came Into the hands of a New York collector. Wilbur Burr Vollva, successor to John Alexander Dowle as overseers of Zion and head of the Christian Apostolic church, Zion, 111., has completed the fixing of dimensions of his flat world, existence of which is now taught in the Zion schools. Fifty tons of Birmingham slag from iron furnaces at Birmingham, Ala., is now being shipped to Florida for the foundation of 33 miles of standard asphalt roads, which will be built in that state at a cost of $6,000,000. Jonas Marsh Libbey, editor and International authority on industrial matters, plunged to his death from a point high up on the twenty-fivestory Municipal building at New York. The Southeastern Express company has extended its lines to take in Nashville. Tenn., according to a wire received at New Orleans. La., offices recently from Atlanta, Ga. Evelyn Nesblt, once one of the most beautiful leaders of the gilded life of J New York, central figure in the killing of Stanford White by Harry Thaw, but more recently one of the tragic figures of Broadway, la missing, according to published reports at New York. ( Twelve companies of Kentucky na- < tional guardsmen were ordered to Ntfw- ( port, Ky., where a strike in the New- ] port Rolling mills has been In prog- . I ress for sometime. The tank corps of , Covington was ordered to move in j and take control of the situation. Solon H. Borglum, nation wide , sculptor, and head of a school of : sculpture at Stamford' Conn., Is dead , His most recent work was at Stone , Mountain, Ga. New owners of the Tennessee Central railway have agreed to take over for $146,000 rolling atock and prop- I erty which was not included In the ! terms of the sale of the road for $1.- 1 600,000 recently confirmed by federal 1 court at* Chattanooga, Tenn. 1 William D. Taylor, director in Call- ' fornia for one of the largest film com- ! panics in Los Angeles aQd nationally known in the motion picture industry. Was found dead at him home under 4 circumstances that the police said indicated murder. He bad been shot through the neck. * ' * . ^ l GUHi INSPEGTHJH BEGINS MARCH 2 ? ?*? ADJUTANT GENERAL GRANT FIXES DATES FOR INSPECTION OF ALL UNITS. WORK BY THREE OF OFFICERS \ 'y Grant, Day and Glan Will Look Over All Companies Except the Field and Coast Artillery. Columbia.?Adj. Gen. Rufus W. Grant issued of-ders for the annual inspection of the South Carolina Nattional Guard, which is to be made beginning March 2 and concluding March 24. The inspection will be made by Col. Frederick R. Day, inspeotor-instructor of tbe guard in South Carolina, Adjutant General Grant and Maj. F. W. Glen. United States property and disbursing officer. These officers will inspect al} the units except the field and coaBt artillery companies. Maj. C. T. Marsh, coast artillery, end Maj. Louis G. Osborne, the assistant adjutant general, will inspect the field and coast artillery units. The Itinerary of the inspection is announced as follows for General Grant. Colonel Day and Major Glen: Company I, One Hundred and Eighteenth infantry. Rock Hill, the headquarters compaipr of the Third battalion of the One Hundred and Eighteenth infftntry, Rock Hill and Fort Mill, and Company K. One Hundred and Eighteenth infantry. Fort- Mill, March 2 and 3. Headquarters company, Second battalion, Easley. March 6. and Company G, One Hundred and Eighteenth infantry, Greenville, March 7. Howitzer company, Greer, March 8, and Company F, Spartanburg, March 9th. Company E. Union, and the service company, Union. March 10, and Company A, engineers, Lockhart, Mar. 11. Companies A and B, Charleston, March 13, at the Mt. Pleasant rifle range, March 14 Company C, Walterboro, March 15. and Company D, Orangeburg, March 16. Company H, Brookland, March 17. and motor transport company No. 118 at Olympia, March 8. Company H. Camden, March 20. and Company L. Hartsville, March 21. Headquarters company. First battalion; Timmonsvllle, March 22, and the headquarters company. One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry, Columbia, along with the state staff corps and department and regimental staff and state arsenal and depots, March 23 and 24. Coast artillery company No. 428, Dillon, will be Inspected February 28 by Major Marsh and Major Osborne. Battery D. One Hundred and Fifteenth field artillery, Georgetown, will be Inspected March 1 and coast artillery company No. 427, Beaufort, on Mar. 2. Provision Is made for the inspection Of several nlHeern nnl mlth tKn ,,o?u.. companies, such as medical officers of the state staff corps, etc. May Discontinue Almshouse. Columbia.?8. H. Owens, county supervisor, has appeared before the Associated Charities and presented the plan of doing away with the Richland county almshouse and building a district almshouse which would Include the surrounding five counties. The Associated Charities heartily agrees with this plan and has appointed a committee composed of P. C. Withers, Morton Visanka and Dr. W. P. Cornell to consider this plan, and present it before the Richland county delegation. Foreign Exports Reach High Figure. Charleston?Foreign exports from Charleston during the month of January were valued at more than six times exports for January of last year, according to the records of the local customs house, and Charleston's showing in this respect is expected to prove much better than the average American port. At a time when there Is a general depression in foreign trade, and when the tendency is to show a falling off. Charleston's volume Iff PAwe .. At .? wou oo uinuucil} oucuunginf. I Interest In Tobacco. Conway.?Much Interest is being displayed In the operation of the cooperative tobacco marketing plan to be tried ont in Horry this year. No one seems to know yet Just how it will be handled. Some seem to think the warehouses will not be operated while others think they will run. One warehouseman is advertising that his house will be open for business. However, avery one is anxiously awaiting the resnlt of the meeting of the state aslociatlon at which it Is presumed the marketing plan wlP be worked out. Nurses Hold Meet. Sumter.?Miss Llla Davis, secretary of the Second district of the 3outh Carolina Nr.rses' association, is back from the district meeting In Florence and reports the following officers elected: President, Miss Pretto Lock wood, Darlington: vice presilenta. Miss Bessie Lee and Miss Camphell. Florence; secretary. Miss Lilo Davis, Sumter; treasurer. Miss Fran:es Strieker, Hartsville. Directors: Miss Cora Belle Dickens, Florence; Mrs. J. A. MrEachern, FlorICC6; Miss Lou Mclver, Darlington. i i -V ' ' ^ weim SEES PROSPECTS OF SURPLUS INSTEAD OF DEFICIT'IN THE GOVERNMENTS FINANCES l ' ' GIVE FIGURES ON SAVIN6S President Addresses More Thai^ One Thousand Officials at Government Business Meeting*, Washington.?Presiding at the second business meeting of the government, President Harding announced that instead of a deficit in government finances, as was forecast in December, there now were prospects of a. surplus of receipts over expenditures when the books are balanced at the end of next June. The President further announed it had been possible to reduce the government's expenditures from a scale based on $4,500,000,000 a year to a scale of $3,974,000,000 and declared "that even in Its formative period the budget system has Justified our most confident expectations.'' I More than a thousand officials from all the departments * and establishments of the government met with the President and received the report of the various co-ordinating agencies transmitted by Director Dawes, of the budget bureau, whom the Presldescribes as the "genius" who made possible the ?Ut in expenditures. The President and Director Dawes, of the budget, who followed him, announced to the meeting that direct savings of 132,000,001) and indirect savings of more than $104,000,000. had been accomplished in less than six months through the operation alone of the budget bureau's co-ordinating agencies. Mr. Harding expressed the further opinion that the efforts on the part ot pie government toward economy had been reflected among the people at large. "I cannot but feel that the government has in this budget organisation set an example of care and thrift that has helped greatly to'make saving fashionable. If' to some extent the government has been a leader in so praiseworthy a cause, we ought all to bo gratified to have had a part in the affair. Much of the extravagance of government has been due to a lack of sense of individual responsibility, and the same is (rue in the corporate businesses and the private affairs of the people. If our efforts here shall set a standard and Inspire an ambition for greater economies and higher efficiency, we shall have served not only the government, but the whole public particularly well, perhaps our example will be of service to the world." Millions Lost in Fires. new tone. ? Three hundred and thirty-four thousand dwellings at $5,000 each, sufficient to house 1,700.000 persona, could be built with the money lost in flres in the United State; from 1916 to 1920, according to figures given oat by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. The board places the national fire loss daring the five-year period at fl.672,722,677. based on an examination of over 3,000,000 reports of fires. Matches and smoking hazards are held responsible for $90,000,000 of losses, according to the report. Next comes electricity, which caused flres ooating $86,000,000. Stoves, furnaces, boilers and pipes caused a loss of $63,000,000 and "exposure," which means communicated flres, $283,000, 000. Conference Nearing End. Wasblngton.-'-Except for the formalltles and frills that are to attend its adjournment, the Washington conference on limitation of armamnnt and far eastern questions is over. At a plenary session the remaining treaties and resolutions are to be formally approved, and the chief delegates are to say good-bye to one . another in speeches expressing the gratification of their governments over the conference accomplishments. _ Bill te Cut Down Offioara. Washington.?A bill to reduce the number of army officers to 12,000. as oompared with 17.000 now authorised., was transmitted to .congress by General Pershing as chief of staff, and introduced by Chairman Wadsworth. r ? British Exchange Gains. New York. ? British exchange extended its advance to 14.30 for demand bills representing a gain of almost 10 cents in the past fortnight, and marking a high record for over two years. Pour Buildings Wrscksd. , N?w York. ? Explosion of several stills, with the consequent wrecking of four buildings and serious injury 1 of three men; selsure of several hun- i dred gallons of alcohol, whiskey, I wines and mash and one, death from I drinking poisonous liquor were the 1 high spots on the reoord. of prohibition enforcement agents operating within i a radius of "45 minute* from Broad- I day.- ' i William Space was the third nfan to ( die of alcoholic poisosing at Jersey i City within two day*. \ ] " SOUS APPROVE MANY MEASURES ' ' LARGE NUMBER OF LOCAL MEASURES AND A FEW STATEWIDE APPROVED. BOTH HOUSES ARE BUSY Revenue Act is Being Beaten Into Shape and Fnal Vote is Expected Soon ? Many Changes Made. Columbia. Both houses of the general assembly are showing speed and numerous measures atire being eliminated either by ratification or the striking out of. the enacting wordB. Only a few of the statewide measures have been disposed of but action 1b expected very soon . ~ Bills providing for a revision of the code of the government of den- | tal surgery, requiring the Southern Bell Telephone company to reduce its rates, for the teaching of fire preventlon in the public schools, and permitting Clemson college to borrow $150,000, were approved by the house and sent to the senate. The Sapp resolution, providing for a constitutional amendment placing in the jurisdiction of the general assembly the establishment of a system of' raising an equitable revenue unanimously was passed to third reading. Bills providing a schedule of auction fees for the disposal of tobacco, placing trees, plants and bulbs for propagation purposes under the state pest commission, and providing a system of reporting for paroled convicts were Introduced. On a compromise, the senate bringing to a close the most heated and prolonged debate to the present session of the assembly, passed the Miller bill revamping the present railroad commission, increasing its personnel from three members elected by the people to seven members elected by the general assembly, one from each congressional district. The bill would have been rejected had the author not submitted to the three elective mem bers remaining in office, with Frank W. Shealy, of Lexington, aa chairman, at their present salaries. Should the bill pass the house four members of the commission will be elected by the legislature this year on a per diem basis. The telephone bill, which was introduced by Representative M. C. Foster, of Spartanburg, was given its third reading and pent to the senate withoyt opposition, having come through unscathed the Are of opponents "debate on second reading. This measure, which provides that the telephone rates which were in force i throughout the state January 1, 1921, ' shall be the maximum charges to be asked In the state, would reduce tel- i ephone rates approximately 20 per < cent, according to Mr. Foster. i The tax resolution, fathered by Sen- i ator M. P. Wells ot Edgefield, was also' sent to the senate despite the j opposition of Representative Reiser, j the only record vote on the measure , showing a majority of 49 to 41 in fa- | or of the resolution. The house ( amended the resolution in mingr de- | tails on second reading and therefore , its final passage sends it back to the j senate for action on these amend- j menta. The bill is imperfect in its | present form on account of an error in f its title and the senate is therefore expected to refuse concurrence in the , house amendments so as to throw the resolution into free conference where . these errors can be corrected. The Ptckens and Anderson delegations' measure to require the clerks of conrts of the various counties in the state to issue and collect for motor vehicle licenses and to empower the } county authorities to retain 86 per ( cent of the moneys so collected was committed to the ways and means committee, which now has under con- ' sideration a bill to accomplish much 1 the same end. The motion to commit i th* Kill ? J- w_ T-, u... nnD .unuii u; rvnifi enouiuil VB O. A. Hydrick of Orangeburg. * < A divided majority unfavorable re- c port was made on the bill establish- 1 ing a board of examiners for chlro- c praetors. v The joint resolution to provide for loans to Clemson college was also ( passed on third reading and sent to the senate with minor amendments. f The unamended bill has already passed the senate. 1 The Sapp bill to provtde for the 1 creation of a board of engineering ex- e aminers was ordered recommitted to ? the judiciary committee for amend-' ments. The bill as originally framed t received a majority unfavorable report t from the committee, but with 'the * amendments to be p.oponed it is ex- o pected to receive the unanimously fa- t vorable report of the committee. a Favorable committee reports were made on the Leopold bill, placing a v license of $60 a day on cotton and stock exchanges; on the, tax luxuries; c requiring executors to enter into bonds c the same as administrators, and glv- o Ing priority to artisan's liens for v soring and equipping wells. Unfavorable reports were made on c the bill allowing graduates of the Char- d eston Medical college license without u i tan ding the state medical examination, and on the bill making insur- a ince policies incontestlble after two ? fears. , ?j ?? a yt: i\ . ! : frJTr'v ' ' tV - * ' '?$$' > ** > MSB c e?' , : : The Sapp resolution, which li Identical with the similar measure bow before the senate, would provide for the amendment of the state constitution so ss to empower thA general assembly to establish a "Just and equitable system of raising public revenue." This amendment, which will be submitted to the qualified electors of the state at the coming general election, should the resolution pass both houses, would empower the legislature to vary the tax rate upon different classes of property taxed. The resolution had hitherto been held up oh. the calendar on the objection of Representative L. C. Wannamaker of Cheraw. Mr. Wannamaker withdrew his objection and the measure was passed without further opposition. tha tliiahaa. f ivl " - . uu uuouotrlllUlm uruuil pruciico bill was also passed or. third reading and sent to the senate. This measure would continue in existence the board of medical examiners, but carries various changes in the present laws governing the practice of dentistry in the state. It would allow a dentist to quit the practive of dentistry in the state upon notlflcatldn to the board of examiners and would not provide for the cancellation of licenses if the holders fail to practice for a period of IS months as under the law now in force. The bill would also require that applicants for admission to the practice of dentistry in the state present uncontestable evidence of their identity before they will be allowed to stand the examination. The act to require tobacco warehouses to pay an annual license of 15.000 if they handle or sell ungnfded and untied tobacco was among those ratified. This $5,000 is said to be practically prohibitory. The fines would go to the county Bchool funds. Penalties of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000 and not less than six months or more than one year are provided in the act. Senator Ldghtsey's bank slander measure, providing for punishment of all persons who circulate false statements in regards to the solvency of any bank, w'as also ratified. If any person so circulates an oral statement, wilfully and with Intent to injure, it convicted, the punishment will be not iwbh man ?iuu or more than J500 or not more than one year in prison. Senator Williams' measure to appor^ tlon lines imposed by mayors, magistrates, intendants, etc., where part of the sentence has been imposed was ratified. This act provides that if a prisoner has served part of his or her time and then wants to pay the fine, that a proportionate part of the fine shall be reduced. The bill to permit graduates of the Furman university law school to be licensed for the practice of law in the state without examination before the state board of law examiners, was recommitted to the judiciary committee upon the motion of J. It. Bryson, of Greenvillo, the author of the measure. The University of South Carolina law school, the only state law school. Is at present the only institution so favored by the state, applicants from all other law schools being required to stand the regular examination. Mr. Bryson proposes to amend his bill to provide for the admission without axaminntion of the graduates of all accredited law schools, approved by the state board of law examiners. R. I. McDavid. of Greenville county, Is the author of a bill to provide that Insurance policies shuli be Incontestable after they have been In force two years. Under the provisions of this measure policies, when they have been in force two years, can be cancelled only when some of the provisions of the policy are violated or the premiums not paid. The bill was referred to the committee on banking ind insurance. Representatives Hydrlck, Glenn and Kennedy are the authors of a bill to repeal the^present military code of :he state. The bill was referred to :fee committee on military affairs. Two New Charters.) The Carolina Plggly Store, of Greenwood. was chartered by the secretary >f state with a capital stork of $60,(00. Officers are: A. W. Allison, presdent: N. S. Allison, vice-nresident i. O. Fochall, secretary and treas* irer. The Weiner Construction company >f Charleston was chartered with a capital stock of $5,000. Officers are: i. P. Weiner, president; Judah Weinir, vice president; 11a Weiner, treat* irer; Archibald Weiner, secretary. 1 hooper Names Tax Commissioner. Governor Cooper appointed J. Fraliar Lyon, of Columbia, former attor- , ley general of the state, as a mem- i ?er of the South Carolina tax commit* ' lion to succeed A. W. Jones, its chair ' nan, whose term of office expired. 1 Chairman Jones, with the other ' wo members. W. O. Query, of Spar- ' anburg, and J. P. Durham, of Con* ' ray, have constituted the personnel 1 >f the commission since it was en* < ablished by an act of the general ' ssembly in 1915. < Vllliams Gets Third Reprieve. Abram 'Williams, 55-year-old negro, ^ onvlcted in October of attempted riminal assault on a young white girl < f Orangeburg and sentenced to death, < fas reprieved for the third time. 1 Sentenced to die in the electric < hair Friday, the governor today or- l ered that the'sentence be reprieved 1 atil April 7. 1 The negro was convicted in October 1 nd sentenced to die October 28. The 1 sntence was deferred to December ^ y nd then to February 3. ' FIRE DOES DMU6E lit CUB flj Damage Approximately $125,000; Rw r-Si D. Quick Daahea to Death to - Vryl Escape Palling Wall*. H " fl Clio.?Fire destroyed business es- j| | tablisbmenta In Clio and entailed a ' \1 | loss of approximately $126,000. *" tragedy in connection with the fire was the death of R. D. Quick, who collided with a truck as he dashed to safety from a falling wall and was killed almost instantly. The truck was drives by P. H. Lipscomb. The body was held in a nearby building and the coroner notified. The tragedy Is greatly deplored but could not be avoided by Mr. Lipscomb, who is deeply affected by it. Just how the fire originated is not known. The first evidences of it were in the Blackman ft Mclnnls Drug store about 11:30 o'clock and tor more than two hours it raged with the resultant loss as follows: Blackman A Mclnnis Drug store, 38,500. with 33,000 insurance; Covington Co.. $ 376,000, stock insurance about 60 per cent; Covington company's buildings, 325,000, partially insured; Wright ft Powers, stock 36.000, with 32,500 insurance; D. K. Wright's building. 35,000, partially insured; J. C. Covington's building, 35.0C0, partially insured; Southern Bell Telephone company's office equipment, unknown. J. E. Harrison, telephone operator, lived over the drug store and all his personal effects were loBt, as he and Mrs. Harrison were away when the fire was discovered. Bennett Hedgepeth Hardware company had a loss by moving out their 36.000 stock which was covered. Damage to the 'Aelinda building in which Bennett Hedgepeth compapy were located was considerable from the falling wall of the Covington company building. A lot of cotton was ignited from falling sparks at the Atlantic Coast Line depot, which is a loss to the rail- V road, as it was covered by bills of lading, ten bales being damaged. Plan to Erect Potato Houses. Greenwood.?Discussion of plans to aro/tt atvaof a wwv jrvjicxivs vui uifs uuiioua Willi # a capacity for 100,000 bushols will feature the next meeting of the dlrectors and advisory council of the chamber of commerce, ncnrding to a statement recently given out. With ten sweet potato houses alromly in J operation or proposed, indications are that next year will see the pota*r-h*~ dustry a potent factor in meeting boll weevil conditions. According to L. B. Altman, county agent, farmers who this year had potato houses are realizing good pro (Its from their potatoes. A co-operative potato house at Hodges in this couuty, with a capacity of 20,000 bushels, is being operated successfully, and the potato association there has been offered above $1 a bushel, run of house, f. o. b. Hodges, for the entire contents of the house. Other potato growers have been offered $1.50 for cured sweet potatoes. A number of small towns and country communities in Greenwood county plan co-operative curing houses. Ninety-Six is planning a 25.000 bushel house. Klrksey, Woodlawn and other communities are also contemplating the erection of houses of large capacity. ' Will Establish Poultry Plant. Greenwood. ? A commercial, poultry plant will be located In Greenwood in the near future by Will Griffin, of Newberry, according to a statement by Mr. Griffin. Mr. Griffin proposes to operate a large poultry farm, baring selected Greenwood as the best site in this section on account of its unusual railroad facilities, which' make it possible to ship both livs and dressed poultry, day-old chicks and eggs in many directions with 'the' minimum loss of time. t j York Cotton Yield Above Average, j York.?That the 1921 cotton crop for York county was one Of the largest yields In years is disclosed by recent government ginning figures, the amount ginned being 41,092 In cniu-( parison with 40,076 for 1920. Not oely was last year's yield large, but It wa? one of the cheapest produced cr>p? on record, this being due to marked) retrenchment in the use of comiuor-. cial fertiliser and economy all along the line. A large proportion of the crop is still in the hands of the producers, as they refuse present prices. i jr j fttudents Meet to Make Plans. Greenwood. ? Completion of plans for the annual state oollege oratorical contest te be held here on April 21, marked the meeting of the executive council of the South Carolina Intercollegiate oratorical association which met here. Representatives of all the male colleges of South Carolina except the University of South Carolina, whose representative could not sttend, were present. No important changes were made in the constitution and by-laws governing the association. ^ Dr. Eaton to Visit" Gsffney. 4 Oaffney.?Officials of the Gaffney Rotary club announced that Charles fcubrey Raton, president of the American Educational association, will :om? to Oaffney on Tuesday, March 7, to deliver an address along educational lines. Dr. Raton Is pastor of the Fifth Avenus Baptist Church In rhiladelphia and ia far famed as a public speaker of uncommon ability md already great Interest Is being nanifeeted locally in his approaching rlslt. "America's Greatest Need" will Mi the subject discussed. i